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Team Builders

One Body

This is a fun activity where teams work together as a body collecting simple but large objects, and putting them in a basket or container. This is fun to do as several teams competing against each other for time.Depending on # of players...for each team formed you will need:One t-shirt (or sweat shirt)size 2x-3xone pair sweat pants size...
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Egg Tower

This is a great team builder for any group, because athleticism isn’t a requirement. Absolutely everybody in your group can participate! Here’s what you do.Divide the group into equal teams, no more than 4 people big. Give each team the exact same amount of newspaper, the exact same amount of tape, and 1 egg. The object is simple: teams...
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River Crossing

Supplies: Materials for the starting line, river boundaries, and finish line.The goal of this exercise is to help teach your students or leaders to work together by having them work as a team to cross a "river." First, using your youth room, gym, or other space, you need a place to start from (a wall, lines...
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Get On Board

This team builder can be used with just one group of students, or with several groups of students “competing” against one another. All you need is one 8’ long 2X4 for each team. Here’s what you do.Tell the students to get into groups/teams of 5. Next, hand them each a 2X4 and tell them to lay it on the...
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Supplies: Junk/supplies, duct tape, and paint.All you need is a bunch of junk! Get a special trash bag and label "We want your junk!" Have your staff and parents collect a bunch of their old junk (empty cans, landscape piping and tubing, broken appliances, boxes, empty toilet paper tubes, etc.).When you are going to play, divide...
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Balloon Master

Supplies: Duct tape or masking tape and lots of balloons.Divide the group into 2 or more teams with 3-4 people on each team.Give each team a roll of masking tape and 30 balloons. On "Go!" have members of each team roll the masking tape (sticky side out) around one of their teammates below the neckline. Next, have...
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Big Bad Wolf

Supplies: LOTS of newspaper and LOTS of tape.Wanna see how well your group does building something together? Try this fun exercise.Divide students into teams of 4-6. Give each team enough newspaper and tape to build a newspaper shelter of some kind. It must be big enough to get three team members inside. Set a time limit...
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