Supplies: BlindfoldsDo you want to develop some trust within your group? Try this one!Create an obstacle course (a playground works GREAT) and get your students or leaders to go through it working in pairs. One person is blindfolded and the other (helper) is not. The helper can only lead their blindfolded partner through the obstacle...
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...
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...
A Group Decision Making Exercise on Resource Management 11 items:map of desertsalt tablets parachuterain coats mirrorcompass book (edible plants of the desert) flashlight pistol (loaded) canteen of water hunting knife You have been a passenger on a plane that has crashed in the desert. These are the items that you have retrieved from the plane before it burned up....
Supplies: None.Get your group in a tight circle and tell them to grab the hand of two different people NOT standing next to them (each person will be holding the hands of two different people- the circle will look like a tangled mess). They must not let go of either of these peoples' hands. Now...
Supplies: Cameras and tripods for each group.This competition works better with larger groups. You can make this a class competition. (You usually want groups or teams of over 20 for this even to be a challenge.)Mount a Polaroid (old school method) or digital camera (modern method) on a tripod at a marked spot, aiming at a...
Supplies: Pair of pantyhose for each group.Great small group exercise. Divide group into teams of 4. Give each team a pair of pantyhose and explain that they will have 2 minutes to place as many personal items as possible into the pantyhose without tearing them (for example, wrist watch, wallet, loose change, etc). Each item should be...