Crystal Ball Activity
- Students/chaperones pair up with someone they don’t know well.
- The activity sheets has a series of questions one partner asks another (you
can use the sample questions below). One partner makes predictions about what
the other person’s answer might be for all the questions. Guesses can be as
wild and crazy as the predictor wants.
- The partners switch places and the other person makes predictions about his/her partner.
- After all the guesses have been made, partners can go through and see how far off predictions were.
- Optional: have each pair share one funny/accurate prediction and truth.
- Note: this activity can be done without the sheet if you just do questions one by one.
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| Does your partner have any pets? What kind? What are their names? |
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| What is your partner's favorite thing to do in his/her spare time? |
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| What is your partner's dream car? |
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| Waht does your partner want to do when s/he grows up? |
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| What is the funniest thing that has ever happened to your partner? |
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Two Truths and a Lie
- Students stand around in a circle. The chaperone starts by explaining the rules and then giving an example.
- The point of the game is to have someone tell two truths and one lie about themselves (i.e. I have three cats, I have an extra toe, I have never been outside of this state), and other people have to guess.
- There are a few ways to play:
- People just shout out what they think the lie is and people take turns telling their truths/lie, going around the circle until everyone is done.
- The “winner,” whoever correctly guesses the lie, gets to go next and tell
their truths/lie.
Cross the Line
- Create a real or imaginary line on the floor (yarn, tape, etc).
- Students stand on one side of the line.
- The chaperone starts by calling out a line-crossing statement. For example, “Cross the line if you like chocolate!” and whoever likes chocolate crosses the line. Then everyone goes back to the other side of the line and another statement is tossed out (either by Chaperone or, if they want, students).
- Keep statements benign and silly as much as possible (don’t get too personal).
M & M /Dum-Dum Game
Note: need M&M’s/Skittles or Dum-Dums:
- At the beginning of your service, pass around a bag of candy and tell people to take as much as they want (within reason).
- When people are finished, tell them the catch:
- M & M’s/Skittles: for however many pieces of candy they took, they have to tell one interesting thing about themselves (I have four cats, I love peanut butter and banana sandwhiches, etc.)
- Dum-Dums: Have them take only one sucker. For whichever flavor they took, they have to tell one interesting fact about themselves for each letter of that flavor. Example: “Strawberry” has 9 letters, so that person would have to say 9 interesting things.
Magic Ball
Note: this activity is better as an energizer (something to take a break with)
than as an icebreaker (introduction to each other)
- Everyone stands in a circle. Pretend there is an imaginary ball you pass
around the circle. Start out with an imaginary beach ball size. As people
get used to it, the chaperone can shout out something like, “Okay, now pretend
the ball is sticky!” and everyone acts like the imaginary ball is sticky as
they pass it to one another.
- Whoever has the ball at the time can change the characteristics of it (i.e., if I have the ball that was previously sticky, I can change it and say, “Okay, now the ball is really heavy!” and pretend to struggle as I pass it along).
- Other ideas: tiny, huge, heavy, stinky, slippery, prickly, soft, cuddly, etc.
What Are You Doing?
Note: This activity is better as an energizer.
Have everyone stand in a circle. The first person mimes an action, but says that they are doing something different (for example, they mime dribbling a basketball, but say "I'm brushing my hair.") They then ask the person next to them what they are doing. The next person would then mime brushing their hair and say that they're doing something else, etc.
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