Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 9:02 PM
Ali Baba And The 40 Thieves
Thanks to Linda Gardner for posting this game to the WAGGGS-L Mailing List!
Girls line up shoulder to shoulder. The leader of the game is one of the end girls. The whole group chants "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" over and over again. The leader begins an action on one chant (such as clapping her hands). At the next chant, the girl next to the leader picks up the first action, the leader starts a 2nd. On the next chant, the 3rd girl in line picks up the first action, the 2nd girl picks up the 2nd action and the leader begins a 3rd action. And so on...
Do You Like Your Neighbors?
Sit everyone in a large circle, preferably in chairs. One player begins the game standing in the middle of the circle. This player approaches any player in the circle and asks the question: "Do you like your neighbors?". The seated player who's been asked can answer either "yes" or "no".
If the questioned player answers "no", then the players on either side of her need to stand up and switch places as fast as possible. Meanwhile, the player who began in the middle of the circle is also trying to grab one of the seats.
If the questioned player answers "yes", then she goes on to state something like "Yes I like my neighbors, but I don't like people who wear white shoes." In this case, everyone in the circle who is wearing white shoes has to get up and switch places. The player who began in the middle of the circle is also trying to get a seat at the same time. Whomever is left standing at the end of the mad dash will have to begin the questioning again.
This game can get wild very quickly!
Find Someone Who...
I learned this game at the 2005 OCA Conference, at the "No Equipment, No Planning Time, No Problem" session facilitated by Matt Barr.
The group mingles together within the playing space. The leader calls out an instruction such as "find someone who travelled the same distance as you to get here today." The players then have to find someone who matches the given description. This is a great way to get people talking to each other at the start of an event, and works best with a large number of people (20 or more).
Other ideas:
Find someone who holds the same job as you (or has the same hobby as you)
Find someone who has a first or last name that starts with the same letter as yours
Find someone who has the same make, model or colour of car as you
Find someone who has the same shoe size as you
Toe Bash
Many thanks to my friend Katherine Lariviere from Ottawa Area who sent me this game!
Everyone sits in a circle, with their legs out towards the centre. One person is designated to start in the middle. The person in the middle is given a rolled-up newspaper or any other harmless "basher". A name is called to start the game, usually by the leader, or a designated person. The toe-basher must then hit the person who's name has been called, before this person calls a new name. This recently named person must then name another person, and so on, until the toe-basher succeeds in hitting someone's feet before they can call someone else's name. Then the two switch places. The person who was in the middle must call out a name before sitting down again, or they can be "bashed" by the new person in the middle. And the game continues. If the name of the person in the middle is called, the person who called it must take his place.
The game can last up to half an hour, depending on the group size and dynamics... but can be stopped at any time.
Quirks (Two Truths and a Lie)
Thanks to my friend Christy, who taught this game to me! This is a particularly good icebreaker to use with a group of adults.
Everyone is asked to tell the group three of their personal quirks, either past or present. Two must be true and one is false. The rest of the group must decide which quirk is false. This was a hoot! We played three rounds: personal quirks and idiosyncrasies, pet peeves and dislikes, and the most bizarre situations you've ever been in.
For example:
I once pulled all the muscles in my knee because I was running around in swimming flippers.
I once knitted a scarf on a pair of "legs" from a flamingo lawn ornament.
I once was really late for school because I locked myself in a garage.
Which of these do you think is false? :-)
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