Guess That Smell

Required: Cotton Balls, Empty Film Tubes with lids, and different liquid extracts
Players: Small to large groups

Place one cotton ball in each empty film tube and poke a hole through the lid of each tube so you can easily smell the scent inside. For each cotton ball choose one scent to be added to the cotton ball. You can place numbered tags on the bottom of the tubes that correspond with a master list. Here are some ideas of scents to add to cotton balls, lemon, peppermint, vanilla, garlic, orange, bacon, cherry and coffee. The person that correctly identifies the most scents is the winner.

Head Catch

Required: Disposable plastic bowl, elastic, glue and
Fun Gripper Bean Bag Set or Fun Gripper Juggle Set
Players: Small to medium groups

Purchase some disposable plastic cereal bowls at the store. Take two bowls and carefully hot glue the two bottoms together or you can use other reliable glue that will quickly dry permanently. Measure out elastic band so that it will keep the bowl attached to the top of someone's head. Attach the elastic by stapling or poking small holes and tying it off. If for a party you can decorate these hats ahead of time with the theme. You can use stickers, permanent markers or paint that will stick to plastic.

To play with these newly made items you can do several variations.

One game you can play is a relay game. Each team receives a bowl hat and the first person puts on the hat and stands about 3 feet away from the next person in line. The second person in line throws whatever soft objects you have chosen in the air, to attempt to get one into the bowl hat. Once they accomplish that, the throwing person moves up to the catching spot and the next person is the thrower. The catcher moves to the back of the line. You rotate until the first catcher is throwing and has accomplished that task. The first team done is the winner. You can mark off throwing and catching lines so that all players move to the correct locations.

To use this game idea for a birthday party, you can make it so that everyone gets a hat. Have them decorate their own hat then give each player a soft item to try and catch. The first person to make a catch is the winner. You can then keep playing the game individually with 3 to 5 catches and they win. Or you can have them in pairs where one is the thrower and one is the catcher. Then they can switch sides after the task is accomplished. The first pair to sink two shots wins.
Submitted by R. Scheel, Fun-Attic Inc.

Magic Carpet

Required: Shower curtains from the dollar store
Players: Small to large groups

Game of the Month 12/02

Set up teams of 8 to 12 players. Each team will be given one shower curtain as a magic carpet and all team members will be standing on it. You start out the game by telling teams the following:
You are on a magic carpet, up in the sky. You’ve discovered that you’re not going anywhere because your carpet is upside down. The object is to flip the carpet back upright without anyone stepping off into the abyss. You may use your hands. The team that reverses its carpet first without anyone stepping off is the winner.
Submitted by Merrily, Mary Nolte

Games : Ice Bowling

Required: Winter weather with icy play area or indoor ice rink, one galloon plastic milk jug, 10 plastic 2 liter pop bottles and food coloring

Players: Small groups

Fill all plastic bottles and milk jug with colored water, and freeze. Clear off snow on an icy play area about 10 feet by 4 feet and then set up the ten bottles at one end. The bottles should be set up in a pyramid, 4 in the back, then 3, then 2, and then 1 in front. Players will take turns trying to knock down the bottles with two sliding throws of the milk jug. One or two players should be placed a few feet behind the targets to return a sliding throw back to players, without knocking down targets. You can even play this game while on ice skates.

Blinded Number Line

Required: Blindfolds and numbered tags
Players: Small to large groups

Provide blindfolds for all the players. You can have players bring a blindfold or make them out of cheap thick material. Set up teams into groups of 5-7 players. Every player will get one blindfold and will be instructed that they will receive a small tag with a number. They are to read that number to themselves and not let any other player see it. They cannot talk or even react when they read the number because that could give it away. Once all players have read their number they will be instructed to put on their blindfolds. When the leader of the game signals, all players on each team will try to put their members into a numerical order line. When they have accomplished this and are correct they are the winners. But it’s not that easy because here is how you’ll number each set of tags for each team: negative 2, negative 1, zero, 1 and 2. This numbering system is for 5 players per team. Just add additional numbers for larger teams. If your working with lower grade school players try 2, 4, 5, 9, and 11, that system can cause enough confusion. The game will require all players to work as a team as they cannot talk. They can only communicate with their hands to communicate their numbers.
Submitted by Audrey Dodson - Grand Rapids, MI

What a neat team building game. After this game have players reflect on how frustrated they felt when they were handicapped on communicating information. How do the disabled feel when they cannot communicate?

Games : Bean Bag Target Toss

Required: Five Flingocks, bean bags, or smooth stones
Players: Two to six for each target

Playing Area: Three concentric circles are drawn on the floor, start with a 10", then 20", and then 30".

Points allotment: 10 points -10" center
5 points - 20" boundary
2 points - 30" boundary
1 point - on the line
Each player takes a turn throwing bags toward the target about 10 to 15 feet away. To score, toss must be completely in boundary and not touching a line. After each player is given five throws and the score is determined from the final position of that person’s five tosses.
Variations: You can compete against each other by alternating throws.

Exchange Change Game

Required: Pennies, nickels, dimes and one die
Players: Two or three

A learning game that will help preschoolers to early grade schoolers learn money combinations. To play this game with 2-3 players, start out with 10 dimes, 6 nickels, and 15 pennies. The first player will roll the die and what ever number comes up from 1-6 they will take that many coins. If they roll a six they can take six pennies, but then they have to exchange 5 pennies for a nickel. After a few times of having to exchange them they’ll learn to pick a nickel and one penny. The next player will do the same and take the allotted amount. On the players next turn they take the allotted coins, but if they end up with five pennies they exchange them for a nickel and if they have two nickels they have to exchange them for one dime. When all the dimes are gone the game is over and all players count out their change. The person with the highest number wins. For the next level of learning money combinations add 10 quarters and then the next level you can add dollar bills.

Games : Doo Bags

Required: Small Ziploc storage bag, styling gel (Dippetty Doo) and food coloring

Measure out about 4 tablespoons of styling gel into a Ziploc bag and add several drops of food coloring. Close bag while removing any air in bag and then have kids mix food coloring around in gel until all one color. Once mixed have the kids lay the bags on a flat surface and now they can practice writing their letters or numbers. A great activity to help improve fine motor skills. Keep track of where they take their bags and advise them not to open them so they don’t make a mess.
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Permainan kelompok : Ayo Pindah!

Alat : Kursi
Partisipan : Perseorangan
Waktu : 10 menit


Semua partisipan duduk melingkar. Anda mulai aktifitas ini dengan mengatakan: "Setiap orang yang me-makai sepatu berwarna coklat pindah 5 kali ke samping kanan."

Partisipan yang sesuai dengan kriteria itu menghitung orang di samping kanan sampai orang kelima. Setelah itu ia menghampiri kursi itu. Tentu saja masih ada orang yang menempati kursi itu. Karena itu dia harus menyuruh penghuninya pergi. Caranya dengan memberi perintah sesuai dengan kriteria orang tersebut. Misalnya dia adalah guru sekolah minggu, maka perintahnya begini:"Setiap orang yang jadi guru Sekolah Minggu, pindah ke samping kiri 3 kali."

Tentu saja, kadangkala ada lebih dari satu orang yang sesuai dengan kriteria itu. Akibatnya mereka akan berebutan memberi perintah. Acara menjadi sedikit kacau. Di sinilah serunya aktifitas ini. Namun Anda tidak perlu campur tangan. Biarkan mereka yang mengatur diri mereka sendiri.

Permainan ini dikutip dari serial "Permainan Asyik". Dapatkan buku-bukunya dengan memesan di penerbit Andi dan penerbit Metanoia.

Card Math

Required: Deck of cards, paper and pencil
Players: Two

If you need a fun way to learn multiplications with your child try this game. Both of you should have a pencil and sheet of paper. Make five lines in a column on one corner of both papers and then a small line below the far right of the column for a total sum amount. Start out with a deck of cards and use only the 1’s through 5’s. Shuffle the cards and deal two faced up the other player. They are to write down the two numbers, multiply them and write the answer in a tally column. You then deal two cards to yourself, say the multiplied sum out loud and write the answer on your paper. Then repeat until all the cards are gone. At that point you should both have five sets of cards. Tally up the to answers on both sheets, the person with the highest number is the winner. You can play again until you have mastered 1-5’s. Do this a couple times of week for a few minutes a day. Once they can do 1-5’s you can replace the lower numbers with the next higher set of cards 2-6’s, 3-7’s or make the columns longer example 2-7’s.

Games : Bean Game

Bean Game
Required: Beans
Players: Two or three

Take an amount of large beans, or small items to hold in your hands. Decide on a number to work on like 8. Have your player count out 8 beans. Place the beans in your hand and hide them behind your back. While they’re behind your back put some beans in each hand. Like 3 in one hand and 5 in the other. Show the player the beans in one hand. They must tell you how many you have in the other hand. Play this again using another combination. This helps your child learn all the combinations of a number sum.

Games : Four Corners

Here’s another good icebreaker for the beginning of a school semester or as a fun way for people to get to know each other better. Four Corners (also known as Four Squares) is a simple activity in which students share who they are through the use of handdrawn pictures. This icebreaker is for all ages, and works well with small and medium groups. It usually takes about 15 minutes, depending on how much time you want to allow for sharing the pictures. You’ll need sheets of paper and writing utensils. Don’t worry, no artistic skills are required for this icebreaker activity — just have fun and encourage everyone to enjoy being creative while illustrating who they are!

Setup for Four Corners

Distribute a pen and sheet of paper for each player. Each person divides the sheet into four boxes/squares either by folding the paper in half twice (vertically and horizontally) or simply by drawing a horizontal and vertical line that crosses in the middle. For each square, each person will describe themselves in the form of drawings. Choose these four topics in advance. For example, in the top left square, everyone could draw “favorite hobbies,” while in the top right, people could illustrate “favorite place on earth for vacation,” the bottom left could be something like “if you were an animal, which one would you be?” and the bottom right could be something like “what are the most important things in your life?” Feel free to be as creative, hypothetical, or deep as you like.

Allow five to ten minutes to draw. When everyone is finished, gather them together and share the drawings as a group. This icebreaker is an excellent way for students to show-and-tell what makes them unique!

Permainan kelompok : Cerita Bersambung

Alat : -
Partisipan : Perseorangan
Waktu : 15 menit

Partisipan berdiri melingkar. Tujuan permainan ini adalah membuat sebuah cerita yang merupakan gabungan dari kalimat-kalimat yang disumbangkan partisipan. Kalimat yang disampaikan harus:
· masuk akal
· berkaitan dengan kalimat sebelumnya
· bertata bahasa yang benar
Contohnya:
Orang #1:" Sebelum sarapan pagi, saya jalan-jalan dulu."
Orang #2: "Seekor anjing menghampiri aku."
Orang #3: "Aku menyapa anjing itu."
Orang #4:"Tetapi anjing itu malah mengejarku."
Permainan ini berlangsung hingga seluruh partisipan telah memberikan sumbangan kalimat atau jika Anda merasa suasana sudah cair.

Permainan ini dikutip dari serial "Permainan Asyik". Dapatkan buku-bukunya dengan memesan di penerbit Andi dan penerbit Metanoia.

Permainan kelompok: Super Model

Alat : -
Partisipan : Berkelompok 3 orang
Waktu : 10 menit

Aturlah partisipan supaya berdiri melingkar. Jelaskan bahwa mereka harus berlagak sesuai dengan instruksi yang Anda berikan. Ada pun perintahnya adalah:

"Super Model": Partisipan berdiri berpasang-pasangan. Satu orang berperan sebagai model yang bergaya dan satunya lagi berlagak sebagai fotografer yang memotret sang model.

"Gajah" : Partisipan segera berkelompok, masing-masing 3 orang. Satu orang menjulurkan tangan kan-annya ke depan (seolah-olah belalai gajah) dan tangan kirinya dijuntaikan di dekat pantat (seolah-olah ekor). Sementara itu, dua orang lainnya berdiri mengapit orang pertama. Mereka membentuk lingkaran dengan kedua tangan kanannya dan menempelkan di kepala orang pertama (seolah-olah "telinga" gajah).

"Agar-agar": Partisipan berkelompok, masing-masing 3 orang. Orang pertama menggerakkan seluruh tubuhnya. Seolah-olah agar-agar yang bergoyang-goyang. Dua orang lainnya bergandengan tangan, melingkari orang pertama. Kedua orang ini berpura-pura sebagai gelas yang mewadahi agar-agar.

"Ratu Tawon": Partisipan memutar dan menautkan kedua tangannya di belakang punggung (di atas pantat) dan mengibas-kibaskannya seolah-olah ekor lebah. Dua orang lainnya berdiri di kedua samping orang per-tama dengan menempelkan kedua tangan mereka di tubuh tawon. Ini berfungsi sebagai sayap.

"Patung": Partisipan berdiam diri seperti patung.

"Sebab sama seperti pada satu tubuh kita mempunyai banyak anggota, tetapi tidak semua anggota itu mempunyai tugas yang sama." - Rom. 12:4
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Games : Frozen T’s

Required: Plastic storage bag, freezer and large size T- shirts
Players: Small to large groups

For each team you'll need one T- shirt and one plastic storage bag. T-ShirtPlace one nicely folded T-shirt in each bag then pour in about 2 cups of water and freeze all of them overnight. If this wasn't done where the event is taking place bring the T-shirt in a cooler filled with ice to keep them frozen. Instruct the teams that they'll be playing an Ice Breaker game. Then hand out the bagged T-shirts to each team. On "Go" the teams will have to get their T-shirts thawed out so that one person from their team can put the T-shirt on. Teams will get creative in their attempts to win. They could run the shirts underwater, put them in the microwave and even pounded the ice out of them. The first team to come back with one person in the T-shirt is the winner.

Ice breakers : Dress the Mummy

Required: Rolls of toilet paper
Players: Small to large groups

Game of the Month 11/00

Set up teams with 2-4 players on each team. One person on each team will be the mummy and each team will be given 2 rolls of toilet paper. They will have 5 minutes to complete the game. The team players are to circle around the mummy and pass the toilet paper to each other while wrapping the mummy in it. The leader of the group will be the judge and decide which team has created the best mummy design.

Icebreakers : Boom!

Alat : -
Partisipan : Perseorangan
Waktu : 15 menit

Semua partisipan duduk melingkar. Mulai dari salah satu partisipan, mereka menghitung angka secara berurutan (1-2-3-4-5-6-dst). Begitu Anda berkata "boom", partisipan berikutnya menambahkan angka 3 pada angka terakhir. Misalnya partisipan yang sebelum Anda berkata "boom" mengucapkan angka tujuh, maka partisipan berikutnya tidak mengucapkan angka delapan tetapi sepuluh. Partisipan berikutnya mengu-capkan 13 dan seterusnya.
Ketika Anda berkata "boom" lagi, hitungan menjadi normal kembali (kelipatan satu). Begitu seterus-nya.
Variasi 1: Semua partisipan menghitung berurutan. Ketika ada partisipan yang sampai pada angka kelipatan 3 (3-6-9-12-dst), mereka tidak mengucapkan angka itu tetapi berkata "boom". Partisipan yang salah mengu-capkan, harus keluar dari lingkaran.
Cara 2: Bila partisipan sudah semakin mahir, ajaklah mereka menghitung mundur. Misalnya dari angka 30, menghitung ke arah angka nol.

Permainan ini dikutip dari serial "Permainan Asyik". Dapatkan buku-bukunya dengan memesan di penerbit Andi dan penerbit Metanoia.

Kucing dan Tikus

Alat : -
Partisipan : Perseorangan
Waktu : 10 menit
Tunjuklah lima orang sukarelawan menjadi tikus dan seorang menjadi kucing. Sedangkan partisipan sisanya berdiri melingkar bergandengan tangan. Seolah-olah mereka menjadi rumah.

Ketika Anda bertepuk tangan sekali, mereka harus beranjak maju untuk membuat lingkaran yang rapat. Begitu dekatnya sehingga badan mereka berdempetan.

Manakala Anda bertepuk tangan dua kali, mereka harus mundur untuk membuat lingkaran selebar-lebarnya (dalam melakukan ini mereka tetap bergandengan tangan). Berikan aba-aba antara sekali dan dua kali tepukan tangan dengan irama yang ajeg (tetap).

Nah, tugas kucing sederhana saja, yaitu menangkap tikus. Dan tugas tikus? Ya, Anda betul, melarikan diri dari kejaran Kucing. Caranya dengan keluar-masuk lingkaran. Ketika lingkaran merenggang, kucing boleh menerobos masuk untuk menerkam tikus. Tapi tikus pun punya hak untuk ngacir keluar rumah. Jika kucing berhasil menangkap satu ekor tikus, ia mengurung buruannya di pojok ruangan.

Tikus apes (sial) yang tertangkap ini masih punya kesempatan bebas jika ada dua tikus lain yang masih bebas, yang menyentuhnya.

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Ice Breaker - Kinetic - Brainstorm Race

Ideal Size
Teams of four work best, so ideal group size is limited by the space you have available for teams of four.

Use For
Reviewing a topic. Energizing your classroom.

Time Needed
30 minutes is ideal.

Materials Needed
Flip charts are ideal because you can turn them so the groups can’t see each other’s work. If you don’t have flip charts, white boards will work just fine. If no board is available, large sheets of paper will work. A marker for each student.

Instructions
Divide the group into teams of four. Explain that you will give them a topic. They will have 30 seconds (or however long works best for your group) to brainstorm and list as many ideas as they can come up with. Here’s the kicker---they cannot speak. Each student must write his or her ideas on the board or paper you’ve provided. The team with the most ideas after the prescribed time wins that round.

Ask the winning team to present their ideas. Ask remaining teams to add any ideas the winning team missed and to correct any mistakes the winning team may have made. Proceed with the next challenge. Keep a running score on the front board.

Example
If you’re teaching speech, you might ask the groups to list non-verbals, fillers, and kinds of speeches. If you’re teaching nursing, you might ask for lists of muscles, bones, and shift-change check items. You get the drift.

Debriefing
Debrief by asking the group if working in teams helped or hindered. Did having a deadline help or hinder? Were they surprised by how many ideas they came up with, or didn’t?

Icebreakers : Four Corners

Here’s another good icebreaker for the beginning of a school semester or as a fun way for people to get to know each other better. Four Corners (also known as Four Squares) is a simple activity in which students share who they are through the use of handdrawn pictures. This icebreaker is for all ages, and works well with small and medium groups. It usually takes about 15 minutes, depending on how much time you want to allow for sharing the pictures. You’ll need sheets of paper and writing utensils. Don’t worry, no artistic skills are required for this icebreaker activity — just have fun and encourage everyone to enjoy being creative while illustrating who they are!

Setup for Four Corners

Distribute a pen and sheet of paper for each player. Each person divides the sheet into four boxes/squares either by folding the paper in half twice (vertically and horizontally) or simply by drawing a horizontal and vertical line that crosses in the middle. For each square, each person will describe themselves in the form of drawings. Choose these four topics in advance. For example, in the top left square, everyone could draw “favorite hobbies,” while in the top right, people could illustrate “favorite place on earth for vacation,” the bottom left could be something like “if you were an animal, which one would you be?” and the bottom right could be something like “what are the most important things in your life?” Feel free to be as creative, hypothetical, or deep as you like.

Allow five to ten minutes to draw. When everyone is finished, gather them together and share the drawings as a group. This icebreaker is an excellent way for students to show-and-tell what makes them unique!