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Team building games & activities

A good leader always needs to have a game or two up her sleeve! There are those timesyour planned activity ends early or falls through altogether! Always have a plan B up yoursleeve. Here is a list of team building games and activities that will help build unity amongyour girls and will be a whole lot of FUN!

* Thank you to Young Life, The Source and Especially for Youth for sharing many of these ideas!We are allstrengthened when we share!*

Big Bad Wolf:Supplies: LOTS of newspaper and LOTS of tape.

Want to 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 anewspaper shelter of some kind. It must be big enough to get three team members inside. Set atime limit on how long you want to give teams to work on the project.

The Big Bad Wolf (youth leader) then attempts to blow the shelter down. Award a prize to the bestconstruction job.

All tied together!Supplies: Long lengths of rope AND a predetermined track/course.

If you need an idea that forces your students to really work together all at once, this is it. All youneed are several pieces of long rope and a defined obstacle course/track.

Divide your group in teams of at least 5 or more. The larger the team size, the more difficult itis. Tie the rope around the entire team at waist level. Make the rope as snug as possible withouthurting the students.

Put them on the obstacle course and turn them loose. Teams can be timed during their running ofthe course, or you can actually have a couple of teams race! The key is to work together as ateam to accomplish a common goal.

NOTE: The course can be inside or outside, just make sure the route/course is a safeone!


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Back to Back:This is the game where you start out with two people sitting back to back and they have to standstraight up without using their hands. Add one person every time they stand up successfully.

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 rollthe masking tape (sticky side out) around one of their teammates below the neckline. Next, havekids blow up their balloons as quickly as they can and stick as many as possible to the taped-upteam member. You can either end the game here by awarding the Balloon Master to the one withthe most balloons attached in the time allotted, or you can set up an obstacle course and when theballoons have been attached, have the player go through and back to their team. Balloons that falloff during the race cant be re-attached. The team whose player has the most balloons still

attached is the Balloon Master.

Stand On The Bucket:Supplies: A white 5 gallon bucket for each team.

This team builder can be played indoor or outdoor. This quick game can be used in many differentways.

Get as many white, 5 gallon buckets as you have teams. Turn the bucket upside-down. The objectis to see how many of their team members they can get to stand on the bucket for more than 3seconds, at the same time.

The team with the most people off the ground at the same time, wins.

NOTE: Make sure you use this team builder where the ground/floor is soft!

Blind Square:This is a quick, but effective teambuilding activity.

Supplies:1.) As many blindfolds as you have team members2.) 1 large rope, at least 40 feet in length

Simply blindfold all your team members and throw a rope on the ground next to them. Tell them tomake a square, using the full length of the rope lying on the ground next to them. Give them nofurther instructions.

There is no trick. Its just great to see who takes charge, how they organize the corners, if oneperson facilitates from the middle, etc.


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Blindfolded Obstacle Course:Supplies: Blindfolds

Do 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 gothrough it working in pairs.

One person is blindfolded and the other (helper) is not. The helper can only lead their blindfoldedpartner through the obstacle course by using their voice. No touching is permitted!

For safety sake, have several "floaters" placed along the obstacle course helping as needed.

Egg Tower:This is a great team builder for any group, because athleticism isnt a requirement. Absolutely

everybody in your group can participate! Heres what you do.

Divide the group into equal teams, no more than 4 people big. Give each team the exact sameamount of newspaper, the exact same amount of tape, and 1 egg.

The object is simple: teams must work together to build a tower that will support the weight of theiregg. The team with the tallest tower (that can stand on its own power) is the winner.

NOTE TO LEADER: Its best to give the team about 4 minutes at the beginning to brainstorm theirplan, and then give them about 10 minutes to pull it off.

OPTIONAL: You can also award points for most unique tower and tower with the coolest name.

Hula Hoop Pass:Supplies: Hula Hoops for every team you have.

Get all your participants in a circle holding each other's hands. Get someone to 'unlock' one of theirhands from the circle, put a hula-hoop onto his/her hand, then reconnect with the circle.

The aim of this game is to get the hula-hoop around the circle and back to where it started withoutthe group letting go of each other's hands. Can also be played with groups against each other anda stop watch; lots of fun!

Human Machine:Supplies: None.

This can be done with large or small groups.

If you have less than 10 people youll create one machine. If you have more than 10, youll want to


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divide into teams of 10 to 20 people and have each team create a machine.

Give them the following instructions: You are to make a human machine using all of your teammembers. Choose an appliance, machine or contraption of any kind, and act out all of its partswith all the members of your team. For example: if you were to choose an electric toothbrush,

several people could lay down to be the handle, others would be vibrating bristles. The sky is thelimit.

Its best to let them come up with their own ideas. But heres a few great ones:

A pinball machine (with a kid rolling around as the ball) A ski lift (with kids being scooped up by kids with locked arms) A washing machine A car wash

Land Mines:

Supplies: Blindfolds, water balloons for outside, Styrofoam cups for inside.

Set up a "mine field" by randomly placing the water balloons (or cups) on a marked section ofground. A concrete slab or basketball court works well for this. Grass also works, but you will needto set boundaries.

Divide students into groups of about 4 or 5. Give each team a blindfold. Put the blindfolds on onemember of each team. The point of the exercise is for the ENTIRE team to get across the minefield with the fewest casualties, the fastest.

If a person TOUCHES a mine he/she is out (if it bursts water on them, it just makes it more fun).The other team members must be their eyes and tell them which way to go. The blindfolded peoplecrossing the field must stay within the set boundaries, and only one person per team may be on themine field at a time (so they can't lead them by touch). Team members help each other byshouting directions. Works best if mines are close together and if teams are close together.

Pumpkin Puzzle:Supplies: Pumpkins and toothpicks for every team.

This is a great competitive team mixer for the Fall. Cut up pumpkins into 8-10 pieces. Break yourgroup into teams of 5 or 6. Have a supply of round, wooden toothpicks. Give each group twominutes to put its "jig-saw puzzle" pumpkin back together, using the toothpicks to hold the pieces inplace. The first team done or the team with the most "together" pumpkin after the time limit is thewinner. Pumpkins must be able to stand up alone to be considered a winner.

NOTE: Make sure the pumpkins are roughly the same size for this exercise.

Toilet Paper Blow:Supplies: Toilet Paper.


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Its simple. Just see how long your team can keep one square of toilet paper in the air by blowingit. Team members are NOT allowed to actually touch the toilet paper; they can only use theirbreath.

Give each team three tries (if multiple teams, do it simultaneously).

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