Everyone has a favorite team building game, initative, opening, closing or challenge that comes out whenever they lead team building groups. Share with us your favorite game(s) or activities. Be conscious of intellectual property!!! Be sure that you give credit to the originator of the activity/game. If you feel there is a game below that doesn't meet that goal, email us debriefme@facilitutor.com. Another great site for activities is http://www.azukaru.com. They have a great search interface for looking up activities. For more sites listing games/activities, check out the Links page.
Opening Activities - Introducing the group to each other using props or challenges.
Warm-ups/Energizers - Get the blood pumping, muscles stretched, smiles smiling, and energy soaring high.
Initatives - Put your brain to the test solving problems that may or may not involve props. Your feet will typically stay planted firmly on the ground
Low Course Activities - More brain exercise that may include stationary equipment and leaving the ground.
Closing Activities - Gather your group and process the day for that collective sigh...
Openings: - Scars - Everyone has a scar.
Warm-ups/Energizers: - Alien Zap - Cadets battle to be the last one standing while hunting Aliens
- Angels & Demons - Participants try and keep their Angel between them and their Demon.
- Animal Line-up - Particpants line-up based on animal sounds
- Army Tag - Person with the most body parts left over wins
- Barrel Tag - An extremely physical game of avoidance
- Birdie on a Perch - When the music stops all birdies must race to find their Perch.
- Bodyguard - Bodyguard must prevent his client from being hit by balls(photographed)
- Clothespin Virus - Secretly clip clothespins with various slogan on participants. The game is
- Duel! - Players face-off in charade challenges
- Elbow Tag - Runner must escape IT by switching out with other participants.
- Everybody's It - Be the last person standing when everyone is IT
- Headites/Buttites - Headites and Buttites race to convert the other to their side by tagging.
- Lightning Squeeze - Teams race to pass the pulse down the line and grab the goal
- Name Cha-Cha - Use names to cha-cha till everyone is in the line
- Rock, Paper Scissors Tournament - Find your biggest fan in Rock, Paper, Scissors.
- Streets & Alleys - Robber avoids capture by using a constantly changing playing field
- Toilet Tag - Be quick or be flushed.
Initiatives: - Helium Pole/Hoop - Group must lower lightweight pole or hoop to ground without it floating awa
- Knight Tag - Players move like chess pieces and try to tag out the other team
- Monster - Build a human monster and move it a specified distance
- Over & Out(In) - Group must move webbing circle up over their heads in quickest time possibl
- See, Hear, Speak no Evil - Find an object while only have access to one sense
- Tank Commander - "Tank Commanders" must direct their tank to blow-up enemy tanks.
Low Course Activities: Closings: |
