Active Icebreakers, Games, and Activities



Giants, Wizards, Elves

Giants, Wizards, and Elves is an icebreaker that is similar to Rock, Paper, Scissors — except more hilarious!  It’s also a versatile game — it works in groups of all sizes, including large groups of 50 or above. 
This icebreaker game involves to teams and requires no special materials to play.  It works both indoors and [...]

King Elephant

King Elephant (also known as Animal Kingdom Game) is well suited as a good party game or an icebreaker for meetings. It involves a little bit of silliness and is a lot of fun. The goal of the game is to become the King Elephant, the head of the circle.
This active game works [...]

React and Act Game

React and Act! is a funny icebreaker in which players randomly select a sheet of paper that has an occurrence on it (for example, winning a million dollars in the lottery) and they must react to the occurence using animated expressions, gestures, and words.  After a set amount of time, other players try to guess [...]

Bigger and Better

Bigger and Better is a team building activity in which teams compete by trading ordinary objects. The winner is the team that ends up with the biggest and best items when time expires.
This active teambuilding exercise requires six people at minimum, and can support very large groups if the teams are divided evenly. [...]

Photo Scavenger Hunt

Photo Scavenger Hunt is a fun team-based scavenger hunt with an interesting twist — the goal is to bringing back digital photos (or polaroids) of places and things.  By doing this, people will capture good memories and also have some experience working together as a team.
This is an active game and teambuilding activity.  The recommended group size [...]

Telephone Charades

Telephone Charades (also known as Charades Down the Line) is a hilarious icebreaker in which a person acts out a charade only for the next person in the line, who in turn acts out for the next person.  The last person standing in line attempts to guess what the original clue was.
This is in active icebreaker that works best [...]

Sardines (Reverse Hide and Seek)

Sardines is an active game that is played like hide and go seek — only in reverse!  One person hides, and everyone else searches for the hidden person.  Whenever a person finds the hidden person, they quietly join them in their hiding spot.  Soon, the hidden group starts to look like a bunch of sardines!
This game should be played in a large [...]

Trust Walk Teambuilding Activity

The Trust Walk is a teambuilding activity that helps people practice trusting each other.  A leader steers his or her partner around obstacles using verbal or nonverbal instructions.
This activity is an active teambuilding activity that requires a great deal of space.  An outdoor setting with some obstacles (but nothing too dangerous!) is ideal.  The recommended group size [...]

Did You Know? Bingo

Did You Know? Bingo (also known as the Autograph Game) is an icebreaker that helps people learn interesting facts about each other.  People walk around the room and mingle until they find people that match the facts listed on a bingo-style sheet.
This game is a get-to-know-you style icebreaker.  The recommended group size is: large or [...]


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