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Acrostic Icebreaker (Enhanced)
Youth use acrostics to introduce themselves. An acrostic is an arrangement of words in which certain letters in each line, when taken in order, spell out a word or motto. It can be used as a simple icebreaker or be used to springboard into a lesson on identity, character, reputation, and living a life that will leave a positive legacy behind.
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Action Bingo
Game Materials Print the list of items on a sheet of paper for each person. Game Objective Each person must perform the action in front of someone and then those who participated or observed must sign beside the item. Items...
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Action Bingo (Enhanced)
Can you perform all the action on the list before someone else? It’s wacky and silly fun for everyone. Have a digital camera ready for some really crazy snapshots!
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Animal Kingdom
Youth will identify themselves with an animal the most reflects some aspect of their personality.
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Barnyard
Youth make the sounds of animals and and follow the sounds to find the rest of their teammates
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Buzz
Youth must avoid saying the number seven as part of any number or any multiple of the number 7
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Card Sharks
Ken's original selection of icebreaker game ideas involving playing cards that was published by Group.
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Christmas - Across the Line
Which side are you on? Do you know where you stand? Find out in this Christmas icebreaker where participants move back and forth to opposite sides of the room depending on their Christmas related preferences.
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Christmas Card Puzzler
Use this activity as an icebreaker / crowdbreaker to divide your youth into teams at a Christmas Party.
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Connected
This icebreaker game is often called “spider web” because at the end of the icebreaker, a large web of interconnected string or yarn will be created. You can use this icebreaker to discuss interdependence on one another, picking up the slack for another person, uplifting others, and teamwork.
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Did Jesus Use Icebreakers?
How can you "break the ice" with a youth who is a total stranger and guide the discussion from an awkward silence into a meaningful conversation?
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Draw Your Name
This is a fun youth that do not know each other at all. Youth will try to reveal their name to a partner merely by drawing. No other communication is allowed.
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Dream Vacation
Youth will share a little about themselves as they choose a dream vacation that reflects their life goals.
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Easter Card Puzzler
Youth match their pieces to the card design to find their groups in this Easter crowdbreaker.
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Easter Hoax
Use this Easter icebreaker to find out a little about each other and link it the fact that Christ's resurrection was no hoax.
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Easter Sign-up
Be the first to get someone to sign your list for each of the Easter characteristics, or to have the most names before the time is up.
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Everything I ever did
In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will try to guess the key events in another person's life.
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Everything in Common
In this icebreaker, teams race to create lists of things that all the team members have in common.
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Eye Contact
It has been said that the "eyes are a window into the soul." Use this game to help participants to begin to see the world through the eyes of others, and to learn to project a caring attitude toward others.
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Family Tree
In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will refer to each other by famous personalities in their real or fictional family trees.
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Favorite?
These discussion questions make great icebreakers to allow people to get to know each other a little better by asking them about their favorites!
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Get Lost
This game provides an opportunity to mix the group up and for them to share information about themselves in a non-threatening way while having fun.
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I Never
In this high energy icebreaker, youth learn a lot of fun facts about each other pertaining to the things that they have never done.
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Ice Breakers : Knowing the Ice
Learn some key principles for making your ice breaker the highlight of your next party, team event, and classroom discussion!
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Just for Laughs
Youth will learn a little about each other as they share experiences that have caused them to laugh.
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Living Statues
Have you ever tried to change someone? To shape someone into your idea of a perfect husband, a perfect child, a perfect parent? Do our expectations of others in the group help them or hinder them?
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Love Your Neighbor
In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will discover some common characteristics of others in the group
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One Word
In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will communicate things about themselves using single words..
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Opossum
In this icebreaker, team members must run around a person who is playing dead on the floor then join them playing opossum.
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Orchestra
In the icebreaker, youth will mime particular instruments and learn a little about the musical tastes of others.
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Profiles
In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will try to guess the identity of other youth by looking at their profiles.
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Showing True Colors
Youth walk around the room introducing themselves to each other and taping colored paper pieces to people who remind them of that color in some way.
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Story of Your Name
Everyone has stories, often fascinating ones, based around their names. Use this icfebreaker to learn about the names of people in your group.
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True or False
In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will try to separate the fact from the fiction as they share 3 true statements and one false statement about themselves.
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Valentine Card Puzzler
Youth match their pieces to the card design to find their groups in this Valentine's Day crowdbreaker.
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Valentine's Day Boggle
In the Valentine's Day Game, party participants are to create as many words as possible before the timer runs out using only the letters in the word "Valentine"
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Valentine's Day Forward and Backward
In this Icebreaker game for your Valentine's Day Party, youth will move forward or backwards when they meet the Valentine's day criteria that is called out.
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Wacko
Sitting in a circle, names are called and the person in the center of the circle tries to "whack" them with a rolled up newspaper before they can call another name.
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Weather Report
This is a good crowdbreaker to use at events or meetings that have been forced inside by inclement weather.
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