Can be used in a large or small group.

Have everyone in your group pair off into twos.

Make sure pairs are evenly spread out around the room.

To start, each person needs to face their partner and place their left foot behind their right foot, 3-5 inches apart.

Then at the same time all groups play rock-paper-scissors. The winner of each pair has to say one fact about him/herself. The loser of the pair takes one step back with his/her left foot. Their right foot does NOT move.

During the next round the winner still says a fact about him/herself. If the winner lost the previous round, he/she has a chance to move his/her left foot forward a step. The loser still moves one step back with his/her left foot.

An icebreaker that gets the group to move towards various parts of the room and to find others with shared interests and preferences, based on various interesting categories.

The first part of the game is the "Sorts" game.  You will throw out two contrasting choices and the group has to move either East or West of the room (e.g. "Do you prefer Target or Walmart?").  Then you throw out two more choices and have them move South and North.  That way, they are all having to move somewhere and can't get "lost" in the crowd.  Sorts that work well include:  movie or book; salty or sweet; dress up or casual; inside or outside; be on the stage performing or in the audience watching, etc.

Every person should have a chair except one person. The chairs should be set up in a circle facing the middle.  The person without the chair will start.  He/she will say something true about him/herself (I am wearing a blue shirt, I have a sister, etc). If this is true for anyone else sitting in a chair, they must get out of their seat and find a new seat. The person in the middle who was just in the middle is also trying to find a seat.  The last person who does not find a seat turns into the person in the middle.  The tricky part is that you must move at least two (or three, depending on the size of your group) chair over.  You cannot move over just one chair.

This game can last as long or as short as you want it to.

Blindfold half of the leaders and give them a dodgeball. Have them stand in the middle of the play area. Assign a second person to each blindfolded leader to be a ball fetcher. The blindfolded leader then calls out “Marco” to which every student must respond “Polo!” The blindfolded leader tries to throw the ball at the students. If they hit one, the assistant leader removes them to a designated area and then gets the ball. The last student remaining is the winner.

Rules:

If a student doesn’t respond “Polo” he or she is automatically out. If a student ever touches or is hit by a ball he or she is out.