Team-Building Activities for Every Group

161 Pages·2016·1.86 MB·English

by  Jones Alanna.

Team-Building
activities

To my daughter Coral, who makes my team
complete with
her smile, laughter and beautiful eyes. I look
forward to
life as a part of her team in all the days ahead.
Acknowledgments
A special thanks to all my friends at Westside Church who played many of my new,
crazy games and who make me feel like I’m a special part of their team.
A big thanks to Kim Cooper and Mark Inouye who invented wonderful, creative games
that are worth sharing with the world. Thanks to Beth, Jeremy, Albert and all my other
friends who gave me great game ideas to use in this book.
Introduction ………………………………………………………………………….. 11
Mix It Up ………………………………………………………………………………. 17
Human Scavenger Hunt ……………………………………………………………. 18
Mingle …………………………………………………………………………………….
20
Name Tag Grab ……………………………………………………………………….. 22
Sing a Song …………………………………………………………………………….. 24
What Can You Do with This? ……………………………………………………. 25
Personal Trivia ………………………………………………………………………… 26
Guess Who ……………………………………………………………………………… 27
Who Did That!?! ……………………………………………………………………… 28
Name Game ……………………………………………………………………………. 29
ABC Counts 1-2-3 …………………………………………………………………… 30
One Common Goal ………………………………………………………………….. 31
SALTO ……………………………………………………………………………………
32
Four Corners …………………………………………………………………………… 34
Group Favorites ………………………………………………………………………. 36
Name Balloon Pop …………………………………………………………………… 38
Candy Throw ………………………………………………………………………….. 39
Stir It Up ……………………………………………………………………………….. 41
Coop Ball ……………………………………………………………………………….. 42
Marshmallow Soak’ Em ……………………………………………………………. 44
Piggyback Tape Pull …………………………………………………………………. 45
Bite the Bag ……………………………………………………………………………. 46
Newspaper Hockey ………………………………………………………………….. 47
Water in the Face …………………………………………………………………….. 48
Pass the Present ………………………………………………………………………. 49
Pull Up ……………………………………………………………………………………
50
Pull Off ……………………………………………………………………………………
51
Toilet Paper Wrap ……………………………………………………………………. 52
Team Musical Chairs ………………………………………………………………… 53
Team Up ………………………………………………………………………………… 55
All Tied Up …………………………………………………………………………….. 56
Build It! …………………………………………………………………………………..
58
Reversal …………………………………………………………………………………. 59
Group Draw ……………………………………………………………………………. 60
Pass the Clay! ………………………………………………………………………….. 62
Bid and Build ………………………………………………………………………….. 64
Blindfold Build ………………………………………………………………………… 66
Circle Tag ……………………………………………………………………………….. 68
Team Card Tower ……………………………………………………………………. 70
Foothold ………………………………………………………………………………….
71
Big Team Score Basketball ……………………………………………………….. 72
Group Walk …………………………………………………………………………….. 74
Shoe Pile ………………………………………………………………………………… 76
Back to Back ………………………………………………………………………….. 77
Team Four Square ……………………………………………………………………. 78
Line Up ………………………………………………………………………………….. 80
Teddy Bear Toss ……………………………………………………………………… 82
Piggyback Challenge ………………………………………………………………… 84
Lap Sit …………………………………………………………………………………….
85
Can Walk …………………………………………………………………………………
86
Shake the Sheet ……………………………………………………………………….. 87
Lighthouse ……………………………………………………………………………… 88
Group Limbo ………………………………………………………………………….. 90
Tall Tower ………………………………………………………………………………. 92
Three-Legged Sports ……………………………………………………………….. 94
Twenty-one …………………………………………………………………………….. 96
Cup Stack ……………………………………………………………………………….. 98
Take the Challenge! ……………………………………………………………….. 100
The Great Shoe Tie ………………………………………………………………… 102
Trust Tag ………………………………………………………………………………. 103
Swamp Crossing ……………………………………………………………………. 104
End over End ………………………………………………………………………… 106
Knots …………………………………………………………………………………….
107
Footbridge …………………………………………………………………………….. 108
Group Skiing …………………………………………………………………………. 110
Bowling Pin Touch …………………………………………………………………. 112
Water Transfer ………………………………………………………………………. 114
Egg Construction …………………………………………………………………… 116
Blind Square ………………………………………………………………………….. 117
Sneak-a-Peek ………………………………………………………………………… 118
Push and Pull …………………………………………………………………………. 120
The Really Big Puzzle …………………………………………………………….. 122
Group Jump Rope ………………………………………………………………….. 123
Our Hands Are Tied! ……………………………………………………………… 124
Pile On …………………………………………………………………………………. 125
Around the Corner …………………………………………………………………. 126
Survival Shopping ………………………………………………………………….. 128
Blind Creations ……………………………………………………………………… 130
Points of Contact …………………………………………………………………… 131
Puppet Show …………………………………………………………………………. 132
Flip ……………………………………………………………………………………….
134
Big Shoes ……………………………………………………………………………… 135
Crazy Maze …………………………………………………………………………… 136
Ice Block Melt ………………………………………………………………………. 138
Circle Walk ……………………………………………………………………………. 139