Learning Outcomes:
The activity helps participants to re-focus on the activities after the break.
Duration:
Duration may vary. As an energizer, the activity should not be longer that 15-20 minutes.
Materials needed:
- paper
- pens
- pencils
Description
“This is a funny game to play in groups, even if participants don’t know each other very well. Possibly, it’s even funnier.
The trainer(s) will give everyone an A4 sheet and explain the rules.
The game start with everyone writing a short sentence at the top of the page. Then the trainer(s) ask participants to fold that part of the page on itself, covering the sentence, and pass it to the person on their right.
Once everyone has received the sheet from the person next to him/her, they can open the page and read the sentence by themselves, making sure that the person to their right does not read it.
Then the trainer(s) ask participants to make a small drawing representing that sentence, fold the sheet to hide the drawing, and pass it to the person on the right.
Once everyone has received the sheet, they can open the page, look at the drawing and write a sentence representing the drawing, always making sure that the person on the right doesn’t see.
Fold the sheet, pass it, and so on until the turn (or sheet) is complete. it is important that the last part is a sentence and not a drawing.
Everybody will have fun reading the last sentence written and then opening the sheet and finding out how the sentence has been transformed.
Tips
The game usually finishes when the whole sheet is complete, but it can also be stopped before its natural end by letting participants know that that would be the final round. Keep in mind that the final round should be a sentence and not a drawing.
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