Papersmash

This icebreaker is great with a group that just met.

this activity promotes

Instructions

Time: 10 – 15 min

Participants: 6 – 14

Inside as well as outside.

Active

Required materials

Newspaper

Arrangement

All the participants stand in a circle.

Frame

The participants just met each other and may have done some games already to get to know each other.

How it works

Everybody stands in a circle and “the smasher” stands in the middle.
Someone in the circle says the name of someone else. The smasher tries to find this person and hits that person with the newspaper on the legs.
To avoid getting hit the person, whose name has been called, says another name. Then the smasher has to go after this person. If he is too late and gets hit, he becomes the smasher.

Differentiation

Making the circle bigger or smaller.
Adding rules such as, a man can only say a woman’s name or you can’t say someone whose hair has the same colour as yours.
Before you say the name you have to clap in your hands.
Suggestions from the group.

Safety check

Make sure that the participants only hit under the knees, in such a way that it doesn’t hurt.

Attention points

Keep changing the rules. To make sure that it stays interesting.