Active Icebreaker Game for Fun & Sharing - Twice Around The Block
Active Icebreaker Game for Fun & Sharing - Twice Around The Block is a relationship mapping exercise that helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Form small groups of 4 to 6 people, standing in a circle.
- Distribute a length of tubular webbing (or ribbon or rope) to each small group.
- Tie the two ends of the webbing together to form a loop.
- Instruct the groups to place the webbing loop inside their circle, grabbing the loop with both hands.
- Invite the person who (randomly) has the knot closest to their hands to start the exercise to share a story about themselves.
- As this person shares their story, everyone in the group starts to pass the webbing loop through their hands, and keeps passing until the knot has passed through the hands of every individual twice.
- Once the knotted loop has completed two full rotations of the group, the person sharing stops.
- The person to the left of the one who just shared is invited to share their story next.
- Twice Around The Block Active icebreaker game combining movement with personal sharing.
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Form small groups of 4 to 6 people, standing in a circle.
Distribute a length of tubular webbing (or ribbon or rope) to each small group.
Tie the two ends of the webbing together to form a loop.
Instruct the groups to place the webbing loop inside their circle, grabbing the loop with both hands.
Invite the person who (randomly) has the knot closest to their hands to start the exercise to share a story about themselves.
As this person shares their story, everyone in the group starts to pass the webbing loop through their hands, and keeps passing until the knot has passed through the hands of every individual twice.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Active Icebreaker Game for Fun & Sharing - Twice Around The Block. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Form small groups of 4 to 6 people, standing in a circle.; Distribute a length of tubular webbing (or ribbon or rope) to each small group.; Tie the two ends of the webbing together to form a loop.; Instruct the groups to place the webbing loop inside their circle, grabbing the loop with both hands.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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