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Icebreakers

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Updated by: Member Relations Committee 2013-2014

CNH| California-Nevada-Hawaii District

August 2013
 What are icebreakers?
Icebreakers are activities that get
members moving for the meetings.
Energizes the atmosphere.
Allows for team building, bonding,
inclusiveness and overall interaction
with others.

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 Pterodactyl
Audience: Medium- Large
Setting: Indoors or Outdoors
Instructions: A circle is formed and everyone pulls
their upper lip over their teeth. Next they pull their
arms towards them to make wings. Going clockwise
once person begins and says pterodactyl in a way to
try to make the other person laugh. If someone wishes
to change the direction of the circle the make a
pterodactyl sound turning the rotation the other way. If
anyone laugh, they are then out.

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 Evolve
Audience: Large
Setting: Indoors or outdoors
Instructions: Everyone begins as an egg. Each time a
game of rock-paper-scissors is won, the winner
evolves into a chicken. They must then play against
another chicken to see who evolves into a dinosaur. If
a game is lost, the loser returns to an egg and must
play against another egg. The stages of evolution are
egg, chicken, dinosaur, and monster. The goal is to
become a monster.

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 Simon Says
Audience: Large
Setting: Indoors or Outdoors
Instructions: A game that everyones familiar with! A
designated leader states commands and the audience
obeys if Simon Says was said before it. If the leader
does not say Simon Says and members follow the
command, theyre out.

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 Hug Fest
Audience: Large
Setting: Outdoors
Instructions: An individual shouts out a number at a
time. Members must hug the number of people that
was called out, and then sit down. A new number is
called, and the process repeats. Members who cant
form a group of the number called are out.

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 Catch Me If You Can
Audience: Large
Setting: Outdoors
Instructions: Players should be paired up. All players
divide into two lines (facing in) shoulder to shoulder, with
partners facing each other. Participants should be given
approximately 30 seconds to look at their partners, taking
in all details about the individual. The leader then instructs
the two lines to turn and face away from the center. One or
both lines has 15-20 seconds to change something about
their appearance (i.e. change a watch to different wrist,
unbutton a button, remove a belt, etc.). The change must
be discrete, but visible to the partner. The players again
turn in to face each other and have 30 seconds to discover
the physical changes that have been made.

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 3 Minute Mixer
Audience: Large
Setting: Indoors or Outdoors
Instructions: Everyone must go around the room and
speak with at least 10 others The purpose of this exercise is
to get people to open up with one another. Give everyone
a few ideas as to which topics they might want to use to get
their conversation started. If you have some shy members
in your group, then this mini-mixer will give them the
opportunity to come out of their shell a bit. At the end of
the mixer, take this ice breaker game one step further, and
gather everyone in a group to discuss the game. Have
everyone mention something that they thought was
interesting about one of the other members, or a fact about
that person that surprised them.

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 Just a few tips!
Stop the icebreaker when members
are having the most fun! You want
them to remember times of fun, not
moments when interest is lost.
Prizes are great sources of
motivation.
Encourage members to break out of
their shells and meet new people!

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 QUESTIONS
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COMMENTS,
CONCERNS?
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