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Icebreaker Sampler
The following pages contain icebreakers that can be used with kids or adults.
Do not feel you need to use these icebreakers as they are stated. You may find that they
need to be adapted because of:
• Age of participants
• Size of group
• Area available for play
• Theme to go with your event * To include / remove props
Icebreakersfor Adults
Icebreakersfor Kids
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ABCs of Me
Materials
Sheet of paper (one per person)
Pencil (one per person)
Directions
Write your name, from top to bottom, onthe left edge of your paper.
For each letter, choose a word that de-
scribes something about you.
Accomplishments
Materials
Sheet of paper (one per person)
Pencil (one per person)
Directions
List your three most recent accomplish-
ments. They can be personal, volunteer or
professional.
Am I Famous?
Materials
Tape
Index card with name of famous person
(one per person)
Directions
As each participant arrives, tape a 3” x 5”
index card on their back with the name of
a famous person. Make sure the famous
person is age appropriate.
Each person must circulate in the room
and ask questions that can be answered
with either a Yes or No. These questions
will help them figure out the name of the
person on their index card.
Examples
• Paris Hilton
• Lady Gaga
• Miley Cyrus
• Santa Claus
• Tooth Fairy
• John Wayne
• Doctor Who
Animal Noises
Materials
Notecards (one per person)
Directions
Write the names of animals on note cards.
Do at least two of each animal, but youmay want more depending on the size of
the
subgroup you want to create. For example,
if you want subgroups of five people each,
you’ll need five note cards with the same
animal on them.
Distribute one card to each participant.
Explain there are some duplicates.
Tell participants they must identify their
group members (subgroups) within the
room purely by making the noise that theywould associate with “their” animal. There
should be no talking at this stage, only ani-
mal noises, until all subgroups are formed.
Around the World
Materials
None
Directions
One adult starts by saying the name of anygeographical item that can be found on an
atlas. This includes the name of a country,
city, river, sea, ocean, mountain, etc. The
next person says another, but everyone
after the first person must start the name
of their item with the last letter of the item
previously given. Continue until everyone
has named
one item.
Example
The first person starts with America.
The second person, Albany.
The third, Yemen.
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Autographs
Materials
Statement sheet (one per person)
Pencil (one per person)
Directions
Pass a sheet that has 20-25 statements onit.
Have each participant meet others and
ask them to sign their sheet on a line that
applies to that person. Encourage partici-
pants to have a different person sign each
line.
At the end, the participant can sign his/her
sheet. Congratulate person who has the
most autographs.
Balloon Hugging
Materials
Balloons (three per team)
Directions
Break participants into teams of two. Hand
out the balloons to each team.
Upon your signal, have the teams blow up
all three of their balloons. One of the team
places two of the balloons under his / herarms. The other goes between the team
members.
The goal is hug each other tight enough
to pop all three balloons at the same time.
The first team to do this wins.
Balloon Pop
Materials
Balloon (one per person)
Questions (one per person)
Directions
Prepare questions on small pieces of paper.
Put one question inside a balloon and blow
up the balloon.
Have people pop the balloons to get the
question and have everyone answer their
questions to the group.
Beach Ball Toss
Materials
Beach ball
Directions
Prepare the ball beforehand. Write ques-
tions on the ball with a permanent marker.Cover the questions with blue tape.
Ask the participants to get into a circle.
Ask the participants toss the ball to each
other. When caught, that person must state
their name and pull the tape from the
question closest to their right hand. They
read the question and answer it.
Then, they put the tape back over the
question and throw it to the next person.
Continue until everyone is introduced.
Bumper Sticker
Materials
Bumper sticker-sized paper (one per per-
son)
Pencil (one per person)
Directions
Create a bumper sticker for your car thatreflects you.
Commercials
Materials
Various Items
Directions
Provide each team with an item.
Each team needs to come up with a
60-second commercial to sell the product.
The goofier the item, the better.
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Conversations
Materials
Sheet with questions (one per person)
Pencil (one per person)
Directions
Each person is handed the question sheet.This is a great way to start conversations.
Each person must speak to everyone else
to fill out the questions.
• Count the number of brown-eyed
people in the room
• Find out who has made the longest trip
• Who has the most unusual hobby?
• Find the weirdest thing anyone has
eaten
• Who has had the most embarrassing
experience?
• Who knows what ‘Hippopotomon- strosesquippedaliophobia’ is a fear of?
Nearest guess wins
If that’s too easy you can try Arachibutyro-
phobia, Alektorophobia, Ephebiphobia or
Anglophobia.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
• Fear of long words
Arachibutyrophobia
• Fear of peanut butter sticking to the
roof of the mouth.Alektorophobia
• Fear of chickens.
Ephebiphobia
• Fear of teenagers
Anglophobia
• Fear of England or English culture.
Cotton Ball Races
Materials
Straws (one per person)
Cotton balls
Bowls (one per team)
DirectionsPartners sit at the table with straws in their
mouths. Each pair has a pile of cotton balls,
the same number for each team, and a
bowl.
Pick up a cotton ball by sucking in your
straw. Then pass the ball to your partner’s
straw without letting it drop. Your partner
can places the cotton ball in the bowl.
If the cotton ball is dropped, it goes back
to the original pile.
Desert Island
Materials
Sheet of paper (one per person)
Pencil (one per person)
Directions
Announce:
You have been exiled to a deserted island
for a year. In addition to the essentials, you
may take one piece of music, one book (noBibles) and one luxury item you can carry
with you (no boats). What would you take
and why?’
Do not give your participants more than
five minutes to answer these and discuss
the answers. You can start the discussion
to make others more comfortable.
Dream Vacation
Materials
None
Directions
Each adult must introduce themselves and
describe, in detail, their perfect vacation.
This can be real or imaginary.
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Fact or Fiction
Materials
Piece of paper (one per person)
Pencil (one per person)
Directions
Ask everyone to write on a piece of pa-per three things about themselves which
may not be known to the others in the
group. Two are true and one is not. Taking
turns they read out the three “facts” about
themselves and the rest of the group votes
which are true and false.
This simple activity is always fun, and helps
the group and leaders get to know more
about each other.
Favorite T-Shirt
Materials
T-shirt brought from home
Directions
Bring (don’t wear) your favorite t-shirt.
Introduce yourself and explain why the t-
shirt is your favorite and / or the meaning
behind the t-shirt.
Flags
Materials
Writing / coloring instruments (crayons,
markers, etc.)
White cards (one per person)
Directions
Divide the card into sections — four for
younger kids, six for persons. Each section
should have one picture of things that are
important to you.
Give everyone twenty minutes to draw
their flags. Make sure each gets to explain
the meaning of their pictures.
Follow the Leader
Materials
None
Directions
One person is chosen as “it” and leaves the
area while the rest of the group designatesa leader.
Players sit in a circle and go through a
series of motions. “It” stands in the middle
and tries to discover who the group leader
is. All players follow the leader’s motions:
clapping, itching, stamping feet, pounding
legs, waving, etc. while being careful not to
watch the leader directly.
When “it” correctly guesses the leader, a
new “it” is chosen, a new leader is desig-
nated, and the game continues.
Fortune Cookie Writer
Materials
Paper (one per person)
Pencil (one per person)
Directions
Everybody loves a fortune cookie. Some
enjoy it even more if the cookie is a little
odd.
Ask each participant to write a fortune
cookie saying and share it with the group.
Graffi ti Boards
Materials
Large poster board(s)
Markers
Directions
On the top of the board, write a question
like “I really need to know . . .” or “I need
help doing . . .”
All participants should write down what
they need to know. Then, review it together
to get additional clarification.
Use this to make sure everyone gets what
they are looking for out of the event.
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Heads Up
Materials
Balloons (one per pair)
Directions
Both players put their hands behind their
backs. Now, using your heads only keepthe balloon in the air while you walk across
the room. If the balloon drops before you
reach the other side of the room, go back
and start again.
Hoop Pass
Materials
Hula hoop
Directions
Ask the group to form a circle holdinghands. Two people break their grip and
rejoin through the center of a hula-hoop. At
“go” the group must pass the hoop around
the circle as fast as they can without break-
ing their grips until the hoop is back where
it started.
Time how long it takes and try to break
your own record. When the group has
mastered passing one hoop, add a second
hula-hoop to the circle passing in the op-
posite direction as the first. Eventually thehoops will have to
by-pass each other.
Human Chair
Materials
None
Directions
Everyone stands in a circle shoulder to
shoulder. Everyone then turns to the right
so they are facing the back of the person in
front of them. Have them shrink the circle
so that everyone is touching the person
in front of them. Put your hands on the
shoulder of the person in front of you. On
the count of three slowly sit down on the
lap of the person behind you. You should
focus on helping the person in front of you
sit on your lap. As long as everyone is help-
ing the person in front of him or her, then
everyone should be supporting the weight
of everyone else. It may not succeed on the
first try.
I Have Never
Materials
Small candies (same number for each person)
Small holder for candies
Directions
Each person starts off with some candy.Going around the circle, each person
finishes the sentence “I have never...”
Everyone who HAS done what they have
never done gives that person one of their
candies. A fun way to learn things you
might otherwise not find out about people.
I Like to
Materials
None
Directions
Each person introduces themselves by
their first name. They also state what they
like to do which begins with the same let-
ter as their first name.
Examples
My name is Laura and I like to laugh.
I’m Catherine and I like to camp.
I’ve Done SomethingYou Haven’t Done
Materials
None
Directions
Have each person introduce themselves
and then state something they have done
that they think no one else in the class has
done. If someone else has also done it, the
student must state something else until he/
she finds something that no one else hasdone.
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Ice Cubes
Materials
Ice Cubes
Directions
Each team of two to three people gets an
ice cube. The object is to work as a teamto melt their ice cube first. The only rules
are that the ice cube must not touch the
ground and all members of the team must
touch the ice cube during the game.
Instant Replay
Materials
None
Directions
Create a circle.
One person takes step into circle and intro-
duces him/herself with a name and action.
This person then steps back and the instant
this happens, the whole circle takes one
step in and imitates the name and action.
Then circle steps back and immediately
next person on right steps in and does his/
her name and action.
Continue around the circle until everyone
has introduced themselves.
Interview
Materials
None
Directions
Divide the young people into pairs. Ask
them to take three minutes to interview
each other. Each interviewer has to find
three interesting facts about their partner.
Bring everyone back to together and ask
everyone to present the three facts about
their partner to the rest of the group.
Watch the time on this one, keep it moving
along.
Note: You may decrease the number of
facts for younger kids.
Introduce Myself
Materials
None
Directions
Participants introduce themselves and tell
why they are there.
Joys in Life
Materials
Sheet of paper (one per person)
Pencil (one per person)
Directions
List five things you enjoy doing the most.
Note when you did them last.
Share your top one with the group, butkeep the list as a reminder.
Note: You can share more than one if the
group is small.
Knots
Materials
None
DirectionsMake a circle of 6-8 kids.
Ask all of them to extend their left hand
across the circle and hold the left hand of
someone in the circle. Then, extend their
right hand and grab the right hand of
someone else.
The goal is to untangle themselves without
letting their hands go. This may require
climbing over arms, going under arms,
twisting, etc.
For a greater challenge, limit the time
to untangle to three minutes.
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Laps
Materials
Chairs (one per person)
Statements
Directions
Each participant should sit in a chair.
One person will make a statement telling
how many chairs to move if this statement
is true of you.
Participants should move to the assigned
chair. If someone is in the chair, the person
should sit on their lap.
If the person with people on their lap has
to move, everyone on the chair moves to
the next chair.
Examples
Move two chairs to the left if you are wear-
ing blue jeans.
Move three chairs to the right if you have
blonde hair.
Move seven chairs to the right if you have a
drivers’ license.
Line Up
Materials
None
Directions
Ask the kids to line up by giving them cri-
teria to do so.
Examples
Height, shortest to tallest (or vice versa)
Birthdays by month or year
Alphabetical first or last names
Alphabetical by street name
Shoe size, smallest to largest
Lollipop
Materials
Dum-dum lollipops (one per person)
Directions
Each person gets a lollipop.
For every letter that appears in the flavor,
the participant has to say something about
themselves to the group.
Magic Wand
Materials
Magic wand
Directions
You have just found a magic wand that
allows you to change three things in yourlife. You can change anything you want.
Share what you would change and why.
Masks
Materials
Writing / coloring instruments (crayons,
markers, etc.)
Scissors (one per person)
White cards (one per person)
Directions
Ask each participant to draw and cut out a
life-sized shape of a face. For younger kids,
preprint these on the cards.
Each participant should decorate both
sides of the card. One side is how they feel
about themselves or how they think they
look. The other side should reflect how
they think others think of them.
This activity is a great starter for talking
about self-image.
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Moving Questions
Materials
None
Directions
Ask everyone count off by twos. The
“ones” form an inner circle and “twos” toform an outer circle. Each person stands
across from their partner.
Ask facing pairs to introduce themselves
by name and age. Then pose a question
to the group and allow pairs one to two
minutes to take turns answering.
At the completion of a question, ask
everyone in the inner circle to shift one
place to the left. New pairs introduce
themselves. Pose another question, and
continue the process.
My Hometown
Materials
None
Description
After introducing yourself, tell where you
are from and some information about your
hometown.
My Name is?
Materials
Paper and pencil for leader only
Directions
Go around the group and ask each
participant to state his/her name and
attach an adjective that not only describes
a dominant characteristic, but also starts
with the same letter of his name.
Write them down and refer to them by this
for the rest of the evening.
Examples
• Generous Graham
• Diva Dana
Name Chain
Materials
None
Directions
Introduce yourself to the group adding a
word that describes you based upon thefirst letter of your name. For example, “I am
Smart Sarah,” or “I am Jumping Jack.”
Then introduce yourself, and the person to
your right. The person to your right repeats
previous introductions and introduces the
person to their right.
Continue with the next person to the right,
until all names have been repeated.
Name Game
Materials
None
Directions
Share your name. Then share one of the
following.
• Name a hobby you enjoy and why you
started.
• Share your nickname and explain how
you got it.
• Share your camp name and explainhow you got it.
• How you got your given name.
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Odd Bean
Materials
Bag (one per person)
Beans (twelve per person)
Directions
Each player receives 12 beans in a smallbag. Opening his/her bag of beans, one
player puts a few beans in one fist, stretch-
es it out toward another player and asks,
“Odds or evens?”
If the other player correctly guesses
whether the number of beans is odd or
even, he/she collects those beans. If wrong,
he/she has to turn over that many beans to
the person who asked.
The object is to collect all the beans. When
you want to stop playing before someone
has collected all the beans, the winner is
the one with the most.
Paper Air Planes
Materials
Sheet of paper (one per person)
Pencil (one per person)
Directions
Everyone makes a paper airplane andwrites their name, something they like and
dislike on it.
On the leader’s signal, everyone throws
their airplane around the room. If you find
an airplane, pick it and keep throwing it
until told to stop (one or two minutes).
At the end of that time, everyone must
have one paper airplane that is not their
own. This is the person they must find and
introduce to the group.
Pass the Orange
Materials
Orange
Directions
Form a circle.
Place the orange under your chin and hold
it against your chest without touching it
with your hands. Pass it around the circle
using only your chin, neck and chest. If the
orange is dropped, the previous player has
to retrieve it and try passing it again.
Penny Dates
Materials
Penny (one per person)
Directions
Have everyone select one penny.
Ask each adult to introduce themselves.
Then, read the year on the penny and tell
something that happened in that year.
Variation
Have each person pull a penny out of their
pocket and do the same thing.
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Play-Doh-tionary
Materials
Play-Doh for each team
Cards with items to make
Directions
Break the group into two teams of fiveto seven players each. Each team gets a
container of Play-Doh to make an object.
In the spirit of Pictionary, one person from
each team comes to the leader for a card
with the name (or picture for younger kids)
of the object they are supposed to form
with the Play-Doh.
The teams rotate from who is shaping the
clay to who is guessing. After each team
has successfully completed seven objects,
they are declared the winners.
Pocket or Purse
Materials
Participant’s belongings
Directions
Everyone selects one item from their
pocket or purse that has some personal
significance to them. They introduce
themselves and do a show and tell forthe selected item and why it is important
to them.
Variation
Let everyone select more than one item
to share.
Positive Impressions
Materials
Pencils (one per person)
Initial Positive Impressions Sheet (one per
person)
DirectionsHave the group sit in a circle on the floor.
Explain that each person will receive posi-
tive feedback on how he or she is initially
perceived by others. Each person will have
about a minute to introduce and tell about
themselves. Tell them that as each person
speaks, the other group members are to
listen quietly. After each person speaks,
the group may ask questions to help clarify
what the speaker said.
Ask for volunteers to begin the introduc-
tions. You may need to begin. Continueuntil everyone has had a chance to speak.
When all participants have introduced
themselves, pass out the “Initial Positive
Impressions Sheet” and a pencil to each
person. Tell them to fill in the names of
each person in the group and their positive
impressions of each person. Let them know
that they’ll be reading the positive
impressions to the group.
When the group is finished filling out thesheet, ask for a volunteer to begin receiv-
ing feedback. Have all the participants
share their impressions with the volunteer.
Have the
participants take turns being the “receiver.”
Variation
Sheet can be as simple as blank cards to
write a person’s name and impression.
Puzzles
Material
Sheet of heavy paper cut into pieces
Directions
Give participants a blank piece of puzzle
made from a cut up a sheet of index card
stock. Each person writes on the piece one
skill which they contribute to the group.
The puzzle is then assembled to show that
everyone contributes to the whole.
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Questions
Material
List of questions
Directions
Following are a list of questions that are
relatively easy to ask. Choose one or moreto personalize other icebreakers or just to
add to a normal introduction.
• If you could have an endless supply
of any food, what would you choose?
• If you were an animal, what would you
be and why?
• What is one goal you’d like to
accomplish during your lifetime?
• When you were little, who was yourfavorite superhero and why?
• If you could be any superhero and have
super powers, which one would you
like to have and why?
• Who is your hero? This needs to be a
real person.
• What’s your favorite thing to do in the
summer?
• If they made a movie of your life, what
would it be about and which actor
would you want to play you?
• If you were an ice cream flavor, which
one would you be and why?
• What’s your favorite cartoon character,
and why?
• If you could visit any place in the world,
where would you choose to go and
why?
• What’s the ideal dream job for you?
• Are you a morning or night person?
• What are your favorite hobbies?
• What are your pet peeves or
interesting things about you that
you dislike?
• What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever
eaten?
• Name one of your favorite things about
someone in your family.
• Tell us about a unique or quirky habit
of yours.
• If you had to describe yourself using
three words, it would be . . .
• If someone made a movie of your life
would it be a drama, a comedy, a
romantic comedy, action film or
science fiction?
• If I could be anybody besides myself,
I would be…
• If you were a comic strip character,who would you be and why?
• If you had to give up a favorite food,
which would be the most diffi cult to
give up?
• What is one food you’d never want to
taste again?
• If you won a lottery ticket and had a
million dollars, what would you do
with it?
• You’ve been given access to a time
machine. Where and when would you
travel to?
• If you could transport yourself any
where instantly, where would you go
and why?
• What is one item that you really should
throw away, but probably never will?
• What is your favorite cartoon character
– Mickey Mouse or Jerry? Why?
• What is your ideal job?
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Recent Past
Materials
None
Directions
Each person shares information about
things they’ve done in their recent past.Pick one line of questions below or use dif-
ferent lines for different people.
• What is the last movie you saw? What
did you think of it? Would you
recommend it?
• What is the last book you read? What
did you like about it? Would you
recommend it?
• What is the last Web site you visited?
Why did surf there? Did you find whatyou were looking for?
• What is the last sport event you
attended? Did your team win? What
was the best moment?
• Where did you go on your last trip?
What would you recommend to us?
• What is the last restaurant you went
to? How was the service? How was
the food?
• What was the last joke you told? Who
did you tell it to? How did it go over?
Rolling Right Along
Materials
Several rolls of toilet paper with perforated
sheets
Directions
Do not explain the game before starting.
Pass around a roll or two of toilet paper
and have each participant tear off a length
that is as tall as they are. For kids, suggest
they take as many squares as they would
like.
Sit in a circle. Explain that they’ll take turns
telling one thing about themselves for each
square of toilet paper they have.
Ask for volunteers to go first, or beginyourself.
Save Three Things
Materials
None
Directions
Your house is on fire. Your family is safe.
What three things would you save? Why?
Skittles and M&Ms
Materials
Skittles
M&Ms
Question sheet
Directions
This activity uses the colors of the Skittles
or M&Ms to determine which question aparticipant will answer for the group. It is
best to use peanut M&Ms so you can tell
the difference between M&M’s and Skittles.
Make a sheet with the colors of each candy
and the corresponding question.
After the participant answers the ques-
tions, let them eat their treats. Make up
questions to fit your theme if the samples
below don’t work for you.
M&M’s
Yellow
If you were president, which one policy
would you change?
Red
If you could travel anywhere with all ex-
penses paid for two weeks, where would
you go?
Orange
Would you eat a bowl of crickets for
$10,000?
Green
What color represents love and why?
Brown
Who would you like to trade places with in
history?
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Skittles
Red
What magazine cover would you like to be
on and why?
Orange
If you could use a voodoo doll on someone,
would you?
Purple
If you could do anything without
repercussion, what would you do?
Green
If you could change one thing about your
working conditions, what would it be?
Yellow
If you could have any talent, what would it
be?
String Necklaces
Materials
String necklace (one per person)
Directions
Tie a string or yarn “necklace” around
everyone’s neck; the object of the game is
to get as many strings as possible around
your own neck by getting others to say
“no” to questions you ask. When someonesays “no” to you, she or he forfeits their
necklace.
Tale Toss
Materials
Small object
Directions
Everyone stands in a circle. Select a small
object that can be tossed easily from one
player to another. Toss the object to a
player in the circle.
The person catching the object must begin
to tell a story — something made up on the
spot. The player holding the object tosses
it to another player who must catch it and
continue the story. The story can take any
form, as long as it is connected to the last
player’s contribution. Players must contin-
ue the flow of the story no matter how fast
the object is passed.
That’s Me!
Materials
Statement sheet
Directions
Have a sheet with about 25 statements
prepared. Each time a statement appliesto someone, they should jump up and say,
“That’s me!”
Some sample questions might include:
• I like ice cream.
• I am a Girl Scout.
• My favorite color is green.
• I put my pants on right leg first.
• I wear glasses.
• I have a cat.
• I have a little sister.
• I have a big brother.
• I like to swim. • I like to sing.
• play a musical instrument.
• My birthday is in January.
• I’ll be eight years old this year.
• I like to climb trees.
• I like to be silly.
• I’m really smart.
• I love sports.
Three in Common
Materials
None
Directions
Break the group into threes.
Each group’s objective is to find three
things they have in common. It must be
three uncommon things, not easy things
like age and hair color.
After letting the groups talking about these
things for 10 - 15 minutes, they (as a group)
must tell the rest of the groups the three
things they have in common.
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Would You Rather?
Materials
Question sheet for the leader
Directions
All questions should have two answers.
You can design your questions to fit aparticular theme. Depending on the an-
swer, the participants can move to one side
of the room or the other.
Sit in the center of the “play” area and
gesture to show which side goes with
which answer. Let everyone walk between
the two areas. Make sure you leave enough
time for
everyone to get to their side before asking
the next question.
Questions might include the following. “Would you rather . . .”
• Visit the doctor or the dentist?
• Eat broccoli or carrots?
• Watch television or listen to music?
• Own a lizard or a snake?
• Have a beach holiday or a mountain
holiday?
• Be an apple or a banana?
• Live in Antarctica or Death Valley?
• Be invisible or be able to read minds?
• Be hairy all over or completely bald?• Be the most popular or the smartest
person you know?
• Make headlines for saving somebody’s
life or winning a Nobel Prize?
• Go without television or fast food for
the rest of your life?
• Have permanent diarrhea or permanent
constipation?
• Be handsome/beautiful and dumb
or be ugly and really smart?
• Always be cold or always be hot?
• Not hear or not see?
• Eliminate hunger and disease or be
able to bring lasting world peace?
• Be stranded on a deserted island alone
or with someone you hate?
• See the future or change the past?
• Be three inches taller or three inches
shorter?
• Be three feet taller or three feet shorter?
• Be three feet or eight feet tall?
• Wrestle a lion or fight a shark?
• Always get first dibs or the last laugh?
• Have to say everything on your mind
or never speak again?
• Lose or never play?
• Wear earmuffs or a nose plug?
• Win pie-eating contests or wheel-
barrow races?
• Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut?
• Be a dog named Killer or a cat named
Fluffy?
• Be a giant hamster or a tiny rhino?
• Be a tree or live in a tree?
• Eat sushi or liver?
• Be able to hear any conversation or
take back anything you say?
• Be able to read everyone’s mind all the
time or always know their future?
• Have sand in your shorts or water
in your ear?
• Be able to stop time or fly?
• Be an unknown minor league basket-
ball player or a famous professional
badminton star?
• Be born with an elephant trunk or agiraffe neck?
• Be forced to tell your best friend a lie
or tell your parents the truth?
• Be forgotten or hatefully remembered?
• Go about your normal day naked or fall
asleep for a year?
• Be gossiped about or never talked
about at all?
• Forget your sunscreen or your sun
glasses?
• Be happy for eight hours / day and
poor or sad for eight hours / day andrich?
• Be the sand castle or the wave?
• Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle
of dish washing liquid?
• Eat a handful of hair or lick three public
telephones?
• Eat a stick of butter or a gallon of ice
cream?
• Eat a stick of margarine or five table-
spoons of hot pepper sauce?
• Eat poison ivy or a handful of
bumblebees?
• End hunger or hatred?
• Find true love or 10 million dollars?
• Forget who you were or who everyone
else was?
• Get caught singing in the mirror or
spying on your crush?
• Get even or get over it?
• Give bad advice or take bad advice?
• Give up your computer or your pet?
• Go to an amusement park or to a
family reunion?
• Go without television or junk food for
the rest of your life?
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• Have a beautiful house and ugly car or
an ugly house and beautiful car?
• Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet?
• Have a missing finger or have an extra
toe?
• Have one wish granted today or three
wishes granted in ten years?
• Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing?
• Invent a cure for cancer or a cure for
AIDS?
• Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab?
• Know it all or have it all?
• Love and not be loved back, or be
loved but never love?
• Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer
space?
• Never use the internet again or never
watch television again?
• Not be able to use your phone or your
e-mail?
• Only be able to whisper or only be ableto shout?
• Own a ski lodge or a surf camp?
• Publish your diary or make a movie on
your most embarrassing moment?
• Spend the day surfing the Internet
or the ocean?
• Go barefoot or wear shoes you hate?
• Wear the latest fashion or your most
comfortable clothes?
• Be a leader or a follower?
• Follow a pattern or design your own?
• Worry about everything or worry
about nothing?
• Have one best friend or many
acquaintances?
• Get free chocolate for one year or free
potatoes forever?
• Have half days everyday or no home-
work forever?
• Have a mansion in the middle of
nowhere or an apartment with ten
friends?
• Run the mile or give a speech for
English?
• Bake cookies in a cooking class or do
art projects in an art class?
• Snowboard in the winter or swim in the
summer?
• Go out for pizza or go out for
hamburgers?
• Watch sports or play sports?
• Drink coffee or drink tea? • Have a tongue like a snake or a nose
like a pig?
• Skip Christmas or skip your birthday
for the year?
• Have only ketchup or only mustard?
• Do the macarena or do the chicken
dance?
• Live in the lost city of Atlantis or at
the North Pole with Santa?
• Have a unibrow or have buck teeth?
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Statement Sheet Ask others to print their first name on the line that applies to them. Each person can only
put their name under a statement once unless otherwise instructed.
Name ________ Statement
_____________ I like to stay up late at night.
_____________ I like to get up early.
_____________ I am a religious person.
_____________ I enjoy politics.
_____________ I am a baseball fanatic.
_____________ I am a football fanatic.
_____________ I don't particularly follow any sports.
_____________ I love the Olympics.
_____________ I enjoy learning new things.
_____________ I want to teach others what I know.
_____________ I'd rather be watching television.
_____________ I'd rather be surfing the Internet.
_____________ I love doing things with my kids.
_____________ I like my quiet time, alone at home.
_____________ I like to travel.
_____________ I like to camp.
_____________ I'd rather be barefoot.
_____________ I'm more interested in looking good than being comfortable.
_____________ I'm obsessively compulsive.
_____________ I never worry.
_____________ I always worry.
_____________ I'm a leader.
_____________ I'm a follower.
_____________ I love to sing.
_____________ I want to change the world.
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