Team Building

Simple List

• Line up by age without talking

• Blindfolded, line up by height

• Blindfolded with rope, form a perfect square, or equilateral triangle

• Fold a tarp while standing on it

• Group push up (feet on someone else's shoulders)

• Arrange poles in a shape and everyone uses 1 finger to lift and move the shape

• Group karaoke or chant

• Group painting

• Build a bridge/tower/flag pole, out of popsicle sticks / bamboo & twine / paper towel and tape, marshmallow and spaghetti

• Human pyramid

• Group hand stand (all at once)

• Fit on a milk carton

• Human knot

• Group skipping rope

• Egg race

• Egg drop

• Put something on top of a pole while staying 1m from the pole

• Draw out a crime scene then have the other group figure it out

• Pipeline game (use stuff to let a marble roll from one location to the next)

• verbally lead a blind person through a maze

• march as a group around a course, with hands on heads  while squishing yoga balls between each other

• High chalk mark on a wall

• Paper airplanes

• Blind Numerical Order

a) There is no talking

b) You must keep your blindfolds on at all times

c) Each of you will have a number whispered into yor ear

d) The goal is for the group to arrange itself in numerical order without speaking and without the use of sight.

Blindfold all the participants. Whisper a number to each of them (do not allow other participants to hear). The number should be RANDOM (not just 1-12, etc). After whispering the number, move the participant to a random location. Once every participant has a number, they should begin. 

• Pipe Cleaner Sculpture (2 per person)

• make a human stretcher and carry someone around a course

• Use the GPS watch to map out an animal using trails and roads

• Hole in Many

You’ll need to buy a tarp or use an old one. You’ll cut holes in various parts of the tarp.

Teams will grab the corners of the tarp and spread it out. A tennis ball is thrown on the tarp. The purpose is to keep the tennis ball from falling through one of the holes as long as possible. You can make it more difficult by adding more holes or balls.

• Guess Who

Write on a note, one interesting thing they’ve done. These include activities like the past winner of a food-eating competition, skydiving, etc. This note is then placed into a container that other members of the group pick from. Teammates are required to guess which colleague fits the bill of the note selected. They will give reasons why opening discussions as to why this may be correct or wrong. 

Equipment

• Milk crate, blindfolds, straps for human knot, tarp, long skipping rope, spoons and plastic eggs, deck of cards, pipe cleaners, tennis balls, tarp with holes, chalk, paper

Scouts Canada Team Building Jumpstart Package (pdf)

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Resource #4 - good for indoor activities and getting to know each other

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