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Submitted by: Shorty on 23-Jul-2010
Game categories: Relaxing games, Icebreaker games
Often at the start of a youth camp or youth group year there are many people who don't know each other. Even the leaders often don't know many of kids. What's needed is a good ice breaker game which doesn't put too much pressure on everyone.
I played this group game at a camp recently and it was a fantastic icebreaker idea.
1. Split the group into 2 halves.
2. Get each half of the group to line up against opposite sides of the room or hall.
3. Get each person to take of 1 shoe and make a pile of their team's shoes.
4. Get each person from one team to come a select a random shoe from the other team's pile and then find the person that shoe belongs to.
5. Once they have found their match, have a question ready so each person in the pair can ask each other a get to know each other a little bit better. Make sure you don't leave this time too long, but don't make it too short either, give both people a chance to answer.
6. Get the other team to do the same process with the first team's pile of shoes.
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Comments
2 people have commented on Shoe Talk
LINDA
July 24, 2010 at 6:05 am
I agree - I can be unhelpful in some situations. An alternative could be to tell kids to "find their twin" in the room and can get to know them, and then "find their opposite' in the room and can answer a question with them.
Shorty
July 26, 2010 at 8:23 am
I think that this game will make some kids uncomfortable beacause they think some kids will make fun of their shoes or their socks. It can also be emberrasing if their feet smell or their shoes.