Workshop Ideas

1. Model competition, each group gets given a balloon sculpture they have to make eg dog, building, own design
   
   

2. Give team 10 balloons they have to make a high structure as big as they can
   
   

3. Place half of team behind a line, the other half has to throw balloons to the other side to be caught. The most caught wins. You could just blow up balloons and let them go so they catch them deflating.
   
   

4. The web. Make a structure like a spider web, eg make it out of people or balloons. Each member has to get through it without touching the sides.
   
   

5. Apple bobbing. Fill a large bowl with water. Place apples in it. Get 2 or more people to pick up an apple only using their teeth. No hands. Looks awesome
   
   

6. Have old clothes. Roll dice. Cut up chocolate with knife and fork. If they get the number six.
   
   

7. Trust fall. People link arms, and catch a blindfolded person falling from a height
   
   

8. Flour, chocolate or lollies hidden in it. Put water on face first, looks really good.
   
   

9. Egg throw and catch, see how far the person can stand to catch the egg, do in pairs
   
   

10. Slippery tug of war. Do tug of war over wet plastic with dish wash on it
    
    

11. Treasure hunt, well done
    
    

12. Murder by winking. You wink they die
    
    

13. Two groups facing each other, they repeat “to night is a sad and Solemn occasion” they reply “yes indeed, tonight is a sad a Solemn occasion”
    
    

14. Twister is cool, try finger twister
    
    

15. Hey clowning stuff, making juggling balls
    
    

16. Blind obstacle course
    
    

17. News paper-who can make the tallest structure or draw a line and have two teams, each team has to get the most newspaper over the line
    
    

18. Could use the salt magazine stuff that’s pretty cool
    
    

19. Clown skit: with God all things are possible
    
    

20. Banana illusion
    
    

21. Pictures of things that have two meanings. Show that we can interpret life in the wrong or right way
    
    

22. Music in shows would be good
    
    

23. Hand slap on hip. Explain that I have a million dollars to give. Must get as much as they can by slapping each others hips
    
    

24. Massive hand shake. All join hands of different person. Must try and get out of it. Have one leader
    
    

25. Big circle. Spin around backs to each other, sit down, yeah see if you remain standing.
    
    

26. Walk around blind, hands up in air Greet people
    
    

27. Back to back, link arms and sit up
    
    

28. Make a human pyramid
    
    

29. Charades using every day objects eg spoon, fork, toilet
    
    

30. Pictionary
    
    

31. Copy game, guessing person walks out. Other person stays in, makes gestures. Guessing person comes in and has to see who is making the gestures.
    
    

32. I went to the shop and got.......
    
    

33. Stare face to face with partner, think about life
    
    

34. Lie on back and relax. Think about life/sights sounds/smells
    
    

35. Group get together and make up team name. Yell it in the middle
    
    

36. Slow motion tag/normal tag, old person tag, fast jerky tag
    
    

37. Get these to add up:

    1000

    40

    1000

    30

    1000

    20

    1000

    10

    Got 5000? Wrong

     

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