Hobbies And Interests
Mingling Games
Mingling games allow teenagers to move around freely and have a close-up look at the other members of the team without raising suspicion of staring or being out of line. "People Bingo" is a mingling game where teenagers get to know each other through predetermined questions. The players are given a set of bingo cards with 25 squares containing descriptions such as "has an older brother," or "likes sushi." The participants then find someone who fits the description and fill in the name on the sheet. The first one who manages to find five answers on a horizontal or vertical row, wins. In an adapted form of speed dating, music is played and the players dance. Whenever the music stops, they have to talk to the person closest to them about a favorite book, movie or place to hang out. No one is allowed to talk to the same person twice, and no one wins or loses.
Problem Solving Games
Getting out of sticky situations requires team spirit and trust, and once achieved can create a bond between the members. "Human Knot" is a game where the players have to get out of complete chaos into an organized circle. The players stand in a circle and create the knot by holding on to the hands of players standing opposite. The goal is to disentangle the knot without letting go of one of the hands. in a different entanglement game, the first player introduces himself before he throws a ball of yarn while holding on to the beginning of the string. The player who catches the yarn introduce himself, takes hold of the string, and throws the ball to another player. When each player holds the string in each hand, the players have to roll up the yarn again without breaking it, which requires teamwork and human contact.
Scavenger Hunts
Scavenger hunts are ideal bonding games. The teams will spend a considerable amount of time together and have to reach a common goal. Organize scavenger hunts requiring physical challenges, knowledg-based answers and logical thinking skills to give every teenager in a group with mixed abilities a chance to shine. Physical challenges can include someone doing a handstand or another bouncing a ball around obstacles. Quiz questions can refer to famous literary works or movies, while logical thinking challenges might include solving mathematical equations or explaining a scientific principle.
Trust Games
In trust games, teenagers should lay aside prejudices or personal dislikes to achieve a common goal. The games can be played with blindfolds where one player has to guide a partner with her eyes covered over an obstacle course without the partner tripping or falling. In a variation, teams navigate their blindfolded representative over the obstacle course by shouting directions, leaving it to the player to find the voices belonging to her team among the noise mayhem. Other trust games can involve one player being carried by the entire group from one side of the room to the other without being dropped, or the entire team balancing safely over a tree trunk when bound together with a rope.