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This creative team-building game inspires groups to transform their bodies into dynamic, working machines through collaborative imagination. Human Machines encourages creativity, physical coordination and communication as teams plan and demonstrate their mechanical creations. Perfect for corporate training, workshops and youth programs seeking fun, energetic activities that promote cooperation. The playful nature of this exercise develops teamwork while ensuring everyone actively participates in a memorable experience that combines physical expression with innovative thinking.
Human Machines – Creative Team-Building Game
- Form small groups of 4 to 10 people.
- Each group will have four minutes to create a machine, which you will announce shortly, using only their bodies.
- Each machine must have moving parts and will be demonstrated as a working model to the rest of the group.
- Instruct each group to actively and productively involve every member of their team in the working model of the machine.
- Announce the first machine, eg dishwasher.
- Allow 2 to 5 minutes of planning time.
- When ready, invite each small group to demonstrate their machine.
- Play several rounds, announcing a new more complex machine with each round.
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