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This interactive icebreaker game creates meaningful bonds through shared experiences and physical linking. Making Connections transforms ordinary introductions into a visual representation of how people relate to one another. Perfect for first meetings or team gatherings, this fun get-to-know-you game works with any group size and requires no equipment. The physical connection of linking arms reinforces the verbal sharing of commonalities. Suitable for all ages and settings, it helps groups discover unexpected connections.
Making Connections – Interactive Icebreaker Game
- Gather your group in a large open space.
- The ultimate objective is to create one large circle in which every person is physically linked with two others.
- Ask one volunteer to stand with one hand on their hip, and then share one or more statements about themselves to the group.
- When someone from the rest of the group hears a statement that they have in common with the first volunteer, they are invited to link elbows with them.
- This second person then shares something about themselves to the larger group, to attract a new person to link elbows with them, and so on.
- This process of sharing and linking continues one by one.
- To complete the circle, invite the last person to join the long chain of connections to share something about themselves to link with the very first volunteer.
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