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Playing Card Mixers

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Two people holding two different playing cards as seen in Playing Card Mixers activity

Playing Card Mixers

Series of fun, engaging & random ways to mix people.

  • Highly interactive
  • Fosters communication
  • Facilitates random mixing
  • Multiple variations
  • Common prop

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Grab a pack of playing cards (or two packs if your group is larger than 52 people.)
  2. Randomly distribute one card to each person in your group.
  3. Invite them to gather with all others who are holding:
    – Card of the same suit, eg hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades;
    – Card of the same value, eg all the 4’s get together, all the Kings get together, etc;
    – An odd (or even) card; or
    – The same colour card.

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  1. David Piang-Nee

    Novel way of creating groups and mixing participants around. Like the aspect of swapping the cards to create new groups as well.

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