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Sheet of paper held between two hands, as featured in team-building exercise called Paper Holding game

Paper Holding

Dynamic team-building exercise, ideal for small groups.

  • Innovative challenge
  • Fosters cooperation
  • Inspires creativity
  • Very playful & fun

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Form into teams of three to five people.
  2. By way of demonstration, ask two people from a team to volunteer and hold one sheet of paper between the palms of one of their hands.
  3. Each team is challenged to assist two of their group members to hold as many pieces of paper off the ground by using only their bodies.
  4. To guide fair play, announce that:
    – Only one sheet of paper can be affixed between any two body parts;
    – No adhesives can be used to hold paper to one’s body;
    – Folding the paper is not permitted;
    – Each sheet of paper must be in contact with both team members; and
    – No two sheets of paper can be touching.
  5. Distribute sheets of paper to each team, and announce “GO.”
  6. Allow up to 10 minutes and survey the results.

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Comments (3)

  1. Shelli Church

    This is an outstanding lesson. It is very simple and the 7th graders had a wonderful time.

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    • Mark Collard

      Shelli, so glad to hear that your group enjoyed this fun problem-solving exercise. How many sheets of paper did they manage to keep off the ground?

  2. jlkrausen

    Did this with a group of 35 x 8-12 year olds. They had a fantastic time! Loved it!

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