Express yourself

Topic
- Communication & media
- Identity & emotions
Learning skills
- Self-awareness
- Creative thinking
- Communication & expression
- Body awareness
Activity type
- Role play
- Quiz & challenge game
Materials
- Basic
- Self-made
Age
- 6 - 11 years
- 12 - 14 years
5 - 15 minutes
2 - 4 players
Easy
Medium
Small (office, pavement)

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Everything you need to play this game

Large piece of cardboard or thick poster board
Scissors
Glue
Pens/pencils
Split pins

Make it yourself

Step 1

Two Spinning Wheels + One Slider

Theme Spinner: Divide into 4 sections — Animals, Music, Sport, Food
Action Spinner: Divide into 3 sections — Draw, Explain (without using the word), Act Out
Emotion Slider: Create a horizontal bar with the emotional spectrum:

Like / Love / Dream → Neutral → Dislike / Fear / Hate
Add a small sliding piece or clip that can be adjusted to show emotional intensity

Step 2

Scoreboard

Use a paper or whiteboard to track points.

Step 3

Poster Design

Use a large piece of cardboard
Attach both spinning wheels and the emotion slider
Around the board, paste or draw images of people expressing emotions (cut from magazines or drawn)

Good job!

A step-by-step guide to play the game

Player 1 spins the theme wheel (e.g. sport).

Player 1 spins the action wheel (e.g. act out).

Player 1 chooses an object within that theme (e.g. football) — and sets the emotion slider to show how they feel about it.

For example, slide to "Love" if they love football.

Player 1 then expresses the object via the action (e.g. acts out football).

The rest of the group guesses what object they chose (within the theme).

Scoring:

If someone guesses correctly, both Player 1 and the guesser each earn 1 point.
If no one guesses right, no points are earned.

Repeat with the next player.

Winning

Play for a set number of rounds or until a target score is reached
Highest score wins — or celebrate everyone's creative expression!

Extra game information

This game concept was developed by a team of Sanoma during a StreetwiZe leadership expedition in Lanaken, Belgium.

Variations

For younger children: remove the emotion slider and just focus on guessing the theme/object.
For large groups: play in teams or rotate players in quick rounds.
Add new themes or actions (e.g. places, jobs, sing, dance).

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