Flowers and journals

Topic
- Communication & media
Learning skills
- Cooperation
- Spatial orientation
- Visual & auditory perception
- Communication & expression
Activity type
- Energiser & ice breaker
Materials
- Basic
Age
- 6 - 11 years
- 12 - 14 years
- 15 - 17 years
- 18+ years
<5 minutes
+5 players
Easy
Medium
Medium (classroom, square)

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Everything you need to play this game

A blindfold (1 for each player)

A step-by-step guide to play the game

All players put on a blindfold.

The game leader now individually guides each blindfolded player to a place in the playing area and whispers in their ear what they will be selling, either "flowers" or "journals".

When the game leader says "Go!", the players start shouting out their merchandise - "Flowers!" or "Journals!" - and try to find the other players selling the same thing to form a group.

When the groups are complete, the players can take off their blindfolds.

Extra game information

It's advisable to think about the group formation before you play the game, depending on which exercises the groups will be doing afterwards. It might, for example, be a good idea not to put all the really expressive players in the same group.

Variations

To make the game more difficult, you can turn the players around a few times when you are placing them in their spot and make sure they are all facing different directions. You can also add obstacles if you want, as long as you make sure the players will not hurt themselves!
If you need to form more groups, just add more types of merchandise, e.g.: candy, umbrellas ,...
Instead of different merchandise, you can whisper different animals in the players' ears (e.g. frog, dog and monkey) and ask them to make the noises of their animals to find each other.

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