Time
10 minutes
Description
This fun icebreaker energizes and adds some silliness to a workshop. It requires focus and concentration.
Materials
· None
Preparation
· None
Procedure
Use the following script (or modify to suit your needs):
- “Let’s do an icebreaker!”
- “I need everyone to come stand in a circle.”
- “Now, place your hands together like this (demonstrate) as if you were about to say a prayer.”
- “This is your ‘Zinger!’”
- “You use it to point to someone and say a word.”
- “There are three words that you must say in the right order; they are ‘Zing,’ ‘Zang,’ and ‘Zowie!’”
- “Everyone say them with me….’Zing!’….’Zang!’…..’Zowie!’”
- “Excellent!”
- “Here’s how this icebreaker is done…I’ll start and point to someone with my Zinger.”
- “I’ll say, ‘Zing!’”
- “Then that person has to quickly point to someone and say, ‘Zang!’”
- “Then that third person has to quickly point to someone and say, ‘Zowie!’”
- “The fourth person now starts over, quickly points to someone and says, ‘Zing!’”
- “It’s okay to point right back at the person who pointed to you if you want to try to catch them by surprise.”
- “This keeps going until one of two things happens:
- Someone gets confused and says the wrong word (or a correct word in the wrong order).
- Someone takes too long to respond.”
- “If either of these two things happens, that person is out, and whoever used their Zinger on them starts off the new round.”
- “What questions do you have?” (Answer questions. Then, begin a round, or have someone else begin it. Play continues until you are down to two or three people. Announce them as the winners!)
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