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#36: What Are Some of Your Favorite Activities for Small Groups?

3/29/2021

Resources Mentioned in the Episode

Bull Ring Resources:
How To Make a Bull Ring - Here's a Tools for Team Builders video from FUNdoing (Chris)
Bull Ring: Hole in the Wall - Here's a basic use (video) of the Bull Ring (another FUNdoing blog post)
Purchase a Bull Ring from Training Wheels (Michelle) - Basic Bull Ring & 3D Bull Ring
(NOTE: Search 'Bull Ring Team Building' in YouTube for more videos.)

Human Hand Cuffs Puzzle - Here's a fun video to watch - pairs and small groups trying to solve the problem - and Here's how you solve the problem (they call this activity, Infinity Rope).

Solo Human Hand Cuffs Puzzle (a.k.a., Overhand Cuff Links) - Here's a video with the solo puzzle (along with 4 other solo activities great for small groups).

Nail It (a.k.a., Porcupine Progression, Nail Puzzle) - HERE'S a nice write up. Purchase your puzzle from Training Wheels (Michelle). (See the answer at the Training Wheels page.)

Arrowhead Puzzle - A nice small group problem solver found at Training Wheels (Michelle).

Mouse Trap Trust Building - Here's a basic video. The person with a hand over the trap has her eyes closed while the other person is verbally instructing the blindfolded participant to 'unset' the trap. A series of Mouse Trap Team Building activities can be found in Raptor and Other Team Building Activities, by Sam Sikes.

What To Do With a Few - A prop kit from Training Wheels (Michelle) with over 50 small group activity ideas.

Six Small Group Team Building Activities - Here's a mini-index of some FUNdoing Blog activities suitable for small groups.

We would love to hear your ideas, answers, questions and comments! You can share here using the 'Comments' link to this post (above & below). You can also....

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OTB Graphics - Riki

#35: How Do You Approach Programming and Facilitating with Small Groups?

3/16/2021

Resources Mentioned in the Episode

We're sharing a number of small group team building activities in the next Episode (#36) - but we did mention a couple warm-up resources:

What to do with a Few - This is an activity kit from Training Wheels (Michelle) with over 50 team builders you can do with 2 to 4 participants.

Small Group Team Building: Mini Index - Jump right in to six small group activities found at the FUNdoing Blog (Chris'). More on the way.....