Quick Bonding/Group Activities

[alphagirlIN]

Hi everyone,
My chapter has activities after chapter once a month to simply have fun or learn about each other and build friendships. In the past we have done such games as "tap someone if", tell different stories according to different m&m colors, or group circle of continuous massages. I am in need of finding some new unique games or activities to do with upwards of 80 girls. I don't have a budget so I must be creative. Any help would be greatly appreciated! =) Thanks.

[AlethiaSi]

is the "tap someone if" where everyone stands in a circle with their eyes closed, and one person stands in the middle, the caller says a statement, like "i would do anything for this person" and then they go around and tap them. I'm not sure how the next person was choosen though. It was really good b/c you 1. had to trust each other, 2. found out how ppl truly felt without judgement

I have a few books on these from when I was president (but god help me if i can remember the names, and i'm at work lol)
but here are some sites (and 2 books) i found.... (some aren't too relevant, but take what you can i guess)
http://www.icebreakers.ws/

quick team building activities for busy managers (i actually have this one, pretty good)

the big book of team building games

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=23

[AlethiaSi]

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=82363

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/ar...p/t-59268.html

do a search in greekchat, or go to google, select advanced search, under domain put greekchat and do your search
(thanks _lisa_ for that tip about the search!!!)

[phisiglindsey]

Something we do during bonding time is get a beach ball and blow it up. On the ball someone writes, before the event, a bunch of questions all over the ball. You want the ball completely filled with questions. We do serious ones and funny ones. Then you get in a circle and toss the beach ball. Whoever catches it answers the question that is under their right thumb. I've learned a lot about sisters this way.

We also do a yarn throw type activity. Everyone sits in a circle and the first person holds the yarn string but throws the ball. Whoever he/she throws it to, she has to say something about that person, whether it be about their personality or what that person contributes to the chapter. Then it keeps going so that there is a like a web of yarn. We continue the activity by placing a set of letters across the web. This symbolizes how each member of the chapter is vital in holding our chapter up. Then someone takes scissors and cuts a piece of the string. The string keeps getting cut until the letters fall. When they've fallen, this symbolizes that without the chapter members, the organization would not be able to survive and that the chapter needs everyone.