Time Required: 10 minutes-30 minutes
Materials: One piece of unlined paper and a pen/pencil for each team member
- This is similar to the game “Telephone,” where you sit in a circle and pass along a phrase by whispering it in the ear of the person next to you. When the phrase gets back to the first person, it has changed dramatically and usually results in a lot of laughter. In this game, instead of whispering phrases, you draw pictures and write captions.
- The team should sit in a circle. Each team member should have a piece of blank paper and a pen/pencil. At the top of the page (holding the sheet vertically), have each team member draw a simple picture (it should be fairly small&emdash;no larger than a few inches tall).
- Have team members pass the paper they have clockwise.
- Have each team member write a caption for the drawing they received. After they write the caption, they should fold down the sheet of paper so the original drawing can no longer be seen. Only the caption should be visible.
- Have team members pass the paper they have clockwise.
- Now each team member should have a caption. They should draw a picture that goes with the caption. After they draw a new picture, they should fold the paper down so that only the picture is visible and you can’t see the caption they based it off of.
- The next person will write a caption for the new picture. Repeat as many times as you like, or until each sheet gets back to the original artist.
- Have team members share out how their pictures/captions evolved as they went around the circle!