Ice Breakers for Small Groups

Ice Breakers! No, I am not talking about an ice pick or something. I am talking about the chilly moments that send your body into a quiver of impulses, before the start of a meeting or when you have to join a small group. How do you deal with this inertia of nervousness starked with the fear of the loud uncomfortable silence? That's where icebreakers come in. All you need is a set of ice breaker games for small groups and you are ready to face any meeting or get together. Read on for insight on some simple fun ice breakers for small groups. To choose the appropriate ice breaker activity, you have to consider certain factors like, the tone of the event: Is it for building camaraderie or a just to liven up a quiet gathering? Is it indoors or outdoors? What is the number of people involved, what's the age group of people involved? Let's start with some ice breaker games that also help in team building.

Some Simple Icebreaker Ideas

• Most people fear the initial part where they have to introduce themselves. A quick icebreaker to deal with this, is to ask the group to write 3 questions each, that they would like to ask each other. Shuffle the sheets of paper and randomly pass the sheets of paper around. Now every one can answer the questions written on the sheet they got.
• Another creative ice breaker is to ask everyone to write 3 things about themselves on a piece of paper. One of which should be a lie, let the others try and catch it.
• Another game is to ask every one to add an adjective before their name which best describes them. The adjective should start form the first letter of their name.

Some Icebreaker Games for Small Groups

• Ask each person to describe which animal or fruit he/she would want to be and why. You can have some hilarious icebreakers by using your imagination.
• Another fun game you can play is 'follow the group'. Make the group stand in a circle and ask everyone to, one by one give a command like 'hop and touch you toes.' The last one to complete the task has to mimic the name of a movie or a famous personality, while the others guess it.
• You can also play a story game where one person starts a story, says three to four lines and ends it with 'suddenly'. Do this till the last person who, of course, concludes it.
• This game is something like speed dating. Ask the group members to mingle amongst themselves for not more then 2 minutes. Keep a timer with you and and say "mingle" when it's time for them to shift to another person.

Ice Breakers for Small Groups of Kids

Kids are enthusiastic and energetic, so make sure their games are fun. Some ice breaker games for kids are:

• Ask each kid to act out his/her favorite actor or animal.
• Divide the group into two groups and play scavenger hunt. For example, you can say "get me three red socks" - a leader for each group collects the socks and brings them to you. The first one to get it, earns a point. By the end of the game, tabulate the score and announce the winner.
• Pass a bag of M&M's around and ask every one to pick five. Associate a question to every color like for red, ask them to name their first crush.

Ice Breaker Questions

Some interesting and funny icebreaker questions you can ask your group are:

• If you had three wishes what would you wish for?
• If you could travel to the future or past, where in time would you want to go?
• Which wild animal would you keep as a pet and why?
• Which is your dream vacation place?
• Name your favorite cartoon character.
• What is your birthday wish?
• What is the strangest thing that you have eaten?
• What would be your ideal job and why?
• Name one unique thing about yourself.
• Who is your hero?

Also read

• Party Icebreaker Games
• Icebreakers for Meetings

These were some of the fun ice breakers for small groups. Try them out, these icebreakers for small groups are tried and tested, and will definitely make the occasion memorable.