Objective Encourage women in small groups to get out of their comfort zones, meet, greet and get to know one another. Materials Name tags and assorted themed stickers. Instructions This icebreaker takes about 15-20 minutes. If you have a theme for your event, then choose stickers that go along with that theme. Or you can […]
Icebreaker: Meet Your Match
Objective Get to know one another. Can be used in big and small groups. Materials Stickers Instructions Get stickers or sticky notes. Make a list of different characters (“Jack and Jill,” “Heidi and Peter,” “Adam and Eve,” etc.). Write each name on a separate sticker (Jack on one, Jill on another and so on). Without the women in […]
Icebreaker: Balloon Burst
Objective A fun way to get everyone involved at a retreat or event. Materials In advance, write the name of everyone attending the retreat on a name tag. Roll up each one and place each name in individual balloons. Fill the balloons with helium and attach long ribbons. Place your balloon bouquet in a convenient […]
Icebreaker: Picture Stories
Objective This activity encourages women to share their stories and build community with each other. Materials Cut out a variety of pictures and words from different magazines. You might choose pictures of women’s faces, couples eating together, children, beach scenes, gardening, food, crafts, hobbies, books, and animals. You can also cut out large words that […]
Icebreaker: Questions
Objective To help ladies meet new people by talking to everyone at an event, not just the people they already know. Materials Questions, paper, pens, basket Instructions Prior to your event, write down many different questions on small sheets of paper. The questions should be thought-provoking and/or fun. Examples of questions are: When you were a […]
Icebreaker: Thinking Inside the Box
Objective To convey a sense of who you really are. Materials A box, glue, ribbons, beads, pictures or trinkets, etc. Instructions Before a ladies’ retreat or get together, have each lady create a box that shows her identity. Any kind of box will do. Decorate the box–inside and out–in a way that conveys who you […]
Icebreaker: High and Low
Objectives To break the ice for weekly Bible Study and help women get to know one another. Instructions Each week at the beginning of Bible Study, take 10-15 minutes to go around the room and have each woman answer the questions: What was your HIGH for the week? What was your LOW for the week? Many […]
Icebreaker: Candy Mix-Up
Objective To have women sit with new people rather than their usual group of friends. Materials Variety of candy bars (eight fun size to one corresponding regular size candy) Instructions This activity works well if done during a meal. In the dining room put one regular size candy bar at each of the tables. If each […]
Icebreaker: To Tell the Truth
Objective To help people find out funny facts about one another Instructions The concept seems quite simple, but is it really simple to determine when someone is (or isn’t) telling you the truth. We all like to think we can see right through a person if they are telling us a fib, but can we really […]
Icebreaker: Getting to Know You
Objective This is a simple icebreaker that can be used a lot of different ways to encourage women to share more about themselves. Materials Pen and paper for each participant Instructions Ask the women to take a piece of paper and write something about themselves that no one else knows. You can have them wad […]
