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Non-Contact Team Building Exercises
Games
Girl Scouts build their teamwork by playing games together. One Girl Scout team
building favorite is Apples to Apples.
For Health and Safety reasons this may not always be an option, but part of the fun
would be challenging your girl scouts to come up with a way to play that keeps
everyone safe. Dice games, where everyone has their own set of dice may be an
option.
Minefield
Use masking tape to mark off a square or rectangular shape on the floor that is large
enough to hold eight to 10 girl scouts at once, along with multiple, randomly placed X
shapes (also made with tape on the floor) and multiple soft, squeaky items (such as dog
toys). The X shapes are mines. To start the game, eight to 10 girl scouts should put on
blindfolds and step just inside the rectangle, lining up together on one side. To play the
game, those standing outside the rectangle will call out verbal instructions to those
inside to help them navigate safely to the other side without stepping outside the taped
boundary or onto a mine. When someone does accidentally step on mines, they are told
so they can freeze until another someone else inadvertently steps on a squeaky item.
The squeaking sound signals that all frozen scouts are released to move again. This
game helps girl scouts develop their listening and communication skills along with their
ability to trust and rely on one another.
(MarathonKids.org)
Eye Contact
This is a great activity to support nonverbal communication skills. Choose 10 girl scouts
to participate in the first round. The others can gather around the edges and watch.
Designate a player one. To begin, player one makes eye contact (no words or hand
motions) with another player (player two) and gives them a signal that means go. When
player two says go, player one starts moving slowly toward them to take their place in
the circle. Player two then makes eye contact with another player (player three) and
gives them a signal meaning go and starts moving toward them. The objective of the
game is to time each player’s command so that each player makes space for the others
in time. After the first round, switch out the teams until everyone has had a chance to
play.
(weareteachers.com)
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Non-Contact Team Building Exercises
No-Hands Cup-Stacking Challenge
This hands-on group challenge is an exercise in patience and perseverance, not to
mention a total blast! Decide how many girl scouts you want in each group and tie that
number strings to a single rubber band, making one for each group. Each person in the
group holds onto one of the strings attached to the rubber band, and as a group, they
use this device to pick up the cups (by expanding and contracting the rubber band) and
place them on top of each other in order to build a pyramid.
(weareteachers.com)
Marshmallow-and-Toothpick Challenge
Divide into groups of equal numbers. Pass out an equal number of marshmallows and
wooden toothpicks to each group. Challenge the groups to create the tallest, largest, or
most creative structure in a set amount of time, each member taking turns doing the
actual building. Afterward, have each group describe what they made.
(weareteachers.com)
Storytelling Round-Robin
This activity helps girl scouts pool their creative resources. Sit in a circle. The leader will
begin with the first line of the story, for instance, “Once upon a time there were three
children walking through the forest … .” One by one, each girl scout adds one sentence
with new details to the story. The story cannot end until everyone has participated.
(weareteachers.com)
