Getting to Know You: Snowballs
Have each participant write a fact about themselves on an 8 ½ x 11 white sheet of paper. (Excellent use of scrap paper!) Make sure they know the fact will be shared and used to identify them. Do not put a name on the paper. (Younger participants can draw a picture of something that they like.) Once they are done, have them scrunch up the paper into a “snowball”. Choose an appropriate snowball activity. They can throw them at a target, toss them back and forth like an egg toss, stack them into a snow mountain, or do any other snow game that mixes up the snowballs. When they are done with the game, have each participant grab a snowball, open it up and share it with the group. They need to see if they can guess who it is.
To process this activity, ask these or similar questions:
Did you enjoy our indoor snowball fight?
Did you enjoy learning something about the others in the group?
Did you notice any answers that recurred or any themes within the group?
Did seeing the diversity of answers give you an appreciation for the diversity of the group?
Did learning about others help you feel more connected to them?
