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This
activity works well with complete strangers; Groups of 20
or More; Pure Fun;
Outdoors
Group Size 20 to 100
Level of Physical Activity High
Estimated
Time 5 to 8 minutes
Props
Two
balloons per person of varying colours (one colour per group);
one permanent magic marker per group of six to twenty.
Participants
will enjoy forming a "train" and picking up passengers.
This activity encourages team behaviors and creativity.
Use it when you have three to sixty minutes in open space
when you want people to be very active.
Instructions
1.
Distribute deflated balloons of varying colours around the
space.
2.
Organise participants into groups of six to twenty.
3.
Ask groups to get into train formation and give each engine
a magic marker.
4.
Tell groups that they are passenger trains who must pick
up passengers--2 passengers per car (per person).
5.
Explain that balloons become passengers easily when one
inflates them and creates a face on them with the magic
marker.
6.
Tell them to move around in train formation to a location
where there is a balloon. One person must inflate the balloon,
tie it, and paint a face on it with the magic marker. That
person (or car) then carries that passenger with them. Each
car will eventually be carrying two passengers in it.
7.
Explain that groups will be competing to fill their trains
(two passengers per car) with passengers of the same colour.
The train that is filled first wins the race.
8.
Remind participants that their train must stay still while
a person is inflating a balloon and drawing a face on it.
The train can then move on to find another balloon (passenger)
of like colour. The only time trains can uncouple is when
they are standing still.
Variations
1.
Use pieces of cloth rather than balloons, increasing the
pace of the race.
2.
Tell groups they must have five or six different colour
balloons.
Tips
1.
Remind participants that they must have two passengers per
person when they pull into the station.
2. Have everyone look at all the faces created.
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