This weekend was open to many other troops within the Princeton Service Unit and some of the girls were meeting for the first time. Once everyone settled in on Friday night, I decided to have the girls do some ice breakers. One of the ice breakers involved the girls getting into a giant circle with one person to stand in the middle. The girl in the middle would say something about themselves, (EX: I love Soccer) and every girl who shared the same interest or characteristic had to stand up and run to another spot. The last girl standing or the last girl to sit down had to go into the middle of the circle and say something different about themselves. If most girls didn't share the same characteristics as others, then someone may say something along the lines of, "I breathe air." Therefore everyone must stand up and go to another spot. This gets everyone participating and moving around so no one is stuck sitting.
Another ice breaker we played involved the game Fire and Water where the girls created two lines. The instructions provided to the girls were: Fire could mean that I am feisty, hotheaded, etc.) and Water, you are calm or could swim, the girls could interpret the meaning anyway they wanted. As the host, I started by stating, "If you're more like fire, then go to the left. If you're more like water then go to the right." Each girl would go to the side of the room that they are the most similar to and two or three girls from each side would share why. Some examples I used were:
- Coffee or Tea
- Fire or Water
- Moon or Sun
- Ocean or Lake/Pond
- Tiger or Lion
- Cat or Dog
- Night or Day
- Introvert or Extrovert
- Ketchup or Mustard
- Action/Comedy or Drama/Romance
- Pencil or Pen
- Reality or Fantasy
An ice breaker can also be just going around the room and saying your name and something about yourself. One last idea was providing the girls name tags.
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