Objectives:
- Thinking on your feet
- Supporting each others' ideas
- Allowing yourself to say crazy things
Setup
Everyone stands in a circle and claps their hands softly.
Player one asks the player to their left for a list of any 7 things, ie: “Lance, may I have 7 of your favourite Mexican foods?” “Katie, I would like to know 7 names for cartoon bunnies that don’t exist!” The asks can be fanciful or real life.
Player two responds with their list of 7 and the group counts off after each, ie:
- Lance: Tacos!
- Group: One!
- L: Chalupas!
- G: Two!
… and so on until
- L: Fiestaware!
- G: Seven! Seven things!
At this point, the player that just listed 7 things turn to the player to their left and prompts them for a new list of seven things. This repeats until the whole circle has had a turn.
Variations
- Ask the group to only ask for "improv-y" things (ie. things that don't have an objective answer)
- Invite the group to start clapping progressively louder when someone is stalling, to encourage them to allow themselves to say whatever comes to their mind (and not listen to their inner critic)
- Make two or more circles and get them to race each other