Aim: To challenge participants to think creatively.
Time duration: 15 minutes is allocated.
Size of Group: Unlimited.
Tools needed: A large supply of toothpicks.
The Exercise in Action: Participants are challenged to think creatively, and also to make “true confessions” during this opener. Start by giving each participant 10 toothpicks or other counters. Then ask the first participant to talk about something they have never done, for example, “I’ve never jaywalked.” After the statement, anyone in the group who has jaywalked has to forfeit a toothpick to the kitty. Then the next person shares one thing he or she has never done, and again anyone who has done it loses a toothpick. The disclosures continue