Q: Need a list of fun team building activities when kids gather together?

Having kids participate in team building activities is a great way to develop social, creative and problem solving skills.

Here are some fun and effective games you can play with a group of kids to help build team work skills:

1. Human Knot:

Have the kids stand in a circle facing each other, placing their hands and arms in the middle of the circle. Instruct each child to randomly hold the hand and wrists of the other children. The trick is to try and get untangled without letting go. You can make it more challenging by having the kids not speak.

2. Banana Surgery:

Provide each group with a banana and a plastic knife and instruct them to cut the banana into 4-5 pieces. Once they are finished, provide them with pins, string, tape, toothpicks, rubber bands, etc. The challenge is to work together to put the banana back together.

3. Lap Sit:

Standing in a circle, tell the children to place their right legs in the middle and have them make the circle smaller until they are touching each other on either side. On the count of 3, instruct them to place their hands on each other’s shoulders and slowly sit down. The challenge in this activity is to not fall over!

4. Keep it Quiet:

One child stands blindfolded in the middle of the circle while the others pass around a tin cup with marbles in it (or other object that can make noise). The point is to pass the cup around as quietly as possible so the child in the middle cannot guess where it is.

5. Head Dots:

Each child wears a colored dot on their forehead, without knowing what color it is. Without talking, they have to figure out what color dot they have and find someone with the same colored dot.

6. Story Tellers:

Give each child a different picture (animal, vehicle, person, etc.) and sit in a circle. The first person begins a story based on their picture and each child takes turn incorporating their picture into the story.