3 wishes, 3 truths, 3 important things

Time:

approx. 10-20 min.

Recommended age:

from 12

Size of group:

it doesn't matter

Time for preparation:

none

Material:

paper (cards) and pencils

Game description
Each person writes down 3 wishes. All of the cards are collected in and the group
guesses who the wishes belong to.

Option
Each person writes down 3 pieces of truth about themselves or writes down 3 things
which are important to them. In addition, one point is written down which isn't true or is
not important. At the end, the group guesses which notes are whose and which notes
are untrue

Greeting Rituals
Time:

approx. 10-15 min.

Recommended age:

all ages

Size of group:

from 8 persons

Time for preparation:

none

Material:

nothing

Game description

You can either write two copies of each note with the same way of greeting, mix them up
and hand them out among the group members. The group members with matching
cards must find each other. Once this has been done the cards are reshuffled and

handed out again. Or you can go through the greetings rituals one after the other, or
greet the nearest person when the music stops. The following types of greeting are
possible: 1. Simply saying hello, 2. Shake hands (German), 3. Shake hands while
stretched out and bow (South American), 4. Kiss on forehead (Russian), 5. Kisses on
both cheeks (French) , 6. Bend over with the hands folded (Indian), 7. Rub noses
together (Eskimos), 8. Hug each other (very friendly - Southern Europe), 9. Bend down
at the knees, hands on the knees and bow (Japanese), 10. Say salam and move the
right hand down from forehead to the naval (Oriental), 10. The spaceship Enterprise:
Place the palms of the hands against each other with the fingers spread out into Vs
(wrap the little finger and ring finger around each other and the index and middle fingers
around each other), 11.Clap the palms together, touch fists and then snap the fingers
(cool).

BACKWARD NAMES
Time:

maximal 15 min.

Recommended age:

from 8

Size of group:

not more than 15 persons

Time for preparation:

none

Material:

nothing

Game description
In the introduction round everyone says their name backwards. The others try to name
the person (if they do not know the name already) as quickly as possible. This can
repeated with hobbies etc. By saying the names backwards, the others can usually
remember their real names better when the backwards names sound funny or strange