What's in the Bag?

Step 1:

Pre-Task

The facilitator creates a list of 10 things people could have in their bag:

The list should have about 7 ordinary things like:

• a black phone (or a silver phone, rosegold, etc.)
• an environmental water bottle
• a hair tie
• a pen
• a lip balm
• a computer with at least 1 sticker on it
• someone else's business card
• a train ticket, etc.

The facilitator should add 3 obscure things like:

• a decorative stone
• a skeleton key
• a Rubik's cube
• a candle
• a yellow sharpie, etc...

Step 2:

Divide the participants into teams of 3-6 people and ask them to grab their bags/backpacks/etc...

Give them a paper and pen to keep track of their earned points.

Step 3:

The Facilitator calls out random items one at a time.

If you have the item get it out of your bag and stand up.

• For each item that the group has the team gets one point.
• For any obscure item, the team gets 3 points.
• Only 1 of each item per person is counted and the team with the most points wins.
• You can count things people have on them, ie: in their pocket.
• Feel free to customize items

Step 4:

Go further

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