Christian Icebreakers - Chatter Bugs

Christian
Icebreakers
- Chatter
Bugs
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Icebreaker Description
A fast-paced icebreaker game
for youth where partners
quickly share answers to a
question from the facilitator.
Partners and questions are
changing all the time.
Icebreaker Materials
(Optional) “Chatter Bugs”
handouts containing a list of
questions for youth that are
somehow connected to your
session theme or topic.

Optimal Youth Group Size for
this Icebreaker Game
15-30 youth but it can be
played with less or more.
Icebreaker Venue
This icebreaker can be played
anywhere, but ideally the
location should be large
enough for the youth to form
some semblance of a circle.

Icebreaker Preparation
If you have time in advance, you
might create a list of questions
that are somehow connected to
your session theme or topic.

Instructions for this Icebreaker
Game for Youth
Setting the Stage
1. “This game is going to be
played in Rounds! This
game is going to be played
in what?” [Everyone will
answer "Rounds"]
2. “!Round 1 – Everyone find a
partner. Everyone find a
partner.”

3. Wait a few moments then
announce: “If you don’t have
a partner raise your hand. If
you don’t have a partner
raise your hand.” Help those
without a partner to match
up. (The facilitator might
need to partner up with a
participant if there are an
unequal number of youth.)

4. “Now that you have found a
partner you will have to
choose among yourselves who
will be the ‘ladybug’ and who
will be the ‘lightning bug’. You
cannot both choose the same
thing!” Give them a few
moments to decide.
5. “Lady Bugs raise your hand…
Lightning Bugs raise your
hand!” If you want to add a
little craziness, ask the lady
bugs to flap their wings and
the lightning bugs to shake
their tails!

Round 1
1. “In round 1 you are going to
introduce yourself to your
partner and share 3 things
about yourself that most
people don’t know! Only one
person will speak until I tell
you to stop. Whenever I
shout ‘Chatter Bugs Stop’ You
stop. You stop when
Whenever I shout what?”
[They will Answer -- "chatter
Bugs Stop"]
2. “Lady Bugs speak first — Go.”

3. You can give them a few
minutes depending on the
overall time available. When
you are ready for them to
change shout “Chatter Bugs
Stop!”
4. “Lightning Bugs Next —
Ready…Go” Give them the
same amount of time then
shout “Chatter bugs Stop”
5. “Give yourself a big round of
applause. You have
completed Round 1.”

Round 2
1. “Now for round 2″ Are you
ready? …Are you sure you are
ready?”
2. “Lady bugs form a circle facing
outward, shoulder to shoulder.”
3. “Lightning bugs, form a larger
circle around them.. facing your
partner.”
4. (Optional) Once everyone is in
place, distribute “Chatter Bugs”
handouts with the questions or
topics they will discuss.
5. “Now we are going to play
round two. We are going to play
what?” [round two]

6. “In round 2 you will be given a
question or topic to discuss.
Sometimes you will be the
person talking – the ‘sender”
while the person facing you will
be the listener – the “Receiver.”
7. “For the first discussion, Lady
bugs you will be the sender.
Lightning bugs you are the
receiver. When I announce
“Chatter Bugs stop”, you
immediately stop. Any
questions?”
8. “The first topic / Question is….”
[Announce the first topic or
question]. “Lady Bugs GO!”

9. “Chatter Bugs” Stop!”
10. “Lightning Bugs… Your turn.
Ready… Go.”
11. “Chatter Bugs Stop”
12. “Now, everyone in the outer
circle… Rotate one person to
your right to face a new
partner. Rotate”
13. Now Call out a different topic
and have participants repeat
the process until they have
completely gone around the
circle and met everyone.”
14. “Give yourself a round of
applause, you have completed
Round 2″

Round 3 (Optional)
1. “Now for round 3″ Are you
ready? …Are you sure you are
ready?”
2. “Facing your partner, I want
all the lightning bugs to
rotate your body 90 degree to
the right so that you are now
facing the back of another
lightning bug.” “Good.”
3. Lady bugs, rotate your body
90 degrees to your right so
that you are now facing the
back of another Lady Bug.”
“Great”

4. “When I say ‘Go’, you will start
walking forward, staying in your
circle. This means the Lightning
bugs will be in a circle rotation
counter-clockwise and the Lady
bugs will be in a circle rotating
clockwise.
5. “At some point I will yell
‘Chatter Bugs.’ When I yell
‘chatter bugs’ you must return
to your original partner, get
back to back with your bums
touching, and flap your wings
— arms” “The last couple to get
into that position will be
eliminated.’ [You might want to
demonstrate the correct
position with two of the youth.]
“Any questions?”

6. “Let’s try it once for practice.”
Ready…. GO!”
7. Shout “Chatter Bugs”
8. Once they have done it,
correct anyone who is out
position. Point out who
would have been eliminated.
9. “Any Questions?”
10. “Ready.. GO”
11. Play the game until there is
only one couple left and give
them a prize as the “World’s
Greatest Chatter Bugs”

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