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Use these questions to break the ice 'a Skittle': An easy ice breaker for people who hate ice breakers.

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This post may contain affiliate links.&nbsp; See my disclosure for more information.Like it? Share it!Low-pressure questions and candy ease tension and set the stage for people to have fun and get to know one another with this easy ice breaker. *Free Printable*&nbsp;Ice breakers are not my favorite thing.But getting to know people is not unpleasant. Candy is not unpleasant.So when I needed to come up with a new way to engage a class in a sharing activity, my mind went to a couple of other things I’ve done before. (Why re-invent the wheel, right?)I thought of a question activity where folks got to choose the question they wanted to answer. Because isn’t it always the case that when you get assigned a question, you always wish you had the question someone else gets??And I thought of an M&amp;M Ice Breaker activity that is a lot of fun. Because…chocolate.Liking both of these ideas, I decided to combine them to create something new!I decided to use Skittles instead of M&amp;Ms, but you could definitely use M&amp;Ms for this activity instead (there’s a blank template on that page you could customize to have whatever questions you wanted on it).This activity is so easy!All you need to do is pick up the fun-size bags of Skittles for your group and print out the question sheets (link at bottom of page) and you’re good to go.&nbsp;I kept things pretty laid back and told people that they could enjoy their Skittles as long as they held on to at least 4 colors for when it was their turn to answer questions (we only ended up having time to go around the room twice as it was).And frankly, we had some folks forget, and eat all of theirs and we just trusted that they had had the colors they were choosing to answer.&nbsp; It’s all in fun, right?!We did have one fellow who played it risky and reached in his bag and randomly pulled out a color on his turn.&nbsp; Brave man.I made a concerted effort to make people in the group feel comfortable with the activity in a few ways.First, I let each person grab 2-3 bags of Skittles to ensure they’d get a good variety of colors to choose from.I also tried to make sure that there were plenty of low-key questions that would not be intimidating or feel overly personal.While we did the activity, I was sure to comment on each person’s response, engaging further if it seemed appropriate. Our group learned some interesting things and laughed a lot.That’s the final thing, be sure to keep the mood light. Laugh. Have fun!&nbsp;&nbsp;I used this activity in a church class. It was our first time meeting together in over a year and I wanted our first time back to be light-hearted and a chance to reconnect.I intentionally included some questions about the past year to help us catch up. (Tell one new skill/hobby you learned in the past year. — Have you made any recent changes to your home? Or are you planning to?)You could use this in any variety of settings, though (especially if you used the blank template and created questions specific to your group).I haven’t even mentioned yet how proud I was to come up with the pun for the title. Do you love it? Or are you rolling your eyes like my husband did? (Of course he also managed to work “a skittle” into about 3 different conversations in the last week… “I’d like to get going in “a skittle” while.”) LOL&nbsp;I hope you have as much fun with these as we did!&nbsp;&nbsp;You can download the printables here:&nbsp;Get to know me ‘a Skittle’&nbsp;&nbsp;Blank Template Get to know me ‘a Skittle’&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Like it? Share it!Bookmarking this — great activity! I’m the kind of person who dreads going out to a meeting or activity, but once I get there and get talking, I enjoy it. And this would lend itself so well to, well, breaking the ice and getting into good conversations. Sign me up for the M&amp;M version 🙂ReplyThis is a cute idea… but what are the “rules”? We have a team meeting with about 20 people so I want to make it fun but not too time consuming.ReplyLove this! Thank you so much for sharing!Reply[…] Learn More: The Sparrow's Home […]ReplyThis site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.Welcome! I'm Susan, and I'm so glad you're here. I am a former teacher turned homeschooler, married to my favorite person, blessed far more than I deserve, and certain that we don't have to do it all alone. Find Out More…ContactPrivacy PolicyDisclosure StatementSusan&nbsp;is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to&nbsp;Amazon. com and affiliated sites.

This post may contain affiliate links.&nbsp; See my disclosure for more information.Like it? Share it!Low-pressure questions and candy ease tension and set the stage for people to have fun and get to know one another with this easy ice breaker. *Free Printable*&nbsp;Ice breakers are not my favorite thing.But getting to know people is not unpleasant. Candy is not unpleasant.So when I needed to come up with a new way to engage a class in a sharing activity, my mind went to a couple of other things I’ve done before. (Why re-invent the wheel, right?)I thought of a question activity where folks...

Use these questions to break the ice 'a Skittle': An easy ice breaker for people who hate ice breakers.

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