Stick and Cloth
Aim of the Game: To create as many items as possible out of a stick and a piece of cloth.
Learning Objectives:
• To demonstrate creativity
• To exercise the imagination
Structure:
One big circle.
Time:
10-20 minutes.
Materials:
A stick (one metre long), a cloth (1 x 1 metre).
Method:
• When everyone is seated in a big circle, place both the cloth and stick in the middle and ask the group what they see (a piece of cloth and a stick).
• Ask them to describe the attributes of the two objects (e.g. the cloth is soft and smooth, the stick is hard, stiff, rough, etc.).
• Ask them to imagine that the cloth and the stick are not a cloth and stick but something else. Ask 'what could they be?'.
• Each Scout then takes a turn to demonstrate what he or she imagines the cloth and the stick to be e.g. the cloth could be a mirror and the stick a toothbrush.
• Allow time for everyone to stretch their imagination.
Evaluation:
• How did you find the activity?
• What helped you to think creatively to be able to 'transform' the objects?
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