Menu
Recommended age: 8-18 years
Place: In-or outdoors
Time required: 10-30 min,depending on the size of the group
Material/tools: A brick or a Plastic bottle, paper, pens and timer
Purpose: Getting started, having fun together, kick starting the creativity
Where in the process: Anytime it is needed
This is an established method to enhance creativity, which is a good and effective exercise to warm up the brain, get the imagination going and have fun together. We usually use a brick, but you can also use other objects such as a plastic bottle.
The method requires no special preparation other than access to paper, pens, bricks or other objects and a timer.
Distribute paper and pens to all participants. Explain the premise, i.e. that everyone should think of as many uses as possible for a brick in 5 minutes, and write them down. Start the time and join the exercise yourself. When the time is up, each person can tell what uses they have thought of. If there is a whiteboard or similar to write on, you can write down all the ideas to show how many ideas you could all come up with together.
This exercise is not about coming up with as many answers as possible or as many ‘correct’ answers as possible (although that is what the children will probably try to do). It is about warming up their imaginations and having fun together.
The method works great as an icebreaker or to get the imagination going, but is not used to get a specific result.
Join in yourself and come up with ideas. Bring ideas that may be unexpected or that may not fit in – it opens up fun conversations about whether the idea is actually possible or not.
We use cookies to give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this website, you agree to the use of cookies.
Vi använder cookies för att ge dig den bästa upplevelsen på vår hemsida. Om du fortsätter att använda den här webbplatsen godkänner du detta.