Daft Definitions

Age: 7 to adult
Players: Whole Group
Time: 10 – 15 minutes
Tags: #Creativity #Speaking-and-Listening

Put random words together to invent new concepts! Great storytelling warm-up

Sitting in a circle, the first player says a random word. The second player says an unrelated word. The third player gives a definition as though the two words were the name of an object.

For example, let’s imagine that Billy says “water-skis” and Linda says “spaghetti”. Malcolm might say, “Water-ski spaghetti is a new kind of pasta that you eat underwater” – or “Water-ski spaghetti is when you get the lines from the boat tangled up and you fall off your skis” – or anything else he thinks of. Continue around the circle with another two words, then a new definition – and so on all the way round.

Director’s Tips

• To keep players on their toes, pick people randomly from anywhere in the circle to give the two words and then the definition.
• You can easily adapt this for playing online: Just choose players randomly or according to a list you paste into the chat box!

Age: 7 to adult
Players: Whole Group
Time: 10 – 15 minutes
Tags: #Creativity #Speaking-and-Listening

Put random words together to invent new concepts! Great storytelling warm-up

Sitting in a circle, the first player says a random word. The second player says an unrelated word. The third player gives a definition as though the two words were the name of an object.

For example, let’s imagine that Billy says “water-skis” and Linda says “spaghetti”. Malcolm might say, “Water-ski spaghetti is a new kind of pasta that you eat underwater” – or “Water-ski spaghetti is when you get the lines from the boat tangled up and you fall off your skis” – or anything else he thinks of. Continue around the circle with another two words, then a new definition – and so on all the way round.

Director’s Tips

• To keep players on their toes, pick people randomly from anywhere in the circle to give the two words and then the definition.
• You can easily adapt this for playing online: Just choose players randomly or according to a list you paste into the chat box!