Youth Icebreakers - Eye Contact

Youth
Icebreakers -
Eye Contact
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This icebreaker game is similar
to Connected but the connections
are visual ones as participants
make eye contact with one another.
You can use this icebreaker to
discuss communication, attention,
community, and connections or
relationships. It can also be used
for team building and relationship
building in training events.

Description
Sitting or standing in a circle,
youth look across the circle at
someone and then when mutual
eye contact has been made,
they switch places while
maintaining eye contact the
entire time.
Resources
None
Preparation
None

What to Do
1. Sit the group in chairs in a
circle, or stand in a circle
with everyone facing
inward toward the center
of the circle.
2. Each person must
announce his or her name
and one characteristics
about himself/herself. You
could also have everyone
answer the same common
question like “What is your
favorite movie?”

3. Participants then look
across the circle to another
participant. At any time two
persons make mutual eye
contact, they must
announce the name of the
other person and begin
moving to switch places.
They must maintain eye
contact the entire time until
they have switched. They
must not rush, but move
slowly and purposefully.

4. Once they have switched
they must again look
around the circle until they
make mutual eye contact
with another person. They
cannot exchange places
with the same person twice
in a row.
5. Many pairs can exchange at
the same time.

Variations
1. Play the game silently
2. Have participants exchange
greetings in the middle of the
circle.
3. As the game continues,
periodically call out various
emotions they people should
try to express through their
eyes only (care, love, anger,
disappointment, honesty,
encouragement, forgiveness,
trust, hope, joy, etc).

Taking it to the Next Level
• Did anyone feel uncomfortable
maintaining eye contact the
entire time? Why?
• How did you feel to have
someone’s attention focused
completely on you? Why?
• Ok, admit it. Who broke eye
contact during the exchange?
How did it affect the
exchange?
• Is eye contact important in
relationships? Why or why
not?
• What functions does eye
contact have in relationships?

• What feelings did you
experience in this game?
Why?
• Did you have different
feelings with different
people? Why?
• Is there anyone you did not
make eye contact with? Why?
Look at that person now. Are
your feelings any different
than from those people you
made eye contact with?

• It has been said that the
eyes are a window into the
soul. What do you think this
means?
• What things do a person’s
eyes reveal? How accurate
are they?
• If you were to look into
Christ’s eyes what do you
think you would see?
• If Christ were to look you
straight in the eyes, how
would you feel? What do you
think he might see?

Teacher’s Note: This is a fun way
of looking at Bible Stories that
involve encounters between two
people. Read the story. At crucial
points throughout the story, stop
the narrative and then ask: “What
feelings might you see reflected in
each of the characters eyes at this
point in the story?” For example,
in the story of Jesus and the
woman at the well. Do you think
the woman was trying to avoid eye
contact? When Jesus asked her for
a drink, what might you see
reflected in her eyes?

As she looked back at Christ,
what do you think she might
have seen reflected in his eyes?
Then continue the story. Later,
when he tells her he has living
water from which she will never
thirst again, stop the story and
ask the same questions. This
can be applied to numerous
narratives and events in the
Bible and may provide a fresh
perspective on a well known
story.

Conclusion
Our eyes reveal a lot about us.
Look a person in the eyes and
you can learn a lot about them.
As you seek to build meaningful
relationships with others, take
some time to look into their
eyes. Try to see the world
through their eyes. Try to see
them through Christ’s eyes!
When you do, you will get a
little more insight into God’s
love and place for you in this
world.

Action Point
• Try to see others through the
eyes of Christ?
• Take a little time, away from
the hustle and bustle of life,
and spend some focused time
with someone this week in
eye to eye communication. By
your attention let them know
you care!

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