This icebreaker game is often called “spider web” because at the end of the icebreaker, a large web of interconnected string or yarn will be created. You can use this icebreaker to discuss interdependence on one another, picking up the slack for another person, uplifting others, and teamwork.

1. Creative Youth Ideas
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This icebreaker game is often called “spider web”
because at the end of the icebreaker, a large web of
interconnected strong or yarn will be created. You
can use this icebreaker to discuss interdependence
on one another, picking up the slack for another
person, uplifting others, and teamwork.
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2. Description
Sitting in a circle, youth toss a ball of string to
someone else in the circle. The person receiving the
string must name a quality, item, or something else
related to the topic or keyword.
Resources
• Ball of string or yarn
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3. What to Do
In the classic variation of this icebreaker, students
introduce their name and one characteristic about
themselves before tossing it to another person in the
circle. Here’s how it works:
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4. 1. Sit the group on the floor in a circle with everyone facing
inward toward the center of the circle.
2. Tell everyone your name and one characteristics about
yourself. You could also have everyone answer the same a
common question like “What is your favorite ice-cream?”
3. Holding firmly to the end of the string, toss the ball of
string to someone who has not yet received the string.
4. The person receiving the string gives his/her name and
one characteristic.
5. Then, holding firmly onto the string, he or she tosses the
ball on to another person.
6. The string should be held tightly and above the ground at
all times.
7. Continue until everyone has received the string at least
once and told the group their name and one
characteristic.

5. Variations:
•Use this icebreaker to discuss how the members all
depend on each other.
The first person who receives the string introduces
him/herself and role in the organization or group. Then
before tossing the ball to another person, tells how he or
she is dependent upon that person.
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6. Taking it to the Next Level
1. Have someone in the group pull the string – What
happens?
2. Have everyone pull the string tight then cut the string
in the middle – What happens?
3. In what ways does this string represent various
relationships in the group?
• Our relationships are intertwined and connected.
• If a single person pulls the string it affects everyone in
the group to varying degrees, depending on how
closely they are connected.
• If one person’s string is cut – the relationship is
broken, it affects all.
• We need to support each other and not let others
down

7. Action Point
What is one thing you will commit to do in order to
support others in the group?
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