This document describes an icebreaker activity to help participants explore and define the concept of love. Participants are asked to write what "Love is..." on a poster board. They can also form teams to name things associated with love and develop a definition. Another variation involves searching magazine clippings for images of love and using them to facilitate a discussion about defining love. The activity is intended to introduce a lesson on love or for Valentine's Day.

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Icebreakers Love Is
Use this creative
teaching idea as an
introduction to a
lesson on love or for
Valentine's Day
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Materials
1. A large sheet of
poster board or
newsprint (classified
ads work best for
newsprint)
2. See variations for
other needed
materials.
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Activity
• As people walk in the
door direct them to a
large sheet of poster
board or newsprint upon
which you have written
the words “Love is….”
• Ask the participants to
finish the sentence and
write their answers on
the poster.
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Variation
• Have a competition
between teams of
people to name as
many things as
possible that are
associated with love.
• Based upon these lists
have participants form
a definition of “true
Love.”
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You could also make a
list of things on your
own and play a game
of charades.
Some ideas: Heart, Kiss,
Roses, Flirt, God,
Valentine, Red, cupid,
Date, Sacrifice, Marriage,
Wedding, honeymoon,
ring, family
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Variation
• Break into small groups
around the room.
• Provide old magazines,
newspapers, and
scissors.
• Instruct the groups to
search for and cut out
anything that relates to
love.
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• Examples might be
pictures of loving
parents, friends, hugs,
children, etc.
• After about ten
minutes, bring them
back together and let
each group share
what they found.
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• Discuss the
different
examples of love.
• Ask the
participants how
they would define
love if all they had
were the clippings
to base their
definition upon.
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Discussion Ideas
• Ask how God would
define love. Point out
that God’s idea of
unconditional love or
sacrificial love is a rare
trait today, but one that
is essential to being a
follower of Christ.
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