Cocktail Party
At A Glance
Ice-breaker that invites people to playfully mix & mingle.
Benefits
Very simple
Reinforces newly-learnt names
Highly-interactive
Generates lots of energy
No props
Time 1 - 2 min
People Small 8 -15
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Assemble your group rather closely around you, as if standing in small room.
2. Ask everyone to hold out their left hand as if they were holding their favourite
drink.
3. On “GO” everyone shakes the hands and greets as many people in the room as
possible.
4. Encourage people to use the name of the person they are greeting in the
conversation.
5. Announce that your group has 43.5 seconds (or other nominal time) to achieve
this task.
Popular Variations
Teetotaller: For kids, or for groups that may not imbibe alcohol, suggest they
are holding their favourite (soft) drink.
Food Court: Imagine you are in a swanky Food Hall. Invite people to mingle as
they treat themselves to the extraordinary array of fine foods available on
people’s food trays.
Take a look at Ice-Breaker Question Exchange and Let Me Introduce to explore
a couple more highly-interactive ‘ice-breaking’ exercises.
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