As we come to the New Year and a time best spent with friends and family, the best means I know of making endless hilarity in good company is something informally called the "Picture-caption game". It's a twist on the game of "telephone", and mercifully does not involve the television set.
For those who aren't familiar with it, it involves 6-10 people, and for each person a piece of paper, a writing utensil and a writing surface (books and magazines make good writing surfaces as well as good sources of inspiration for what happens next!).
1) Each person starts by writing a sentence. It can be about literally anything. No essays. Personal references to people in the group = acceptable.
2) After 1-2 minutes, pass the papers to the right, and the next person will draw a picture, detailing the contents of the sentence. Symbols may be used, but no written text.
3) That person folds over the the original sentence, and with only the picture now showing, passes the paper to the right.
4) The next person now writes a sentence, captioning the picture to the best of their ability.
5) Fold over the picture, and repeat, until you have passed the papers one fewer times than there are people.
6) Now the last person with each paper gets to unfold the paper and do story-time show-and-tell for the group.
7) Small children, poor drawars and poor spellers are known to produce some of the best results.
For those who aren't familiar with it, it involves 6-10 people, and for each person a piece of paper, a writing utensil and a writing surface (books and magazines make good writing surfaces as well as good sources of inspiration for what happens next!).
1) Each person starts by writing a sentence. It can be about literally anything. No essays. Personal references to people in the group = acceptable.
3) That person folds over the the original sentence, and with only the picture now showing, passes the paper to the right.
4) The next person now writes a sentence, captioning the picture to the best of their ability.
5) Fold over the picture, and repeat, until you have passed the papers one fewer times than there are people.
6) Now the last person with each paper gets to unfold the paper and do story-time show-and-tell for the group.
7) Small children, poor drawars and poor spellers are known to produce some of the best results.
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