Packing Peanut Tower
Teamwork Icebreakers Indoor Mind Games Outdoor
- Players: 4 – 20
- Duration: 10 - 15 min
- Average cost: $4.5
- Age: 4+
How to play
Divide your group into even teams. Designate an area for each team to use to build their tower. Provide each team with an even distribution of supplies - packing peanuts and toothpicks. Explain the rules of the challenge to your group - each team will get the same amount of time (5-15 minutes, depending on what suits) to build the tallest freestanding tower they can out of only packing peanuts and toothpicks. When the time runs out, teams must stop building their towers and let them stand freely on their own. If the tower falls down, that's too bad - the height is measured to its tallest vertical point. The team with the tallest tower wins!
What you'll need
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