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- Teams: Whole Group
- Time: 5 - 10 mins
- Cost: None
- Mess: No Mess
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Submitted by: Shorty on 16-Apr-2008
Game categories: Relaxing games, Icebreaker games, Junior youth games
This game is rarely every completed and often kids (and adults) just don't have the attention span or patience to hang around long enough to finish it.
Get everyone to huddle in a group in the middle of the room and join each hand with someone across the circle. So there should be some chaotic hand joins - to make it more interesting get kids to weave their hands up and over other arms.
Then when everyone has joined hands, get the group to untangle themselves... as I said - it can take a while!
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Comments
7 people have commented on The Tangled Chain
asd
July 26, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I have played this myself and have had youth groups play as well. My kids love the challenge of getting untangled, and when it is really difficult, they don't want to quit until they have completely untangled themselves. NOTE: Tell kids to hold hands gently so no one has their wrists or fingers hurt.
KRS
August 17, 2008 at 2:28 pm
This is so not a stupid game, its one of my group's favourites. And 9 times out of 10 they untangle themselves. We have an extra guideline that the kids should check they're not holding hands with the same person- they'll end up unable to finish.
Christie
March 26, 2009 at 12:30 am
This is a great game, my kids love it. An addition to this is to have them do the whole thing without talking. It is great for following directions and truly paying attention to each other.
Cag
April 4, 2009 at 8:32 am
This was not a favorite game of my group until I added a few new things. I have the group stand in a circle. Each person holds a bandana or short rope in their right hand. The put the right hand which is holding the rope into the center of the circle. Then I instruct them to grap someone else's rope with their left hand. Adding the ropes/bandanas eliminates the risks of hands slipping or twisting wrists. It also allows for more room when stepping over or going underneath hands. Now my group loves to play. I then follow the game with another game called Lion Tails using the ropes or bandandas.
brina
May 27, 2009 at 7:20 am
I used to play this game with my youth group (when I was in the youth class) and we all loved it. It doesn't sound fun, but once you get tangled up and have to figure out how to get yourselves untangled, it really is fun.
Becca
April 5, 2010 at 10:26 am
that who said that it is stupid, he did not understood the instruction. we played it with 8 pairs, we are failed to untangled it :D ...but it was great! :)
mk
April 30, 2010 at 12:03 am
what a stupid game