Icebreaker Jenga

I use this game when I'm getting to know a student one-on-one or in small groups. So far, all players from kindergarten to 4th grade have really liked it, and my 4th graders want me to make other versions with questions relating to their lessons. I included 20 questions for each block category, which is probably too many but different versions or knockoffs of this game have different numbers of blocks.

I wrote on one side of each block with a Micron pen, then dotted it with Crayola markers. I will try to add a couple pictures of the finished product soon.

Read more to see the full-sized image of the instructions, and a text list of the questions/ actions I used for my set. I don't know how to attach a MS Word document to my post so I uploaded the rules as .jpg files that should print portrait-style on 8.5 x 11 paper.

PURPLE blocks (Questions)

1.  What do you want to be when you grow up?
2. What is your favorite thing to learn about?
3. What is your least favorite thing to learn about?
4. What is your favorite animal?
5. What is something you are really good at?
6. Where would you like to go for vacation?
7. What is your favorite candy?
8. Who is in your family? Parents, siblings, etc.
9. Do you have a pet?
10. What is your favorite book?
11. What is your favorite movie?
12. Who is your favorite Disney character?
13. What do you like to do on the weekends?
14. What is your favorite food?
15. What is your favorite game to play?
16. What is your favorite place to eat?
17. Who is your favorite celebrity?
18. What is your favorite holiday?
19. What is something you are scared of?
20. What is something you want to learn how to do?

GREEN blocks (Actions)

1.  Tell a knock-knock joke to the group.
2. Find something in the classroom and wear it as a hat until your next turn.
3. Turn your chair around and sit backwards.
4. Try to touch your nose with your elbow.
5. Go outside and do a cartwheel.
6. Stand up and spin around 5 times.
7. Write your name with your eyes closed.
8. Find someone from another group and say something nice to them.
9. Have a staring contest with the person to your left.
10. Find someone from another group and play rock paper scissors.
11. Stand up, meow like a cat, then sit back down.
12. Go touch your nose to the wall then sit back down.
13. Draw a picture of yourself with your eyes closed.
14. Crumple up a piece of paper and make a basket in the nearest trash can.
15. Put this brick on top and pull another one.
16. Do not speak until your next turn, and keep this block until you have done that.
17. Choose an opponent from your group and play thumb wars with them. The loser puts this block on top.
18. Choose an opponent from your group and play tic-tac-toe. The loser puts this block on top.
19. Recite a nursery rhyme to the people in your group.
20. Tell the group about the last time you were proud of yourself.   

RED blocks (Give to another player)

1.  Find someone from another group and tell them a joke.
2. Skip your next turn.
3. Pull out one block, follow the instructions, then pull out another block on the same turn.
4. Pull out a brick with your eyes closed.
5. Use a pencil to push out your brick.
6. Hold your breath while you pull out a brick.
7. Spell a word chosen by the person who drew this block.
8. Spell a word chosen by the person who drew this block.
9. Find someone from another group and give them a high five.
10. Solve a math problem chosen by the person who drew this block.
11. Solve a math problem chosen by the person who drew this block.
12. Get your block while you have your chin touching the table.
13. Balance a pencil on your head while you pull out a brick.
14. Balance a crumpled paper on your head while you pull out a brick.
15. Stand on one foot while you pull out a brick.
16. Pull out two blocks at the same time.
17. Answer a trivia question chosen by the person who drew this block.
18. Answer a trivia question chosen by the person who drew this block.
19. Get your block using only your left pinky finger.
20. Find someone from another group and ask them a question about themselves.