Preparation: The butterfly on the shoulder

Section: Cub Scouts, Scouts/Guides, Rovers
Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Number: from 10 to 20 participants
Type: indoors

Spiritual development objectives:

  • Improve listening to others and concentration skills.

 

Activity guidelines

 

Participants are split into two equal groups. The first group spreads around, their back turned towards the centre of the area so that they cannot see the others.

Quietly and with great concentration, each participant of the second group chooses one partner from the first group and stands right behind him resting carefully his hand on the left shoulder of his partner, “just like a butterfly landing delicately on a flower”.

The participants with their back turned to the group will try to recognise the other participants through the touch of their hand.

Once a participant is certain to have recognised the person behind him, he puts his right hand onto the hand resting on his shoulder (as if to say “I have recognised you!”).

Then, he will turn around and quietly find out whether he was successful or not. 

Comments

To fulfil this game’s objective of concentration and listening to others, it is important to remain silent and to have a soft musical background. 

 

Material

Soft musical background

 

Source

AnimerSpi - Scouts et Guides Pluralistes de Belgique

 

Klodi