Best Small Group Ice Breaker Games

Small group ice breaker games have one thing that most other games do not: you walk away knowing more about a person. And hopefully feeling a lot closer to them (or reaffirming they are not your people, which is just as important if you ask me).

Icebreaker games are a delightful way to get to know Jane at the office past the usual “what did you do this weekend?” “oh, you have kids, how many?” blah that spews out on autopilot. Sometimes we need icebreaker games to hammer through the ice instead of scratching it timidly.

And, while we might not want to get to know Jane at the office better (you know her, she’s the one always talking about her cats). Small group ice breaker games make the best team ice breaker games for the office AND for dinner parties with your friends. You’ll no doubt learn something about Tims’s wife Elaine that you would never have found out otherwise. I assure you 😉

Free printable small group ice breaker games

Let’s get into the small group ice breaker games I’m giving you as a free printable. I’ve created a selection of categories: conversation starters, would you rather questions, never have I ever question, challenge cards, and optional drinking challenge cards. Here’s a little snippet from each category:

Conversation Starters – Icebreaker Games

Small group ice breaker games conversation starter snippet:

• What is the first thing you’d do if you won the lottery?
• What feels like enough money for someone to have each year?
• What might be the upsides of aging?
• In what ways are you creative?
• What should young people learn about the world of work?
• What’s a business you’d like to start?
• What small everyday pleasure do you love?
• Name something nice that happened to you this week.
• What qualities did you possess as a child that you wish you still had?
• How might people describe you when you’re not in the room?

Would You Rather Questions – Icebreaker Games

Small group ice breaker games would you rather snippet:

• Would you rather earn more and be busier or earn less and have more time to yourself?
• Would you rather pursue your dreams or have a stable, high-earning job?
• Would you rather be a giant ant or a tiny hippo?
• Would you rather be able to see 10 hours into the future or 5 years into the future?
• Would you rather be in jail for ten years or be in a coma for twenty years?
• Would you rather have respect or power?
• Would you rather always be 25 minutes late or always be 25 minutes early?
• Would you rather spend a week in a haunted house or in the desert?
• Would you rather spend a year at war or a year in prison?
• Would you rather hunt your own meat or never eat meat again?

Never Have I Ever Questions – Icebreaker Games

Small group ice breaker games never have I ever snippet:

• Never have I ever broken something and not confessed.
• Never have I ever broken the ‘5-second rule.’
• Never have I ever used someone else’s toothbrush.
• Never have I ever Googled my own name to see what comes up.
• Never have I ever kept quiet when I was undercharged.
• Never have I ever regifted a present.
• Never have I ever forgotten my mum’s birthday.
• Never have I done something so wrong in public that I still cringe when thinking about it.
• Never have I ever stalked an ex’s new partner on social media.
• Never have I ever dined and dashed.

Challenge Cards- Icebreaker Games

Small group ice breaker games challenge card snippet:

• No one is allowed to use first names until it is your turn again.
• Say any word, and going around to the left, everyone must say a word that rhymes with it until someone can’t think of one.
• Get your phone out and take a group selfie.
• Everyone must take turns saying “fish stew” without showing teeth.
• Pick a category – e.g., breeds of dog. Go to the left as each player says something that fits into the category until someone can’t think of one.

Drinking Challenge Cards – Icebreaker Games

Small group ice breaker games drinking challenge card snippet:

• Tell your best joke. If no one laughs, you drink.
• No one is allowed to point until the game is over. You point, you drink
• Until the game is over, you must all only drink with your left hand. If you forget, you drink
• Take two swigs of your drink
• Take a swig of your drink with the person to your right

Get your free printable of this small group ice breaker games below:

How to play this small group ice breaker games

1. Download and print the small group ice breakers games PDF download (color & single-sided). Grab card stock instead of standard paper if you’d like a higher-quality printable.

2. Cut out the cards until they are all individual and stack them face down in piles for each type of question using the game board on page 3. Alternatively, you can randomly place the cards face down on a table.

3. Everyone takes turns picking a card, answering the question/doing the challenge. For Never Have I Ever questions, everyone must take a sip of a drink or raise their hand if they have done the thing.

This small group ice breakers game includes the following:    

• 32 Conversation Starters
• 32 Never Have I Ever Questions
• 32 Would You Rather Questions
• 16 Challenge Cards
• 16 Drinking Challenge Cards (Optional)

What you need in addition to this icebreakers game:

All you need is a printer, scissors, and a group of people. If you have a laminator, I like to laminate my printables, so if they get wet, it doesn’t matter. However, if they do get damaged, you can always print them out again. The beauty of printables 😊

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