Build the tallest tower using only newspaper in this fun, collaborative game! Perfect for team-building events and groups of 6-15 people aged 8+.

Shrinking Island is an icebreaker game that literally fosters togetherness and teamwork in order to achieve the goal of standing on a ‘shrinking’ island. Participants have to attempt to keep afloat on a piece of newspaper as it becomes smaller and smaller. 8-10 per group. Newspapers. About 10 minutes.

Goal: Build the highest newspaper tower as possible. 1. Split everyone into teams of five. Hand each group a stack of newspapers and a roll of masking tape. 2. Explain the game: The object of the game is to build the highest newspaper tower, using only the newspaper and masking tape. The teams will be given a couple of minutes to strategize. 3.

Split the young people up into teams and give each team the same amount of newspapers and one large roll of sticky tape. If you have the space, spread the teams out in different rooms so that they can’t copy each others’ design. The challenge is for the young people to work out how to build a newspaper tower that’s the tallest.

This activity is from Vasudha Deming’s “The Big Book of Leadership Games”, which is a fantastic team building resource with 50 fun games for groups. In this activity, the group is tasked with creating a mock-newspaper with headlines based on what they think the department/company will achieve in the near future.