The Magic Carpet Team Building Activity

Typical solutions for this activity involve crowding a majority of the group towards one edge or corner and having a few group members attempt to twist or fold the magic carpet over.

The magic carpet team building activity.

8 16 per carpet. Ask the group to stand on an 8 x8 ûïmagic carpet û tarp or blanket. For a rectangle twisting a corner of the magic carpet somewhat like a bow tie provides the greatest amount of area for movement. Tell the group they must flip the carpet over while standing on it.

The carpet needs to be turned over without any body part of any team member touching the ground. Create groups of 6 to 10 people and provide each team with a magic carpet a tarp measuring 5 feet x 5 feet. Once everyone is settled tell the group they are going on a magic carpet ride and have just risen 100 feet into the air but unfortunately the directions to steer and land are on the other side of the carpet. The smaller the magic carpet the more challenging the activity will be.

In the magic carpet team building activity each group member stands on the small carpet. Tell them that they have risen 100 feet in the air and are ready to go. If you are using paper if anyone breaks any of the rules you can ask them to step off of the carpet cut a piece of it off to make it smaller and then have them restart. Instruct the group to stand on the carpet tarp sheet.

Once everyone is settled advise the group that they are going on a magic carpet ride. The magic carpet teambuilding activity is easy to lead and requires simple and easy to obtain props. The team stands on top of their tarp and is then asked to flip the tarp over without anyone touching the ground. Flying a magic carpet can be a breeze.

This makes for some amusing body positions. The entire group must be on the tarp completely. Magic carpet corporate team building. Start with a large tarp and see how many times the group can fold it in half and all be on it.