Draw Your Name Add/remove

Purpose:

The purpose of this exercise is for you and your participants to get to know each other and prepare them for a creative process while doing so.  It is often used as a warm up when doing sketching exercises afterwards.

Step by step Facilitating tips Materials needed Goes well with Download template (pdf)

Tips to include participants who are not able to:

Overview

Input

N/A

Output

Comfort and nametags

Complexity

Simple

Time

5-10

Participants

2-10

Activity

  • Writing
  • Communicating

Step by step:

  1. Hand out paper or blank stickers plus pens to the participants – keep one for yourself.
    Ask the participants to perform either 2a, 2b or 2c.

    1. Write your name and draw an x which starts with the same letter as your name.
    2. Write your name and draw your favorite x.
    3. Write your name and draw the x that best represents you.
      x can be themes such as animals, flowers, food, skillset etc.

  3. Present your name and drawing and put on your nametag.

When doing this method you should consider:

  • Make sure that the nametags are large enough to easily read
  • Use thick pens in a color that provides a good contrast to the paper.
  • If the group is shy then start out presententing your own name tag.

Materials needed:

  • Paper, blank stickers or the template
  • If paper is used safetypins or tape for attaching nametag
  • Pens