101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

67. Spin the Bottle

Background

Around and around it goes. Where it stops, only the bottle knows. Do you remember

playing “Spin the Bottle” as a child (or even as an adult)? The Spin the Bottle idea genera-

tion exercise, developed by Hall (1994),is very similar, except you don’t have to kiss any-

one. Instead, groups use a bottle to point to someone who must suggest an idea.

Objectives

• To help participants generate as many creative ideas as possible


• To help participants learn how to use the activities to generate ideas

Participants

Small groups of four to seven people each

Materials, Supplies, and Equipment

• For each group: markers, two flip charts, and masking tape for posting flip-chart
  sheets


• For each participant: one sheet each of three different colors of sticking dots
  (^1 ⁄ 2 ” diameter) and one pad of 4 x 6 Post-it®Notes


• One empty, glass, long-necked bottle per group (or, as Hall suggests, light beer bottles
  for “less substantial ideas”)

Time

60 minutes

Related Activities

• Picture Tickler [17]


• Rorschach Revisionist [18]


• Ideatoons [26]

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