101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

Post It, Pardner! Handout

Suppose your group wants to generate ways to improve a bed. Group members place

Post-it®Notes on the following objects and write the following associations for each:

• Door: wood, grain, alcohol


• Window: glass, clear, seeing


• Table: flat, smooth, slippery


• Coffeepot: hot, cold, icy


• Lamp: light, dark, black

The group then generates ideas using these associations:

• A built-in cereal dispenser (from “grain”)


• An alcoholic beverage dispenser (from “alcohol”)


• A bed with a children’s slide on the bottom (from “slippery”)


• A built-in heating and cooling apparatus (from “hot” and “cold”)


• A built-in ice machine (from “icy”)


• Variable lighting brightness and focus (from “light” and “dark”)

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