A Beautiful Line
Age: 7+ Timing : 15 min + Group Size: 4 to 12
Promotes: Seeing connections in your life and representing your journey as a beautiful and interconnected line, even when it may seem chaotic or disjointed.
The 'A Beautiful Line' game invites players to explore their life paths creatively and connectedly. Players are prompted to create a beautiful line that represents different aspects of their lives using a variety of small objects from their collections. Each player places their chosen objects however they feel represents their story, which leads to beautiful, symbolic line of objects. This game fosters self-reflection, creativity, and the ability to find connections in seemingly unrelated experiences.
Before you Begin:
Ensure each player has enough space to build their beautiful line horizontally, vertically, diagonally or however they choose. Optionally, use a large piece of paper as a building frame.
THINGS Needed:
Small objects around 10-20 per person. Ensure a variety of items, including extra shiny and beautiful ones. Organise the THINGS by colour in piles or small baskets, boxes or containers. If you haven't collecting any objects yet, go back to the "Collection Journey" game to start your THINGS collections.
The Invitation:
For this game, ask: “Use the THINGS to create a beautiful line representing your… The end of this question depends on the age and type of group. Use the following, choosing an ending that works best for the group. (They can use as many or as few as they feel the need and their line absolutely does not have to be straight, creativity is key! )
Choose an ending:…
life so far!
your career from 10 years ago to now and then10 years in future!
future from now!
The Play
Players select objects from their collections to create a beautiful line based on the chosen question.
Set a time limit or allow players to complete their lines at their own pace.
The player with the shiniest object starts and explains their line to the rest of the group.
How it Ends
The game ends once everyone has finished building their lines or when the time is up and each player explains their beautiful line.
Please Share Your Game Experience with all our THINGS LAB Gamers on our new Facebook Group THINGS LAB.
Variations & Extensions
For early years or non-readers, simply prompt them to create a beautiful line with the provided objects and then have them explain their lines to the group.
Encourage players to find connections in their lines and stories and combine their lines to form a larger, collaborative design.
Ideas on How to Play:
In Class
For preschool-age students, use ribbons of different colours. Provide each child a bag or basket with objects matching the ribbon colours. Instruct them to put their objects on the corresponding colour ribbon.
For older students: Encourage students to draw their beautiful lines and/or create stories based on their beautiful lines.
At Work
Focus on creating a line representing your career path, emphasising the future you envision within your team, company, or organisation. To make this into a team-building have participants’ connect their lines to create a collective vision.
We have made some beautiful A5 cards of each game if you would like to print it out and play.
