Personality Sacks

The objective of this activity is to help students know and begin to understand other group members, and to help individuals look at the obvious and the not-so-obvious sides of their personalities. Give each person a lunch-size paper bag and markers or crayons. Also have paper, scissors, etc., available. Instruct each student to draw or write things on the outside of the bag that represent who the student is, what he/she likes, and what he/she values. On the inside of the bag the student should place one or more pictures or statements that tell something about him/her that hardly anyone knows. When the bags are completed, break the group into dyads and have them discuss the outsides of the bags. Then bring the group back together so the dyads can introduce each other to the other students. When an individual has told the group about his/her partner's bag and personality, the partner will share something inside the bag.