Spider Web

The objective of this activity is to help students disclose something that the facilitator believes will be valuable to the group process, and to help the group visualize the power of creating a web and the value of each member holding up his/her part of the group process. To begin the spider web, the facilitator holds a ball of yarn and models completing an open-ended statement (e.g., "if you really knew me you would know that . . ."). When the statement is completed, he/she will throw the yarn, holding on to the end, to another person in the group. That person will complete the statement, hold on to the end of the ball touching him/her, and throw the remaining ball of yarn; each subsequent person will do the same. Eventually, each member will have shared and the ball will end back with the facilitator.
At that point, the facilitator should describe what the yarn now represents (a web). Then the group should talk about the value and purpose of a web to a spider (to catch food and sustain life), what happens to the web if one person lets go, and what happens to the group process if one person isn't willing to participate, support, etc.

Taken from the University of Phoenix Online Group Counseling Course.