For new or existing teams ready to deepen connection.
Builds vulnerability, co-regulation, and a shared sense of support.

• Partner Painting (with Closed Eyes)
  Let go of control and let your teammate guide you—blindfold optional, trust required.

• Dyadic Disasterpieces
  Two people, one canvas. Each paints a side. Expect chaos, laughter, and surprising alignment.

• Draw Each Other’s Portraits (Badly!)
  Nothing builds empathy faster than mutual ugliness. Imperfect portraits, perfect connection.

For teams who care how it feels on the other side.
Builds perspective-taking, active listening, and emotional intelligence.

• Interviewing Ordinary Objects
  Channel the inner life of a stapler or chair—then make art as them. Absurd, revealing, and surprisingly insightful.

• Draw What I Mean
  One describes, one draws—no peeking. Spot the gaps in understanding and see how customers might hear you.

For teams with new members or shifting dynamics
Alignment, connection, shared memory

• Appetizer: Invent a Team Handshake
  Movement meets meaning. Watch new rituals emerge through improvisation.

• Entrée: Interviewing Ordinary Objects
  Take turns personifying a stapler. Because even your office supplies have feelings.

• Dessert: Compliment Chain + High Five Storm
  The energy you need after onboarding, offsites, or a rough quarter.

For teams that want to unlock voices
Confidence, creative risk-taking, psychological safety

• Appetizer: Gibberish Role Call
  Explain your job in pure nonsense. Then try to translate. Hilarity = bonding.

• Entrée: Bad Sing-Along
  Terrible harmonies. Zero judgment. Total liberation.

• Dessert: “Draw What I Say”
  One person narrates, the other draws. Misunderstanding never looked so good.

For teams in a rut or craving new ideas
Fresh thinking, innovation, creative flow

• Appetizer: Perspective Portraits
  Draw your coworker as their aura / animal / vibe. Guaranteed new angles.

• Entrée: Canvas Remix
  Every 60 seconds, pass the canvas. One wild collaborative vision, no ownership.

• Dessert: Creative Compliment Mad-Libs
  “You’re the [dessert] of this [existential metaphor]”—silly, but oddly profound.

For teams that just crushed it (or need to remember they like each other)
Joy, team spirit, milestone moments

• Appetizer: Bad Dance Party
  Shake off seriousness. Cringe together. Come out stronger.

• Entrée: Idea Telephone
  Each person adds to a communal canvas. Watch a wild idea evolve in real time.

• Dessert: Postcard Time Capsule (Optional Add-On)
  Paint a postcard now—receive it weeks later. Surprise joy in the mail.