What is it?
This is a great icebreaker exercise.
Have you ever had an object around your house that people looked at and asked "What the heck is that?" This game plays on that idea.
Take a household object that's a little unusual (if you're having trouble finding something, children's toys at the dollar store can be great for this, ditto for their selection of kitchen gadgets) and show it to the group. Some people may know what it is, some won't. The trick is that even if you know what it is, forget for the duration of this exercise.
Holding the object up, with a straight face, tell everyone the most outrageous lie you can about what the object is. It doesn't have to be plausible, it just has to fit the object. "This is actually a part of a time machine from the year 2456, which happens to be in my kitchen because..."
Pass the object to the next person in line, who will then come up with their own explanation: "No, no, no. This is actually..." You can even change the size or colour of the object in your description: "When I last saw one of these it was bigger, and blue, and it was hanging from my bedroom ceiling..."
Give people some time to come up with their explanations, to turn the object over in their hands and think about it. They may be enjoying themselves so much listening to the other explanations that they forget to come up with something before their turn comes around!
Depending on how many people you have in the group, you may want to send the object around 2 or 3 times. This forces people to really rack their brains for creative ideas.
For an extra challenge, take something that's absolutely ordinary: a coffee mug, shoe box, or a photo frame, and pass that around. The results will definitely surprise.
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