Workshop gifts
Use an imaginary gift to connect play with what people want to carry forward.
10–15 minutes · 5–20 people · 5 - 20 people
Use this activity in the Studio →Source timing: 10 - 15 minutes. The range above is given by the source. Source group guidance: 5 - 20 people.
Intention / Goal
Use an imaginary gift to connect play with what people want to carry forward.
Materials
Prepared imaginary-gift cards
Facilitator & access notes
Offer a written response, a different card or a pass. This differs from the live imaginary-gift exchange in Gift Giving.
How to facilitate it
- Prepare cards naming imaginative, nonmaterial gifts.
- Give each person a card and invite a moment to consider what they might do with it.
- Take turns offering a short response, optionally connecting it to something learned during the session.
- Close without judging the creativity or depth of anyone’s answer.
Reflection prompts
- Notice: What did this activity reveal about how we work together?
- Carry forward: What would you like to try next?
Credit & lineage
Seeds for Change (documented version; original creator not established).
Concise original Playformation facilitator wording based on the Seeds for Change guide. Consent/access alternatives and estimated planning defaults are identified; this is not a claim of original authorship.
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