This game should be carried out twice.
For the first turn, the participants should wear blindfolds, for the second turn, they should do it without blindfolds. During the first turn, as the participants see nothing, the facilitator has to explain in detail, step by step, all movements that have to be repated by the whole group. This game is carried out in the rhythm of calm music, participants can be standing up (preferably) or seated in a circle.
Facilitator informs that everybody will bake a cake. She/He tells in details how to do it. We take our hands in front of us, then:
- we make the move like sprinkling a flower on the cutting board, with the right hand, then with the left hand (we repeat each movement 4 or 8 times),
- we dust our hands on the apron — 4 times,
- we add four eggs (eggs are behind us, on a shelf — with the right hand we take an egg from behind a left arm, we break the eggshell on our left arm, we pour the egg to the flour saying “splash” and we throw away the eggshells through the right arm saying “whoosh”, then we take an egg with the left hand from behind the right arm, and we do the same, i.e., we break the egg on our right arm, we pour it to the flour saying “splash” and we throw away the eggshells through the left arm saying “whoosh”.
We repeat the same movements, with the right and left hand, - we knead the dough — 4 or 8 times, - we roll out the dough with our both hands on the cutting board in front of us — 4 or 8 times, — we decorate it with cream (8 times), we fold our hands into fists, put one on the other (vertically) and rhythmically open and close the fingers of the upper hand.
- we sprinkle dried fruit
- we put the cake into the oven
- we take it out from the oven
- we cut it
- and we offer a slice of this cake to the person on our right and left side (we can as well move around and offer it to all the people we meet).
During the second turn, participants do not have blinfolds on their eyes. Facilitator has to know the movements/gestures very well in order to show it for the whole group. It is good only for a facilitator, who knows the game well and who feels comfortable with this type of the game. If blind facilitators decide to lead this activity without any help, they have to train themselves well before it, to practice it in order to master well all the movements/gestures. The help of the sighted assistant is an option. |