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Haida Totem Story Pole Relay

Team BuildingFamily Reunion
H
PLAYERS
6-16
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Give each team a cardboard pole and a stack of animal symbol cutouts.

2

One player at a time runs to a supply table, grabs a symbol, and tapes it onto the team's pole in order.

3

Once a symbol is added, the runner tags the next teammate before returning to the line.

4

Continue until every symbol has been placed on the pole from bottom to top.

5

When a team's pole is complete, they take turns telling a short made-up story linking the stacked symbols together.