Bill & The Button Factory

This large group energiser brings boundless energy and infectious laughter to your next gathering. Bill & the Button Factory is a zany group activity that never fails to create instant engagement and connection. Its progressive nature builds enthusiasm while encouraging full-body movement and vocal participation. Perfect for any size group, this fun group game delivers guaranteed success with minimal preparation and maximum impact.

Bill & The Button Factory – Large Group Energiser

1. In advance, download the simple lyrics for this exercise from the Resources tab.
2. When ready, assemble your group in front of you.
3. Explain that as you sing the lyrics to a song, you want your group to repeat them loudly after you.
4. Sing one line at a time, and wait for your group to mimic you before the next line, such as …
5. When you instruct your group to “… PUSH THESE BUTTONS WITH YOUR FINGERS” demonstrate the gesture of poking your left and right fingers into the air in front of you, encouraging your group to follow suit.
6. Repeat the verse a second time, and at the end of the stanza, start to push buttons with a new part of your anatomy, for example…
   “… PUSH THESE BUTTONS WITH YOUR ELBOWS…” poking alternately with fingers and elbows.
7. The third verse ends with…
   “… PUSH THESE BUTTONS WITH YOUR KNEES…” fingers, elbows and knees at the same time.
8. The fourth verse ends with…
   “… PUSH THESE BUTTONS WITH YOUR TONGUE….” adding tongue wagging to the above actions.
9. Finish the fifth and final stanza with…
   ”ARE YOU BUSY?” (Are you busy?)
   “HECK YEAH…”
10. Collapse to the ground with laughter.