What is salt without pepper? And what is the beach without the ocean? Children work in pairs to spontaneously create a “set” of two things without talking or planning! Each partner becomes one item in the set, and must work together to improvise successfully.

• No materials are needed, just a group of people

1. As a group, brainstorm a list of as many sets of items as possible (i.e., knife and fork, wood and fire, soup and spoon).
2. Choose one leader for the group and have everyone else split into pairs.
3. Have the leader call out a set from the list and have each pair act out the set, each person moving their body to become one of the items—all without planning or talking!
4. Keep playing until the leader has called out all the sets from the list. As the group becomes more advanced, have the leader call out sets at a faster rate.

Try these activity variations:

• For an extra challenge, have the leader call out sets from a "mystery" list (pre-prepared) so the players don't know what is on it, and don't have any ideas beforehand.
• Keep the story going! After becoming the set, partners can work together to improvise a short scene.  What would the knife say to the fork? Would the salt and pepper always get along? Use imagination to tell the story.
• At any point in the game, the leader yells “reset,” and everyone must find a new partner!