TEXT:  
  Memory ball is a game for 2 to 5 players. We 
  create the core memories of our person, then 
  explore the emotions they feel and hope that 
  shapes who they become and what happens in 
  their life in a result. But which memory will emerge 
  as the one that defines our Person most, and what 
  will that make them?  
  Players: 2-5 
  Time: 1 hour 
  Creativity 
  Emotions 
  Serious 
  Notes 
  This game is by Epistolary Richard and was inspired 
  by the Pixar movie Inside Out. The front cover is a 
  visualisation of the eight basic emotions theorised 
  by Robert Plutchik and is public domain. The 
  Generations 
  woman 
  pictures 
  are 
  copyright 
  Lyudmyla Kharlamova and used under licence. 
   
  gate 
  caught 
  sword 
  animal 
  storm 
  green 
  leaves 
  library 
  loan 
  cringe 
  sister 
  flight 
  rain 
  wet 
  door 
  kiss 
  tree 
  tune 
  ear 
  wind 
  pocket 
  creature 
  pen 
  flicker 
  happy 
  food 
  curtain 
  boat 
  wood 
  hat 
  thanks 
  dog 
  beach 
  winter 
  pool 
  dance 
  sack 
  true 
  cup 
  ghost 
  white 
  glass 
  low 
  face 
  holiday 
  arrive 
  song 
  heavy 
  dessert 
  number 
  cave 
  light 
  shell 
  mug 
  cat 
  fence 
  fish 
  smoke 
  lying 
  play 
  vase 
  watch 
  jewel 
  glow 
  brother 
  school 
  black 
  smell 
  click 
  lemon 
  break 
  scream 
  love 
  umbrella 
  bike 
  blue 
  sun 
  whistle 
  lock 
  home 
  book 
  voice 
  writing 
  grass 
  cloak 
  sea 
  vegetable 
  present 
  hate 
  dirt 
  desk 
  frame 
  land 
  desperate 
  car 
  mall 
  cry 
  phone 
  toy 
  dry 
  flag 
  vacation 
  tent 
  cabin 
  lost 
  window 
  diary 
  red 
  instrument 
  fire 
  knife 
  have 
  young 
  hungry 
  wall 
  stable 
  broken 
  shadow 
  Use three of these to 
  inspire your memory 
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Before you begin 
  Get five different colour pens and print out several blank 
  memory balls. We’ll need two for each person who’ll 
  play.  Write three inspiration words at the top of each. 
  Choose five emotions; these will be our person’s core 
  emotions. Assign one colour pen to each. 
  Finally, name our person. 
  Stage One – New memories 
  We each create a new memory 
  by taking a blank memory ball 
  sheet and filling in the event. Use 
  the suggestion words on the 
  memory ball to inspire you. 
  We add one of the emotions 
  (using the correct colour) along 
  with why the event makes us feel 
  that way. 
  Stage Two – More new memories 
  We each create another new 
  memory 
  by 
  taking 
  a 
  blank 
  memory ball and filling in the 
  event and then one of the 
  emotions along with why the 
  event makes us feel that way. 
  Stage Three – Me as a person 
  We each pick one of the existing 
  memories we find interesting and 
  we complete the line below one 
  of the emotions ‘This helped make 
  me the kind of person who...’ 
  We then add another emotion to 
  that 
  same 
  memory 
  as 
  our 
  memories 
  become 
  more 
  complex. 
  Finally, we place any of the 
  memories that no one added to 
  this stage in long term storage. We 
  don’t use them again. 
  Stage Four – My life as a result 
  We each pick one of the existing 
  memories we find interesting and 
  we complete the next line below 
  one of the ‘kind of person’ lines 
  ‘As a result, when I grew up I...’  
  We choose a different memory 
  and add a new ‘This helped 
  make me the kind of person 
  who...’ beneath an emotion. 
  We 
  then 
  choose 
  a 
  different 
  memory 
  and 
  add 
  another 
  emotion. 
  If we have four or more memories 
  then we agree on two that we 
  find less interesting and place 
  them in long term storage. 
  Stage Five – My life continues 
  We follow Stage Four again, but 
  this time we place all memories in 
  long term storage apart from one. 
  This is the memory that most 
  makes our person who they are. 
  Stage Six – Accepting myself 
  We have one memory ball left. 
  Taking turns, we fill in all the 
  remaining blank spaces apart 
  from the bottom line.  
  Part of growing up is recognising 
  our flaws; that we don’t always 
  act the way we wish we did.  
  We now fill in the bottom line 
  under each emotion ‘Now I’m 
  older, I accept that I...’ by adding 
  one of our person’s flaws and 
  what they do to stop it hurting 
  others. 
  The lesson of Sadness 
  Though some emotions sound “negative” and some “positive” all of them serve a purpose. 
  Fear can cripple us or keep us safe, sadness signals others to help us, anger can lead us to 
  be destructive or to stand up for what we think is right. Remembering this will help vary 
  how the same emotions can be applied in different ways. 
  
   
  Part of this memory makes me 
  feel... 
  Because... 
  Stages 1 to 5 
  This helped make me the kind 
  of person who... 
  Stage 3 to 5 
   
  As a result, when I grew up I... 
  Stage 4 to 5 
   
  Now I’m older, I accept that I... 
  Stage 6 only 
   
   
  Part of this memory makes me 
  feel... 
  Because... 
  Stages 1 to 5 
  This helped make me the kind 
  of person who... 
  Stage 3 to 5 
   
  As a result, when I grew up I... 
  Stage 4 to 5 
   
  Now I’m older, I accept that I... 
  Stage 6 only 
   
   
  Part of this memory makes me 
  feel... 
  Because... 
  Stages 1 to 5 
  This helped make me the kind 
  of person who... 
  Stage 3 to 5 
   
  As a result, when I grew up I... 
  Stage 4 to 5 
   
  Now I’m older, I accept that I... 
  Stage 6 only 
   
   
  Part of this memory makes me 
  feel... 
  Because... 
  Stages 1 to 5 
  This helped make me the kind 
  of person who... 
  Stage 3 to 5 
   
  As a result, when I grew up I... 
  Stage 4 to 5 
   
  Now I’m older, I accept that I... 
  Stage 6 only 
   
  Part of this memory makes me 
  feel... 
  Because... 
  Stages 1 to 5 
  This helped make me the kind 
  of person who... 
  Stage 3 to 5 
   
  As a result, when I grew up I... 
  Stage 4 to 5 
   
  Now I’m older, I accept that I... 
  Stage 6 only 
   
   
  Detail the central event of 
  the core memory below 
  Stages 1 & 2 only 
   
  When you add a new emotion to the 
  memory ball, colour part of it in 
  using the colour of the emotion 
  Write 3 words to inspire the central event here   ____________       ____________      ____________ 
  Permission given to copy for personal use 
  
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