exercise · all tools
Who stole the Cookies
Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharednone
A rhythmic call-and-response chant that passes an accusation around the group by name — 'who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?' — with the accused protesting and then naming someone else. Nobody is out; the chant simply keeps moving.
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- ?–∞ · large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- attention-training, ritual-container
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- improvencyclopedia.org/games/Who_stole_the_Cookies.html — Improv Encyclopedia, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
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Origin
Unattributed; compiled by Improv Encyclopedia — Improvisational theatre
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status: checked · added 2026-08-31