RA's passing around a Flop Ball during a winter retreat.

Student spinning plates during training.

Students passing Flop Ball during first year experience.

Build Community Through Unplugged Play

Students want ways to move, laugh, connect, and be together. From the resurgence of footbags to growing interest in screen-free social experiences, students are reminding us of something important: play brings people together.

‍We help campuses turn that energy into low-pressure, easy-to-join experiences that support belonging, well-being, and real-world connection.

Pop-Up Play Breaks Student Leader Training Team Building Custom Giveaways Programming Kits

“We had a pop-up play break on our campus as a semester end de-stress event and our students loved it. Fun and engaging and the students loved participating.”

Kathy Matson, Director of Student Life, Mount Wachusett Community College

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Student Leader Training

Help student leaders create more welcoming, connected spaces through play. We work with programming boards, student governments, orientation teams, and other student leaders to build confidence using simple, inclusive activities that support connection, participation, and belonging.

‍Great for:

Programming boards
Student government associations
Leadership retreats & conferences
Orientation teams
Greek life leadership

"Our Orientation Leaders (Leos) have struggled in the past to be silly or playful. Very quickly the Flop Ball became the tool of orientation! Our Leos used them in their first year groups and they helped break the ice. It was a low commitment way to engage students and made it easy for them to open up. Almost a year later, we've done the exercises with divisions across campus, the professional staff, and our colleagues now rent sets of Flop Balls from us. The premise is simple - it's ok to play!"

Melissa Dalrymple, Associate Director of Student Involvement
Lafayette College

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Team Building

Bring people together through playful, hands-on challenges designed to spark laughter, build trust, and strengthen connection. The experience works well for groups that are just forming, have worked together for years, or include members from different organizations or even different schools. Activities can be adjusted to fit the group in front of us.

Great for:

Programming boards
Student government associations
Club and organization leaders
Greek life groups
Leadership retreats and conferences
Staff meetings

Students standing in a circle, smiling during Flop Ball exercise.

“Our incoming students really enjoyed learning about teamwork and building connections. I was nervous about how they would bond with one another, but the workshops were so fun. That made it easy for students to step out of their comfort zone!”

Kayshell Adderley, Assistant Director of Residential Life, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Custom Giveaways

Give students something designed to spark interaction. It gets tossed around, not into a drawer. Custom Flop Balls combine your campus colors, logo, message, or QR code linking students to more.

Easy to hand out and inviting to use, they turn a giveaway into an invitation to connect. Every custom order includes the Flop Ball Playbook, filled with activity ideas, challenges, and facilitation tips to help you put them to use across campus.

Great for:

Welcome Week
Involvement fairs
Orientation
Family Weekend
Wellness events
Campus campaigns

Additional custom options available including juggling balls and footbags. Email paul@playfulcampus.com to learn more. ‍

“My student staff were really excited to have a Flop Ball with one of our events printed on them - it’s such a fun and unique touch! We’ve used them a couple times throughout our orientation programs as brain breaks, and the students have been really receptive to them."

Kaelyn Hannah, Student Program Coordinator, Office of First-Year Programs, Wichita State

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Programming Kits

Want your team to lead the play throughout the year? Our programming kits combine hands-on tools with activity ideas that make it easier to create repeatable, unplugged play experiences across campus.

Use them for tabling, wellness programs, club gatherings, residence hall events, quick energizers, and informal connection breaks.

Great for: departments looking for flexible, repeatable programming they can lead on their own.

Unplugged Play Kit

Portable, easy to store, and ready for hands-on, screen-free engagement that builds focus, confidence, and connection.

4 Kendama
4 Flower Sticks
4 Chatter Rings
4 Diabolo
3 sets Juggling Balls
4 Yo Yo
18 Flop Balls
10 Spinning Plates
1 Tote

$495

Make, Take, & Play Kit

A ready-to-run kit with Flop Balls students can draw on and make their own, blending creative expression, stress relief, and unplugged play.

50 white topped Flop Balls
10 sets of permanant markers
Make, Take & Playbook with activity ideas and prompts

$275

Juggling Starter Kit

Everything students need to start tossing, learning, and building community through a campus juggling club.

15 sets of premium juggling balls
Juggling instructional videos
Tips for getting a club off the ground.
1 easy to store duffel bag

$300

Flip, Toss & Stack Kit

A portable mix of Flop Ball shapes and sizes for active games, creative challenges, contests, and open-ended play.

10 Flower Flop Balls
24 Stacker Flop Balls
10 Flop Loops
10 Flop Lines
1 easy to store duffel bag

$375