Upcycled Education: Ideas to pair up students

(Photo by Sporkist; Picniked by Jen)

Just to entertain myself (and my students, sometimes), I pair up partners (or small groups) in the following ways.

Decide if you are peanut butter or jelly. Then, go find a partner who is the other.
Put 0-5 fingers in the air. Find a partner that gives you an odd (or even) total.
Find someone who has the same (or close) thumb size as you. Have you seen my thumbs before? My friends say they look like toes. Proof below.
Find someone who has a different number of siblings than you.
Decide if you are a dog person or a cat person. Then, go find a partner who is the other.
Stand on your left or right foot. Then, go find a partner who is standing on the opposite foot.
Think of your favorite number. Find a partner so that when you add your numbers together you get an even (or odd) number.
Of course, paint swatch partnerships are jazzy and colorful.