Pip Wilson - The Big Book of Blob Trees

THE BIG BOOK OF
BLOB TREES
The Big Book of Blob Trees features 70 different Blob trees that can be used as prompts to explore
feelings. This unique collection of Blob trees with its range of different Blob characters is a fabulous way
of opening up discussions about feelings and developing understanding of emotions, empathy and self-
awareness. The trees show a variety of different scenarios that people may relate to, and can be used as
a springboard for conversations with people of any age group.
This second edition includes a new set of Blob trees relevant to many topical issues, including Blob
trees themed around autism, eating, free speech, anxiety and smartphones. Each Blob tree comes with
suggested questions that can be used to guide the discussion; for example: Which Blob do you feel like?
Which Blob seems happiest? Which Blob confuses you? Which Blob annoys you, and why? Which Blob
would you like to feel like? Offering handy photocopiable resources, The Big Book of Blob Trees provides
a unique way to initiate discussion and gently approach emotive topics with individuals or groups.
Pip Wilson is the author of over 50 books and the famous ‘Blob Tree’ tools, which can open the hardest
heart, and is able to open up meaningful communication in all cultures and contexts.
Ian Long is an illustrator who has worked with Pip all of his adult life, drawing, creating and visualizing
ideas that they have imagined together since the early 1980’s. He has been a youth and pastoral worker
in Gloucestershire, a primary school teacher in West Sussex and Hampshire, a carer for his father who
suffered with Alzheimer’s and is now working full time upon books.
Blobs
Blobs are delightful characters (without gender or age) that help facilitate and stimulate meaningful
discussions about difficult issues or situations. Individuals or groups can start discussions by
identifying themselves, or others, with an individual or group of Blobs whose actions or feelings
represent their own.
The series includes a range of activities, books and posters, suitable for all ages.
Authors – Pip Wilson and Ian Long
Titles in this series include:
The Big Book of Blobs (2nd edition)
The Big Book of Blob Trees (2nd edition)
The Big Book of Blob Feelings
The Big Book of Blob Feelings 2
The Blob Anger Book
Feelings Blob Cards
Emotions Blob Cards
Anger Blob Cards
Bereavement Blob Cards
Behaviour Blob Cards
Family Blob Cards
Teenage Life Blob Cards
Blob School
The Blob Visual Emotional Thesaurus
Giant Blob Tree Poster
Blob Feelings Ball

THE BIG BOOK OF
BLOB TREES
SECOND EDITION
Pip Wilson and Ian Long

THE BIG BOOK OF
BLOB TREES
Second edition published 2018
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First edition published by Speechmark 2009
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Contents
Preface to the new edition vii
About the authors viii
Introduction 1
Ways to use the Blobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
How to use this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Start with yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Climbing into the Blob Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
The Blob Tree – reflection exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Questions and the Blob pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Questions to ask yourself and others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
The Blob Tree Collection 11

Blob Tree Original. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Blob Tree Situations 1–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Blob Trees 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
New Blob Tree!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Blob Trees and Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Blob Tree Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Blob Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Blob Timber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Blob Deforestation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Blob Jungle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Blob Tree Sleepers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Blob Tree Cliques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
How to Grow a Blob Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Blob Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Blob Themed Trees 89

Blob Secret Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Artistic Blob Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Autism Blob Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Eating Blob Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Numbered Blob Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Smartphone Blob Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Hierarchy Blob Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Mothers Blob Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Blob Free Speech Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Anxiety Blob Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Blob Blanks 111

Blob Tree Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Blob Trees Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Blob Tree Jigsaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Blob Tree Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
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Blob Tree Rectangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Blob Tree at Night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Blob Balloons 1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Blob Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Blob Specials 133

Blob Decision Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Blob Tree Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Blob Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Blob Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Blob Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Blob Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Blob Iceberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Blob Dads and Lads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Blob Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Blob Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Blob Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Blob Wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
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Preface to the new edition
When Pip and I first conceived the Blob Tree in his office, late one evening, after a day painting banners
for The Rolling Magazine Show, we had no idea how far its impact would spread. Pip had intended it
to be used in The Mayflower, a family centre in the East End of London, where he worked. Many of the
young adults that he worked with struggled to communicate effectively, and feelings were rarely shared.
He used singers, poets and images to help people reflect upon life.
As Pip shared his latest thought, I sketched out the idea, with a spiky tree, Blobs with noses, and a few
stances which we later decided needed to be changed. Eventually we reached something that we were
both happy with, and Pip began to trial it with all sorts of people. He found it was effective with young
people, children, people with special needs, people from around the world, in fact, there didn’t seem to
be anyone that couldn’t read it’s simple imagery.
After going into one of his books in the mid 80’s, Games Without Frontiers, it soon became a regular
on the photocopier walls around the UK. We heard that it had been used in schools, hospitals, youth
offenders workshops, addiction counselling, churches, mosques, synagogues, workshops and more.
It spread by word of mouth.
A couple of years after the Millennium, we were asked to create a set of books to help people share
this idea more widely. This was the very first which we designed. It contains images that reflect our
backgrounds and professions. Some of them, you may find, are more appropriate than others to your
community. The Blobs work on the premise that there is no right and wrong. Feelings are the ‘stuff’ of
the Blobs, and they have been given a context that often occurs in life.
It is worth noting that some images can create discussions that go beyond our own personal beliefs and
preferences. We may feel uncomfortable being open, or using emotional or faith language at first, for
example. Within your groups there will be many whose feelings and beliefs will be the driving force of
their life. These sheets may help you to discuss these motivators and increase your understanding and
empathy about what makes them tick.
A few of the sheets have been updated to reflect some of the changes in society – fifteen years ago
smartphones were in their infancy. A few new sheets have also been added to the Blob Tree section as
our key product has become so popular.
Happy Blobbing!
Ian and Pip
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About the authors
Pip Wilson
Pip Wilson is a beautiful human person who became an adult when he was 40. His
work has ranged from urban street gangs, Hells Angels, special needs groupwork with
humans with drug and alcohol issues, a people trainer, and more. He has been a charity
CEO housing 172 young people in need, with 150 staff and 200 volunteers. Pip has far
more scars than certificates! He believes that vulnerability is a strength not a weakness.
Pip is the author of over 50 books and the famous ‘Blob Tree’ tools, which can open the hardest heart,
and is able to open up meaningful communication in all cultures and contexts. He currently works as
a freelance people worker, conducting groupwork/ training/ facilitation in the corporate and voluntary
sectors. He can be booked via his website www.pipwilson.com
Pip yearns for the uncomfortable, unease, dissatisfaction and daily refreshes the irritation. He believes
that there is no such thing as a difficult person – only difficult behaviour.
Ian Long
Ian Long is an illustrator who has worked with Pip all of his adult life, drawing,
creating and visualizing ideas that they have imagined together since the early 1980’s.
He has been a youth and pastoral worker in Gloucestershire, a primary school teacher
in West Sussex and Hampshire, a carer for his father who suffered with Alzheimer’s
and is now working full time upon books.
As well as creating numerous Blob books, he is currently translating the Bible into a no-word book, the
Blob Visual Bible, so that it can be used around the world, by people with no literacy, as well as children,
adults with special needs and churches from all nations.
He is married to Jane, and they have two beautiful adult daughters.
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Introduction
Ways to use the Blobs
• Give everyone a copy of the sheet or display a copy for all to see using a projector.
• Ask the group to view and choose which Blob they feel like in a certain group. This could be the
present group, or another group that they belong to.
• Have them share in threes or fours (larger group sharing is good but can take longer).
• Feed back to the whole group, with each group member speaking on someone else’s behalf.
• Post a copy of the picture to group members beforehand so that they can think about it in advance.
• Write down and colour in the different answers to your questions so that you can see the different
responses each person makes.
• Enlarge a copy of a picture and get each person to colour in/mark their character so that you can see
how the whole group fits together.
• Get each person to predict where one group member is in the picture, and why. Then that person
can share their own response.
• Get each person to predict where all of their small group are in the picture, and share within the
small group.
• Ask group members to identify where they are and where they’d like to be, and discuss how they
could get there.
Give yourself time to think on your own about the questions before sharing the sheet with others.
A teacher can only share what they’ve learned through experience.
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How to use this book
The Blob Tree was created at the start of the 1980s in order to communicate with young people and
adults who found reading difficult. It was designed as a no-word tool and it aims to remain that way.
We quickly discovered that it was accessible not only to teenagers but even to children as young as
three or four.
The Blobs are representative of two languages used by people throughout the world, which is why
they have steadily crept around the globe. The first is feelings, the second is body language. From the
moment we see our parents gazing lovingly down at us we begin to learn how to read eyes and faces.
It creates warm, fuzzy feelings inside us. These languages are taught and learned years before formal
education starts.
The tree stands for a group, a family, an organisation, in fact any gathering of people. This symbolic
representation allows the image to be used repeatedly with the same groups and individuals. When
talking with groups who have already experienced using the Blob Tree, we have learned that it has
usually been as an exercise to commence or complete a training day. This is one of the starting points
for Blobs, scratching the surface of their potential.
Starting to use the images requires a careful introduction through self-exploration (see ‘Climbing
into the Blob Tree’ as one way of reflecting on your own feelings). As we come to understand how
the Trees provide us with a picture of our own groups, we can become more confident in using them
as part of our work. On Pip’s training sessions, for example, he uses the Blobs to develop skills and
self-awareness.
Each of the Blob Tree images contained in this manual reflects different scenarios that a group or family
may experience. Each image can be interpreted differently, which is an important aspect of these tools.
There is no correct way of seeing the pictures. They are a means to a conversation rather than a problem
to be solved. If people read the characters in opposite ways, that’s fine; we each see the world through
our own eyes. Allowing others to share their feelings enables group members to understand one another.
One of the ‘secrets’ of using the Blob Tree successfully is by understanding how a group gradually opens
up through sensitive questioning and by becoming a role model.
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An approach to questions
Questions come in many different forms. On our menu page we’ve tried to list three different groups of
questions. The first is a set of surface level, non-threatening questions, which provide everyone with a
chance to express their point of view. The second begin to require a degree of trust among the group.
These work best when the group has become familiar with the Blob Tree. The last group of questions
require more trust. It’s best to allow the group to reach that point before imposing a question that might
cause them to shrink back.
In addition, we have provided you with 52 questions to use in a group. Each of them could start off an
hour’s conversation in the right atmosphere, so give some thought to how best to use them. Responding
positively to each person’s thoughts actually communicates more than we think. It provides the
reassurance that everyone’s feelings matter.
The Blobs are not a tool to use in isolation. It’s best to use them along with games, activities and other
means of communication. They can be the most significant moment in an evening if used in moderation.
Who wants to live off curry... without rice, naan, sauce and all the other ingredients? We’ve found the
Blobs to work best when they are integrated into a group session.
Have fun with them. If you discover new questions or ideas for using them, let us know by emailing us at
www.blobtree.com
Ian and Pip
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Start with yourself
Imagine trying to teach someone to tie their shoe-laces if you’ve never learned to tie your own. Imagine
trying to teach someone to fly a plane if you can only drive a car. Blobs require everyone who leads a
group or shares with a friend to have trodden the pathway of self-discovery.
This exercise is best done with someone who has already explored the Blob Tree. Start by asking
yourself the following questions:
• Which Blob do I feel like?

• Why do I feel like that right now?
• Which Blob would I like to feel like?
• How can I get there?
The more deeply you explore your own feelings, the more help you will be when others make themselves
vulnerable to you.
• Which Blob do you feel like with your best friend?

• Which Blob do you feel like with your brother or sister?
• Which Blob are you with your father?
• Which Blob are you with your mother?
Touching our own heart often requires someone else to share our feelings with.
• Which Blob do we feel like when we go near a church?

• Which Blob do we feel like when people talk about God?
We grow as we explore our feelings about our body, our soul and our spirit.
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Climbing into the Blob Tree … Ian Long
“I first drew the Blob Tree years before I climbed into it.
At first, it was just a picture with characters displaying their feelings. Pip told me what he would like it to
look like and I got on with the job. For years it remained a job. It took me another decade before I began
to use the Blob Tree, experience the Tree and eventually climb into its branches. It’s funny now to think
that I had something so dynamic in my hands and was so blissfully unaware. In the meantime, Pip was
using it in his work, enabling others to open up, to grow and to become.
As a youth worker, I rarely used the Blob Tree.

I tended to favour words and phrases linked to expressions, films and adverts. It was only when I revisited
the books and considered how I could expand the range of images that I began to consider where I was in
the Tree. As I climbed on to its branches I discovered more about myself and the world of others around me.
My journey is without end. I’m on the way, never there.

The exciting thing is that I’ve begun and I’m changing. By climbing into the Tree I am more aware of how
others feel because I am more aware of my own feelings. By listening to the thoughts of others as they
reflect upon the Blobs, I am always growing in my understanding. Pip has an expression to describe his
work: ‘Disturbing the comfortable and comforting the disturbed’.
I am challenged to love others more and to love myself more too.

When I first met Pip, I had grown in many ways: intellectually (I had begun my degree), physically (I was
in an adult body) and spiritually (I had chosen to serve Jesus). I believed that my mission in life required
my time and energies. What I also needed to grasp was that I still needed to love more.
Entering the world of the Blobs, I found many characters whose feelings and actions I reacted to both critically
and harshly. I was able to draw these situations because I could see how others behaved and I had reflected
upon my own life. I found that I had no sympathy for the Blobs who attacked other Blobs, who bullied or teased.
I recognised their problems but found liking them a problem.

Working with Pip threw up many of these issues. He kept saying that I was ‘a beautiful human person’, which
annoyed me intensely. I wanted him to recognise that we were broken, fallible people. I saw the flaws while
he saw our potential. Years later, Pip began to use the phrase ‘beautiful imperfection’, which is closer to my
heart. We’re chipped diamonds. That’s a close approximation to the world of Blobs. They are humanity in all its
fullness – flawed replicas of what we might be, like panes of dirty glass which sometimes let the light through.
They are like me, like us all.

As you climb into the picture, allow yourself to respond with your heart and mind.
Allow yourself to change from a human being or a human doing into a human becoming”.
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The Blob Tree – reflection exercises
One
As you stand at the foot of the Tree, consider which Blob you would like to be with the most.
Do this and then carry on.
The Blob you have chosen is an important place to begin. It probably represents your comfort zone,
somewhere you we feel safe and secure. That place of safety may extend beyond one Blob. Ask yourself
why you want to sit on that branch with that Blob. What makes them so attractive? Some people choose
a branch with many Blobs; others choose to sit with a sad, quiet Blob. Our choice is our choice. It is not
better or worse than anyone else’s choice; there is no right choice, no wrong choice and no unacceptable
choice.
All we have to do is choose.
When I made my first choice I discovered that I began to think about why I had decided to sit with that
Blob. I discovered that my choice was different to what my friends had chosen. I discovered that I was
different from others.
Pip often asks people to look at their fingerprints. He invites people to touch someone else’s fingerprints
with theirs. Our uniqueness encounters the uniqueness of others. It is a moment to appreciate our
differences.
Two
As you stand at the foot of the Blob Tree today, consider which Blob you would least like to sit next to.
It may be a different Blob from the one you chose yesterday, it may be the same. Our feelings change
from day to day. As we experience new events, and different people who force us to rethink our actions,
our choices change.
Sit with that Blob and ask yourself why you find them so difficult to be with. Are they like someone you
try to avoid in your life? Are they like someone in your family? Do they remind you of yourself?
When we find a feeling that makes us uncomfortable it would be easier to move away, back to the cosy
branch. In order to grow, we need to explore why we feel that way.
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Three
As you stand at the foot of the Tree, consider which Blob you feel like on your birthday.
For some people a birthday is a celebration, for others it is another step closer to death. How do you
celebrate it? Do you like to have your friends around or do you prefer just your closest family? Which
Blob would you least like to be with on your birthday, and why?
Four
As you stand at the foot of the Tree, consider which Blob you feel like when you walk into your home.
For some people home is a happy place, a refuge from the troubles of the day; for others it is a
nightmare that they try to escape. What makes you feel the way you do about home? Who makes home
special? What could you do to appreciate them tonight?
Five
As you stand at the foot of the Tree, consider which Blob you felt like yesterday.
Was yesterday an enjoyable experience? Perhaps you felt like several of the Blobs... some more positive
than others. What could you do today to avoid feeling the same way tonight?
Six
As you stand at the foot of the Tree, consider which Blob most reminds you of your mother.
What qualities did you learn from your mother? Was she protective and calm or wild and dangerous?
Did you enjoy her company or long to snuggle into her lap?
Seven
As you stand at the foot of the Tree, consider which Blob you would most like to become.
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Questions and the Blob pictures
‘We become fully conscious only of what we are able to express to someone else’.
Paul Tournier: The Meaning of Persons
Questions are a very powerful tool. Those who work with people in education, law, care and personal
development receive training in how to use them. A question such as, ‘What can I do to solve the
problem of poverty?’ prompted Bob Geldof to initiate ‘Live Aid’ and Bono to urge the G8 leaders to end
international debt. Talking about our own thoughts and feelings enables us to understand where we are
and where we need to change.
Can you think of a question which changed the direction of your life?
Making time to talk about things in our heart has become part of the primary National Curriculum in ‘circle
time’. Counsellors are skilled in the art of both asking probing questions and listening to the spoken and
unspoken responses so that they can ask further questions. Job interviews depend on questions and those
who are skilled in how to answer them move on in their personal ambitions. Church ministers use them
to provoke us to think about our personal beliefs. Lawyers are trained in asking pertinent questions which
expose the motives behind our actions and reveal what we don’t want others to know about us. We all
appreciate people who want to listen to our problems and ask us the questions that give us the space to talk.
Who asks you the best questions in your life?

The most famous people in history were skilled at asking questions: Freud used them to reveal the thoughts
of his clients; Jesus used them to expose the motives of religious hypocrites; Newton used them to
understand the design of the Universe; Mother Teresa used them to stir up the feelings of those who came to
see her work with the world’s poorest people; Martin Luther King used them to challenge racist attitudes.
Are there aspects of your work which would be improved by asking more questions?
There are different types of questions ranging from superficial ones (How you doing?) to deep and probing
ones (What started you crying?). When you use the Blob pictures, remember that we all like to be questioned
in a sensitive way. Sometimes we want to talk, and other times we like to listen. Start with general questions,
and then enquire about your group’s opinions, before finally giving them the opportunity to reveal the
thoughts in their hearts. This whole process can happen the first time you meet together or it can take years.
When did a question give you the space to come to your own conclusion?
Valuing a group member’s response to the picture is essential. It enables the others to discuss more
freely. There are no right or wrong answers. The Blobs provide your group with a chance to talk about
an issue, or about themselves, using an image rather than a set of words. For some people, it may be as
simple as pointing at a picture to describe themselves, for others it will start a conversation full of stories.
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Questions to ask yourself and others about the Blob Tree
Which Blob:
1. would you like to sit with? 28. do you feel like in a pub?
2. do you feel least like? 29. is when you have to sort out an argument?
3. do you feel like at the start of the week? 30. is how you felt at the age of 21?
4. is how you feel when you walk into your 31. is when you get angry?
home? 32. is when you win a competition?
5. is how you felt at school? 33. is your brother or sister?
6. is how you felt yesterday? 34. is when you tell a lie?
7. is how you feel about going on holiday? 35. is when you go to a party?
8. is how you feel when you wake up in the 36. is how you feel when your parents are with
morning? you?
9. is how you feel about God? 37. is when someone points out your mistakes?
10. is how you felt when you were bullied? 38. is when you have free time?
11. is most like your mother? 39. is how you feel about dying?
12. do you feel like at the end of the week? 40. is how you feel about going to hospital?
13. confuses you? 41. reminds you of Christmas?
14. is how you feel with children? 42. is how you feel under pressure?
15. is how you feel when you go to bed at night? 43. is how you feel when you are under pressure
16. is how you feel at a place of worship? to change?
17. is how you felt at the age of 5? 44. is how you feel in a new group of people?
18. is how you feel with adults? 45. is how you feel about getting older?
19. is how you feel when you are confronted by 46. is how you feel being with people who break
violence? the law?
20. is how you feel with animals? 47. do you feel like when people ask you to help
21. is when you last felt stupid? them?
22. is most like your father? 48. do you feel like today?
23. is how you felt at the age of 11? 49. reminds you of your boss?
24. is how you feel about being photographed? 50. is how you feel when driving?
25. is how you felt when you were last kissed? 51. is how you feel when you see someone with
26. is how you feel going shopping? a disability?
27. is how you feel when someone tells you off? 52. is the Blob you’ve never been?
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The Blob Tree Collection
Blob Tree Original
Blob Tree Situations 1–24
Blob Trees 1 and 2
New Blob Tree!
Blob Trees and Roots
Blob Tree Growth
Blob Forest
Blob Timber
Blob Deforestation
Blob Jungle
Blob Tree Sleepers
Blob Tree Cliques
How to Grow a Blob Tree
Blob Seasons
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The Blob Tree Collection
Over the years the Blob Tree has been our most popular tool. It tends to start and finish group work
sessions, but has so many more uses. Here is a range of different trees enabling discussion in a variety
of group situations. They are starting points for conversation – where it ends depends on your group.
Some of the trees contain characters and situations, which are largely positive, while others depict
difficult scenarios. When you might use them will also depend on the needs of your groups.
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Blob Tree Original
This picture is different from all the rest because the tree is plain and unshaded. Use the questions from
the list on page 9. It’s also good if you want to create a large Blob Tree… photocopy it onto an OHP
acetate and project it onto a wall to draw it, or photocopy it on to a small handout.
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Blob Tree 1
Exactly the same as the original … but with the shading added in. Use the questions from the list on page 9.
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Blob Tree 2
This tree was designed to introduce some violence into the tree situation as well as the possibility of a
second tree. It’s another general introduction to the problems and opportunities of working in a group of
people. You might like to identify the differences between this set of characters and the first.
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Blob Tree 3
Often in a group, it feels as if there is a great divide between those in power and everyone else, or those
in the ‘in-group’ and the rest. Here the Blobs have reacted to this tension.
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Blob Tree 4
The freedom to grow and make progress through an organisation often depends upon a clear path of
progression. Here the Blobs are making their way ‘up the ladder’ with a whole variety of problems along
the way. Does your group have any of these problems?
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Blob Tree 5
How do people get into your group? And when they’re there, are there cliques? Here the Blobs have
found some to be more welcoming than others!
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Blob Tree 6
What happens when the group starts splitting into factions and it feels as if no one is in overall control?
Here the Blobs seem to have lost the idea of who’s in charge, and it’s time for recriminations to begin.
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Blob Tree 7
What happens to a group when someone is out to destroy it? Here the Blobs have to cope with the
dangerous consequences. Have you ever been put in such a situation? Have you ever created one?
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Blob Tree 8
What on earth is going on here? People have various ideas of how to lead a group … but what happens
when they turn abusive? Here the Blobs feel trapped and fight back … but will they succeed? Who’s
doing the most constructive thing?
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Blob Tree 9
Perhaps a follow-on to Tree 8. There are many ‘bosses’ who manage to get away with the worst abuses.
Here the Blobs have responded to this domination in a variety of positive and negative ways. Which
would you identify with? Which Blob reminds you of a friend or colleague? Why have some Blobs left
the tree? Is responding negatively to abuse acceptable?
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Blob Tree 10
What is the story here? Why are there so many Blobs on the platform? Why are some reaching out to
the platform? Why are there Blobs falling? Which Blob is the most annoying? Which group that you are
part of does this remind you of?
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Blob Tree 11
Why are there so many ladders and steps? What kind of group is this? What are the strengths and
weaknesses of this tree? Why are so many leaping off the tree? Have you ever jumped to escape from a
group? Why? Which Blob is the unhappiest? Which Blob is the new leader in your opinion?
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Blob Tree 12
A blank Blob Tree … what has happened? Why are there no Blobs there at all? You might like to reflect
on a group you’ve been part of that has completely folded. Why did this happen? Where did the group go?
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Blob Tree 13
What do you think is going on here? Why are there so many Blobs with broken limbs or other injuries?
Who is the giant Blob? What would they be thinking? Have you ever been part of a group where physical
violence was used? How did it end up? Did anyone ever sort it out?
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Blob Tree 14
What is the general mood of this tree? Who is the leader? Which Blob is the most popular? Who is the
most caring Blob? Why are there so many clusters of Blobs? Where did the invisible steps come from?
Do you know Blobs that can walk where others can’t?
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Blob Tree 15
Oh dear … what has happened? Have you ever felt like one of these Blobs? If you were that solitary Blob
what would you do to sort things out? Can you think of situations where this would be the right event to
have happened?
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Blob Tree 16
What has the Blob with the axe done? Are there groups you’ve been a part of where dramatic cutbacks
have been made? Which Blob/s did you feel like when that happened? Why are there so many ‘splatted’
Blobs on the ground? Why is a second axe being used?
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Blob Tree 17
What is happening in this tree? Why are there so many trees on display? If you had to choose a new tree
from the ones on display, which would you choose? Which Blob most concerns you? If you were the
lead Blob, which Blobs would you choose to support you? Why?
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Blob Tree 18
Why are most of the Blobs so cross? What do you think the story is right at this moment? Why is only
one Blob smiling? What do you notice about the groupings of the Blobs? If you were about to climb into
this tree, where would you go? Why?
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Blob Tree 19
What on earth is going on here? Could you cope in this tree? Which Blob do you feel like? What is the
general emotion being expressed by the Blobs? Have you ever been part of a tree like this? Would you
want to be part of this tree if the chance was offered you?
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Blob Tree 20
What has occurred here? Why are the Blobs in the position they are in? Why are there Blobs inside the
tree? Can you think of a group you’ve been in that has felt like this? What is the general feeling on display?
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Blob Tree 21
On this tree, draw Blobs or stick men to show – 1) where you feel you are in your group; 2) where
your best friend would be; 3) where the person you are least friendly with would be; 4) where you would
like to be; 5) the entrance by which you joined your group. (You could repeat this for your friendship
group, your family, your school/ workplace, your church, your extended family, your pub, etc.)
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Blob Tree 22
A simple question for a simple image … Which ‘tree’ you have belonged to deserved to be destroyed?
Why? Would you have done so if you had had the power?
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Blob Tree 23
A Blob Tree jigsaw … which you might like to cut up and write on. You might give a piece to each person
in your group or each small group. On each piece you might write responses to questions about your
group, e.g. What aspects of our group could we improve? What aspects of our group are we pleased
with? Are there new ideas which our group needs to take on board?
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Blob Tree 24
To finish this first set of Blob Trees, what do you think is behind what you see? Can you think of reasons
why Blobs might all do this? Is there a group you know of where this has happened?
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Blob Trees 1
Here is a very different situation … two trees. What happens when two trees come into conflict?
Can you think of a time when a group you’ve been in has ended up at war with another group? When
this happens, which Blob is most like you? Which Blob is being the most constructive – why?
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Blob Trees 2
The Blob Trees are working together, mainly. Can you think of times when groups you’ve been in
have worked well together? Which Blob reminds you of yourself when things are going well? Which
Blob is being the most helpful/least helpful? Which Blob is working the hardest to destroy the unity?
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New Blob Tree!
Using this sheet, write words on the tree which describe the kind of group you’d like to be part of.
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Blob Tree and Roots
What do you notice about the two areas of the tree? Which one would you like to be in? Why? Which
Blob do you feel like in your home? Which Blob do you feel like when you are working? Which Blob do
you think is most like your dad or mum?
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Blob Tree Growth
What has helped or hindered your group from growing? Do you want your group to grow? How do you
feel when you look at the different stages? Which stage would you find the easiest/hardest to be a part of?
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Blob Forest
Here is a collection of trees. Which shaped tree would you prefer? Have you ever thought about changing
the way your group looks? Would you be willing to change in order to make that change happen? What
changes would you need to make to your group to see it happen?
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Blob Timber
Have you ever been part of a group or family that is falling apart? Have you ever wielded the axe?
Which Blob would you feel like if your family/job/friendship fell apart? Which Blob would you rush to
help first?
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Blob Deforestation
When your group breaks up and disappears, or you leave, how do you feel? How long do you take to get
over the loss? Can you imagine a better way to say goodbye?
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Blob Jungle
Can you find the way through the branches so that the two Blobs can meet?
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Blob Tree Sleepers
When your group goes to sleep at night how do you feel? Which Blob would you like to be? Which Blob
is like the happiest person in your group? Which Blob has the most disturbed sleep? Which Blob is
the one you’d least like to be like? Why?
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Blob Tree Cliques
Why do you think one Blob is alone? Have you felt like this Blob recently? Why do you think there are no
sympathetic Blobs? What would you choose to do if you were that lonely Blob?
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How to Grow a Blob Tree
A short, comic story. What do you notice about this story? What do you think the Blob is really feeling?
How long do you think that this story takes? How long has it taken your group to grow?
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Blob Seasons
Which season of the year do you like the most/least. Why? If you were to describe yourself as a season,
which would it be, and why? Where in your journey through life have you arrived at? Which picture
portrays how you feel right at this moment?
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Blob Themed Trees
Blob Secret Tree
Artistic Blob Tree
Autism Blob Tree
Eating Blob Tree
Numbered Blob Tree
Smartphone Blob Tree
Hierarchy Blob Tree
Mothers Blob Tree
Blob Free Speech Tree
Anxiety Blob Tree
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Blob Secret Tree
Many people have secrets, which may have been carried inside for a few days, or since childhood.
Some are creating a huge level of stress that the individual may not be aware of.
Which Blob looks the most troubled about their secret?

Which Blob is enjoying their secret the most?
Which Blob have you met in real life recently?
Which Blob would upset you the most?
Which Blob have you felt like?
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Artistic Blob Tree
Which Blobs would you say are the most artistic?
Are there any Blobs that you think are not really artistic?
Which Blobs are doing activities that you would like to experience?
Which Blobs are doing things that would make you feel anxious doing?
When you have time alone, which activity do you enjoy doing?
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Autism Blob Tree
Autism is a huge area within the larger grouping of special needs. Here are a few Blobs to illustrate key
areas of behaviour and feelings.
Discuss with your partner what you can see.

What can you identify about the body language that seems different to most children’s behaviour?
Which Blobs have you experienced before?
Which Blobs do you find the most challenging to deal with?
Which Blob is the behaviour that you encounter the most?
Which Blob do you feel like sometimes?
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Eating Blob Tree
Eating is becoming an area of increasing challenge both for the individual and for organisations who wish
to cater for groups. The Blobs are expressing some of the many responses to food in the tree.
Discuss with your partner what you can see.

Which Blobs appear to enjoy food?
Which Blobs are struggling with food issues?
Which Blob would you choose to help first?
Which Blob would you find it difficult to help?
Which Blob reminds you of someone that you care for?
Which Blob is how you have felt about food in the last day?
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Numbered Blob Tree
The Blob Tree has been used successfully around the world without the numbers showing, so why
add them? We found that several situations were enhanced by their insertion. One was during short
online courses where the Blob Tree was provided as a discussion starter prior to the course reflections.
A second place was in a large auditorium where it was difficult for people to touch the screen.
Another reason is that some people find articulating their descriptions of the Blobs with a partner easier,
but are still able to read and identify the feelings attached to the Blobs.
A key element to make clear to those using this sheet is that the numbers do not mean better or worse.
Number 1 is not the top answer any more than number 19 is the worst. The Blobs merely illustrate
feelings and the numbers are random.
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Smartphone Blob Tree
Social media and the use of smart phones, tablets and new technologies has increased over the last two
decades. This tree includes many of the current dilemmas and feelings.
Discuss what you can see with your partner.

Which Blobs seem happiest?
Which Blobs are developing social problems?
Which Blobs wish the ‘darn thing’ had never been invented?
Which Blobs have you experienced recently?
If you had to help one Blob, which one would you choose?
Which Blob most closely resembles how you feel about smartphones?
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Hierarchy Blob Tree
Many people assume that the higher up the tree, the better the Blobs. This is a wrong assumption for all
Blob Trees except for this one. In order to show that all the others are different, this Blob Tree has been
created with the Blobs at the bottom being less whole and emotionally settled than those at the top.
Use the range of questions provided at the start of the book as usual (page 9).
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Mothers Blob Tree
Being a mother involves all sorts of roles and responsibilities. This Blob tree raises issues for discussion
without saying whether any are essential for the role.
Discuss what you can see with your partner.

Which Blobs are doing what you have observed mothers doing?
Which Blobs are feeling stressed?
Which Blobs are enjoying what they are doing?
Which Blobs are doing things that your mother has done?
Which Blobs are doing something you would least like to do?
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Blob Free Speech Tree
As change is introduced across our globe, the issue of free speech is growing more important. Whereas
in the past it was seen as a sign of repressive nations, it has become an increasing issue across the West.
Discuss what you can see in the picture with your partner.
Which Blobs are looking angry?
Which Blobs are wanting free speech to be reduced?
Which Blobs are trying to use power to restrict free speech?
Which Blobs concern you the most?
Which Blob do you feel like the most?
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Anxiety Blob Tree
Anxiety, like depression, is one of the most significant areas of mental health that doctors have to deal
with in surgeries around the world.
Look at the picture with your partner.

What are each of the Blobs worried about?
Which of the Blobs are carrying the biggest burdens?
Which of the Blobs resembles someone that you know?
Which of the Blobs is most like how you feel when you are anxious?
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Blob Blanks
Blob Tree Blank
Blob Trees Blank
Blob Tree Jigsaw
Blob Tree Thoughts
Blob Tree Rectangles
Blob Tree at Night
Blob Balloons 1–3
Blob Signs
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Blanks
There follows a variety of sheets where people can draw their own characters or discuss their feelings.
These sheets can be used in a variety of ways. You might pass one of the balloon sheets around before
a discussion on a particular theme, to see what your group wants to talk about, leave it on the wall of
a toilet for people to scribble their thoughts down during a break, or write a comment for people to
respond to. The Tree blanks are an opportunity to create your own situations.
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Blob Tree Blank
This is for use in describing how a group interacts.
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Blob Trees Blank
For use in discussing how two groups interact.
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Blob Tree Jigsaw
For use in discussing the strengths and weaknesses of a group.
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Blob Tree Thoughts
After asking a question, pass this sheet around and get your group to write their thoughts in a bubble.
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Blob Tree Rectangles
Another tool for writing words/phrases in boxes describing your group.
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Blob Tree at Night
Another tool for writing words/phrases in boxes describing your group.
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Blob Balloons
Each balloon provides a place for a different person to suggest their ideas.
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Blob Balloons 2
More balloons for more thoughts … don’t pop any yet! You can even use one or two words to describe
a feeling, emotion or opinion.
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Blob Balloons 3
More balloons for more thoughts … don’t pop any yet!
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Blob Signs
When doing a Blob workshop, use these signs to direct people there, or to write helpful thoughts, or as
badges to wear! The list of possibilities is endless.
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Blob Specials
Blob Decision Tree
Blob Tree Uses
Blob Cars
Blob Islands
Blob Election
Blob Swimming
Blob Iceberg
Blob Dads and Lads
Blob Street
Blob Bridge
Blob Pitch
Blob Wallpaper
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Blob Decision Tree
What do you think this represents? Why are some of the Blobs linked to each other? If you chose to
live with one of the Blobs, which would it be, and why? If all these Blobs were you at different times this
year, which would you be worried about being, and why?
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Blob Tree Uses
Which object made from a tree is the most useful/least useful? Which is the most wasteful? Which Blob
needs their object the most? Why? If you were a tree, which object would you choose to be, and why?
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Blob Cars
When you get into a car, which Blob do you feel like? Which car would you most/least like to drive?
Which Blob would you most/least like to be? Which Blob would your parents be? Who is the most
dangerous Blob?
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Blob Islands
Which Blob do you feel like when you go to a strange place? Which island would you like to be on?
What do you think that the water might represent in a party? Which island will be the happiest/ saddest
to be on? Which Blob would make a good leader?
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Blob Election
Which Blob would annoy you most during an election? Which Blob is you during an election?
Which Blob candidate would you vote for? Which Blob reminds you of a current politician?
Which Blob is unlikely to win? Which Blob seems the most like your ideal politician?
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Blob Swimming
Which Blob do you feel like when you go swimming? Which Blob would be you if this was on a hot day
on holiday? If this was a picture of life … which Blob is the one enjoying it the most? Which Blob is the
one needing the most support? Which Blob is the one needing to be encouraged to do something with
their life?
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Blob Iceberg
What is happening within this iceberg? What do you think is happening on the surface? What is happening
beneath the surface of the iceberg? Which Blob do you identify with on the surface/beneath the surface?
Can you see any links between the two sets of Blobs?
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Blob Dads and Lads
Which Blob pair most reminds you of you and your father? Which Blob father would you like to be?
Which Blob father neglects his son the most? Why? Which Blob father do you think of when you think of God?
Which Blob father would make a good mother?
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Blob Street
If you were to walk down this street, draw a line to show your route. Which Blob would you most want
to avoid? Which Blob is most like your best friend? Which Blob would you help first? Which Blob is the
most likely to go to prison? Which Blob is most likely to be the next Prime Minister?
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Blob Bridge
Crossing from one side to another, which Blob would you see yourself like when faced with change?
Which Blob do you feel like when you have to leave something behind? Are there any Blobs on show
who you think are behaving inappropriately?
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THE BIG BOOK OF
BLOB TREES
Blob Pitch
Which Blob do you feel like at the moment? Which Blob would you like to be? Which Blob do you think
is in need of a break? If this picture represents life, when do you sit in the stands? When have you been
the Blob on the stretcher? When have you been the Blob scoring the goal?
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THE BIG BOOK OF
BLOB TREES
Blob Wallpaper
There are many uses for this image. You might get your group to reflect on what each Blob is feeling,
which Blobs are expressing positive feelings, which Blobs are in pain, which Blobs are likely to support
each other, etc.
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Other Blob Resources
By Pip Wilson and Ian Long
Big Book of Blob Trees (Second Edition)

This unique collection of 70 Blob trees with all the various
Blob characters is a fabulous way of opening discussions
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with children around feelings, helping them to develop an
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understanding of emotions, empathy and self-awareness.
9780815362043 9780815362067
Big Book of Blobs (Second Edition)

The second edition of this best-selling resource has been fully
updated and extended with a brand new introduction and extra
topics. Topics are organised into themes and scenarios, and each
picture is accompanied by ideas and questions to kick-start class,
group or one-to-one discussion.
Feelings Blob Cards

What are the Blobs? They are open to interpretation. Each character
could be you, your best friend or a personal enemy. Blobs are a way
to discuss issues in a deep, meaningful way and yet they can be
understood by adults and children alike. People of all ages can relate to
these appealing Blob characters.
Big Book of Blob Feelings
Big Book of Blob Feelings 2
The Blob Anger Book
Emotions Blob Cards
Anger Blob Cards
Blob Bereavement Cards
Behaviour Blob Cards
Family Blob Cards
The Blob Visual

Emotional Thesaurus

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THE BIG BOOK OF

Authors – Pip Wilson and Ian Long

Titles in this series include:

The Big Book of Blobs (2nd edition)

The Big Book of Blob Trees (2nd edition)

The Big Book of Blob Feelings

The Big Book of Blob Feelings 2

The Blob Anger Book

Feelings Blob Cards

Emotions Blob Cards

Anger Blob Cards

Bereavement Blob Cards

Behaviour Blob Cards

Family Blob Cards

Teenage Life Blob Cards

The Blob Visual Emotional Thesaurus

Giant Blob Tree Poster

Blob Feelings Ball

Pip Wilson and Ian Long

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

© 2018 Pip Wilson and Ian Long

First edition published by Speechmark 2009

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

ISBN: 978-0-815-36204-3 (pbk)

The Blob Tree Collection 11

Blob Themed Trees 89

Blob Blanks 111

Blob Specials 133

Ian and Pip

He is married to Jane, and they have two beautiful adult daughters.

Ian and Pip

• Which Blob do I feel like?

• Which Blob do you feel like with your best friend?

• Which Blob do we feel like when we go near a church?

As a youth worker, I rarely used the Blob Tree.

My journey is without end. I’m on the way, never there.

I am challenged to love others more and to love myself more too.

I recognised their problems but found liking them a problem.

They are like me, like us all.

Do this and then carry on.

All we have to do is choose.

Do this and then carry on.

Do this and then carry on.

Do this and then carry on.

Do this and then carry on.

Do this and then carry on.

Who asks you the best questions in your life?

Blob Tree Situations 1–24

Blob Trees 1 and 2

New Blob Tree!

Blob Trees and Roots

Blob Tree Growth

Blob Tree Sleepers

Blob Tree Cliques

How to Grow a Blob Tree

Blob Secret Tree

Artistic Blob Tree

Autism Blob Tree

Eating Blob Tree

Numbered Blob Tree

Smartphone Blob Tree

Hierarchy Blob Tree

Mothers Blob Tree