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11 May, 2013

Top 10 Classic Party Games

Top 10 Classic Party Games

OK!!! here are some fun games to move everyone away from those consoles, laptops and pc's.  Remember the good old times back in the 80's  when  we frolicked and had fun together, making mess, laughing together, just having fun!!



10. Charades: Everybody writes the name of a famous person or fairy tale character on a scrap of paper and puts it in a hat. Somebody draws a slip of paper and has 60 seconds to get everyone to guess the character using silent gestures, for instance, tapping your head means name, pointing to the breast means a lady/girl, putting your hands together and opening palm up means a book.

9. Marshmallow toothpick skyscraper: Split into teams of 2 or 3. Give each team 20 mini-marshmallows and 20 toothpicks. The team that builds the highest marshmallow structure in 10 minutes wins!

8. Peek-a-boo: A classic! Give one person 5 minutes to hide somewhere (specify if outside is OK) and then everyone looks for that individual. People hide with the person when they find them until the last person finds the group! Cheers the winner gets a glass of the house finest!!

7. Alphabet  game: Sit in a circle and pick a category like "body parts" or "food." One person starts by naming something in the category that starts with A (like "ass"), the next person has to name a C item ("chocolate"), and so on. If someone can't think of one in 10 seconds, she's or he is  out!  To prolong the game make columns say 6 and total being the last.  You each take turns to guess, all 6 fields.  Now the scoring!! If everyone gets the same answer, you score 5 points each, everyone gets a different answer 10 points and if you are to only clever one to get a field 15 points.  Tot up your scores for each round....each time you win a round, you get a drink!!

6. Guess the object: Grab a marker and write an object/animal on as many pieces of masking tape as there are people. Put the tape on each persons forehead without them reading it (this is very important). Each person takes it in turn by walking around and asking each other yes or no questions to figure out which animal they are (like "Do I have spots?").

5. Pass the parcel: Wrap a gift with multiple layers of gift wrap paper. Then have everyone sit in a circle and pass the gift around until the music stops. Whoever has the gift then unwraps a layer. Repeat until someone unwraps the gift—the lucky person gets to keep it!

4. Memory: Sit everyone around a table with a bunch of little objects on it. One person closes her eyes, and somebody removes one object and hides it. The eye-closer then has 3 guesses as to which object was removed. Return the item and repeat with someone else!
3. Detective: One person leaves the room. Everyone else agrees to have something in common—all pretend to be characters on a TV show, be afraid of heights, etc. When the detective comes back, she has to guess what everyone has in common using yes or no questions. People can give the detective clues (like "I hate going up on ladders!").
2. Who's that cat?: Blindfold one person (the guesser) and sit him at the center of the circle. Have the guesser point in a random direction. Whoever is pointed at meows like a cat, and the guesser has to figure out who it was. If he is correct, the meower becomes the new guesser. If not, the guesser points in another direction.
 1. Don't laugh: Put everyone in pairs. Each pair takes turns trying to make the other person laugh by saying "Ha ha ha!" in an outrageous fake voice. They go back and forth until someone actually laughs.

Cocktail - Summer Fun

 
Make those breezy summer days 
Champagne Punchspecial with one of these summer cocktails

Happy Hour Cocktails


Lemon Shandies 


Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from about 4 lemons), plus wedges, for serving (optional)
  • 8 mild pilsner beers (12 ounces each)

Directions

  1. Place eight 16-ounce glasses or mugs in the freezer.
  2. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 3/4 cup water over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Refrigerate until cool, at least 10 minutes and up to 1 week.
  3. In a 2-cup liquid measure or small pitcher, combine sugar mixture and lemon juice. Pour 1 beer into each chilled glass; add about 1/4 cup lemon mixture and, if desired, a lemon wedge. Serve immediately.
 
 
  
 

Lillet-Basil Cocktail


 
Ingredients
  • 1 cup ice, plus more for serving
  • 1/2 cup Lillet Blanc
  • 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) gin
  • 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
  • 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves, plus sprigs for garnish
  • Splash of tonic water
  • 1 cucumber spear, for garnish
  • 1 cinnamon stick, for garnish
Directions
 
Put ice, Lillet, gin, orange juice, and basil in a cocktail shaker; shake well. Fill a glass with ice; strain mixture into glass. Add tonic water. Garnish with cucumber spear, cinnamon stick, and basil sprigs.

Olive-Rosemary Martini


Ingredients

 
  • 2 ounces gin
  • 2 teaspoons dry vermouth
  • 1 rosemary sprig
  • Pitted olives


Directions


  1. To make, shake 2 ounces gin and 2 teaspoons dry vermouth with crushed ice; strain into a stemmed glass. Strip leaves from bottom 2 inches of a rosemary sprig, skewer through pitted olives, and add to the drink.



Manhattan


Ingredients


  • 2 1/2 ounces bourbon or rye
  • 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • Ice cubes
  • Maraschino cherry, for garnish

Directions

Shake bourbon, vermouth, and bitters over ice. Strain into a cocktail glass; garnish with cherry. Shake bourbon, vermouth, and bitters over ice. Strain into a cocktail glass; garnish with cherry. 




Mellow Melon Margarita


Ingredients

 
  • 5 watermelon cubes
  • Ice
  • 45ml tequila
  • 30ml fresh lime juice, freshly squeezed
  • 30ml orange juice
  • 1 tbsp agave nectar
  • For the garnish:

  • Watermelon Technique: Slicing Cutting a larger piece of food into even pieces or stripes          
  • Thin lime Technique: Slicing Cutting a larger piece of food into even pieces or strips.
  •  A tangy tequila, lime and orange tipple inspired by the flavours of Mexico.

    Method

    How to make Mellow Melon Margarita
    1) Muddle the watermelon cubes in the bottom of a shaker glass. Add ice, tequila, lime juice, orange juice and agave syrup. Give it a good shake for approximately 10 seconds. 2) Strain and pour over large rocks. Garnish with a watermelon.     
     

     Tequila Sunrise Punch


     

     Ingredients


    • 1/2 Measurement: Cup A cup is an American imperial measurement used to measure all your ingredients, from milk and water through to flour, fruit and vegetables.
    • 1/2   Cup  silver or gold tequila
    • 33 ounces citrus-flavoured club soda
    • 2 limes, quartered
    • 1 small unpeeled orange, cut into 1-inch chunks
    • 1/2 small unpeeled grapefruit, cut into 1-inch chunks
    • Ice cubes 

    Method


    How to make Tequila sunrise punch
    Pour the tequila and soda water into a pitcher. Add the limes, oranges and grapefruit and set aside for 10 minutes.
    Add enough ice to the pitcher so that the punch rises to the top. Serve in chilled glasses with some fruit in each glass.



     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     

    05 May, 2013

    HOT SUMMER DAYS OUTDOOR FUN

    Had a fantastic 2 days in the garden with my family. Sun was shining, no rain in sight.   Played games with the children, and when they went to bed played with the adults.  Enjoyable.  So if you would like to do the same check out, this page of my blog HOT SUMMER DAYS OUTDOOR FUN .   This page is full of garden games ideas to keep your party flowing all night long.