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.
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.
