Pass the Balloon
Split the children into 2 equal teams, the player at the front
holds a blown up balloon under their chin, no hands allowed, they
then have to pass the balloon to the next in their team so it's
under their chin, and so on down the line to the end, keeping
the balloon under their chins as they pass it along. The first
to the end is the winner, or last player to the front and repeat
until the first player is at the start again.
Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Draw or paint a picture of the back of a donkey without the tail
on a big piece of paper or card draw on a big "x" where
the tail should be, also create a separate tail or several tails
that will be pinned on or use "blue tac". Each guest
is blindfolded in turn and lead to the donkey, spin them round
3 times, then they have to "pin the tail on the donkey".
The one who has put their tail closest to the "x"
is the winner. Either make different tails for each guest or mark
the spot with their name.
Gone Fishing
You will need a helper for this children's activity. Tie a string
across the room and lay a sheet over it so no one can see what is
on the other side. Use an old fishing pole, or tie a string around
a stick or broom handle. Tie a clothes peg on the end of the fishing
pole's string. Let each guest take a turn “casting”
his or her line over the sheet. Have your helper stand on the other
side and attach small gifts, favours, or treats to the clothespin.
When they're done, the helper gives a slight tug on the line. When
the kids "reel" in their lines, they'll be delighted to
see what they've caught!
Statues
Played to music, all the players move round while the music is playing,
when the music stops the players have to stand like statues, anyone
who moves is out, start the music again and repeat as many times
as you want.
Tied in Knots
Instruct the players to stand in a circle facing inward. To begin,
everyone extends his or her right-hand into the ring and takes a
hold of someone else's hand. Then, they do the same with their left
hands. The object of the game is to see if they can untangle the
"knot" by ducking under people, stepping over them or
turning around. No matter what happens, they can't let go of hands!
Name That Animal
Pair up your party players in teams of 2-3 people and put a sticker
or a picture of a animal on each child's back. Have the guests try
to guess what the animal is by asking questions that can be answered
with only "yes" or "no." For example, "Do
I have legs?" "Can I fly?" and "Am I Green?"
Chinese whispers
Sit everyone in a circle. Whisper a long phrase to one person. They,
in turn, whisper what they heard to the next person, and so on.
The last person announces what they heard.
Pass the Parcel
Wrap a bar of chocolate (or some other gift), in a layer of paper.
Now wrap it in another layer and repeat until you have about 10
layers. Finally wrap it in gift paper. Sit everyone in a circle
and play a short snippet of music. When the music stops, the person
holding the parcel removes ONE layer of wrapping. Repeat until the
last layer of wrapping has been removed. The winner keeps the present.
Pass the Parcel with gifts
We prefer this one at PartyFun. As above but every layer contains
a small gift with the special gift in the centre.
Pass the Parcel with forfeits
As above but every layer contains a forfeit (E.g. Sing a song, do
a dance, have your belly button filled with water).
Musical Chairs
The old favourite. With one fewer chairs than people, a short snippet
of music is played while the people move around the room. When the
music stops everyone tries to sit on a vacant chair. (Only ONE person
per chair) The person who doesn't find a chair is out. One chair
is taken away and the game continues until only one person (The
Winner) is left.
Mummies
Split the patry goers into teams of three and give each team a toilet
roll. Two persons then wrap the third in the toilet roll so that
they look like an Egyptian Mummy. The winning team is the one who
in a set time (say 2 minutes) have the neatest and most covered
Mummy.
Toy Walk
Have numbers on the ground for as many children (1-10). Walk on
the numbers until the music stops. Have numbers on some small toys.
If a child is standing on the number of the toy, they win the toy.
ADULTS
Dramatized
Chinese Whispers
Several people are taken out of the room. One is returned and while
the others are entertained by an assistant is told to mime one of
the following (or one of your own ideas)
Changing the nappies of twins
Bathing an elephant
Before they start, a second person is brought into the room and
told to watch. When the first demonstration has been completed,
the first person is allowed to retake their place and the second
is told that they have to do what they have just seen. Again, before
they start, the third person is brought in to see the demonstration.
The games ends when the last person has done the mime, and is asked
what they have just done.
Who am I
A Good game to get people talking together at the start of the party
As they arrive each person has a piece of paper pinned to their
back. The paper contains the name of a famous person. By asking
questions which can only be answered with "Yes" or "No"
such as "Am I still alive?", "Am I fictional?",
etc. the person has to guess their name. Successful guessers may
have another go.
Pass the Key
You need two similar sized Very Large Keys (about 6 inches long),
each tied to the end of a long length (60 feet or more) coarse string.
The keys and string should have spent a few hours in the freezer
immediately before being brought out.
Line up two teams of about eight to ten.
The key must be passed down trousers and dresses and skirts and
the string will show the route followed. The winning team is the
first to get everyone 'threaded.
Pass the Anything
Arrange teams of players in lines and give the first person on each
line a object to be passed in a given fashion. Suggestions include:-
Some spaghetti. to be held in the mouth.
A credit card to be sucked to your lips.
A coin to be held between the first person's nose, and the next
person's nose, while they walk around the back of the line and back
to the front again. The first person goes to the back of the line,
and the game continues, with a new 'next person'.
Winking Murder
All sit in a circle. Pass cards around telling people to keep them
hidden; the person with the ace of spades is the murderer. When
he is ready, the Murderer winks at people in the circle. Anyone
who sees that they have been winked at lets out a blood-curdling
scream and dies. If someone thinks they know who the murderer is,
they ask everyone to put there hands out into the centre of the
circle. Everyone closes their eyes and the person guessing touches
the hand of the person they think is the murderer. If they are wrong,
they are out of the game and the murderer is free to carry on…until
they are found out or they murder everyone!
Pass the scissors
All players sit in a circle, and one is given a pair of scissors.
In turn, the scissors are passed around the circle, from one player
to the next. As a player passes the scissors to the next person
they say either "CROSSED" or "UNCROSSED", and
will be told if they are right or wrong. The object is to try and
find out what the rule is. It is interesting at the start if the
person knows the rule, and makes a great play of turning the scissors
around and opening and closing them. The game continues until all
have solved the mystery, or you take pity on the remainder.
The rule has nothing to do with the scissors. It is whether you
have your legs crossed…
Matchsticks Game
One person sits cross-legged facing everyone with some matches (or
sticks or similar). He then makes a simple design/pattern with a
few matches and asks what number between 0 and 10 is represented.
At the same time he places his hands on the floor showing a certain
number of fingers.
The trick is that the matches are a decoy to the
real trick of counting the revealed fingers & thumbs. As
more people get it, the hand movements can be more and more exaggerated
until everybody gets it (even to the point of saying that it can
be 5 or 8 as fingers are added)
This has always been a successful one for all ages
(especially mixed). Big thanks to Peter for submitting this
game!
If you have suggestions for
party games please let us know!
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