Funny games to play at parties

Repeat until the ball is completely unwound. For alternative versions, have the person with the plastic wrap ball wear oven mitts, or set a timer for each turn instead of using dice.

You'll need a stack of sticky notes and a pen. Write a name of a well-known public figure or character on each note, then pass them around until everyone has one.

Without looking, each person should stick their note on their forehead or back. Have everyone mingle, or sit in a circle and take turns asking yes or no questions to discover your assigned identity.

Play until everyone has correctly guessed their identity, or pass out prizes to the people who guess correctly first. Pick one person to be "It" and send them from the room. With the people remaining, select a common trait: hair, articles of clothing, or body parts all work. When the person returns, they'll ask someone, "How's yours? Itchy, thick, and stretchy all work for shirts, for example.

Repeat until the person asking guesses the trait. This party game works best for close groups of friends or family members. Gather in a circle. Begin with one person asking, "Who's most likely to trip over their own feet? Count down from three performing a drumroll with your hands is encouraged and then have everyone point at who they think would be most likely to do said act.

Whoever has the most fingers pointed at them is out. Go around the circle asking "Who's most likely to…" until all but one person is out. You can skip the eliminations to make the game last longer. Sit in a circle. Begin with one person saying, "Never have I ever…" and finishing with something they have never done.

Traveled to Africa, eaten escargot, and the like all work. If someone has done it, they must hold up one finger; if no one in the group has done it, the person saying "Never have I ever…" must hold up a finger. Continue around the circle until one person has three fingers up: They're out. This party game can get as racy as you make it, so play carefully and set ground rules ahead of time if grandparents or other conservative guests are involved.

Ask the person next to you, "Would you rather…" and include two challenging situations. After their response, it's their turn to ask the person next to them. Continue until you can't think of any more scenarios. Okay, it's a popular party game for kids, but adults can get in on the fun, too. Set chairs or seat cushions in a circle, facing outward, with enough seating for everyone playing, minus one.

Designate one person the music player and have everyone else stand in a circle around the circle of seats. When the music starts, walk around the seats; when the music ends, everyone must find a seat. Whoever doesn't is out. Remove one more chair and begin again, until two people are fighting for one seat.

To make musical chairs more interesting, add your own rules. Allow people to sit on top of each other as long as their feet are off the floor , for example, or make your own alterations. This game requires an app: The Heads Up! After the 99 cent purchase and download, though, you have hours of entertainment on-hand at all times. In-app purchases are also available.

One person will hold a phone to their forehead, facing out. Everyone else will act out or describe whatever appears on the screen while the person with the phone guesses. They have one minute to make as many correct guesses as possible, and then the phone goes on to the next person. Categories include animals, movies, public figures and celebrities, and more.

For a more cognitive game, play this brain-teaser. Say you're hosting a party, and only people who bring the right contributions are given an invitation. Pick a secret rule: Typically, everyone must bring something that begins with the same letter as their name, but you can also get more creative with it. When the music stops, anyone without a seat is eliminated and one chair is removed.

Last one in the last chair wins! This birthday party game could get messy quickly, but that makes it all the more fun! Have all the guests put one hand behind their back and use the other hand to hold a spoon with an egg in it. Have them run to the finish line just like that. The first one who makes it with the egg still intact and their arm behind their back, wins. If the egg falls halfway through, they have to start over from the beginning.

Much like charades but through writing, this free birthday party game involves guessing what your partner is describing. Have the pair sit back to back. One partner has an object that they have to describe to their partner who draws out what he or she thinks the partner is holding. The team that finishes with the quickest time wins. The only catch is that the one holding the object cannot say its name or explain what the object is used for.

This is a perfect birthday party game for a large crowd, and multiple people can get prizes along the way. The basic idea is to wrap several presents in plastic wrap and pass the ball around the table.

Each person can have a try at unwrapping an object from the ball until the next person rolls doubles on their dice. This is one of the easiest birthday party games to start because it just requires the participants—no props or money involved. However, it gets hard quickly. To play this game, instruct the guests to do something, but they have to do the opposite in order to stay in the game.

For example, if you say raise your right hand, they have to raise their left hand; if you say to jump, they need to squat. You can even combine this game with a Simon Says type of game by having them watch you act something out but they have to do the opposite.

Minute to Win It games are short games that are both fun and challenging. These are perfect for birthday parties because everyone or just a few can play during the party. They also only take a few supplies and most of them you'll already find in your home. There are a whopping 35 Minute to Win It games here that will keep everyone at the party busy and having fun. These are great for kids, tweens, teens, and even grown-ups. There are also some ideas here on how to play the games in various ways - against the clock, as a small team, or as a large group.

Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. I've seen somebody sneak 12 cookies into somebody's coat, and they drunkenly ate all of them. It sounds fantastic at first, but cookies add up very quickly. Twelve cookies is a lot when you've already eaten five or six. The people at the end are shown a word. Without speaking, they have to make a movement to explain the word and show it to the next person.

That person copies the movement and shows the next person. They rarely get it right, but it is hilarious to watch hyper third grade boys play it. Especially when you tell them to play the trombone or something. Once a person finds the hider s , instead of announcing it, they proceed to join in on the hiding.

The last person to find the entire group loses. Everyone has a piece of paper and one person at a time has the dictionary. That person opens to a random page, finds a word they don't know, and announces it to the group.

If nobody in the group knows the word, they can proceed. Each person writes the word on a slip of paper and makes up a definition for it, except for the person who found the word they write the actual definition.

After writing, everyone turns in their definitions to the first person who proceeds to read all the definitions fake and real aloud to the group. Everyone but the announcer gets one guess as to which definition is correct. After everyone has guessed, the announcer reveals the correct answer. If you guessed the correct definition, you get a point. If someone guessed your made up definition, you get a point for each time it was guessed.

If nobody guesses the correct definition, the person who originally chose the word gets a point. Everyone sits around a rubber chicken. Players take turns trying to make at least one person laugh using only the rubber chicken as a prop.

They only have one minute to do this. Susie wins. All contestants hold an egg in a spoon and wait at the starting line.

Then, they race to the finish line. Whoever can cross the finish line first without breaking the egg is the winner. James and his friends all receive spoons and eggs. James drops his egg but it does not break, so he picks it up with his spoon and continues to the finish line, narrowly beating out his friends. Two teams stand an equal distance apart.

A ball is placed right in the middle of the playing field. One parent calls out the names of one or two children from each team. The children then race to grab the ball.

Whichever team grabs the ball first must then make it back to their line without the other team tagging them. Erica and Doug are called from opposite sides.

Doug makes it to the ball first, grabs it, and turns to run back to his line. Erica tags Doug after he takes a few steps away so Doug loses. Everyone starts with 10 stickers. Over the course of the evening, whoever can place the most stickers on other people, without getting caught, wins.

Eric gets to a party and is handed 10 stickers. Throughout the evening, he strategically and sneakily places stickers on the backs of all of his friends without them noticing. One person hides items in a designated area. Then they write clues as to where each item is. The players break into teams and try to find all of the items on the list in a given time limit. Whichever team finds the most wins! So, they check to see if the item is the apple tree in the yard.

Place a flag or marker in the middle of a thick rope. Then break up children into two equal teams and have them stand behind lines equidistant from the middle of the rope.

When the game starts, each side pulls on the rope to try to get the flag over their line. One person thinks of an object or person. Then players are only allowed to ask 20 Yes or No questions to try to guess what it is. If they correctly guess the object, the next person goes. John is thinking of actor Harrison Ford. Each player tells three statements about themselves, except only two are truths and one is made up.

The other players go around the room guessing which they think the lie is. Frank says that he is 25, was captain of his baseball team, and once caught a 25 lb fish. All of the other players guessed that his age was the lie. They were right! He was only Everybody arranges in a circle. This gets repeated all the way around the circle until it reaches the start. Then Taylor whispers what she thought she heard into the ear of the person next to her.

Each player writes a name of a famous person on a card. The card is then given facedown to the person to their left. Players take turns asking only yes or no questions to figure out the identity of the person on the card. They keep asking questions until Gwen guesses the correct name on her card before John. Whether you play these party games with your family or friends, these memories you create while playing these games will last a lifetime.

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Shop Trending Categories. Canvas Wall Art. Baby Shower Gifts. Sympathy Gifts. Wedding Planning. All Adults Kids. All High Low. Big Group Small Group. Back Draw Players try to guess the word that their teammate is drawing on a piece of paper on their back. Back Up Children sit back to back in pairs and try to stand up together without using their hands.

Bite the Bag Players try to lift a bag off the ground with nothing but their teeth. Charades Players try to get their teammates to guess a movie, TV show, or person they are acting out - all without making a sound.

Cherry Pie Each player must eat 5 cherries with their hands behind their backs. Dizzy Bat Players spin around a baseball bat with their foreheads pressed against the bat handle.

Duck Duck Goose Children ducks sit in a circle and one standing child chooses another to become the goose. Fire Department Children divide into two lines and attempt to transfer all of the water from a bucket at the start of the line to a measuring cup at the end. Freeze Dance Children dance when the music is on, but when it is turned off they must immediately freeze.

Guess the Picture One person draws a picture and the others try to guess what it is. Hot Potato Kids pass a ball to each other. Ice Cube Players are each given an ice cube. Let Them Eat Cake Kids race to eat a piece of cake using only their mouth with their hands behind their back.

Limbo Players try to walk under a horizontal pole by leaning backward. Mummy Wrap Two teams must try to wrap a player in a roll of toilet paper. Musical Chairs Children parade around a group of chairs as music plays. Novel Players take turns writing a story adding one line at a time on a piece of paper. Off Limits Necklace If a guest is caught saying a forbidden word, they must give up their necklace to whoever catches them saying it.

Orange Pass Players attempt to pass an orange to the next person without using their hands. Party Bag Kids take turns sticking their hands into the party bag and trying to guess what the objects are. Pin the Tail on the Donkey Children are blindfolded and attempt to tape a paper tail to a paper cut-out of a tail-less donkey that is on the wall.

Psychiatrist Players take on the role of another person in the room. Rubber Chicken Take turns trying to make people laugh using only a rubber chicken. Spoons and Eggs All kids race to the finish line holding an egg on a spoon in their hands.

Steal the Bacon Two teams stand on a line and attempt to grab a ball that is placed in the middle of the field. Treasure Hunters Teams compete to find hidden objects based on clues.

Tug of War Two equal teams on either side of a rope attempt to pull it across the finish line. Twenty Questions Players are only allowed to ask 20 questions to correctly guess an object.

Two Truths and a Lie Players take turns saying two truths and one lie about themselves and other players have to guess which one is the lie. Whisper Down the Lane Players whisper a phrase from one person to the next and try to keep it the same.

Who Am I Players must guess the identity of the name written on a card they cannot see. Description Choose one person as the actor. Example Kyle is up. Back Draw. Description Players break into teams. Back Up. Description Break children into two equal teams. Example Ross and Eric are on a team. Bite the Bag. Description Place a brown paper bag on the ground. Example John leans over and picks up the edge of the bag with his teeth.

Description Break into partners and blindfold one.