Post by onomatopoeia on Dec 27, 2023 10:31:48 GMT -5
We're hosting a family Christmas party this upcoming weekend and I'm looking for some fun games for ages 12-75. We've played the saran wrap ball game for a few years which is fun but I'm looking to switch it up. There will be about 15 of us. Something active and even a bit silly. Any ideas?
Take a muffin tin and put numbers on red and green circles in each spot. Have everyone bounce a ping pong ball into a spot and they get the prize that matches the number
We did small GCs, scratch offs, candy, etc as the prizes
Board/card games? The taco cat goat cheese pizza game is really fun for up to 6 players. Throw Throw Burrito. Fingers is a card game lots of people can play (with multiple decks of cards at one time).
I keep seeing two online but haven’t tried them. 1. Something where you divide a long party table into stripes/rows, and put a prize in each row. People roll a can downthe table and get the prize where the can stops. 2. The “minute to win it” type game where you put a pile of cotton balls on a table, and then have a blindfolded person try to scoop them into a bowl with a spoon. That actually looks like it would be pretty funny with a group. There is also a “hungry hungry hippos “group version of this game. There are also a lot of other minute to win it activities out there that might be fun for your group! 3. I always like the game celebrity, but 15 people might not be quite enough?? It’s also a little bit tough with mixed age ranges because not everybody knows of the same people. Maybe you could do something like holiday items or Christmas characters or something to make it easier.
If you have a switch, Jackbox games are super fun and silly. I think some allow for up to about 10 players (everyone plays using their phone or tablet), but you could easily pair up.
Post by luckystar2 on Dec 27, 2023 12:40:24 GMT -5
Agree Jackbox is fun. If you have too many people you could have teams or rotate who is playing.
We just played wavelength for the first time on Christmas Eve. We had a lot of fun!! It’s 2 teams but you could have as many people as you want on the teams.
My daughter loves the game think ‘n sync. We play it anytime we are with our family. You could play it with as many people as you want. We played Christmas Eve too and had a blast.
LCR (Left Center Right) is really fun! Anyone can play, it's just rolling dice. You can play with the chips it comes with and then give out prizes to the winners or each person brings 3 $1 bills or 3 scratch tickets to use.
Post by countthestars on Dec 27, 2023 15:26:55 GMT -5
The candy bar game! We just played on Christmas eve and it was so fun. Everyone brings a candy bar (or the host buy enough candy bars for everyone) and $5. You pool the $5 and split it so there is a range of prizes between $1 and $X (whatever you want). We had 20 players, so $100.
1 - $40 2 - $10 5 - $5 3 - $2 9 - $1
You attach a folded note with one of the above dollar amounts to each candy bar. Go around the circle and when you get 7, 11, or doubles, you take a candy bar from the center or steal from someone. If you steal, that person gets a steal from anyone except what was just taken from them. They can decline to trade if they want to keep their candy bar. You only roll once per turn. Once everyone has a candy bar, set a timer for 5-7 minutes (we did 5 but could have done longer). Keep playing the same way - roll 7, 11, doubles and you can trade, plus a second trade. When the timer goes out, you get the candy bar you are left with and the money on the paper attached to it. It sounds complicated but it's not really! It was fun (our group was ages 5-65)