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Sticker Ninja

Post author By Sara
Post date July 14, 2021

Summary: Sticker Ninja is a great party game involving skill and stealth! Secretly try to place all your stickers on other party guests.

Ages: 10 and up. Recommended # of People: 10-30. Messiness Factor: No Sweat. Materials: Sticker sheets. Recommended Setting: Indoors, during a party. Can be played over the course of a few hours, while guests are eating, mingling or doing other things.

Sticker Ninja

Purchase several sticker sheets. Each sheet of stickers should have an equal number of stickers (at least 5). Give a sheet to each guest (or cut a sheet into smaller sections if you wish).

How to Play

The goal of the game is to secretly stick their stickers on other guests at the party. If a player does not catch another player in the act, they must retain the sticker.

To win, a player must get rid of all of his or her stickers. He or she announces this to the others at the party.

You can also play this game in teams if you wish.

Party Games

Secret Santa Gift Exchange

Post author By Sara
Post date July 13, 2021

Summary: A very fun group game for the holidays that involves giving a gift to a secret target person!

Ages: 12 and up. Recommend number of people: 10-20. Messiness factor: Not messy at all! Materials: Gifts, tape, gift wrap. Setting: Indoors.

Action Games

Mother May I?

Summary: Mother May I is a classic kids’ game in which kids request to take a certain number and type of steps (baby, normal, giant, etc.) towards the “mother”. Kids must remember to ask “Mother May I?” The first to touch the mother wins and becomes the new mother.

Ages: Younger kids. Recommended number of people: Less than 10. Messiness factor: Might break a little sweat. Materials required: None. Recommended setting: Outdoors.

Ice Breakers

Superlatives Game

Post author By Sara
Post date July 12, 2021

Summary: An icebreaker where players must quickly arrange themselves in proper order — smallest to biggest, farthest away to closet, least to most, etc.

Ages: All. Recommended # of People: Teams of 5 or more. Messiness Factor: A little hectic. Materials Required: None. Recommended Setting: Indoors.

Superlatives Game

A good, brief icebreaker game that can be an interesting way to see how people compare. Get to know other players in silly categories. The goal is for players to reorder themselves as quickly as possible.

Instructions: Teams should be medium to large size, about five players or more. Large groups are okay, but ideally teams should be about 5-10 people.

To begin, have the facilitator ask all teams to stand up. He or she announces a category, such as:

“How many letters are in your first name? From shortest to tallest.”
“Where is your birthplace? Arrange from the person most farthest away to the person closest to your current city.”
“How many hats do you own? From least to most.”
“How many brothers or sisters do you have? From least to most.”
“Height, from shortest to tallest.”

As soon as each superlative is announced, teams quickly figure out the proper order and sit down when done. The judge checks to make sure they have done it correctly. The first team to do it right wins the round. Have fun and be creative with the superlatives!

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Ice Breakers Stationary Games

Simon Says

Post author By Sara
Post date July 12, 2021
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Summary: A classic kids’ icebreaker/stationary game in which the leader, Simon, instructs people to do various actions. The goal is to only do something when Simon says so, and to do nothing when he doesn’t.

Ages: All ages. Recommended number of people: Any size group, including large groups. Messiness factor: No sweat. Materials required: Nothing. Recommended setting: Indoors.

Stationary Games

Mafia Game

Post author By Sara
Post date July 11, 2021
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Summary: A stationary group game involving lots of strategy. People play as a member of the mafia, police, or town. The object is eliminate the mafia before they eliminate the entire town.

Ages: 14 and up. Recommended number of people: A groups of 8 to 12. Messiness factor: No sweat. Materials required: A deck of cards to determine who plays which role. Recommended setting: Indoors.

Ice Breakers

Straws Question Game

Summary: A useful icebreaker game to get people to know each other better, using specially marked straws.

Ages: 8 and up. Recommended number of players: Any number of players from 4 to 30. Messiness factor: No mess at all! Materials required: Several straws, a cup, and a sharpie.

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Rhythm Games Stationary Games

Zoo Game

Post author By Sara
Post date July 10, 2021
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One… Two… Let’s play Zoo!

Summary: Zoo is a rhythm-party game that has each player represented as an animal. The object of the game is to eliminate other players.

Ages: 10 and up. Recommended # of people: 6-15. Messiness factor: No sweat. Materials Required: None. Recommended Setting: Indoors.

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Party Games Stationary Games

Powerpoint Game

Summary: A game about improvisation and performance! Find a PowerPoint presentation on anything difficult, strange, complex, etc. and the other team must deliver a speech on it without any preparation!

Ages: 16+. Recommended # of people: Teams of 2-4. Messiness factor: No sweat! Materials required: Laptops/computers to show PowerPoint slides. A whiteboard or big piece of paper. Optional: projector. Recommended Setting: Indoors.

Tags creativity, powerpoint, powerpoint game

Stationary Games

Killer Wink

Post author By Sara
Post date July 9, 2021
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Summary: A simple party game in which players walk around mingling in a room and stare at each other. One person is secretly the “killer” who must try to eliminate players by winking at them without getting caught!

Ages: All. Recommended # of people: 10-20. Messiness factor: No sweat! Materials required: None! Recommended Setting: Indoors.

Card Games Stationary Games

Kemps

Post author By Sara
Post date July 8, 2021
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Summary: A fun, fast-paced card game involving teamwork in which a player tries to get four of a kind. Once he or she gets four of a kind, you must perform a secret nonverbal signal to try to get your partner to yell the word “Kemps!” without being caught by an opponent.

Ages: All. Recommended # of people: An even number of people between 6-10. Messiness factor: Not too messy. Materials required: A standard deck of 52 playing cards. Recommended Setting: Indoors.

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Action Games

Sardines Game

Summary: Sardines is like the game Hide-and-Seek, only in reverse! one person hides, and the rest of the players look for the one hidden person. When someone finds the hidden person, they quietly join them in hiding — after a while, the group begins to look like sardines!

Ages: 10 and up. Recommended # of People: 15-30. Messiness Factor: No Sweat. Materials: None. Recommended Setting: Indoors with ample space, but not open space.

Action Games

Dragon Tag

Post author By Sara
Post date July 7, 2021
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Summary: Dragon Tag is an action-based game that is like tag, but with a twist! Teams of 4-8 people form “dragons” by linking elbows and attempt to grab the “tail” of another team’s dragon. Last team remaining wins.

Ages: 12 and up. Recommended # of people: Groups of 4-8 people. Messiness Factor: Might break a sweat! Materials required: One scarf or bandana for each team. Recommended Setting: Outdoors.

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Ice Breakers Stationary Games

Hodgy Podgy

Post author By Sara
Post date July 7, 2021
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Summary: Hodgy Podgy is a simple (and entertaining!) rhythm game that has each person go around taking turns adding words to create a story.

Ages: 10 and up. Recommend # of people: 6-15. Messiness factor: No Sweat. Materials Required: None. Recommended Setting: Indoors.

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Ice Breakers

Blanket Name Game

Summary: A good get-to-know-you name identification game that can get pretty hilarious! Two people stand facing each other with a large blanket in between. The blanket drops, and the first person to correctly identify the other person wins the round.

Ages: All. Recommended # of People: 10-20. Messiness Factor: No Sweat. Materials Required: Blanket. Recommended Setting: Indoors.

Stationary Games

Screaming Viking

Summary: A stationary game in which players are seated in a circle, and one person points to someone in the circle and instructs them to act out a “screaming viking”, a “smurf”, a “chia pet”, among other humorous things.

Ages: 8 and up. Recommended # of people: 8-25. Messiness factor: No Sweat. Materials Required: None. Recommended Setting: Indoors.

Ice Breakers Party Games

Autograph Bingo Game

Summary: Autograph Bingo is a simple icebreaker that asks people to mingle and find people that match interesting facts listed on a bingo card. The game is useul in that it causes players to discover interesting and humorous facts about each other.

Ages: 12 and up. Recommended # of people: Larger groups of 24+ people. Messiness Factor: No problem. Materials required: bingo cards prepared in advance and writing utensils. Recommended Setting: Indoors.

Ice Breakers

M&M Game

Post author By Sara
Post date July 5, 2021
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Summary: The M&M Game is an icebreaker that allows people to get to know each other. Each person grabs some M&Ms and shares facts about himself or herself.

Ages: All. Recommend number of people: Groups of 3-12. Messiness factor: No sweat. Materials required: A large bag of M&Ms or any candy with multiple colors (e.g. Skittles).

Action Games Ice Breakers

Pulse Game

Post author By Sara
Post date July 4, 2021
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Summary: An action oriented icebreaker that works especially well with large groups of people. A game of quick reflexes and passing on the pulse!

Ages: All. Recommended # of People: At least 40 people. Messiness Factor: Might break a small sweat. Materials Required: A coin, a chair, and any small object like a tennis ball. Recommended Setting: Indoors.

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Action Games

Ghost in the Graveyard

Summary: An action game that is typically played outdoors at night. One person is the “ghost” who hides. The others search for the ghost and when he or she is discovered, he or she yells “Ghost in the Graveyard!” and everyone must try to run back to base before the ghost tags them.

Ages: 10 and up. Recommended # of people: At least 5 players. Messiness factor: Hiding and a lot of running involved. Materials: None, flashlights optional. Setting: Outdoors at night, a safe, large outdoor area to play in.