Musical Bumps
Classic, very simple, elimination, party game. Certainly familiar to many in the United Kingdom. Probably much more fun for younger children and encourages them to pay attention to an external…
Continue readingWho am I?
Prepare a card for each of your guests and write on it the name of a famous man or woman. On arrival, pin a card on the back of each…
Continue readingWhat Kind of Animal Are You?
This is an interesting game with links to psychoanalysis and opens the possibility of discussing many different themes and topics with a group. E.g. Parenting Have all participants stand in…
Continue readingTwo Truths and a Lie
Have each person write 2 truths and a lie about themselves. They then all put their papers into a communal box or hat. Members of the group then select papers…
Continue readingTell a Story
The leader starts a story that begins with something funny… and then passes it on to the next person who adds on to the story. If desired it could be…
Continue readingString Toss Game
Get a spool of string or yarn. Each person has to answer a question of some sort when they have the string in their possession, but when they throw it…
Continue readingSpinning Pairs
Players pair up and face each other a little apart. Each player then holds their hands up palms touching each other around shoulder height. Partners then have to close their…
Continue readingShoe Pile
A good way to have new people meet everybody. Everyone takes off one of their shoes and throws it into a big pile. Then each person picks up a different…
Continue readingSit Down If….
Simple game. Have a list of questions (with the next one getting wilder, and the wilder the better) beginning with the phrase, “Sit down if you… “. Find out who…
Continue readingSilly Scrumple
[Editor: This could be used as an ice-breaker if the group is allowed to mix and have to swap with each person they meet. Leader periodically then calls on two…
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