Pass the Balloon
Here is a great game for any party. All you need are teams of children and some long balloons.
Instructions
- Split the guests into two teams. If you have a large number of guests you can have more teams.
- Get each team to line up in a straight line.
- Give each guests at the front of the line a long balloon which they then hold between their knees.
- When you say “GO” they have to turn round and pass the balloon to the next guest without using their hands.
- The person who has the balloon then passes it to the next team member.
- If anyone drops the balloon they have to go to the back of the line and try again.
- The winning team is the first team to pass the balloon to each guest.
Don’t forget to have a prize for the winning tam. Lollies for everyone always works well.
Squeak Piggy Squeak
This is another game to get everyone laughing. All the guests sit in a circle. I’ve found that if they can all sit on a chair it makes it a lot easier. One guest is chosen and stands in the middle of the room. They are blindfolded and spun around. The chosen one has to then go and sit on someone’s lap and say “Squeak, Piggy, Squeak!”. The guest who has been sat on then has to say either “Squeak” or “Oink” three times. The chosen one then has to guess who they have sat on. If he guesses correctly, the “Piggy” puts on the blindfold and the process starts again. If they are wrong they have another go.
Hot Potato
This is a a bit like pass the parcel but you use a potato instead. The idea of the game is not to be left with the potato when the music stops. Last guest in the game is the winner.
Materials Needed:
- Potato
- Music
- Prize
- Helper to control music
Instructions
- Sit all guests in a circle ready to start.
- Choose a guest to start the game. To save arguments you could always start with the Birthday Boy/Girl.
- While the helper is not looking, the potato is passed from guest to guest while the music is playing.
- The helper will stop the music and the guest who is holding the potato is out of the game.
- The game continues until you have one guest left and they are the winner.
pass the parcel
This is the ultimate party game. Everyone loves pass the parcel. A mystery gift is wrapped in lots of layers of paper (I use tissue paper). The paper is peeled off a layer at a time as the music is stopped. One of your helpers needs to control the music to ensure that each guest gets a go.
For the younger guests I tend to put a small gift in each layer so that no one is disappointed. Each guest will get a lolly or small toy. The last guest to unravel the final layer of paper is the winner.
Items required for this game are as follows:
- The mystery prize
- Tissue paper to wrap the parcel. You will need one layer per guest plus one for the mystery prize.
- Sweets/chocolate/toy to place between each layer (so everyone gets a prize along the way).
- Cello tape
- Don’t forget the music.
Instructions:
- Wrap the mystery prize in one layer of paper.
- Place a sweet/chocolate/toy on top of the parcel and wrap with another piece of tissue paper. I tend to use a different colour for each layer, this makes it easier for the guest to see when to stop pulling off paper.
- Continue placing and wrapping until you have enough layers for each child to recieve a prize.
For older guests you could swap the lolly or small toy with a forfeit. Write forfeits on pieces of paper and put these into each layer of the parcel. As each guest unwraps the layer they then need to complete the forfeit before the music can start and the game can continue.
When everyone one is ready to play, get them all to sit on the floor in a circle and away you go.
Egyptian Mummy
Here is a game which would go down well at any Halloween party. This game is a fast-paced game that will liven up any party leaving your guests in fits of laughter. Guests are divided into pairs. The aim of the game is to race to see which team will be the first to successfully wrap a mummy.
Items required for this game are as follows:
- Guests divided into two teams. If you have a large group you can have more teams. You need two guests at least per team.
- A roll of toilet paper (value brand of course) or crepe paper, one for each team.
- A prize for the winning team
Instructions:
- Get each team to decide who the “Mummy” will be and who will be the “Mummy Wrapper”
- Give each wrapper the roll of toilet paper/crepe paper.
- On the word “GO” each wrapper races to wrap the mummy as quickly as possible.
The team that finishes the first is the winner.