Kids Party Games Making a Comeback at Grown Up Parties? FUN! What Would YOU Play?

Pin The Tail On The Donkey

(Or pin a something on a something. Be Creative!)

“Each person is blindfolded and gets a try at placing the tail as close as possible to where it supposed to go. The closest is the winner.”

Duck, Duck, GOOSE!

“Everyone sits in a circle facing the center. Then one child walks around the outside of the circle and taps each person on the head (gently) and says “duck”. This continues on until the person touches someone and says “goose”. Then the person who was called goose jumps up and tries to tag the one who called them goose before they can run all the way around the circle back to the open spot they left when they got up. Everyone’s a winner."

Bob For Apples

Put some apples in some water. Try to pick them up … but you can’t use your hands!

Water Balloon Toss

Players pair up and toss a water balloon back and forth. After each throw each player takes a step back to increase the distance between each other.

Somebody might end up a soggy mess!

Musical Chairs

“Just set up a line of chairs, one short from the number of players and start the music. Everyone walks around the chairs and sits down once the music stops. Whoever is left standing has to drop out. Take away one chair so you are short one and start the music again. This continues until only one person has a chair. They are the winner of this party game!”

Three Legged Race

“Have everyone line up in twos and tie one of their legs to their partners. Then start the race and see who can travel the fastest to a finish line.”

The Limbo

“Set up a bar that can be raised or lowered, or have two people hold the bar. Play some music
in the background and have everyone take a turn going under the bar. Everyone must go under the bar facing forward and leaning back! This birthday party game is really not that easy. The person who can go the lowest is the winner! "

Telephone

Whisper a phrase into the ear of the next person. That person then whispers what they heard into the ear of the next person and so on.
The last person says what they heard out loud.

Red Rover, Red Rover

Break up into two teams. Members of each team stand in a line and hold hands. One team says “Red Rover, Red Rover let <insert> come over” to a person on the opposite team. The person called runs over and tries to break through the linked arms. If they make it they go back to their original team. If they don’t they join the team they ran against. The team with the most people wins.

Tug Of War

Two teams, one rope. (And no, you don’t have to record your reaction while watching this game.)

Tie a flag in the middle of the rope … each team pulls until the flag crosses a specific area on the ground (or a team falls all over each other.)