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Coming to you as my last resort.I somehow got stuck with being in charge of games for the Ladie's Christmas Dinner at the church.
Help! I need ideas for games that can be played with a group of about 30+. Gotta be for indoors and also suitable for older people. No running around the building or egg in the hair,if you know what I mean.
I found a bunch on the internet but most are not quite right for the occasion. I've asked other organizers but their ideas are getting old and stale. So I thought I try and ask here if anybody has an idea or can point me to a good source.
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Maybe some kind of trivia quiz that they could fill out? Trivia about the history of the church or Christmas customs of different nationalities? "What nationality puts candles on a wreath for young women to wear in their hair?" Then award prizes for the one with the most right answers.
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Put one part of two things that match (Cain-Abel, Sampson-Dehlila, Adam-Eve) at each place setting or on their name tags or something. Then at some point they have to find (and do some task with?) their "match". This is a good mixer.
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King Tut's Ring is a fun one. You blindfold someone, have them sit in front of another person wearing a ring. They are told to kiss the king's ring. Then you say a bunch of mumbo jumbo, and quickly switch the ring onto the second person's toe, and remove the blindfold.
That's one, I'll think of some more later
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How about the old mind reading game. Put on a turban. Ask participants to write an expression on a slip of paper. You will need a "plant " in the audience to help you. Here's how it works: Dim the lights, Start off with a bunch of 'eenie beenie chillie beenie' chanting to create the atmosphere. Then pick up the first slip of paper, hold it to your forhead. At that point you say, out loud, something like "Bacon Fat Popsicle." The plant in the audience replys, That's mine! You then smile knowingly and pick up the paper and read it. Nod your head. Then pick up the second slip of paper and hold it to your forehead. Remember the first slip of paper? What ever was written on that first one is what you say out loud. The audience will flip as you go thru the pile of slip of paper. Never tell anyone how you did it. You will be surprised at the feedback espically from a church group. Have fun.
-------------------- Larry Williams 184 Camelia St. Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 Posts: 21 | From: Gulf Breeze Fl | Registered: Mar 2005
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How about the old mind reading game. Put on a turban. Ask participants to write an expression on a slip of paper. You will need a "plant " in the audience to help you. Here's how it works: Dim the lights, Start off with a bunch of 'eenie beenie chillie beenie' chanting to create the atmosphere. Then pick up the first slip of paper, hold it to your forehead. At that point you say, out loud, something like "Bacon Fat Popsicle." The plant in the audience replys, That's mine! You then smile knowingly and pick up the paper and read it. Nod your head. Then pick up the second slip of paper and hold it to your forehead. Remember the first slip of paper? What ever was written on that first one is what you say out loud. The audience will flip as you go thru the pile of slip of paper. Never tell anyone how you did it. You will be surprised at the feedback espically from a church group. Have fun.
-------------------- Larry Williams 184 Camelia St. Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 Posts: 21 | From: Gulf Breeze Fl | Registered: Mar 2005
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Steve, I think about 30 to 45 minutes alltogether. If the games are good they won't mind, if people seem bored we might quit earlier. Not everybody will know each other and there's not much room, mostly whatever space there is between tables and one slightly larger area in the front.
I like all suggestions so far, still pondering how Wayne's game would go over, I know I would find it hillarious
Break the people into smaller teams of say 5 people and give then 2 rolls of toilet paper have them completely cover one person from their group from head to toe with the toilet paper within a time limit of 5 or 10 minutes and use all the paper. Then go around and pick a winner the group that covered the one person the best wins. This looks very funny having a dance floor with a bunch of mummies standing as still as they can covered from head to toe with toilet paper if they move the paper breaks and starts to fall off. It is not very physical so any group of people can do it and it only costs what you need in rolls of toilet paper and some garbage bags for the mess it makes after the mummies break out of the paper. Have a cameraman on hand for this. ;>)
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A little more physical and competitive game is the balloon stomp tie a string to a balloon and tie string to one ankle last person with a intact balloon wins. Everyone starts on the dance floor and once your balloon is popped you are out it will then come down to 2 people. This game takes about five to 10 minutes to play and cost is cheap balloons and string. We used balloons that where about 12 inches long by 10 inches in diameter.
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Yeah...I would be careful with that one....too funny We once had a guy who thought he really kissed the ring on my bro-inlaw's foot....he got upset and went after my brother-in-law
We sometimes do relay races. After you're tagged you grab a balloon run to the other end and sit on it till it busts. The next person has to run to the other end, sit in a chair while chewing up three saltine crackers. After they can whistle successfully, the next person they tag has to chew up three pieces of bubblegum and then blow a bubble. etc
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Another one that is fun, I don't know the name of this game, is that you prepare a lot of folded papers with words on it of things a person has to draw and the others try to guess what it is
. The firs to have the right answer of course wins. It's funny and makes people laugh specially when the person doing the drawing has no talent for it.
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Have everyone get a partner and stand xx' apart. Each person gets 10 (or however many you want) mini marshmellows. Then each partner takes their turn throwing a marshmellow into their other partners mouth. Whatever team gets the most into their mouths...wins.
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Thanks all, you've helped a lot. You've got my mind going, even inventing variations of the games you've mentioned. I'm starting to have fun with my assignment.
Had a few good laughs thinking of certain dignified ladies, hoping or stomping balloons.
Oh by the way, Steve, last time I checked there was no dance floor in our church.
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That what happens when I do not read every single word. I missed the word Church so I was using the word dance floor because we used a dance floor in a club as an area to do the events that I suggested. You do not want people running out of bounds. I am sure the dignified ladies that are to old to participate in every event will still have a laugh watching. I guess you have to know your audience are they mostly over the hill grandmothers?
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