Dress up Contest: Divide up into teams and choose one person to be
the dress-up "dummy." Use old clothes, scarves, glasses, shoes, and
anything else that you can place on another person's body to dress up your
"dummy." Make your "dummy" as funny and creative as
possible. The funniest "dummy" is the winner.
Know Your Family: Put all of the names of your relatives in a hat
and have everyone draw a name. They must discreetly interview that person
sometime during the party and find out one secret that no one knows about
them. After everyone has had time to do the interviews, gather the group
together and have them share the secret they learned. The rest of the
relatives must write down on a piece of paper who they think each secret is
about. The person who guesses the most people correctly wins a prize.
Likes and Dislikes: Get to know your extended family even better.
Ask everyone to write down 5 of their likes and 5 of their dislikes on index
cards. (Help the younger ones by writing for them.) At mealtime when everyone
is gathered together, read the cards one at a time and have everyone try to
guess which relative the information belongs to.
Scavenger Hunt: This is a game that is usually relatively
inexpensive and time-consuming (good for both kids and parents). Give the
partygoers clues that take them from place to place. Perhaps this game could
begin at the house of the party host/hostess, and the final clue could lead to
the party destination. The team that arrives at the final destination first
wins! (Or instead of a Scavenger Hunt have kids solve a Detective's Case. Set
out clues all over the yard and have kids collect them. Then the kids have to
figure out what the clues mean. You might have them find clues to making a
pizza, building a scarecrow, or solving a puzzle.)
Crazy Olympics: Have a Crazy Olympics party and let the kids play
silly games, such as the Backwards
Crab Walk, Blind (folded) Leapfrog,
Impossible Obstacle Course, Frisbee Golf, etc. Add a few ridiculous relay
races for extra fun (pass the eggs, carry cotton on a spoon, one-legged race,
and so on). The kids can also play Silly Sports. For example, they can golf
with their feet instead of a golf club, or play baseball with a broom instead
of a bat. They can even run the bases backwards.
"The Way We Were":
Have everyone come to the reunion
dressed as they did in high school. Whoever
looks the most like they did in
high school wins a prize.
Baby Match-up: Have everyone who was in the graduating class
(whether or not they are attending the reunion) send in their baby picture. As
people walk in to the reunion, they will receive a numbered piece of paper
with blank spaces next to each number. There will be a large collage of baby
pictures with numbers next to each one. Let them guess who the baby is in each
picture. Whoever guesses the most correctly wins a prize.
Lip sync/Karaoke Contest:
Sing or lip sync to your favorite tunes
from the year of/decade around your graduation (70s, 80s, 90s etc.). Prize
goes to the best act.
