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Icebreakers
for All Occasions
Just Add Guests TM
The Game Girl can answer your
questions now!
Or see the Complete Party Game Guide
Name and
Number
Ingredients
To Play
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As people walk into the
party, put their name on one side of an index card, and a number on the
other side.
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As everyone walks around
with their name showing (on the index card that is taped to their shirt),
they have to try to introduce themselves to as many people as they can.
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After a bit of mingling,
tell everyone to turn over his or her name tags, so that the number on each
card is showing rather than the name.
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Now give everyone a
numbered piece of paper, and see who can fill in the most names next to the
corresponding number.
Absent Mind
Ingredients
To Play
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Tell each of your guests
to come to the party with something that shows a lapse in memory. For
example, come to the party wearing only one sock or with only half of your
make-up on (only one side of your face).
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Give out paper and
pencils, and give everyone 10 minutes to see who can guess the most memory
lapses correctly.
Guess
Which Guest
Ingredients
To Play
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Before the party, write
down a statement about each guest. For example, you could write, "Born in a
country other than the USA." "The name of the person______________". "The
name of the country_________________". Or a statement like, "Changed my
major in college 3 times". "The name of the person_________________". "The 3
different majors_______________, ______________, and_____________".
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Put all of the
statements together on one piece of paper, and give each guest a copy. Have
all of your guests mingle, and ask each other questions to determine whose
name belongs with each statement.
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Whoever has the most
names filled in after about 10-15 minutes gets the honor of introducing the
people whose names are on his/her sheet.
Know Your
Neighbor
Ingredients
To Play
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As soon as all of your
guests arrive, have everyone sit in a circle.
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Go around the circle and
have everyone say their first and last names, and one fact about themselves
(such as "I work with dogs," or "I hate pizza with mushrooms," etc.).
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Have one person stand in
the middle (this person is "It"), and point to another person. The person
who is pointed at has 10 seconds to give the first and last names as well as
"the fact" about the person to his/her right or left (the person who is "It"
gets to choose).
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If the person cannot
give the information, then he/she has to go into the center and is now "It".
The person, who was "It" previously, will sit in the now empty seat in the
circle.
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End the game as soon as
everyone has had a turn, or when everyone has been "introduced". Award
prizes to those who know their "neighbor."
Balloon Friend
Blend
Ingredients
To Play
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Put each name of half of
your party guests on a separate slip of paper, and put each slip of paper
inside of its own balloon. (For example, if you have 10 guests, put 5 names
in 5 separate balloons).
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Throw all of the
balloons up into the air, and have each person (the 5 people whose names are
not in a balloon) take a balloon and pop it!
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They must then walk
around and find the person whose name they have, and both people must
introduce themselves to each other.
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Then after chatting for
a few moments, the person whose name was not in the balloon must introduce
their "balloon friend" to another person at the party.
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Continue to introduce
yourself and your "balloon friend" to people until both of you have met
everyone at the party. (If there are other games, this is a good way to set
up random partners as well).
Describe Me
What is everyone's first
impression of other partygoers? That’s the jist of this game.
Ingredients
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Index Cards
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Tape
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Pens/Pencils
To Play
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As guests arrive, make
sure that each person gets an index card taped to their back as well as a
pencil.
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Have your guests mingle,
and meet each other.
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As people get to know
each other a little bit better, have each guest write their first
impressions of the people they meet on the cards on their backs.
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Make sure to tell your
guests to write funny things, but to stay away from anything resembling rude
or mean comments. Write things like "quick wit," "bedroom eyes," "million
dollar smile," "hot stepper," etc.
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After about 15-20
minutes, have each person read the card off the adjacent person's back for a
few laughs.
Sticker
Stalker
Ingredients
To Play
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The object of this game
is to get rid of all your stickers by sticking them on the other guests (One
sticker per guest).
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When guests begin to
arrive at your house, give each guest a pack/sheet of 10 stickers. However,
if the guest you are "stickering" catches you, he/she gets to stick one of
his/her stickers on you.
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If you are "caught",
you must temporarily take your sticker back, and you can try to sticker that
same person later (at your own risk). But if someone falsely accuses you of
"stickering" him/her, then you can automatically put one of your stickers on
that person.
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The first one to get rid
of all 10 of their original stickers is the winner!
Quick Name
This game combines quick
knowledge of the names of the people at the party, as well as various items from
different categories.
Ingredients
To Play
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Have everyone sit/stand
in a circle.
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Go around the circle and
have everyone say their first name, and then reveal a good way to remember
their name.
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The first person begins
the game by announcing what the category is. For example, let's say that the
category is cars. The first person would then throw the ball at someone of
his/her choice, and that person would have to say something that relates to
the category of cars, as well as the name of the person who threw the ball.
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Then as quickly as
possible without skipping a beat, that person must throw it to another
person of his/her choice.
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When the next person
gets the ball, he/she must say another thing that relates to the car
category as well as the name of the person who just threw the ball- and so
on.
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If someone flubs a name
or a category then he/she is out. The person who is left sitting in the
circle last is the winner. However, if you would rather just focus on
getting to know everyone and having fun, you can award prizes at the end for
"Quickest Thinker," "Worst With Names," "Best/Worst Passer" etc.
Hand To Hand
Ingredients
To Play
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Guests need to get into
pairs and form two circles, one inside of the other.
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One person needs to be
in charge of starting and stopping the music, and another person gets to be
the leader.
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When the music begins,
the two circles are to begin moving in opposite directions.
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The leader remains in
the center of the circles barking out commands such as "Hand to foot," "Nose
to back of head," "Elbow to hip," "Cheek to cheek," etc., and every time the
music is stopped the people facing each other must obey the commands.
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When the music stops,
the leader must find someone to pair up with, and then the person who is
left out becomes the leader.
Sign My Arm
No, this is not a game like
"Pull My Finger"!
Ingredients
To Play
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Give all of your guests
a marker, and have everyone at the party put a paper bag over their signing
hand (arm).
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When the host/hostess
says, "Go," then everyone in the room must obtain as many signatures as they
can.
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It isn't as easy as it
sounds though, because each person has to keep the paper bag on his or her
signing hand (so they must sign with the opposite hand). At the end of 5
minutes, the person with the most signatures is the winner!
Get Acquainted Bingo
Have fun, from the Party Girl and
the Party-ettes!
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