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Party Games

Party Games
You eliminate couples when they are the last ones to do what you told them to do.

Note: Do different things like "nose to knee" and "cheek to cheek."

Oranges 1
Each team is lined up with one orange per team. The aim is to pass the orange to the end of the line by using only your neck and chin. If you let fall the orange, you have to start back at the beginning.

Oranges 2
This is a fun race game. You’ll need two oranges and one pair of old pantyhose for each racer. Put one orange into the leg of the pantyhose and then tie the pantyhose around the waist of the racer.

This orange leg should hang down towards the ground and swing between their legs. Using their "third leg", players tap the second orange on the floor in front of them and race to the finish line. The first participant and orange to cross the finish line wins.
guess_the_phrase
Note: This is a great game for a tournament. Hold practice runs, then elimination races, and finally a championship race.

Guess the Phrase
You need two teams for this game with an adult serving as referee. Prior to the party, think of phrases, TV shows, movies, etc., that your group would easily guess and put them on index cards.

You can want to follow a theme (example: Christmas or summer vacation) or just say "anything goes!"

Team players take a turn drawing and guessing. Each one on the team must take a turn drawing!

That team that draws has an opportunity to guess the phrase and receives a point if guessed correctly within 1 1/2 minutes. (You may want to use a kitchen timer or use a timer from another game you already have.) And the other team does the same.

Drawings must be finished without any words or gestures. Then teams alternate back and forth guessing and drawing.

If the phrase isn't guessed within the time limit; the other team gets a free guess and can steal the point.

Note: A fun twist on this game is to allow your teams to think up the words or phrases to be drawn. All teams make up the clues that the other team has to draw and guess.



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