Objective:

Create on the fly acronym definitions for random words. This can be really funny.

Categories:
 

Adults, Teens, Ice Breakers

Game type:
 

Passive. Little or no movement is required.

Players:
 

6 or more players.

Needed:

None

Rules:

First, start by creating a list of 4 letter words. These can be any words at all. Here’s a few to get you started: 
 
RING 
LEFT 
HAND 
PLAY 
TUNE 
HEAD 
CALL 
CLIP 
COIN 
 
This game is played by assuming each word is an acronym. Players must create definitions for the acronym on the fly by saying the first word out of their mouths. So for example the definition for RING might end up “Robert Ingested Naughty Gophers” with each word in the sentence being contributed by a different player. There is however a pattern to the definition. The first word is typically a noun or a name of someone. The second word is usually a verb. The third word is usually an adjective and the fourth word is typically another noun. 
 
To start the game the host points to a player and says the word – in this example we’ll say the word is LEFT. The player then starts by saying the first noun they can think of starting with “L” such Lizards. The person on their left then must say the first verb they can think of starting with E such as ‘eat’. The next person says an adjective starting with ‘F’ such as ‘flowery’ and finally the next person finishes with ‘tarts’ which starts with T. So the final sentence is “Lizards eat flowery tarts”. The sillier the better! 
 
The key to the game is to get players to say the first words that come to mind and to move the game along quickly. After one sentence is done, move quickly to the next player and throw out another word. This is great for laughs!
 

Objective:

See silly scenes acted out by people who have no idea what they are acting out.

Categories:
 

Outdoors, Adults, Teens, Baby Showers

Game type:
 

Active. A lot of movement may be required.

Players:
 

6 or more players.

Needed:

None

Rules:

Four people are chosen for the round and three of the four are taken out of the room. The one that remains is told to mime one of the following (or one of your own ideas) in approximately 20 seconds:  
 
1. Changing the diapers of twins  
2. Bathing an elephant  
3. Jumping from a large tower into a huge bowl of Jello  
 
Before they start, a second person is brought into the room and told to watch. When the first demonstration has been completed, the first person is allowed to retake their place and the third person is brought into the room. The second (who has just seen the demonstration) is told that they have to act out what they have just seen for the third person. After it’s done, the fourth person enters and the scene is acted out again by the thired person. The games ends when the third person has done the mime, and the fourth person is asked what they have just seen. They get three guesses. Let the humor begin!

Objective:

A game where killing is done with the wink of an eye.

Categories:
 

Adults, Teens

Game type:
 

Active. A lot of movement may be required.

Players:
 

6 or more players.

Needed:

Paper and pen

Rules:

Cut a small piece of paper for each player. Mark one of the sheets of paper with an “X,” fold, shuffle, and distribute one to each player. Each secretly looks at his paper. The one who has the “X” is the assassin. Players sit in a circle and careful examine the faces of the other players. When the assassin winks at a player, the player must say, “I’ve been hit” and drops out of the game. If a player thinks they have caught the assassin in the act of winking, he/she says “I suspect”. They are the first suspecter. All playing then pauses and another player must say “I second suspect” in support of the first person who suspects. The second suspecter may not know who the assassin is, but must trust the judgement of the person who first suspects. The first suspecter then names who they think is the assassin. If they are correct, that player wins. If not, then both the first and second suspecter are dead and drop out and play continues. If the assassin is successful in eliminating all but the last player, the assassin wins.
 

Variation:

Someone is chosen to be the “picker”. All the other kids line up facing the wall and should close their eyes. The picker goes by and taps each of the kids on the back. He/she taps each of them once but whomever he/she picks as the killer gets tapped twice. Once everyone is tapped they all turn around. Everyone begins shaking hands with one another one at a time in a normal shaking manner. If you are the killer when you shake hands with people you bend your index finger in and sort of poke the palm of the person’s hand your shaking. If you feel this, when you shake someone’s hand then you go and shake two more hands (normal shakes) and then silently fall to the ground. Like in the games above, a player and suspect and must be seconded by another players before guessing the killer. If wrong, they die and play continues. Eventually the killer may get everyone and then the game is over and a new killer gets picked.
 

Objective:

Find your partner before someone else does!

Categories:
 

Adults, Couples

Game type:
 

Active. A lot of movement may be required.

Players:
 

2 or more players.

Needed:

None

Rules:

Set up several groups of two people. They will compete with each other. Two partners stand face-to-face, arms out, palms touching. Then each turn around five times and try to find each other’s palms again and return to the original position without opening your eyes. This is a great spectator sport.
 

Objective:

Make someone in the circle laugh by saying “Baby if you love me won’t you please smile?”

Categories:
 

Adults, Teens, Couples, Singles

Game type:
 

Passive. Little or no movement is required.

Players:
 

6 or more players.

Needed:

None

Rules:

Everyone sits in a circle. Placement doesn’t matter. A player is chosen to go first. The player goes to another player in the circle that they think will laugh easily. Then they sit on their lap and say “Baby if you love me, won’t you please smile?” They can play with that player’s hair or whisper in their ear or act loving or anything that will get them to laugh. It all depends on the type of party and the ages of the players. If it is in a youth group or with kids or with teens that have adults around you may have to set rules on what type of touching, etc. is allowed. If it is with adults, couples, singles, or teens it all depends on what they  
decide. You may say anything goes or you may say that no touching another player is allowed.  
 
After the person says “Baby if you love me won’t you please smile?” the player being sat on must say “Baby I love ya but I just can’t smile” without laughing or even cracking a smile. If they don’t smile and say the phrase without a hitch, the person on their lap moves on to try and get somebody else. If the person being sat on does laugh it’s their turn to be the person in the middle.