3 Playful Ideas To Liven Up Your Holiday Meals!
Are you planning to invite friends over for New Year's Eve?
When you don't know the other guests, it's not always easy to avoid empty spots or awkward moments.
In my family or with my friends, we are now gaming enthusiasts or others entertainment that animate a meal.
Organizing some entertainment and games during long festive meals is a fun way to have fun or get to know your dining companions a little better.
Laughs guaranteed! Relaxation, laughter, surprises and great encounters are waiting for you!
1. The hidden challenges
We tested it for my last housewarming. I had previously prepared challenge cards (80 for 15 prestigious guests).
The principle ? When the guests arrive, we give them draw a card which they should attempt to perform at any time in the evening without getting caught.
When a challenge is successful, the guest can re-draw a card.
The goal is to win the most challenges possible. The advantage of this animation is that it does not disrupt the normal course of an evening.
Moreover, who wants to participate, and nothing obliges to play.
Example of challenges: "Place the words Passoire, Lady-Gaga and dishwasher" in the same conversation, "Make someone quilts", "Make someone say a tongue-killer", "Encourage a guest for 5 minutes on the subject of the smart lemon "," Have someone make a pear tree "," Make origami with a guest "etc.
Let it wander your imagination! Do not hesitate to offer us your challenges.
2. The Musical quiz
This animation is quite nice and does not disturb the conversations of the evening either.
I have many compiles themed music and I let them run throughout the meal.
As soon as a guest finds the song name, author or theme, they win a point.
I let the whole album run and that way, I avoid staying all evening near the HiFi system.
Example of compilations: Cartoon music, advertising music, film music, 80s, Les Bernards, Unexpected singer hits (Mimi Mathy, Evelyne Leclerc, Jean-Pierre Lafont, Bernard Tapie, Passe Partout ...), national anthems, Le club des 27, etc.
3. Biographical riddles
For this animation, I ask my guests to bring back a Photo them baby or one object representing a precious memory of their childhood.
When they arrive they give them to me discreetly and once everyone is there I arrange all the childhood photos on a board or all the objects on a table.
During the evening, everyone will take the time to guess "who is who" Where "what's to whom".
When someone is sure of himself, he will ask the question secretly to the person concerned. If he wins, 1 point, if he loses 1 point for the owner of the object and 1 point for whoever was targeted.
It can get pretty funny when everyone starts to suspect the others, to try bluffing, to preach the false to know the true ...
A variant is to recover the resolutions everyone, which is then displayed on a board. The same system: you have to find which resolution corresponds to such and such a person!
For example: "Quit smoking", "Find a stable job", "Sell your motorcycle", "Get rid of your Nin-Nin", "Spend less time in front of Dr House", "Replace your underpants" etc.
Host a party Often requires a bit of preparation but it's frankly worth it.
My friends and I can't do without it! There are lots of other entertainments like "If" cards (If I had three arms, if I was a kitchen utensil, if I could go now where I want, if my mother-in-law was ...) to be drawn by the guests in turn.
I also really like to do swich place my guests during the meal (at each course), especially when they do not know each other.
We also like to offer a board game from time to time to bring everyone together. This one is our favorite! Laughs guaranteed!
Here I hope that with this, your holiday meals will be unforgettable and your evenings even more beautiful!
If you have other ideas for evening entertainment, I'm interested. Explain the principle to me in the comments!
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