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30 Party Hosts Share Their Knowledge On How To Throw A Party That’s Fun For Everyone
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It’s no secret that for many people, a good, and I mean a really good party is sometimes accompanied by one glass too many. And the morning after will surely remind you that having fun and moderation should go hand in hand.
But let me tell you that there are many splendid ways to have a smashing party completely sober. We’re not just talking non-alcoholic beverages.
“What's the best non-alcoholic way to make a party crazy and fun?” someone asked on Reddit, turning a thread into a noteworthy party planner you may find handy for the next occasion. Scroll down for the best responses below!
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#1
Step 1: Find the crappiest, cheapest horror movie possible.
Step 2: Watch it for about 15 minutes then pause it
Step 3: List out all the characters you've seen and have everyone write down which characters they expect are going to die and in what order.
Step 4: Unpause the movie. The person with the most accurate predictions wins.
You'll get people shouting "GET HER" at the screen because they're banking on whatever person being killed off to win them the game. I did it with a friend while watching Thankskilling and it was glorious.
The Other Guest 3 years ago
Similarly, we had a group of friends over to watch "Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter" and MST3K'd the heck out of it. So much fun!
🧶𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕂𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣🪡 3 years ago
My sister & I LOVE the movie Walk Hard: The Dewey C*x Story and we were watching it a lot right around when we were 20-21 years old. So naturally, we'd developed a drinking game out of the film. You take a shot anytime a) his dad says "the wrong kid died" or b) whenever a sink gets broken and anyone who does will be pretty damned buzzed within the first 25 minutes 😂
Šimon Špaček 3 years ago
Or get a spinoff movie, something from Asylum is always a great choice. Or look for most contradictory ratings (I have one in Czech, https://www.csfd.cz/zebricky/filmy/nejrozporuplnejsi/), like "Dünyayi kurtaran adam" or "Plan 9 from outer space". Basically those movies are rated with "5 stars" or "rubbish".
It's no secret that many people cannot imagine partying without alcohol. But there should exist healthier alternatives for having fun. So to find out more about them, as well as ways to have fun sober, Bored Panda reached out to Jason Peterson, the Head of Brand at Cycling Frog. Cycling Frog is a brand offering THC seltzers that are a wildly drinkable and healthier alternative to the hooch. The seltzers are made with 100% hemp extract, so they're federally legal and all-natural fruit juices that have no alcohol.
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#2
Before we got married, we found out my sister-in-law’s boyfriend had never heard Bohemian Rhapsody. At our wedding reception, every single guest circled around him and one other person who had never heard the song. The DJ played the song and we hard core belted that song directly at them. People naturally started singing melody and harmony and it was basically 80 people singing karaoke together. This is one of my favorite memories from that day. Granted, a tiny bit of alcohol had been consumed prior to this moment but it was an absolute blast for everyone.
Lee F. 3 years ago
Was on the viarail train crossing canada one new years eve, got 60+ people in the bar car to sing this together. Was such a memory
Kookamunga 3 years ago
Here's a link of a London Green Day concert in 2017 where thousands sang it together, pretty spectacular. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZnBNuqqz5g
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Monday 3 years ago
Groups of people singing together always sound awesome. Doesn't matter if you're a pro or absolutely awful at singing.
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
Groups of people singing together always makes me cry with joy. I'm a complete wreck during the 7th inning stretch during baseball games when the crowd sings "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
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Board Pan, duh. 3 years ago
Started singing Dont stop believing by Journey in a subway car , late one night in Montreal and everyone joined in... it was awesome!
nuberiffic 3 years ago
That sounds like a terrible way to be exposed to a great piece of music.
Michael Largey 3 years ago
A blast for everyone? How did the targeted boyfriend feel about it?
BasedWang12.7 3 years ago (edited)
Had this happened at my local bar. Everyone immediately became friends. Not one person was having a conversation, just belting it out
LongCoolWomanInABlackDress 3 years ago
My favourite song at Karaoke - everyone knows it and sings along
#3
Some of the best adult parties I've been to are kids parties after the kids fall asleep.
If you want to see adults playing like kids and laughing their asses off, rent a giant bouncy slide and one of those carnival games with the spinning ladder.
harpling 3 years ago
I was so sad when I started outgrowing those things as a kid. My feet touch the bottom when my butt is still at the top of the slide. My feet don't fit in the footwells, and my arms dangle off the sides and hit the ground. I get to be the designated bag-holder any time I go someplace with rides like this. Sad face.
SageHare37 3 years ago (edited)
I tried to find a grown up size bouncy house for our wedding reception. I was super sad there were none for rent in our state.
V Martinez 3 years ago
We had a giant bouncy obstacle course this past summer at a relative's home. It was hilarious watching adults race through it. Most of the kids won, the adults would try to sabotage one another. Some great memories made that day.
Lo Kindred 3 years ago
We love getting drunk after the kids are asleep and utilize the blow up waterslides!
#4
**Change the lights.**
Nothing kills the party vibe like bright overhead lights. Turn down the lights, set up some string lights, get a disco ball, swap out the bulbs in your lamps with colored bulbs. Just do *something* so that your living room says "party" and not "living room".
The Other Guest 3 years ago
Having been to parties with disco lights, I fully endorse this suggestion. It really livens up the atmosphere.
“We get it. We’ve all been fed the idea that you can’t possibly have a good time unless you’re 5 beers deep, but that’s just not the case,” Peterson said.
In fact, a new trend of alcohol-free THC seltzers has emerged in the past years. “Americans looking to indulge and get a little high are turning towards cannabis beverages and away from alcohol. With fewer calories and fewer, if any, long-term health risks, cannabis-infused drinks allow you to relax and unwind without even so much as a hangover the following day,” Peterson said.
However, if you want to swerve the substances altogether, Peterson’s advice is to simply opt for low-sugar and alcohol-free versions of your favorite drinks. “We challenge you to try and taste the difference between a virgin mojito and the real thing!”
#5
A bag of bulk wigs. Just discretely place the bag of wigs on a couch or coffee table. Wait and watch.
The crushinator 3 years ago
A lot of my friends are hippies who travel a lot and i've had scabies 3 times. I wont accept or share as much as a hankerchief from anybody anymore, never again.
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
Yeah, no. My stepdaughter has brought us lice when she came to stay at our place 5 (!) times this year. I'm not putting anything on my head that's touched someone else's...
Kookamunga 3 years ago
I always had a huge collection of hats and I'd get these out at parties, lots of fun!
Starja 3 years ago
I did a similar thing once: I purchased a bunch of random costume bits - fake mustaches, big gaudy jewelry, stupid masks, etc, and required everyone to put at least one piece on at the door.
lauralett50 3 years ago
They do this on the show"whose line is it anyway?"
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#6
Do a murder mystery night.
Invite as many people as you know, get everyone all dressed in old garb, turn off the lights, murder Gary in the dark, then call the cops.
Rex-a-Roni 3 years ago
Gary was asking for it. He knows what he did to deserve it.
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ChingoChango 3 years ago
I would be mortified if I was not warned that it was one of those parties. Not my idea of enjoyment
Sarah Schumm 3 years ago
The best one of these I’ve been to was hosted by my friend who’s a stage actress and a lot of the guests were theater friends of hers.
#7
Generally speaking making yourself have a good time increases the energy in the atmosphere which causes everyone to have a good time.
I basically quit drinking a few years ago so when friends have get togethers I'm always sober, the last time I hung out with all my friends I went to the bathroom, and when I came out and I was walking back into the living room I heard a song playing that I like so I started singing it loudly just to amuse myself.
Came stomping out of the hallway into the living room head banging and singing the song, entire living room lit up with laughter and next thing I know I've got everybody standing up and dancing, bouncing around and head banging along with me.
That energy stayed for about 2 hours until people started leaving for the night, without exception every person that was there told me how much fun they had because of me the next time I saw them.
No real secret, you need to be comfortable with yourself and let your natural energy flow, the temperature in the room will raise with you when done naturally and not forced
This also works in bars, clubs, concerts, etc. Anywhere there should be high energy. I can't tell you how many dance floors were dead when we showed up that we were able to make explode with life, and I can't dance nor am comfortable dancing,. You don't need a skill set to jump up and down and clap your hands
Lupita Nyong'heaux 3 years ago
this is very true, especially the dance floor part. nobody usually wants to be the first to start dancing, but all it takes is a few brave souls (usually me and my friends cuz honey badger don't care) and next thing you know, you got a party. :-)
Shyla Bouche 3 years ago
Now I have a mental image of a bunch of badgers rocking out!
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Elizabeth Truss 3 years ago
Sorry, but I'd have to actually be drunk in order to be this outgoing. 🍷
Meanwhile, “if zero alcohol is simply not an option but you still want to be mindful of your health, there are still low- and reduced-alcohol alternatives that are low in ABV (typically between 0.05 and 1.2%) and fewer calories, too.”
For many people, partying is inseparable from consuming alcohol. Peterson argues that “alcohol can make even the dullest parties seem fun and exciting, so when you take it out of the equation, can sober partying really be the same?” According to him, the short answer is yes, “but you’ll have to be creative.”
#8
Nerf guns
mulk 3 years ago (edited)
OOOOOH YES! We had some in one of my past-job. We played it during pause time with these special noisy darts ... Imagine the face we made, when the chief of IT (a 40 years old guy), coming into the office space with a full automated nerf machine gun, the big one...
Samantha Mannion 3 years ago
Yes this!! I mean we were barely adults but when me and my bro moved into a place with his friend, his friends mom bought us all nervous guns for christmas.....it was probably the best random gift ever. Was a few weeks of fun until we lost most of the darts lol.
Lupita Nyong'heaux 3 years ago
upvote for the autocorrect to "nervous guns." LOL
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SageHare37 3 years ago
After formal wedding portraits between ceremony and reception, we had a wedding party and family Nerf/foam dart war. 10/10 would recommend. A bunch of adults clowning relieves tension, and people having a Nerf war in formal clothes made excellent photos. We shopped sales and thrift shops and bought a few extra packs of darts, but it was so fun I've stashed them all for an anniversary party in a few years. Definitely worth the investment.
Verona Bingham 3 years ago
My favourite, set up lots of nerf guns all over for people to discover with huge barrels of bullets all over to recharge!...lol
#9
I can’t recommend the JackBox game series enough for this
Mad Dragon 3 years ago
You can play all in the same room, or screen-share and play each in your own house. It's so much fun!
delicious 3 years ago
yes. quiplash is soooooo fun, and t-ko is awsome too. theres another that i really like but cant remember the name of
oddly_informed_raven 3 years ago
quiplash is my favorite, but my family likes trivia murder party
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Cards against humanity
heather7d@yahoo.com 3 years ago
You haven’t truly laughed until you’ve played Cards Against Humanity with your grandma! My grandma was 92 when we got her playing and OMG, nothing’ funnier than hearing what comes out of her mouth and the kick she got out of her own self!
Tash Wen 3 years ago
oh this can go south very quickly - we've had some really non-PC outcomes of this. Much hilarity, but not for the sensitive types
Monday 3 years ago
Yeah.....it works best if you have a dark humor loving friend group.
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oddly_informed_raven 3 years ago
especially fun with people who like dark humor and VERY lewd jokes
Tracy Wallick 3 years ago
Highly recommend buying 'your stupid jokes' to fill in with your own entries; I think I've filled out half a dozen of those packs with inside jokes, memes, references, etc. All the better if they're still funny even if you don't get the reference.
nuberiffic 3 years ago
I played this game once, and was bored out of my mind withing 10 minutes. Such a bland game.
OmBoyGanesh 3 years ago
Upvoted your downvote. PSA: The comment section is for community conversation & discourse. DOWNVOTES=BANS/PERMABANS. THEY’RE MEANT TO POLICE INAPPROPRIATE & ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR. NOT UNPOPULAR OR DISAGREEABLE OPINIONS.
Load More Replies...“Instead of opting for a house party or a night on the town, choose a venue or activity that is already fun and enjoyable,” Peterson said. Think comedy nights, game nights and karaoke.”
“You could even nurture your inner child with a trip to the bowling alley or the roller skating rink... my friends and I do an '80s roller skating night every year and it's a BLAST!”
#11
I invited a few couples over (some of them pretty religious and don’t drink) but we played adult mad libs. It was hilarious seeing them break out of their shells and just belly laugh at some of the things we all would come up with in that game.
Firstname Lastname 3 years ago
Most nights my boyfriend and I do a madlib before bed so that our dreams have something funny to dwell on instead of all of the negative bits of life. Now I want to get these adult ones for him.
Mine Truly 3 years ago
Smurf is a good one for repressed religious folk. Take turns being "it." The person who is "it" secretly chooses an action, such as brushing your teeth, to refer to as "smurfing." The other player take turns asking things like, "Do you Smurf in the shower," "is it appropriate to Smurf your mother," "is smurfing eating," etc until someone gets it.
Salty_Sasquatch 3 years ago
Our kids would play this with us on long car trips. So much laughing! at the kid versions even!
#12
Those trivia app games you can connect to your tv. Karaoke. Good snack, mock tails, and good friends
delicious 3 years ago
In the picture that's a game called quiplash. I highly recommend it, its SUPER fun
oddly_informed_raven 3 years ago
Jackbox games are the bomb, especially the one in the picture.
#13
Get a giant roll of blank paper, like the back of wrapping paper, and tape it to the back of the bathroom door. Hang a sharpie marker near it. Everybody who uses the bathroom gets to anonymously write graffiti. Make it themed, like it has to be poems, or for a good time call ___, or as a host, don't say a word and see what happens naturally. When I was in college, we did this and some comments turned out to be f-ing insanely hilarious.
Another tip from Peterson is if you live in an area with hills, you could go ice block racing. “That's where you buy large blocks of ice from the local grocer, sit on them, and race your friends down a grassy hill. Get some pool floaties and go float in a river or lake.”
“Or, go the fancy route, save up your drink dollars and indulge in a reservation at a fancy restaurant that you wouldn’t usually attend or an event you’ve wanted to tick off for a while,” he said.
Peterson reminds everyone that most importantly, “if you’re doing these things with people you love and enjoy being around, anything can feel like a party!”
#14
The right type of people. People that can have fun without alcohol make alcohol free parties fun:)
nana pancha 3 years ago
I am trying not to drink because I usually can't control myself after s few drinks, but it's super difficult since all my "friends" (who I don't think they are actually) drink and it is pretty difficult. I hate drinking but I love having fun and I am addicted to that, alcohol has made me see a place where I can be quite funny and people like me a lot! Because of that I haven't made a deep and real relationship with someone besides my bf and it sucks because I am quite young
Kai 3 years ago
When I quit drinking my buddies weren't supportive because they had drinking issues themselves. I made new friends by going to activities: bowling, games, hiking, etc that didn't involve bars or nightclubs. It's a liberating feeling to have fun without additives.
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nana pancha 3 years ago
thank you all for your comments, suggestions and support, it actually means a lot because I have to accept that I have problems with alcohol and I am trying to quit and doing my life as I expected it to be before I started drinking, but college has been harsh since what is it expected as a young person is destruction and stuff like that. hugs to everyone!
#15
Music. Music gets me as high as booze.
#16
Bubbles. They're so fun, and I even want them at my wedding.
Helen Bennett 3 years ago
We had them at our wedding! My dad had the fantastic idea of handing all the children - hell, and any adults who wanted them - a bottle of bubble mix, and party squeakers. It was great! Heartily recommended. I have a lovely memory of a professional-good student brass player who happened to be there (some guests' family member who happened to be staying with them) blowing a party squeaker slowly, carefully, with great care and control, to reach out and tap passing dancers on the back. And little kids running around blowing bubbles. It was a lovely evening and the bubbles got the vibe going amazingly well.
#17
Nerf gun war.
Im talking pillow forts. team captains. Strategy. Stealth.
The whole 9.
#18
I went to this party with go-karts, and they made a whole racetrack with disco lights, music, and hay, and it was honestly the best party I ever went to.
#19
Let a few piglets loose in the house.
JL 3 years ago
Maybe mild chaos. For pure chaos do the same but with alligators.
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Ed Brandon 3 years ago
Yeah, don't worry if it's traumatic, cruel, or dangerous for them, just use animals as tools for your amusement!
Carbonel 3 years ago
Exactly. They’re animals. They are not toys. Or party props.
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The reason piglets run and squeal is because they think you're going to pick them up and eat them. It's a panic response. So if you're okay with doing that, then wow. You're a s**t person to use animals' fear for games. I'm a happy omnivore, it's not some vegan spouting off. Pigs have downcast eyes, it's why they scream when you pick them up. They can't see above them. I have raised pigs. Piglets are very sensitive animals.
JinxBox 3 years ago
Yeah no, sounds like real horror for them baby piglets. Seriously, other living things are not your party entertainment. My brother forces my parrot to attend a pirate party and it almost had a heartattack, then pierced brothers ear in panic, there was blood and screaming and one parrot who would never trust my brother again.
Denise Melek 3 years ago (edited)
You don't "grab some" animals from shelters to toss them in a house of partying people. Have you ever had contact with animals?!
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Cards and board games. The one time we were on a tea shop my cousin brought a game, I think it's called Resistance if I remember correctly. That's still one of my fondest memories ever and we stayed at that shop until it closed at midnight. It's so good we didn't noticed the time.
Phyzzi 3 years ago
This is a great recommendation but for all that is good don't do MTG (like in the picture) unless you KNOW everyone is into it and either has their own decks to bring or has played enough to do draft. Nothing will wreck a party for people like a competitive game with a high bar of entry between novices and experts.
#21
Bad movies.
Making fun of bad movies is always fun.*The Room*, *Red Sonja*, *Samurai Cop 2*.
We also love *Flash Gordon*, which is an absolute masterpiece and I will hear nothing to the contrary.
VonBlade 3 years ago
Bad Movies. Flash Gordon. Pick one. Dispatch War Rocket Ajax to bring back his body.
Kookamunga 3 years ago
Manos, The Hands of Fate. Birdemic. Troll 2. Showgirls. Tarzan (1981). Rhinestone. I love a s****y movie.
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Phobrek Taz 3 years ago
Extra upvotes for "dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum FLASH! AH-AAAH!" ❤️❤️❤️
Demongrrrrl 3 years ago
I had friends who had a complete surround sound home theater. When they played "Flash," the sizzling rocks would start in front of you and then "hit" behind you. Totally awesome.
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TTorrest Author 3 years ago
They said BAD movies. This one's a classic. :)
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#22
I'm putting together a Halloween party this weekend with at least two dozen people coming over. This is the fourth year we've done it and it's always a rager, and probably still would be if there weren't drinks.
I clear out the entire garage. We put a few chairs out, but really only enough for the people who really need it. If people are standing, they're mingling around and making new friends. If they're sitting down, they're probably just going to be introverted and quiet.
The garage is also emptied out because we want people dancing later. We put in the sound bar that usually sits beneath the TV, because it gets loud enough for EDM music and such but isn't so loud that it will annoy the neighbors. We also put in a smoke machine, a blacklight, and a few laser machines. Turn out the regular lights and it might as well be a club in there.
We also have a few DJ's come mix music live. This year it's a good buddy of mine and myself doing a few hour's worth. Sometimes you put on chill stuff so people can talk, sometimes you play harder stuff so people jump around and dance. The real trick is because there's low lighting with just lasers and stuff, people's inhibitions just drop because they can be idiots and have fun without feeling like everyone's looking at them. One of the tricks I've discovered is finding house / wubz remixes of songs that people will already know. If you've got a crowd of thirtysomething's, put on a modern sounding remix of Britney or Get Low and people will lose their mind.
The real thing to think about is the social aspect of stuff. How do you make people come out of their shells and just stop caring that they might look stupid? Figure that out, and you have a fun party.
Phobrek Taz 3 years ago
Besides being full of good ideas, this post really highlights the point of removing pressure from people so they can be less inhibited. It reminds me of this time I went to a record release party in San Francisco. The club had some guy dancing on a pedestal in the middle of the dancefloor, dual-wielding flashlights he'd shine all over potential dancers. Everyone stood as far from him as possible. It was like his own personal force field. Eventually he got tired and left. Dancefloor filled, everyone danced.
#23
Themed! Whether it's themed food, costumes, decor... doing something out of the ordinary helps!
Edited to add: for those with friends unlikely to put the effort in - make a low effort option available (cheap masks, silly hats if costumes)
Tim Pateman 3 years ago
May I commend a Fench theme! Relatively simple outfits, music, decor, and food. It's just finding booze that fits a French theme that's so hard....
#24
Cards, board games, karaoke, games like Mario cart or vr games, building competition (jenga, dominoes, gingerbread houses, toothpicks and marshmallows), hot pot dinners, appetizer party, make your own pizza party, tie dye, costume party, gift competition, shrinkydinks, pictionary, marbles, Jack's, working out, games like mafia (among us, whose the killer, murderville), full virgin bar for fancy dyi sober drinks, book club, rage music with lights and glow sticks and streamers, dance party, guitar hero, yoga, cookie icing competition, your mom, mind puzzles (wooden puzzles, iron puzzles,ext.) Amauture stand up/campfire story sharing, jigsaws puzzles, and everything inbetween.
Amaree Matthews 3 years ago
Ah, but have you played the home-spun Killer Uno??? THAT version TOTALLY makes Uno a RIOT. So much fun and chaos!
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Phyzzi 3 years ago
Hard pass on Your Mom, she's probably too young for me. Also hard pass on "working out" or yoga party, that just sounds like "lets all competitively torture ourselves". Nothing wrong with those in a class or gym setting, or done personally, but it sounds like a miserable thing for a party.
#25
Some friends left some Post-it Notes and a pen in the bathroom and encouraged everyone to stick their 'hai-poos' (haikus) to the back of the door. Some of them were out-of-pocket funny, and people were coming out of the bathroom laughing.
#26
Games and good food.
OmBoyGanesh 3 years ago (edited)
For my birthday this past week, a bunch of friends flew into town with their gaming PCs, Xboxes, PlayStations and Switches for a slumber party weekend & a video game console LAN party. We’re all over 40/50-something years old. 16 of us with a bunch of gaming devices, food, music & movies for 3 days! The best party I’ve ever had!!!
#27
Get some cheap pumpkins and let everybody chop them up with a sword. Super fun if you throw the pumpkin at them and they hit it with a sword midair. Did that at our pumpkin decorating party last weekend, it was a hit.
robin aldrich 3 years ago
So true... cocktails and sword play ...always a recipe for disaster!
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memyselfandI 3 years ago
I’ve done that with onions before, easier to throw but harder to hit.
BasedWang12.7 3 years ago
At a concert I went to, we did a car and a sledgehammer...... Did not disappoint
Thomas Bentley 3 years ago
what I am interested is recommended places to get a sword, please reply if you know any in the UK or online
Phyzzi 3 years ago
Yeah, getting a sword is easy, getting one I would trust to hit pumpkins repeatedly is not. I'm not endorsing this idea at all (some pretty serious safety implications even if everyone is experienced and being as safe as possible) but I would think a commercial machete would be about the best bet for this kind of thing.
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#28
Wii sports
The Blinking Duck 3 years ago
We did this at our last family gathering and had to buy a new TV after our #2 child threw the controller through the screen. We laughed our asses off!
#29
Buy a rhythm game and make people play it
Monday 3 years ago
Preferably an older version of Just Dance that records little dance clips of you and your friends to laugh at after the song ends.
VonBlade 3 years ago
The "mashing potatos/milking cows" bit of Take On Me never fails to raise a laugh.
Load More Replies... The Other Guest 3 years ago
"Making" people play it? I guarantee you I would not enjoy being "made" to play one bit. YMMV of course.
Victoria Anderson 3 years ago (edited)
Does Beat Saber come in a non-VR version? You know, you just put it on a screen instead of a headset so everyone can join in?
#30
Karaoke machine. Strip poker. Or you can even combine them for 'strip karaoke.
Shane S 3 years ago
Strip karaoke sounds like a bad idea. Being naked is a bit awkward, much less standing in front of all your friends to sing naked. I think you may have just described someones recurring nightmare. But other strip games can be fun if you have the right group of friends together!
Agent 8433599 3 years ago
I agree, this would be my worst nightmare but for the right people this could be fun!
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#31
Crowd control and group participation techniques can do the trick. It is often how musicians interact with fans at concerts, the idea is to establish group mentality, groups behave and are influenced differently than individuals. It is playing with fire to some degree, however, because such an event can take on it's own will and become difficult to direct. Ergo angry mobs can occur in such scenarios and they do at times. But by focusing on group activities that people tend to enjoy you have many options. Games like Twister are another option, but such things only work for small gatherings.
Thomas Bentley 3 years ago
get about twenty five twister mats for every seventy people
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#32
The Phonebook* Game: Put a phonebook on the floor, and two quarters, on opposite sides of the book, about a foot away. Now two players stand face to face on the book, and each one has to get one of the quarters without stepping off. Once everyone has a turn, add another book. Go until there's only one couple left. Oh, and you *cannot* get on the book with whoever you came to the party with. Super fun at Halloween parties, when everyone is in costume. *Phonebook: In the olden days telephone service providers would print out a *complete* contact list for the whole town, bind it together in a thick book, and leave it on your doorstep. We called these *phonebooks...*
#33
Hire a magician or a clown and add a pinata and a mariachi band. BEST PARTY EVER!!!!
Your friends will be talking about this for months!
#35
I was once told the secret too a good party, is food, a spot for people to hang out and chat and something to do, like an activity.v
#38
Look up weird games, like the ones they do for bachelorette parties, the ones that are highly suggestive, like one person has to hold a roll of toilet paper between their legs, and another person has to hold a broom handle between their legs and they have to work to get her to get the toilet paper roll into the broom handle. Board games can be a super good way, too, like cards against humanity, or ones that make you do weird stuff. It's so pathetic how some people can only have fun if it involves drinking. Just be creative!
#40
I went to a mid day work team building thing at an indoor go cart track. Didn't want to go, had a strong dislike for most of the people involved. My one buddy and I had a blast nudging people into the walls or spinning them out. We got flagged a bunch and eventually pulled off the track. Overall not a bad afternoon.
What do you think ?
Bec 3 years ago
Idk. I was reading and thinking I am glad I don't get invited to parties because this all sounds pretty stressful to me
Load More Replies... Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
My family plays a game called Pictionary gossip. It is like the game telephone (someone whispers to the next person a sentence and it goes around the circle and you see how close it is to the original phrase). In Pictionary gossip you give everyone a stack of papers that are the same in number as the people in the group. The more people you have the better. Everyone starts by drawing a picture on the paper on the top of the stack. Then when done they pass it to the left. That person looks at the picture and writes a description of the picture and puts the picture on the bottom of the stack and when through passes it left. Now you draw a picture based on the description and put the description on the bottom of the pile. No one can look at anything but what is on top. The game goes on alternating between drawing pictures an writing descriptions until you get to the picture you drew. Now read and share what happened to your picture with the group. Lots of laughter.
Shane S 3 years ago
If you have a game night and invite everyone to bring a game, KNOW your friends. I did this and one of my very nice but brainy friends brought over a ‘nerd’ game with gnomes and construction that totally killed the vibe of the party. Lesson learned. Either select the games yourself, or know what kind of games your friends will bring. Also, nothing wrong with nerds or nerd games if all participants are into them. Mine were not.
Bec 3 years ago
Idk. I was reading and thinking I am glad I don't get invited to parties because this all sounds pretty stressful to me
Load More Replies... Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
My family plays a game called Pictionary gossip. It is like the game telephone (someone whispers to the next person a sentence and it goes around the circle and you see how close it is to the original phrase). In Pictionary gossip you give everyone a stack of papers that are the same in number as the people in the group. The more people you have the better. Everyone starts by drawing a picture on the paper on the top of the stack. Then when done they pass it to the left. That person looks at the picture and writes a description of the picture and puts the picture on the bottom of the stack and when through passes it left. Now you draw a picture based on the description and put the description on the bottom of the pile. No one can look at anything but what is on top. The game goes on alternating between drawing pictures an writing descriptions until you get to the picture you drew. Now read and share what happened to your picture with the group. Lots of laughter.
Shane S 3 years ago
If you have a game night and invite everyone to bring a game, KNOW your friends. I did this and one of my very nice but brainy friends brought over a ‘nerd’ game with gnomes and construction that totally killed the vibe of the party. Lesson learned. Either select the games yourself, or know what kind of games your friends will bring. Also, nothing wrong with nerds or nerd games if all participants are into them. Mine were not.
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