Party Games

Alien Tiger Cow

Instructions

The group forms a circle.
On the count of three all players strike a pose and make a noise as an alien, a tiger, or a cow.

Alien: Hold your two index fingers up to your head like antennae and say "Bleep blorp!"
Tiger: Throw your hands out like your clawing and roar.
Cow: Hold your hands up to you stomach with your fingers sticking out like udders and say "Mooo!"

Then repeat!
You can play with the intention of everyone trying to land on the same pose or eliminate the minority group each time until there is only one or two players left.

Purpose

This is a fun easy way to warm up. Great for children or beginners.

Tags

Child Friendly - Exercise - Party - Warm Up -

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Bad Rap

Description

Players stand in a circle and snap, clap, or pat a rhythm.
Everyone chants together in rhythm: bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap.
The first player raps a line, establishing the rhyming word.
Everyone chants together between each line.
The next player raps a line setting up an obvious rhyme for the last word of the previous line but then chooses a non rhyming word to end the line.
The next player in the circle uses the last word of the previous line to set up an obvious rhyme but then again doesn't go for it.
Continue the pattern as long as your group likes!

Example

Group: bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap
Player 1: I sure would like to eat a snack!
Player 2: (thinking of the rhyme pack) I always stick together with my wolf crew!
Group: bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap
Player 3: (thinking of the rhyme dew) I love the grass in the morning covered in wet!
Group: bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap
Player 4: (thinking of the rhyme debt) I have bag credit because I'm in finance bad!
Group: bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap
etc...

Variations

Have the next person finish your line with the non-rhyming word.
Example:

Group: bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap
Player 1: I sure would like to eat a snack!
Group: bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap
Player 2: (thinking of the rhyme pack) I always stick together with my wolf...
Player 3: crew!
Group: bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap bad rap _ bad rap _ bad rap

Tips

Try to set up the next person with an easy word to rhyme. Single syllable words are usually safe.
As soon as you hear the person before you's end word, think of a rhyme, then build up to it and pick a different word at the last second.
Synonyms are usually the way to ge, but a curveball can be fun too.

Tags

Exercise - Listening - Musical - Party - Warm Up -

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Big Booty

Description

Players form a circle and designate someone to start as Big Booty.
The rest of the players starting to the left of big booty will be assigned a number, starting at one and counting up.
To start the game the players will all start patting, snapping, or clapping a moderate rhythm.
All together everyone chats "Awwww snap! Big Booty Big Booty Big Booty!"
Big Booty will start by saying "Big Booty number #" in rhythm, filling in the # with one of the players numbers.
That number player will respond with their own number and then another number with the format "number #(their number) number #(a new number)".
They can also send it back to big booty like this: "number #(their number) Big Booty".
If a player messes up by saying their own number, not realizing they've been called, or taking too long everyone chants says together: "awww snap!" then they go to the end of the line and everyone who was after them moves down a number.

Example

Everyone: Aww snap! Big Booty Big Booty Big Booty!
Big Booty: Big Booty Number 3
Player 3: Number 3 number 8
Player 8: Number 8 number 5
Player 5: Number 5 Big Booty
Big Booty: Big Booty number 2
Player 2: Number 2 Number 7
Player 7 is blindsided: Uhh uhhh uhh
Everyone: Awww snapp
Player 7 goes to the end(the right of big booty) and everyone from number 8 and higher moves down a number.
Rinse and repeat!

Purpose

This game makes a great warm-up, or ice-breaker.
Players of this game need to be in the moment and listening, ready to react and respond when called up.

Tags

Exercise - Listening - Party - Warm Up -

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Bunny Bunny

Description

The group forms a circle and everyone begins patting their legs in rhythm and chanting "zoom-ba zoom-ba".
One player will start by saying(in rhythm) "bunny bunny" while making two pairs of bunny ears with their hands and pointing them at themself.
That same player with then repeat the above step but point the bunny ears and someone else in the circle.
That person who was pointed to will repeat the above two steps pointing to a new person, and we pass it around the circle.
While any player is doing the bunny ears part, the two players on either side of them should face towards them and wave their arms left and right chanting "ticky tocky ticky tocky"!
This game can go as long as it needs to or until it feels like we've exhausted the fun or novelty of it.
Optionally the group can slowly ramp up the speed and end it once it becomes to fast to continue.

Purpose

Great warm up to just prepare to be silly.
Helpful listening exercise.
Good for building up energy.

Tags

Child Friendly - Energy - Listening - Party - Warm Up -

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Mind Meld

Description

Players form a circle.
Players think of a random word and raise their hand.
The first two players to do so will count down from three and say their word at the same time.
Everyone now tries to think of a word the connects the two previous words.
You can't repeat a word that's already been used in a round.
The first two to think of a connecting word raise their hand then count down from three and say their words at the same time.
The goal is for the two players to say the same word at the same time and the round ends when that happens.

Example

Two players: 3... 2... 1...
Any player: Car! (at the same time) Any other player: Peanut!
A leading player, teacher, or anyone can repeat the two words for anyone who didn't catch them.
Leader: Car and Peanut!
Two players: 3... 2... 1...
Any player: Shell! (at the same time) Any other player: Inside!
Leader: Shell and Inside!
Two players: 3... 2... 1...
Any player: Clam! (at the same time) Any other player: Crab!
Leader: Clam and Crab!
Two players: 3... 2... 1...
Any player: Seafood! (at the same time) Any other player: Seafood!
Celebrate accordingly as decided by your group!

Purpose

Played with speed this can be a good get out of your head game.
This game helps establish a group mind, helping improvisers see how each other thinks and makes connections.

Tips

Play with energy.
Try and keep the speed up between guesses.
Don't be precious trying to think of the perfect connection, just go for it.

Variations

You can play it around the circle rather than by raising your hand to volunteer.
You can play speed mode where you don't take any time between guessers and imediate start counting down from three after each set of guesses.
You playing in pairs or a larger group.

Tags

Exercise - Listening - Party - Warm Up -