Great Dinner Party Games

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1 Great Dinner Party Games Four printable dinner party games to play after Dinner (or anytime!). Includes: The Cereal Box Party Game Hot Camera Party Game New Name Party Game Evil Pictionary Party Game (Includes printable question and drawing sheets) These are totally free and easy to use Just print and play! Copyright 2008 Divine Dinner Party.com. All Rights Reserved.

2 The Cereal Box Party Game (or, Reverse Limbo) This is a game that will have the players falling down on their butts-- and the guests falling down laughing. Doing well requires lots of flexibility and more than a little creativity of movement. All you need to play this is an empty cereal box and a pair of scissors. Cut or tear the flaps off of a cereal box (or similarly shaped cardboard box). You should have a tall, hollow cereal box. Place the box in the center of a room far away from any pieces of furniture. Move things out of the way if you have to, because people will be toppling all over the place. In order, each guest will need approach the box, bend forward, and pick it up with their teeth. Only their feet may touch the floor, and only their mouth may touch the box. Players can bend their bodies any way they like in order to pick up the box. No part of their body (other than the feet) may touch the floor. Falling over or touching the floor ends in elimination. That was easy, right? Now it gets complicated. Next, cut and inch of height from the box to make it shorter and have everybody take another turn. This is when the less flexible people in the group start to topple like felled trees-- a pretty funny sight. Continue cutting and playing until there's only one player left. To see how the game is played, check out our (rather hilarious) video at:

3 The Hot Camera Party Game This is a great party game idea you can have lots fun while recording memories the whole thing will be caught on camera. All you need to play this camera version of "hot potato" is a regular camera (digital works best) with a flash and self timer. Guests stand or sit in a circle. The first player sets the timer on the camera, then points the camera at him or herself for a moment (the camera should be kept at arm's length). He or she then passes it to the person on the left, who repeats the process until the timer goes off and the camera takes a photograph. The loser (the person holding the camera when it goes off) must either do a punishment or forefit (think of some funny punishments beforehand, such as "tell a stupid joke," "take a shot," "wear this stupid hat," etc.). Then the game begins again. Don't use your best camera for this party game-- in the rush to get rid of the thing it'll get dropped! For more great party games, check us out at:

4 New Name Party Game This one is great ongoing game for a dinner party or adult birthday party. All you need are pennies or small red stickers (depending on how you want to play-- details below), white nametag stickers, and a pen to play this game. Some ideas for funny names for your guests is important, too! Before the party, take some time to make up funny or silly names for each guest. If you're throwing a theme party, use names that fit in which your theme. Write the names out on stickable nametags and give each guest his or her "new name" to wear when they arrive. Throughout the party (or for a set time-- your choice) guests must use their made-up name when talking about themselves, and all guests must refer to other guests as the name on their nametag (whether speaking to them or about them, they cannot use their actual names). This can be surprisingly difficult, especially within a group of people who know each other well. There are two ways to play this game-- "Measles" or "Pennies." In the highly embarrassing measles version, those who make a name mistake are made to wear a red dot-shaped sticker on their face. The person with the most stickers (or measles) at the end of the night loses. In the pennies version, the person who catches another guest saying a forbidden name gets a penny. The person with the most pennies at the end of the night wins. Note: This game has a lot of variations. For instance, instead of names, you can make up a list of words beforehand (or have your guests help decide) that are forbidden during the evening. Whenever one of those words is used, the one who catches it is given a penny. For more great party games, check us out at:

5 EVIL Pictionary Evil Pictionary is one of the most hilarious games you can play-- and one of the simplest. There's no need to buy the expensive game board all you need to play this party game is some pens/pencils, pads of paper (or a whiteboard and marker), and a wicked imagination. To start, sort your guests into teams of two to three people. Each team should be given paper and pencil. Designate one person each game as the "Evil Overlord." This person will come up with the words or phrases that will be used in play. He or she will show that word to one player on each team, who will have to draw it for his or her teammates. As with regular Pictionary, no symbols or characters can be used. The first team to guess the word or phrase wins a point. Team members will need to take turns doing the drawing. Decide on a number of rounds in a game beforehand, and tally the rounds to find a winner. The Evil Overlord should try to make the words and phrases as hard as possible-- though it should be possible to communicate them through drawing. Try movie titles, abstract concepts, etc. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins that game. This is a lot of fun, so you'll probably want to play several, changing the Evil Overlord each time. This is called Evil Pictionary for a reason-- it's one of the more devilish adult party game ideas. Cheating is allowed, and teams are allowed to scope out the (sometimes better) drawings of other teams to figure out the answer. Have fun with it! Note: You can also play this game without an Evil Overlord. To do this, the game is played only one team at a time instead of all teams together. The opposing team gets to make up the word or phrase that must be drawn, then laugh diabolically as the player tries to draw it. This allows everybody to play, and encourages almost vicious competition to come up with the best (hardest) words or phrases. If playing this way, you might want to set limits to the kinds of words beforehand to keep teams from making play impossible-- it happens!