Party Game Ideas

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	Fun Baby Shower Games Find baby shower games for both girls-only and co-ed baby showers: printable baby shower games like our left right baby shower game and game ideas you can create for free like name games!
	Adult Party Game Ideas Adults want to have fun too! These adult party game ideas feature easy party games that you can play with little to no planning. Plus you'll also find ice breaker games, printable party games, and more fun than adults are generally allowed to have!
	Adult Charades It should be illegal to have this much fun at a party. Find out what makes these charades unique among all others. With themed charades games like Birthday Charades, Gender Bender (the battle between the sexes), Shameless Charades (the games of euphemisms), Bridal Shower Charades, and more. You can play a charades game for any type of party with any party theme!
	Left Right Games These Left Right Games are the best!!! With specifically designed Left Right games for birthdays, bridal showers, baby showers, bachelorette parties, holidays, and more, these party game ideas are tailor made. The Left Right game is a fun gift exchange game that's popular for giving inexpensive gifts, gag-gifts, re-gifts, and party favors. Find out how to play, how to write a Left Right story and how to print our left right poems for your next party!
	Teen Party Games Maria shares her favorite teen party games. You won't find boring ordinary teenage party games here! Only original, energetic, gut-bustingly funny party activities for teens and tweens.
	Our Printable Party Games Check out our printable party games for party game ideas. We have a Left Right Gift Exchange Game, "Collect 'n' Connect" Ice breaker game, Gender Bender, Charades and more.
	Ice Breaker Games Our ice breaker activities include great group party games, particularly for large groups where people don't know each other, or you'd like them to know each other better. Find activities for large home parties and office party games: the "Collect 'n' Connect" Ice breaker, Common Denominator Icebreaker Game and visitor submissions of party game ideas.
	Funny Conversation Starters Funny conversation starters cards get the party moving just as much as any party game will! These conversation starter cards were a hit at my Christmas party. They help make any party conversation extraordinary.
	Casino Night Party Theme Here you'll find an invitation suggestion, instructions for card games to play like Black Jack (Twenty-one), I Doubt It, Five Card Stud, and Poker. There's a printable poker hand order ranking sheet as well.
	Traditional Mexican Games Add these traditional Mexican games to our traditional Mexican menu, and other Mexican food ideas, and you've got a fun Mexican themed party. Ole!
	Outdoor Movie Theme Party This is one of our favorite creative party theme ideas! Show a movie and decorate to the theme. To get even more elaborate, have guests come as the characters to a well-known cherished cult classic.
	Block Party and Outdoor Group Party Game Ideas Our block party ideas page includes parade ideas for neighborhood fun, orchestrating a pot-luck, talent show and other games and activities for a large, diverse group of neighbors.
	Scavenger Hunt Party Themes with Free Printable Lists Scavenger Hunts are great games that help inspire a theme. We have 5 free already formatted scavenger hunt lists you can print out. There
	Oscar Academy Awards Party One of our biggest contributors of creative party theme ideas, Michele, shares this one: have an Oscar Academy Awards Party. This includes some inexpensive decoration, invitation, activity and food ideas.
	Brown Bag Party This is Tracy's very funny and fabulous brown bag party. This idea is for both men and women -- a bag can be a trash bag if you like. This is one of the few party ideas that features a loser prize.

Party Themes with Gifts and Gift Exchange

	Jewelry Exchange Party With this home party great party favors are built in. You can now "shop" for jewelry, accessories, purses and even shoes without breaking out the plastic!
	Mystery Gift Exchange This gift exchange game is a true original. It combines truth or dare, musical chairs and Russian doll styled wrapped gifts for fun surprises to delight everyone involved. It works for kids' or adult parties.
	White Elephant Gift Exchange Game This gift exchange game is a classic. Our guests clamour for the white elephant gift exchange game every Christmas party. But it also works for other parties where everyone brings a gift.
	Christmas Office Party Games Find classic and unusual Holiday and Christmas party game ideas for the office: Jingle Mingle, ice breaker activities, gift exchange games and printables for your office party.
	More Gift Exchange Games Other Gift Exchange Games including a Halloween gift exchange game that's the black cat's meow! This game is aptly named "Trick or Treat". It's hard to know what you'll get, but it's sure to include laughs.

List of Role Playing Parties

	Mystery Games and Mystery Parties These mystery Games bring your typical board game to the next level. You are your character: you and your guests are the suspects! We show you how to play, give you a suggested mystery dinner menu, and tell you where you can find mystery and scandals games online.
	Outbreak Mystery Party An alternative to "Who done it?" is "Whose got what disease, and is there a cure?" Brittany recounts a her hilariously crazy themed party idea with a mystery built in. Possible plots and food ideas are part of her story. We awarded this entry runner up in May's competition.
	Clue Mystery Game Party Ariana of Richmond, Virginia shares her ideas on how to make the popular Clue Mystery Game even more fun. Her suggestions include dressing the part, what it means to "conceal" clues, dinner and attention to details like decorating to suit the evening.

Your entire party can be centered around party games. Games can inspire the theme, invitation and dress.

• Mystery Dinner Party Games
• Cocktail Party Games
• Gift and Gift Exchange Party Ideas
• Games for Themed Parties
• Role Playing Parties
• Games for Home Parties: Ice Breakers, Conversation Starters, Silly Party Games, and Drinking Games
• Pin the Tail on the Donkey for Adults
• Purse Party Game: For Girls' Night In
• Games for Ladies Night Parties: From Scavenger Hunts to Panty Personality Party Game
• Summer Games: Fun Outdoor Games
• Hawaiian Luau Party Games: Games and Contest Ideas
• Pinata Party Game: And Traditional Mexican Fiesta Games
• Trash to Cash Party: Visitor's Submission
• Printable Party Games: From "Pin the Tail" to "Football Squares"
• Group Party Games
• Halloween Party Games

Game themed parties are perfect for getting everyone in on the action. One visitor wrote in her idea called, "The Price is Right Party" on our Game Show Themed Party page. Guests bring a dish for a pot-luck dinner and bring unwanted items from around the house ... everything from coffee mugs to Aunt Milly's hand crocheted toilet tissue cover.

Games are played in order to exchange gifts. We think this is a perfect match for poker parties. The ante begins with a hole-punch and is raised with a table lamp!

Other game themed parties include playing mystery games - party games where each guest participate in solving a mystery. Or, "Return to Childhood" with pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey and pinatas make hilarious adult birthday party game ideas. You can read all about real parties where this has been done on the "Spaghetti Western Fiesta" Page and Adult Birthday Party Ideas page.

And, of course, everyone loves backyard party games for backyard parties, family reunions, and tailgating parties.

Party games can also be more subtle as well. Social Bingo is a great example of this. Give our free bingo cards to each guest. Guests must fill their bingo cards by meeting other guests who match the description in each bingo square. Visit the Icebreaker Games Page for complete instructions on how to play.

Whether you're hosting a bachelorette party, engagement party, adult birthday party, or celebrating holiday, there's a game that's just right. Party game ideas, creative party theme ideas, printable party games, and even recipes to match your occasion can be found under each special event listed on our home page.

Cheers to great party game ideas!

Themed Parties with Party Games or Activities

With a poker night invitation, send a playing card along with your invitation that guests must bring with them for the first hand.

Note that we also mention "role-playing" games as a party focus. So have a look at this category too for party game ideas.

Share your Party Game Ideas!

These party game ideas were submitted during our June 2010Themed party ideas contest.

We received many good ideas. We hope you find these party ideas useful inspiration for your next party.

Are you the hostess with the mostest? Or want to rave about someone who's party was the best? Feel free to add your own party game ideas to the list.

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