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Bags and Bocce
For outdoor parties, teens can hold bocce ball and bag tournaments. Bocce ball is played with two teams of two players, each one taking turns trying to toss a ball closest to a marker. Bags are played with bean bags and scoring boards. Players get points for tossing the bags onto the board or into the hole located on each board. Have two teams compete and then two more teams. The winner of each game will play against one another in the championship match.
Singing
Let your teens try to become the next American Idol with karaoke games. These singing games have been released on gaming platforms such as Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2. These games can score how well players are performing, adding a bit of competition for players. This can be especially fun if all the members of your party are tone deaf and are singing for the fun of it.
Celebrity
For a new take on charades, have players split into two teams and try to guess the name of a celebrity written on a piece of paper. The player giving the clues cannot say the name of the actor but can use movies the actor has starred in or scandals they've been part of. Have each player write down the name of five celebrities and put them in a basket. Each team gets one minute to guess as many celebrities as possible. Play until all the names have been drawn.
How Well Do you Know Your Friends?
In the tradition of the television game show "The Newlywed Game," this activity is best played by a tight group of friends. Have everyone form teams of two, with one person acting as the host. Split the teams up and have one member of the team write down answers to questions provided by the host. These questions should be something that the teammate might know about his partner such as her first crush or favorite television show. After teammates have written down their answers, bring the other players into the room and ask them the same questions. If they can guess what their teammate wrote down, they score a point. The winner is the team with the most points at the end of four rounds.
Scavenger Hunt
Split the group into several teams of three to four teens. Give each team a list of common items that can be obtained by going door to door in the neighborhood. Include items such as a can of beans or a quarter with a minting date prior to 1999. Send each team out in different directions to avoid having them all go to the same houses. Award a prize to the team that returns first with all the items on their list. This game works best in a neighborhood but can be altered for urban settings by sending each team out with a camera and having them take photos of items on the list such as a fountain or a green car.