Creative Kids Games for an Office Party

Groups

• This is a fun game that helps kids get to know one another at an office party. First, a leader is chosen. Preferably, this is one of the adults at the office party so that all of the children can participate. The leader counts the number of children in the room and calls out a number less than half of the total number of kids. The kids must then run to join arms, creating groups of that number. Those that cannot fit into a group are out. The leader then calls another number out and the children must repeat the previous step, gathering in groups of that number and linking arms. The game continues until there is only a group of two left.

Who Am I?

• This is a fun game to play with kids and adults at an office party. Each player is handed a piece of paper and writes the name of a famous person on it. This person can be a celebrity, cartoon character, political figure, etc. If there are very young children in the group, the group as a whole can decide to all pick cartoon characters or other people that the young children will be familiar with. Once each person has written a name on the piece of paper, they tape it to the forehead of the person to their left, without that person being able to see. The game then begins with the players sitting in a circle. Each player can ask one "yes" or "no" question of the group to try and determine the name of the person on their forehead. They should ask these questions as if the person is themselves. For example, a player might ask "am I an animated character?" or "do I have my own television show?" etc. The game continues until everyone discovers who their person is.

Pop the Balloons

• This is a fun office-party game, but it can be quite noisy. Each child is given a balloon to blow up and tie. The balloon is then placed at the child's feet. When the designated leader (preferably an adult at the office party) yells "go," each player tries to stomp on the other players' balloons while guarding their own with their feet. The players can only use feet; no hands! The last player to have his or her balloon intact wins.

Pick a Fortune

• Pass out slips of paper and have the kids write a fortune on the slip of paper and fold it up. A leader (preferably an adult at the office party) then collects the fortunes and ties them to a cookie. Then, each child is given a cookie and reads his or her fortune. After that, each child goes around the room to find who wrote their fortune. After everyone has found their fortune cookie writer, everyone can eat their cookies!