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How to Make Your Own Costume Game

Costume games can provide ample entertainment and memorable moments for children's parties, slumber parties and even adult parties. Costume games can prove to be effective ice breakers as well as social mixers for parties and events. Costume supplies can be assembled through some minor purchases at a thrift store or by asking all game participants to bring one costume to contribute to the costume closet for the game.

Things You'll Need

Costumes
Index cards
Markers
Stopwatch

Instructions

- 1
  Write out a variety of persona ideas on index cards. This could include broad terms such as a cowboy or specific people such as Albert Einstein. If playing with children, make sure the personas on the cards are recognizable by the age group as well as appropriate to the age of those playing.
- 2
  Assemble all costumes in one area such as a closet or designate a room or multiple rooms for changing.
- 3
  In one variation of the game, a player chooses a card but does not look at the description on the card. The other players read the card and each choose an item of clothing to dress the person to match that persona. If the dressed-up individual guesses the character, she wins.
- 4
  A second variation is similar to the popular game charades. One person at a time chooses a card and reads the persona. He then has three minutes to go to the costumes and create an ensemble to reflect their selected persona. Once dressed, the player must parade up and down in the character of the persona but cannot speak or give hints. The first person to guess the persona wins.

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