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How to Make Photos Into Games

Photographs are the best way to capture the past and see how much you have grown and changed as a person. As people mature and styles change, a person starts to look radically different from their old photographs. Because of this, photographs make excellent subjects for party guessing games. The object of these games are to guess which party guests belong to which old photograph. Photo games encourage mingling, as players need to know more about one another to make guesses. Turning old photographs into party games requires about an hour of prep work and a little help from your friends.

Things You'll Need

Copies of the party guests' old photos
Poster board
Poster tack
Scissors
Craft Paper
Game sheets
Decorative materials
Pens

Instructions

Game preparation
- 1
  Send invitations to guests with a note asking for a copy of one of their old photographs. The photo should be relevant to the party, such as a baby picture for a baby shower or first birthday celebration, a graduation picture for a graduation party or a wedding photo for an anniversary party.
- 2
  Attach the photos to a poster board. Use poster tack so that guests can retrieve their photo later.
- 3
  Cut out a number for each photo using craft paper. Label the photos using the number cutouts.
- 4
  Type up a game sheet by making enough blank numbered lines to match the amount of pictures on the board. Add decorative flourishes such as clip art to liven up the game sheet.
Playing the game
- 5
  Print the game sheets and give each party guest a sheet and a pen as they arrive.
- 6
  Instruct guests to look at the game board and try to guess which picture belongs to which party guest. Encourage guests to mingle and introduce themselves to one another to figure out which picture belongs to which guest.
- 7
  Award a prize to the first player to correctly guess each picture.
- 8
  Reveal the correct answers to the game after a winner has been chosen. This gives the players a chance to show off their old photos and give a word or two about them.

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