Hobbies And Interests
Poster Contest
Introduce games that follow a New Year's Eve "countdown" theme, allowing the teenagers to express their creativity and create decorations to display at the party. Organize a "make a New Year's Eve poster" game by providing the teenagers with pieces of construction paper or poster board, markers, paints and stickers.
Give each person 10 minutes to complete the poster and a list of "rules" discussing what the poster must contain, such as the numbers from one to 10, a clock and the words "New Year's Eve," for example. Display the posters on a wall and give prizes to participants who complete the decoration in the allotted time with the required elements.
Pop Culture Charades
Follow a suggestion from the Family Fun website and organize charades with a New Year's theme that requires players to get teammates to guess pop culture references from the past year. Cut 10 to 20 slips of paper and write the name of a teen heartthrob, a top five movie, a number one song title or a celebrity couple on each slip. Divide the teens into two teams and have a player from the first team stand up and take a slip of paper. If he can act out clues and get his teammates to guess what's on his piece of paper in one minute, his team gets a point. If the team doesn't guess correctly, the other team can earn a point by providing the correct answer.
Countdown Toss
Help the teenagers showcase throwing skills with a quick New Year's countdown game. Set up the teen party game by giving the first player 10 ping pong or tennis balls and having her stand 6 to 10 feet away from a plastic laundry basket. See how many "baskets" she can make while the crowd loudly counts down from 10 to 1. In the event of a tie, tell the finalists to stand farther away from the basket and play again.
Resolution Match
Take a cue from the New Year Games website and organize a resolution game that allows the teens to get to know one another better. Ask each teen to write a New Year's resolution on a piece of paper. If the game "moderator" receives 10 resolutions, for example, instruct the players to number another sheet of paper from 1 to 10. Read each resolution out loud and tell the players to write the name of the person they think wrote the resolution next to the corresponding number on the answer sheet. Award prizes to the players who make the most correct matches.