Birthday Party Game

Add some fun to a family birthday celebration! Play a match game!!

There are tons of such games and questionnaires online. I simply googled it, and came up with these questions. I gave everyone a sheet of paper with the questions on them, and we were off! We did three different questionnaires, and there were prizes for each game. Whoever matched the birthday guy got to select a prize from the treat basket. I took the easy way out. I just got candy that I knew were family members' favorites--everything from Junior Mints to Skittles. 

Biography questions about the birthday honoree.

I started with questions about my son's life. Oftentimes there are some obscure ones that his children might not know--like......what was the name of the family's dog? Or who was he named after? And the one that had us all trying to tally--how many first cousins does he have? That one was surprisingly tough!

What are his/her FAVORITES?

This can be harder than it seems. Try it with your brother or sister or your spouse. Many times you'll be surprised even when you've been around them for years. For each of these games, after everyone had completed their questionnaires, we started with the birthday boy reading his answers. You checked off the ones you got right. Whoever had the most matches got to go to the bowl of candy treats. 

The last game I billed as the Lightning Round!

The final game we played was a quick one. I called it the "Lightning Round," but when you look questions up on line, it's often called, "This or That."

Have some fun! Yes, even during this pandemic. We managed to stay six feet apart and even wore our masks. And  adults like party games and digging a favorite candy bar out of the prize treat bowl the same as kids. Honestly you could hear people saying things like, "Oh, a Snicker!" Or, "Gummy Bears! My favorite!" Remember what Michael J. Fox said, "Family is not an important thing. It's EVERYTHING!"

"To us,  family means putting your arms around each other and being there." Barbara Bush

FINAL NOTE:

I almost forgot. A couple of years ago, we played such a game for my sister and brother-in-law's 50th anniversary. So a match game works for anniversaries too. Simply come up with questions about the couple and their marriage and you've got a fun time to be had by all. I even did a blog about it. Check it out: 

​www.gigisseasonings.com/blog/trivia-game-for-a-milestone-family-event