Drinks and snacks are just two-minute aspects of a good adult birthday party, but the most important one is the entertainment you provide your guests. You want them to have fun, stay engaged, and laugh all the way through the night.
With a few unique games and activities, we believe you can do precisely that. We’ve rounded up six of the best ones that will work with any adult party regardless of the theme. Try them out and put these ideas into practice for an unforgettable night of enjoyment.
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Adult Birthday Party Games and Activities
Here’s Here’s a fun mix of classic and unique games designed exclusively for adults. Some of them may be a bit naughty, involve drinks, but all of them will be amusing. You can tweak the game based on the number of guests and the adults birthday party supplies you have on hand.
1. Murder Mystery Games
A fun-filled night calls for a bit of drink, food, cake, and then an intense game of figuring out a murder case. Chances are, this game will probably take you the entire evening, and you might not even have time to play the other ones; but it will all be worth it. For those who don’t don’t know, murder mystery games involve some of the guests pretending to be suspects of a murder case and the rest figuring out who the murderer from the suspects is.
You can also plan ahead by keeping a murder case, cue cards ready and even ask your guests to dress up the part. For example, you could keep a 1950s murder theme.
2. Never Have I Ever
Looking to have some fun with a drinking game? Then this one’s one’s for you. But beware, you might need lots of alcohol to get through it. You can also have non-alcoholic variants of this game. No party is complete without a classic game of Never Have I Ever. You can create a long list of statements beforehand, have your guests sit together with their drinks, and then begin calling out each statement. Make sure you choose things that would raise a few eyebrows because that would make the game all the more engaging and lead to lots of truth spilling.
3. Reverse Charades
If you want to have the funniest adult birthday party, then you must include this game. What you need for this game are random cards with words on them that people can act out. You can use cards from other games like Taboo or Pictionary if you don’t have the Reverse Charades board game itself. Or, you can make your list of random words on a piece of paper.
In reverse charades, instead of one person acting out the word while the rest of the group guesses, it will be the other way around. Only one person will be acting while the rest act out the word together.
4. Story Starters
An interesting activity for an adult birthday party is using cue cards that can help strike a conversation between individuals through having one person share an exciting story and then let the rest continue. The cue cards can be personalized birthday party supplies that you can get custom-made beforehand. This activity can work well even when people know each other, but it is particularly great as an icebreaker at parties where everyone does not know each other well.
In this game, one person starts a story, and the others have to make up the story as they go along. This goes on and on until every person has shared something. You can expect lots of laughter and surprises with this game.
5. Name The Song
Another classic adult birthday party game that will have your guests at the edge of their seats and thoroughly engaged is through naming the song. In this game, one person has to play bits of songs, and the rest have to guess which one it is. Those that do get to have a point. In the end, you can get the person with the lowest score to do whatever you want them to. You could also finish off the night dancing and playing the songs you had just guessed. All in all, it’s it’s a fun game that you can play in large or small groups.
6. Who Am I?
Get cards with celebrity names premade for the party and have one person stick the card to their forehead without seeing what it says. Then, the other guests have to act out, provide cues, and help the individual guess who the celebrity on the card is. This is a fun game that you can play all night long, but beware, it might get too competitive!
Final Words
Having games and activities at birthday parties doesn’t doesn’t have to be just for kids. with these exciting ideas, you can have an entire evening of fun and laughter. Don’t Don’t forget to check out TippyToads for all your adult party supplies, whether you want to get unique ones or have them custom-made!