Alright, we’ve been there and done that. Very frequently, we get ‘arrowed’ to be the one of the Christmas committee members responsible for planning the much awaited (or dreaded) year-end party. If YOU alone ARE the Christmas committee, I’m so sorry bro. You’re so suay lah.
Suan siao (read sarcasm) aside, we’re here to help. If they give you minimal budget and expect you to come up with games maciam beer pong, we have you covered here. Cause we’ve combed the internet to have 3 Fun Games Everyone Will Love even if they kpkb say don’t like to attend parties. In the end, the only kpkb you will hear is their screams of excitement and joy.
Let’s say before the start of all the games, you would have divided and seated everyone into respective groups.
- Build The Tallest & Strongest Building Using Materials You’re Provided With That Can Withstand Natural Disasters
Time required: 30 minutes
What you need per competing group:
2x deck of poker cards ($4-$5)
1x bar of plasticine ($1-$1.50)
1x roll of scotch tape ($0.80)
Total: $5.80-$7.30
How to Play: Distribute the materials to all the groups and inform them about the not-so-natural disasters that you will be intentionally causing to their buildings. Give them about 30 minutes to build and the Xmas committee will be the panel of judges. Tallest building gets awarded some points, strongest building gets awarded some points.
Editor’s Note: This is the one of the easiest-to-execute games ever. And probably the best to break the ice amongst team members. They have to rack their brains together, strategize and get their hands dirty to build the tallest/strongest tower ever to compete with other groups. That said, there will definitely be a lot of talking and hands-on building involved.
Desired Outcome: Cultivate and promote team spirits and communications
- Telephone Charades
Time required to play: 30 minutes per group
What you need:
2x plain white flash cards ($1.70-$2.20)
1x marker (free, just use the office one la)
Total: $1.70-$2.20
Pre-Game Instructions: Before the party, please make sure you have combed the internet for easy-to-act out vocabulary so that you don’t sabo your colleagues at the party ok. A few suggestions we have: pole dancer, Gangnam style, wedding proposal, Michael Jackson, catching a butterfly…
How to Play: Invite each group out to the front or up on stage to ‘perform’. Get them to form a straight line and you show a card to the first person in line. He will then have to act out whatever was shown to him to the second person in line. And the second person to do so to the third person and the list goes on. The last person in line will have to announce to the whole party on what they think the answer is. You may give clues such as “this is an occupation”, “ this is an action” , “a famous celebrity”, “three words altogether”. For a short clip on how to play, refer to YouTube user CHONYEE’s video.
Editor’s note: This is MY favourite Xmas game thus far. Because I guarantee (confirm plus chop) you that the whole room will be shaking with hysterical laughter. Remember you can always tweak a little to the game rules, scoring criteria etc to suit the needs of your Xmas party. Trust me, your CEO and boss will be so proud of you and finally remember your name after this. Actually the whole company will. Cause this game is the one that’s going to create a lot of memorable times.
Desired Outcome: Cultviate and promote teamwork, body language communications (wink wink), and LOTSA joy
- Human Christmas Tree
Time required to play: 30 minutes
What you need per competing group:
2x coloured crepe paper ($3-$5)
1x pair of scissors (again it’s free because you just use the office one)
1x aluminum foil ($3.50-$4)
*optional: coloured construction paper, magazine pages etc
Total: $6.50-$9
How to Play: Need we say more? Each group will assign someone to be the tree and zhng him or her up. The Xmas committee will be the panel of judges. The most beautiful ‘tree’ wins.
Editor’s note: The person who suay siao dressed in green will hate you. Cause everyone confirm + chop sabo him to be the tree. But for good fun and Christmas spirits, remind everyone it’s the season of giving after all.
Desired Outcome: Cultivate and promote teamwork, communications, sense of aesthetics