Anyone know any really fun ice-breaker games (clean please..!)that could be played at a 40th birthday party??

Answer 1

Musical chairs with a difference........whenever someone misses a chair, they have to buy drinks for at least 12 people.

the winner has their drinks payed for all night...dont know if it will be an ice-breaker..or whether it would cause a riot.

Answer 2

Pin the Tail on the Donkey or how about Pass the Parcel, even Musical Chairs. You could get a Magician too, your mates will love that and what about party bags...........how exciting is your 40th going to be?

Try music and booze!!

Answer 3

Whacko anyone? Details are as follows:
Sit in a circle, and one person will be picked to stand in the centre as the “whacker”. The “whacker” will start by attempting to hit someone with a roll of newspaper or whatever that looks like a baton (and would not hurt the person when you hit him/ her. His/her target must immediately shout out the name of someone else in the circle in order to escape from being hit. The “whacker” must then divert his attention to the person whose name was shouted out by the previous target. If the “whacker” succeeds in hitting someone with the roll of newspaper before his victim can shout the name of someone else, then the victim will become the new “whacker” and the previous “whacker” will take his/her place in the circle. To increase the fun level, you can choose to play a variant called Double Whacko, which can be played by having half the people sitting down, and the other standing up, in 2 circles. Those sitting down in the inner circle cannot call out the names of others when their names are called. Instead, people standing in the outer circle would have to “protect” their partners who are sitting down, by shouting out the name of another person in the inner ring. If a person (A) from the outer ring fails to protect his/her partner (B), B will become the new “whacker”, while A takes the place of B in the inner circle and C, the previous “whacker”, takes the place of A in the outer circle.
Seems complicated, but its actually very easy to play, might bring you back to the childhood days...

Answer 4

Stand everyone in two lines, man- woman, man- woman., Give the first person in each line an orange (or similar) which must be tucked under chin. Point of game is to pass the orange to the person next to you without using hands - very funny when the orange falls into a female's cleavage.

Answer 5

Here's a good icebreaker. Get everyone to sit around a table, and then turn to your left and find out 5 things about the person you are sat next to. Then find out what 1 item they would take if they had to leave on a spaceship! Once you have found this out, you then go around the table and intorduce the person next to you, is lots of fun, and can be very funny!!

Answer 6

A game of "guess who I am" Before your guests arrive make up sheets of paper (1/2 size or index cards) put a famous persons name on it and tape it to each of your guests back as they arrive. It is actually a lot of fun. While people mingle they also ask one another questions.....am i a singer, writer, man, woman etc...... I went to a 30th party and they played this, it worked out great everyone thought it was hysterical... Have prizes ready for the first few guests who actually guess who they are.

Answer 7

Got a cracking game for the end of the party called bucaroo. When someone is blindo and sleeping in the corner everyone takes it in turns to place an object on him/her without waking them. The loser is the one who wakes them causing all the objects to fall. Just like the kids game with the donkey if anyone was wondering. Would be an idea to spike someones drink to guarantee being able to play it though.

Answer 8

I suggest Charades. It's classic, fun and a wonderful way to begin a party.

I'd try to stay away from games such as twister because I doubt at 40, people would want to stretch out and contort their bodies into weird shapes.

Another good game is Monopoly, yet another classic.

Answer 9

cavelier, knights and gentlemen.

everyone pairs up male female.

cavelier:- man kneals down on one knee and the lady sits on other knee

knights:- man piggy backs woman

gentleman:- picks lady up in arms

point of the game is to call out in random, cavelier, knights or gentleman and the last to make the pose is out.

throw in some positions of your own and it will be a hoot!

Answer 10

post it notes - write name of famous people on and stick them on another's forehead. Everyone moves around and asks each other questions that require "yes/ no" answers.

marshmellows - how many marshmellows can you fit in your mouth and still say a tongue twister?

P and S - word association game but you're not allowed to use words beginning with P and s (a drinking game but can be done sober)