Partner Up
Backward ABCs
Starting from L - write the alphabet backwards.
One-handed Penny Stacking
Give players a pile of 25 or so pennies and have them stack them using only one hand. Whoever stacks the most pennies wins.
M&Mmmmm's
Players place a straw in their mouth and use suction to transfer a pile of 25 M&M’s from one plate to another in under one minute. Only one hand may be used to hold the straw. Everyone gets to eat their candy when the round is finished!
Guess the Number
In each jar, guess how many of the specific object is in the jar
Name that Tune
Play five-second snippets of 12 songs (totaling one minute). Have participants write down the songs they think they just heard. Winner is the person with the most correct!
Keep It Up
Tell players or teams they must keep a balloon afloat for one minute. Additional rules are up to you: tell them they can use only their heads, toes, etc. or just say “anything goes.” If the balloon touches the ground, they’re out. The last person or team standing wins.
Rubber Band Shooting Range
Stack several empty soda cans into a pyramid and have players shoot rubber bands at them, attempting to knock down the pyramid. Whoever has the fewest cans standing at the end of one minute wins.
Cookie Face
Have players tilt their faces up and place a small cookie on each of their foreheads. Tell them they have one minute to get the cookie to their mouth without using their hands. Whoever does it the fastest wins (and gets a sweet snack)!
Solve the Riddles
Solve the math riddles
Chain Reaction
Name as many chain restaurants/fast food places as you can in one minute
Toss it
Divide into pairs and have the partners stand at least three feet apart. Give each partner a paper cup and a handful of Paperclips. Have them try to toss the paperclips into their partner’s cup. The pairing with the most paperclips in their cup wins
Water Pong
Fill plastic cups with water and place six on the opposite end of a table.
Throw ping-pong balls with the goal of landing in the cups.
The winner is the person who sinks the most shots in a minute.
Pile of Kisses
Give players a bowl of Hershey kisses and have them unwrap them with their nondominant hand, whoever has the most unwrapped after a minute (or finishes first) is the winner
Time Tables
Fill out as many of the equations in one minute as you can
State Game
Name as many states in 1 minute as you can
Dizzy Mummy
One partner will hold a roll of toilet paper while the other unrolls it while spinning, attempting to cover himself with it and look like a “mummy” by the end. The winning team will have the least amount of toilet paper left on the roll after 60 seconds.
Roller Rings
Set up several paper or plastic rings on the floor about 10 feet away from your players, and have them attempt to roll tennis balls into the rings. Whoever has the most balls in a ring at the end wins.
Stuff It
Figure it out
Solve as many equations in 1 minute as you can
Mr. President
Name as many Presidents in 1 minute as you can
Interview Time
Split into pairs, and give each person a chance to interview the other for one minute, taking notes. The winner of the challenge is the person who can recite the most facts about the other person after the interview. For instance, hometown, favorite drink, job title, etc.
Blindfold Bowling
You can play this with really anything you can think of for bowling pins – cones, water bottles, even toilet paper ghosts if you want to do pumpkin bowling like we did in these Halloween party games.
The rules are simple – bowl blindfolded as many times as needed until you knock all the pins down or until the minute is up. This is definitely one where you’ll want a team to help get the ball(s) back to whoever is bowling!
Tic Tac Tweezer
Grab a bowl of Tic Tacs or other tiny candy and have participants use tweezers to pick them up one at a time and carry them across the room and put them in a different bowl. If players drop their candy on the way, they have to pick it up using only the tweezers. Whoever has the most in their bowl when the timer goes off wins.
Budgeting
Help solve these budgeting problems
Capital Game
Name as many state capitals as you can within 1 minute