Christmas party games: 5 fun ideas for a truly festive get-together

By NIKA ROQUE, GMA Integrated News

Published December 1, 2022 10:56am

With easing restrictions, you can say Christmas parties are totally back in the agenda.

With that, essential party game ideas. While Bring Me, virtual quizzes, and Pinoy Henyo have become every party's dependable reliable, allow us to give you fresher, and more fun ideas for a totally whack Christmas party!

Just prepare some awesome prizes — ehem, money — to truly bring out the competitive spirit!

1. Roll a can and earn some cash

This is a very easy game no one can lose. Simply set up different bills on a table in a line. Your loved ones will roll a can or bottle, and win whatever bill it lands on.

If you’re a K-Pop stan, we’re thinking you can do this with photocards too.

2. Put out a candle or get hit

Speaking of unusual games, check out this one involving a candle and a paper plate with whipped cream.

All you have to do is put out a candle’s flame using your hands. If you’re not able to do that, you will immediately get hit in the face with some whipped cream—you won’t even have time to catch your breath!

3. Agawan sapatos

This game is slowly becoming a Filipino party classic, and with good reason. It gets people active and brings out everyone’s competitiveness.

In Agawan Sapatos, one person will serve as the game’s host. The players are set in two lines, with a shoe in the middle.

The host will shout out different body parts that the players must touch. When they scream out “shoe!” the person who grabs the shoe first wins the round.

4. Gupit Tali!

This is a bit of a challenge to set up, but still, nobody can lose.

Different bills are tied onto a string and stuck on a board. To play the game, you have to cut off a piece of string with scissors, and you’ll win the money attached. The exciting part is that since the strings are all mixed up, you wouldn’t know which bill you’ll end up getting!

5. Beer pong, but with money

This game will bring the thrill.

Stick some cups at the end of a table with corresponding money for each. Players will roll a ping-pong ball across the table. Then when it lands in a cup, they will win the bill.