Games to play at a New Years Party | Party Planning Professor

I wanted to throw a kiss filled magical when the clock strikes twelve New Year’s Party. Of course fun and entertainment is always part of the game and depending on the group you can pick what is actually planned for the party. My party was an early party that was thrown that had kids present. We had a blast, both the kids and adults. Here is some of the activities that we opted to do seeing that this particular party was not filled with booze and all that sorts of shenanigans. Our kids were there so we were on our best behavior.

It took some thinking to come up with some ideas on what kind of entertainment a home party could offer guests looking to celebrate a little kiss filled magic when the clock strikes twelve. It didn’t take long for me to come up with a few. I would like to get the more serious one out of the way first. Nothing is more “hot” and romantic as a burning fire late on a winter’s night. If you aren’t in a cold place, an outside fire would get the trick done.

I heard of a tradition that in many South American countries, it has become a tradition to burn human shaped representations of the previous year, as a way to get rid of everything bad that the year brought, and leave way for the new. Now I am not about to suggest to anyone that we burn a human shaped anything. The tradition sounds absurd but the thought of people taking written transgressions from the past 12 months and in turn, cast them into the fire to symbolize a new start. This got me thinking. Those that have been married to a person know that no one is perfect. Here is a chance to take a piece of paper and write down a list of things that they forgive each other for.

This may be something as simple as:

“I forgive you for NEVER helping with the laundry”

or it could be for something more serious but either way you can add this to a written imperfection list. He/She doesn’t have to see it if you do not care to share it. This is just to symbolize as we take our step into the New Year, I am forgiving you for being imperfect. I am letting go of mistakes, I am moving on to a new year. My husband and I have been through a
rough, rough year. Dude, I had a list to go up in flames. (in full disclure:Do this at your own risk).

Forgive yourself for the mistakes you have made and forgive others for being far from perfect. Let it all go…..up in smoke. My guests seemed to like this.

WHOSE LIPS ARE WHO’S???

For a game we had much more fun. I asked each guest to bring a tube of lipstick of their choice. Wow, my guest were fun with this. All the ladies kissed a 3×5 card. On the back in pencil they attached their initials. It was amazing, 3 out of the 5 couples there succeeded in guessing their partner’s lips. It was fun to see each man examine their dates lips and then compare them to the 3×5 card. There was even some bets being placed. Even the kids threw in a couple guesses.

WHAT KISS AM I?

As the party reached closer to 12:00 I put a spin on the “who am I” game. If you have not played the “who am I game” it is when a player has a famous persona written on a 3×5 card and taped to their back. In return the player needs to guess who they are only asking yes or no questions. This is a fantastic ice breaker game. However, the Party Planning Professor version had a twist all on it’s own. Instead of being a famous person they needed to guess what famous celebrity lip locking kiss moment they were. Below were just a few. The game itself was a hoot.

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