Shenanigans is a guessing game that I first learned from my Australian niece, who picked it up during her time at college in the capital, Canberra. Be sure to give this truly fun game a try: it has brought hours of that kind of engaging, fun, laughter filled connection that helps make life so sweet.
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Small groups of party goers fill in a mad lib form, specifically related to the day’s events. Each group chooses a reader or two and at an appropriate moment they read their creations to everybody else. usually to howls of laughter. “Matt and Stephanies’ Wedding Mad Lib”
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Party goers celebrate by taking a favorite love or hobby of the celebrant and making it into a shared activity with friends and family.
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Party goers celebrate by taking a favorite love or hobby of the celebrant and making it into a shared activity with friends and family. “Jamie Loves Chocolate Ice Cream”
(more…)Party goers earn points for getting the correct answer to questions about the life of the person(s) being celebrated.
(more…)Party goers write two lines of a poem to honor the celebrant. At an appropriate time (before the happy birthday song or before the toasts) one or more of the guest read the poem(s).
(more…)Party goers do “blind contour drawings” of the celebrant(s) (no worries about skill level). These drawings are then attached together to make a “quilt” co the celebrant(s)
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