FAMILY REUNION IDEA
It is always fun to plan a few games when you have a family reunion. Games
are diversions in the form of chance, skill, endurance, or a combination
of these, pursued according to certain rules. Games are surely the most
common activity for family reunions. Not only are they fun, but also they
force family members to interact with one another. The only thing more
fun than watching the kids play games together is watching the adults
try to join in as well. Print up certificates and awards to pass out to
the winners. You can also pass out inexpensive treats to all the runners-up
so that everybody "wins" something.
Fun Family Reunion Idea
Scavenger Hunt: Equipment Needed – A list of things to hunt for (one
copy per person or team). How to Play – Give people or groups a list
of things to hunt for, and the first one done wins. The common version is
to have everyone find strange things (tennis ball, piece of string, coconut...)
and bring them back.
Variations – There are a million variations to this. Here are just
a few...
- Cleanup hunt - This version is especially good near the end of the
reunion. Give everyone a list of different types of trash (Dr. Pepper
can, napkin, plastic fork, watermelon rind, etc), or just see who can
pick up the most pieces of trash. No digging in the trashcan is allowed.
They have to find them on the ground.
- Service scavenger hunt - Give them a list of things to do: vacuum
one room, read a book to a small child, wash a window, or sweep the
porch. You can even have them do each of these things at a different
neighbor's home, and the neighbor has to initial the item as proof.
- Family hunt - Give them a list of personal characteristics, and have
them find family members who match (for example, green eyes, no hair,
same color eyes, born the same year).
Ideas for Family Reunions
Fruit Basket: Equipment Needed – People intelligent enough to stand
in a circle.
How to Play: Make a tight circle – no gaps. Each person chooses
a fruit (a little help – strawberry, banana, watermelon, tomato
[yes, it is a fruit], cherry, grape). Then it is in the middle. It calls
out a fruit. Everyone who has chosen that fruit has to run to another
area – an empty space left by a member of the same fruit group.
It tries to get into one of those places, therefore leaving one different.
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