Let’s be real, being a host isn’t exactly guaranteed to be stress-free. This sentiment is amplified tenfold when you’re tasked with mixing two equally cherished friend groups who are more or less strangers to one another.
The thought of having their college friends meet their work friends, or god forbid, be in the same room as their slightly unhinged school friends is pretty much the perfect recipe for disaster (irrespective of the comedy gold it may produce!).
But a good host always has a trick or two up their sleeve to cut through the tension and ease the party with some cool and slick icebreakers. Read on to know about a few fun party icebreaker games for when your two worlds collide!
Two Truths and a Lie
Have everyone in your meeting share two things about themselves that are true, and one thing that is a lie. Then have the rest of the team try to guess which is the lie. There are no rules to this game, everyone’s allowed to let their imaginations run wild and free (as long as nobody gets hurt of course).
Draw Thy Neighbour
A sure-shot way to fish out any Picasso’s in the mix, Draw Thy Neighbour is a fun little activity that applauds everybody’s imagination and pardons everybody’s drawing skills! Just hand out a pencil and sketchbook and let the storytelling begin.
Dream Celebrity Dinner Guests
This is the typical “Who’s my dream dinner guest?” game, with a twist! To add a twist to the game, have each participant explain why they’d like that particular celebrity to come for dinner. Be prepared for some wild answers though!
Charades
It’s a classic that we all know all too well. Charades bring out the competition, laughs, and entertainment that you wouldn’t think a party to be capable of.
Divide the guests into two teams; one member of each team has to “act out” a phrase without speaking, while the other members of your team try to guess what the phrase is. You can add a theme like “Movies”, “Books”, or “Songs” to make it clearer.
10 Things I Like About You
This game is all about finding out who’s destined to be your party pal. Divide the guests into partners with instructions to discover 10 things that they have in common, the pair who gets to it the fastest wins! Alternatively, you can choose to not divide the guests into pairs, and just let them mingle with one another until they find the one they’ve got the most things in common with,
Rock, Paper Scissors Showdown
A childhood favorite that everybody knows how to play, this game is fast, energizing, and uber-competitive in the best way possible!
Just divide the party people into two different teams (if they belong to two or three separate social groups, it’s best to mix them up at random!), and have one member from each team compete against the other in the ultimate Rock, Paper Scissors showdown. The team with the most wins gets a grand party prize!
Party ID Cards
The most straightforward way to ease strangers into mixing at a party is to introduce them to one another. But let’s make this fun by adding fun ID cards that highlight something unique about the person. This can be there own little Instagram bio but in a party edition. For a socials mixer, including “single” & “taken” arm bands is always a plus!