50th Birthday - Fun Games For a 50th Birthday Party

So you are hosting a 50th birthday party for a group that likes to have fun, but can't figure out what games to play. Here are some fun game ideas for a 50th birthday party.

Some of these games for a 50th birthday party will take preparation, but they will be worth the effort. Your guest of honor and other attendees of the party will be sure to have a great time and you will have created a memorable event.

World Events Game

Do some research and identify a dozen major events that happened during the guest of honor's life. Find a picture on the Internet print it out with short description of the event. Give three options of dates when the event happened. One will be correct and the others not. Scatter these pictures around your party. Put them on the walls and tables. Give the guests a list where they have to go around and find the events and guess the correct dates. You can do movies, songs, disasters, deaths of celebrities, sports events...be creative.

Crazy Truth

Pass out sheets of paper and have the guests write down something wild or crazy that happened to them during their life-the funnier and crazier the better. Collect all the papers and have someone read them. Everyone will have a great time trying to guess who's "Crazy Truth" goes with whom.

Guess the Price

This can be a fun game and it will really take your older guests back in time. The younger guests will get a kick out of it and be amazed. It will require a little research, but well worth the effort. Research and identify 10 or 15 items that were popular fifty years ago. It is especially fun if these items are no longer in existence or are obsolete. Find out how much the cost was for these products fifty years ago. Like a movie ticket 25 cents, or glass container of milk 30 cents, Typewriter $9.99, three bedroom house $7,999.00 . Have your guests guess what the costs were back then. Play it like the game show on TV and whoever comes closer is the winner. This is best done with teams.

It's Your Life

This isn't as much a game, but something really neat to do at a 50th birthday party. Send a request to the quests with the invitation. Ask them to write about something meaningful they are aware of that took place in the life of the birthday celebrant. Have them send it back to you along with the RSVP. You can read these at the party. Remind them that the idea is to celebrate the guest of honor not a "roast."

The "Who Am I" Ice Breaker

This can be a fun ice breaker game for guests at a 50th birthday party to warm everyone up and get people talking with each other. In advance make out name tags of celebrities, super heroes, or mythical characters (whatever you want). As guests come in they are given a name tag. The catch is that they don't get to see who they are. You place the name tag on their back. The object of the game is that they can ask questions of other guests to try and lean who they are. They can only ask yes or no questions. As soon as they guess correctly who they are the get to wear their name tag on the front of their shirt or blouse.

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Tips For Hosting a Pirate Birthday Party

Even though real pirates were scoundrels, there is a certain mystique about them to this day. Children especially love daydreaming about their adventures on the high seas. If they do, then a Pirate Birthday Party is sure to get them excited.

Invite all of your land lubber friends over with a treasure map party invitation. Create your own with parchment paper. Draw a map outline of an island with some palm trees and other landmarks. Make sure to have a dotted line leading to an X. Some office supply stores will have mailing tubes if you want to send them out in a unique fashion.

Following along the hidden treasure theme, a fun pirate party activity is a treat hunt. Hide a number of clues around your party location before the party. The first clue should lead to the next one. At the end of the clues should be a treasure chest. Let each of the pirates plunder the loot as the prize

The pirates will want some grub after all that treasure hunting. There are a number of things that you can prepare in your galley (kitchen) that they will love. They will have a great time eating food that doesn't require silverware. Hot dogs, hamburgers, corn on the cob, and turkey legs are all good for this. Serve cupcakes with an X on them to continue with the no silverware theme.

Your party guests cannot go home with a bag of treasure of their own. Fill some party favor bags with gold coins as a thank you gift for attending the Pirate Birthday Party.

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60th Birthday Party Games

These 60th birthday party games are tailored to those still working or those fortunate enough to enjoy early retirement in a sunny locale. They work hard and may want to play just as hard. For instance, a pool party may still be fine for the active 60-year-old but the water volleyball might be better geared toward younger guests while older ones are made more comfortable in a sheltered picnic area.

The water volleyball sets for this 60th birthday party game are similar to land or sand volleyball with the net made of PVC tubes and mounted on floats. Teams of three to six players try to deliver the ball to the other side's court by tossing it into the air and then serving the ball over the net in a way that can't be returned but is still in bounds. The boundary lines are the pool walls. Each missed ball is scored. Game play ends when a score of 25 is reached by one team.

If a pool is unavailable, warm weather and an inexpensive set of horseshoes can provide hours of casual competition at your one and only big 60th birthday. The rules are simple and preparation only involves placing the stakes 40 feet apart in six to eight inches of sand. A square shaped sand pit at least 43 inches by 31 inches surrounds each stake. Participants are divided into two teams of equal number. Each team is given two horseshoes. Each player from a team pitches from behind his stake toward the stake at the other end. Then the other team plays to complete the inning. One point is awarded for shoes landing within six inches of the stake; one or two points for those leaning on the stake; and three points for shoes that sit encompassing the stake (called a ""ringer""). Game ends with a 40 point score by either team.

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