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Dancing
If
your not using a band or DJ, then make sure you line up your CD or
cassette music ahead of time. You want to keep your guest dancing all
night long. Mix up some slow with fast to give them a break.
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here
for Party Music!
Don't
forget the
Shimmering
Balls
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Hat
Contest
Ask
your guest ahead of time to be creative and wear a crazy New Year
Hat. Assign a number to each hat entry, let guest vote all night,
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White Elephant Grab Bag
Ask
each guest to bring a white elephant gift. Maybe it was something they
didn't like for Christmas. Prior to the party create number tags, two of
each number up to the number of guests or couples you expect. Put
one set in a bag. When
guest arrive with a white elephant gift, let them pull out a number from
the bag They must hold onto that number for the game.
Keep the second set aside in a
another gift bag for use later. Gifts
can be arrange under a tree, a corner or table. About 10:30 pm,
start the fun. Using the second bag of numbers, pull out a number. (You
may get numbers not assigned if not everyone who came is participating.) Call out a number, the person with that number gets to pick
a new white elephant gift. Continue until all gifts are
redistributed. You could add the element of "stealing" a
gift from someone who already picked one, forcing them to take another
gift. This usually adds more time to the game.
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Wine
Tasting Game
Set
out 3 or 4 different bottles of wine and provide small plastic cups for
sampling. Make sure you have enough of each bottle for the size of your
crowd. Cover the bottles with a cloth bottle cover.
Each bottle
cover is
numbered. Give each guest a piece a paper
with numbers matching the wine bottles. Let each guest guess what type of
wine it is. Give out a prize for the one who guessed the most right. To make it easier for those who are not wine connoisseurs,
give them a multiple choice list or matching list. Prepare to have a
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Trivia
Using
any Trivia in a Tin or create your own trivia base on
the past year's top happenings. Play as individuals, teams or
couples.
For fun, hand out extra
New Year's Eve accessories like noisemakers, leis, beads,
glow items, etc.
Here are some sites to make some Trivia
questions from:
Year in Review CNN
2007 Yearly Box Office Grosses
10 Best Books of 2007 - New York Times
Celebrity Deaths of 2007
Hottest Products of 2007
Top 25 Entertainers of the Year
Top 100 Radio Songs of 2007
Top 10 Dances of 2007
Top Movies of 2007
Celebrity
Year in review: Plenty of gossip to go around in
2007
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Party
Game Sites
PartyGameCentral
- Games for all ages including a special
New Year's Eve game
section.
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Capture lines from a popular DVD out in
2007 like Pirates of the Caribbean and write
them down on index cards. The saying on one side and the cast member on
the other side.
Play in teams, with each team player
getting a chance to guess "Whose Line Is It?" Assign a point value like
10 to each correct answer, the first team to reach 100 or 200 wins?
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Use silver and gold or black
and silver balloons to identify two teams. With ribbon or string tie
balloons to guests ankles.
As guest arrive, alternate
between the two the colors to even out the teams.
As guess mingle they must
protect their balloon. It your balloon is popped your out. The
team with the last balloon wins. |
This is the "Who Am I" game.
Each guest gets a name
tag worn on their back, with the name of a famous person in the News of
2007.
They may ask yes or no
questions of other guests to figure out who they are.
First to figure out who they
are is the winner or give out party beads, hats, horns and whistles to those
who figure out who they are. |
