Entertainment and games to liven up a class reunion
A class reunion mixes two feelings: the joy of seeing familiar faces again and a bit of nervousness about meeting people you haven’t seen in a long time.
If you’re from a younger generation and only graduated a few years ago, you might feel less nervous about your reunion.
In this article, we’ll introduce entertainment ideas to ease that unique tension and help you enjoy the reunion.
From easy games that large groups can enjoy to activities that bring back nostalgic memories from those days, we’ve got plenty of suggestions.
Feel free to use them to help plan and run your reunion!
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Entertaining Activities and Games That Liven Up a Reunion (11–20)
Where is this? Quiz
Let’s try a “Where is this?” quiz using photos.
It’s a game where you guess the location from pictures alone, but even if you’ve been there before, the name doesn’t always come to mind, so it can be surprisingly hard to answer.
If you’re doing it at a graduation party or thank-you banquet, it’s a great idea to pick places and photos that everyone shares memories of, like field trip spots or school trip destinations.
Just projecting funny photos with classmates on a screen will liven things up, and having prizes ready for the quiz winners will make it even more fun.
Perfectly Choo-Choo
Set a “drink up to here” line on a glass and, while blindfolded, see if you can drink to exactly that line—Pittari Choo-Choo! It’s a party game that’s easy to get everyone excited about, and you get tasty juice too.
For the blindfold, we recommend a fun, quirky eye mask.
That way, even though the challenger is dead serious, it looks hilarious to the audience and everyone can enjoy it together.
If no one hits it exactly, the person closest to the line wins.
You can easily set the line using a rubber band.
Katakana Ban Quiz
A simple yet exciting “No English” quiz! It’s a game where, during conversation, you’re not allowed to use loanwords written in katakana.
You might think, “That sounds easy!” but we actually use katakana words all the time without noticing.
Words like “OK,” “bye-bye,” “sign,” “task,” and “stress” all have to be converted into Japanese when you want to use them, which really makes you think.
If you’re looking for a game that sparks laughter, give it a try.
Overthinking it leads to weird Japanese, which makes it even funnier!
Magical Banana
A rhythm game classic! The Magical Banana game is a highly recommended activity that livens up any situation.
Many of you may know it: it’s an association game that starts with “Magical Banana! When you say banana, you think of…?” Keeping time with a set rhythm and clapping, players say associations like “Banana makes you think of yellow, yellow makes you think of lemon,” responding with something linked to the previous person’s word.
Because you have very little time to think, it’s a game that tests your quick reflexes and adaptability.
Pedometer Game
It’s a game where you attach a pedometer somewhere on your body and move around, and the person with the highest count within the time limit wins.
Pedometers normally count the number of steps you take, but since you can’t actually walk in the game, you’ll need to march in place or move your body to rack up more counts.
How you move will change depending on where you attach the pedometer, so if everyone places it in different spots, each person’s movements will have their own flair—and that should make it more entertaining for the spectators, too.
Telepathy Game
The Telepathy Game is a game where all participants try to give the same answer to a prompt.
For example, if the prompt is “What flower represents spring?” the challenge is successful if everyone answers “cherry blossom,” but it fails if even one person answers “tulip.” It’s a game where you don’t write the answer that first comes to your mind—you try to imagine what everyone else will write.
You can answer by having each person write a full answer, or by having players write one character each to form the answer together.
Try for a perfect score with your close friends!
Entertaining Activities and Games That Liven Up a Class Reunion (21–30)
Body Clock Game
The “Is Your Body Clock Accurate? Game,” which relies solely on your own sense of time, is exactly what it sounds like: trust your internal clock and measure 30 seconds.
Participants will be blindfolded.
The host will start the stopwatch on the cue.
Participants should raise their hand when they believe 30 seconds have passed.
The person who raises their hand most accurately wins.
The longer the duration, the higher the difficulty, so you can start with shorter intervals and gradually make them longer.
