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 Class Reunion (41–50)
Kappa Plate Ball-Carrying Race
It’s also great to use paper plates at the party venue for an obstacle-course-style game! If you’ve got a large space, the excitement doubles.
Balance a paper plate on your head, hold it in place with your hands, and put a ping-pong ball on top.
The winner is the person who finishes with the most ping-pong balls still on their plate after clearing all the obstacles.
Simple obstacles made from tables and chairs are plenty.
Even just doing one lap around the venue along the walls works well.
You can customize the obstacles in many ways—like greeting the department head or playing rock-paper-scissors with a junior colleague.
Don’t forget to prepare classic sports day-style background music to play during the game!
Hilarious tablecloth pull
Speaking of the New Year’s staple TV show “Celebrity Hidden Talent Contest,” Masakazu Sakai’s tablecloth-pulling act was a huge hit.
If you’re around your 50s, you probably watched it every year.
More recently, Wes-P has been in the spotlight.
He even performed a tablecloth pull on his stomach and competed on “Got Talent.” With tablecloth pulling being such a hot topic, it’s guaranteed to get the crowd going.
It does require some practice time, but it’s not impossibly difficult, right? If you’re thinking about picking up a new act, give it a try!
karaoke
When it comes to party entertainment that gets everyone hyped, karaoke is a must, right? Plenty of people ride the buzz from an after-work drinks party straight into a karaoke session to keep the excitement going.
Everyone gets to sing songs they love in the genre they’re good at, and it feels great.
You might even discover a new side of someone—like, “Oh, I didn’t know they liked that kind of music!” If you’re not comfortable singing solo in front of others, try singing as a group—it can be a lot of fun!
Caption this photo
How about a “Caption This!” game as entertainment for the class reunion? It’s a game where a photo is projected on the screen and participants come up with witty, off-the-cuff comments.
The beauty is how easy and fun it is.
Every time a creative answer pops up, you’ll get surprise and laughter, guaranteed to warm up the room.
If you prepare some funny photos in advance, it’ll be even more exciting! Adding hints could work well, too.
You’ll get to enjoy those moments when everyone’s sense of humor really shines.
It’s sure to be a wonderful time where you rediscover familiar faces and see new sides of them.
Back-then tell-all session
By the time we’re old enough to have a class reunion, are the mistakes and slip-ups we made as kids already past the statute of limitations? I don’t think we committed any crimes serious enough to warrant the rather intimidating term “statute of limitations,” either.
I bet a “Now we can finally tell the truth” confessional session would be a hit.
“I’m the one who forgot to water the flowers by the poetry board and let them wilt,” “I wrote a love letter to so-and-so,” “I copied my friend’s homework answers”—sweet little stories like these might help us remember even older times.
It would also be nice to bring our yearbooks, the keys to so many memories.
Buzzer-beater showdown
Compete using counters! Here are some ideas for a fast-tap showdown.
It’s a simple, easy-to-understand game, making it a unique idea you can try casually in your spare time.
All you need is a handheld tally counter.
See who can reach the highest number within the time limit.
Each participant’s tapping style shows their personality, which should be entertaining for the audience as well.
Adding perks for the winner or a penalty game for the last-place finisher could make it even more exciting!
Giant fukuwarai with the teacher’s face
This is an activity where you play Fukuwarai—a classic New Year’s game—using the teacher’s face as the theme.
Since you’ve spent a lot of time with the teacher, you’ve probably had many chances to see their face and remember even the finer details.
However, because you can only rely on your sense of touch to figure out which piece you’re holding and where to place it, getting close to the correct arrangement seems difficult.
Rather than aiming for a perfect result, it might be more exciting to see how the teacher’s face gets scrambled and whether it turns into a funny face.
