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)
two-person robe (Nininbaori): a comedic act where two people share one kimono-like garment, with the rear person acting as the arms for the front person
Ninin-baori is a traditional performance enjoyed at parties and banquets.
The person in front wears a cloth, while the person behind plays the “hands,” controlling the movements.
In scenes where they try to make the front person drink or eat dumplings, the awkward hand motions are sure to get laughs.
Adding ad-lib touches—like missing the mouth or moving exaggeratedly—will make it even livelier.
The audience can join in by calling out or offering advice on the movements, creating a stronger sense of togetherness.
It’s a perfect idea for cherry-blossom viewing with a distinctly Japanese atmosphere.
Entertaining Activities and Games to Liven Up a Class Reunion (51–60)
imitation
In every school and every class, there was always a popular, nimble performer—the kind who inevitably did impressions of the teachers.
They would sharply observe a teacher’s distinctive way of speaking, their little gestures, their catchphrases, and make them their own.
Have those class clowns grown up to become completely ordinary people now? If so, how about holding a “throwback impersonation contest”? Everyone can share memorable impressions: friends and teachers, pretend to be the singers who were trendy back then, recreate famous lines and scenes from popular dramas—whatever brings back memories.
Who knows, it might get everyone saying, “Me too, me too!” and jumping right in!
Bingo
When it comes to entertainment that gets everyone excited at a class reunion, you can’t go wrong with bingo, right? A reunion is a special mix of the joy of seeing familiar faces and a touch of nervousness.
Bingo helps break the ice in that atmosphere.
The rules are simple, so anyone can enjoy it, and if you add prizes, it’s sure to be even more exciting! It works with both large and small groups, so it’s great for any setting.
You can create new memories together while feeling a sense of unity.
Why not include it in your reunion program?
Telephone game
A game of telephone while blasting music through earphones sounds fun! Since you’re listening at full volume, you can’t hear what the other person is saying, so you have to guess from their lip movements and pass it on—sounds really tough.
But that difficulty is exactly what makes it funny.
If you compare the original prompt with the final answer, they’ll almost certainly be completely different.
Figuring out where and how it went wrong will definitely get everyone excited! It seems like the perfect, laugh-out-loud game to break the ice at a reunion.
Gesture Game
You know the gesture game, right? The one where everyone except the guesser sees the prompt, and you have to get them to guess it using only gestures—so nostalgic! It’s guaranteed to liven up a class reunion.
Since you express everything with gestures and no words, you’ll end up laughing for sure! It’s a great way for everyone to have fun together and quickly break the ice with friends you haven’t seen in a while.
Set a time limit and a penalty to make it even more exciting.
You can easily prepare prompts on a smartphone, so it’s perfect as entertainment for a reunion!
sketch from memory
It’s a game where you draw a prompt’s illustration relying only on your memory and compete on how accurately you can recreate it.
It’s important to choose prompts that participants know, like characters from popular anime of the time.
It can get exciting in different ways: you might have the skill but your memory is fuzzy and you can’t draw it, or you remember it well but lack the drawing skills.
The older the memory, the harder it is to visualize the character, so choosing how far back to go—the era you pick—is a key point.
Nostalgic song intro quiz
Those in their 50s and 60s will surely remember Tadao Takashima’s hugely popular show “Doremifadon.” His enthusiastic shout of “Yay!” that energized the program feels so nostalgic.
It could be fun to plan a name-that-intro quiz as entertainment, imitating the hit show.
Of course, use songs that were popular back then.
You’ll likely spark lively reminiscences like, “This was so-and-so’s debut single,” or “This was the theme song of that drama.” Intro quizzes are also uploaded on video sites, so try searching around.