Party games to liven up a farewell party
When it’s time to say goodbye to graduating seniors or colleagues who are leaving the company, it’s common to gather everyone for a farewell party.
In those moments, it’s nicer to part with smiles and laughter than with tears, isn’t it?
In this article, we’ll introduce some fun games that are perfect for farewell parties.
We’ve collected a variety of games—from quick, easy ones you can enjoy between courses to team competitions that help you feel a sense of camaraderie.
Through these games, we hope everyone ends the event with smiles and has a wonderful time together!
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Farewell Party Fun: Banquet and Party Games (21–30)
Dangerous Blindfold
We blindfold participants and have them march in place for one minute at their starting spot.
After a minute, we measure how far they moved from where they began, and the person who moved the least wins.
We’ll provide eye masks for the blindfolds, and if you use funny eye masks, the spectators won’t be able to help but laugh during the game.
linked ring traversal
The linked-ring tunnel game is one that makes you feel the bonds born from teamwork.
You and your teammates stand in the center and take turns passing through an extra-long ring made by linking rubber bands together.
Since the person in the middle is connected to their neighbors with both hands, figuring out how to lower your body and slip through the ring becomes the critical point.
Strong coordination and cooperation with your teammates are essential, and the smiles and cheers that arise in the process can even make you forget the sadness of parting.
The beauty of this game lies not only in how smoothly you can pass through the ring, but in truly enjoying the time you spend together.
Spinach Game
The Spinach Game, a familiar sight at drinking parties and group mixers.
Its appeal lies in the simple rules and the fact that you don’t need any equipment! Players pass around an imaginary bunch of spinach to everyone except themselves, calling out as they do.
You have to call the number of bunches you’re holding, and if you hesitate or make a mistake, you’re out! Winners and losers are decided quickly, so it doesn’t take much time—perfect for enjoying casually between courses at a farewell dinner.
It’s a great game when you want to send someone off with lots of laughter and lively fun.
Illustration Telephone Game
The illustration telephone game is perfect entertainment for farewells among friends.
A participant draws the given prompt on a sheet of paper, and the next person looks at that drawing and tries to draw the same thing.
By repeating this, players challenge how accurately they can convey information without relying on words.
If the prompt is passed along correctly, it creates a sense of unity; even when it goes off-track, the process is fun to watch.
The differences in drawing ability also add excitement.
Everyone can enjoy a time rich in creativity and humor.
Which is the AI-generated image?
AI technology has advanced rapidly in recent years, and we’re now seeing fake images so accurate they look completely real.
A quiz game that uses such AI images can really liven up a party at a thank-you event.
You show two images and have participants guess which one is real and which one was generated by AI.
The key to keeping it exciting is to start with easy questions and gradually increase the difficulty.
Even genuine photos can look AI-generated depending on how they’re shot, the effects used, or the lighting, which can make them hard to tell apart.
It’s the kind of game that’s likely to fill the room with surprise and smiles.
Ten Thousand Steps ~ Dance
This is a game that uses pedometers.
Move your body as much as you can to the music, and when the music stops, freeze.
The person whose pedometer shows the highest number at that moment wins.
It works well as an individual competition, and forming teams for a team competition is also recommended.
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.
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!
Tongue Twister Challenge
A tongue twister is a tricky phrase you say quickly that makes you feel like you might bite your tongue.
Classics include “Nama-mugi, nama-gome, nama-tamago” and “Ao-makigami, aka-makigami, ki-makigami.” It’s impressive if you can say a tongue twister without stumbling even once, but since everyone knows the classics, some people worry it won’t be very exciting even if they nail it.
In those moments, funny tongue twisters are recommended.
Think up and perform lines that make people chuckle when they imagine the situation behind the tongue twister.
It’s also a good idea to write the tongue twister on a flip card and show it—this makes the joke easier to understand and serves as a safety net in case you don’t deliver it perfectly.