Games to Liven Up Your 2026 Graduation Party and Thank-You Banquet
After the graduation ceremony, many schools might hold parties or thank-you gatherings.
And if you’re the organizer, you might be struggling to choose games or activities for entertainment, right? Since it’s a special graduation party, you’ll want to make it a wonderful and fun time that everyone will remember.
In this article, we’ll introduce a variety of ideas—from games related to school life to activities that get large groups excited.
We’ve also prepared plenty that let you look back on memories, so please use them as a reference!
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[2026] Games to Liven Up Graduation Parties and Thank-You Banquets (41–50)
Hula hoop relay
The “Hula Hoop Relay,” where you pass a baton by threading your body through a hula hoop! It’s a simple game: everyone stands in a line holding hands, and a hula hoop, used as the baton, is passed along as each person steps through it in turn.
Small children can slip through easily, but for adults or those who aren’t very flexible, it’s anything but easy! Part of the excitement comes from the hidden difficulty that isn’t obvious to spectators.
Adults joining in with the kids—be careful not to hold the team back!
Funny eye mask
Eye masks were originally props for sleeping, but lately there are more and more with fun designs.
We’ll play a game using such an eye mask.
Place a mark at your feet, then march in place for one minute.
Whoever ends up furthest from the mark loses; the person who stays closest wins.
Poker Face Game
Mix a cream puff filled with wasabi among regular cream puffs, and have several people eat them at the same time.
The person who gets the wasabi cream puff should keep a straight face so no one notices.
Afterward, everyone guesses who ate the wasabi-filled cream puff.
The game is fun whether no one can tell at all or the person who ate the wasabi is completely obvious.
Intro quiz!
A classic, easy-to-play game: Intro Quiz! Prepare a few songs, play only the intro, and have everyone buzz in to guess the song title.
It often happens that people can sing it or know the artist but can’t recall the title, which makes it surprisingly exciting.
Don’t forget to include the school song in the lineup!
Stocking Sumo
If your graduation party has a fun, casual vibe, one thing you should definitely try is stocking sumo.
It’s a staple game on TV variety shows! It might feel overdone, but watching people right in front of you pull stockings over their heads, make silly faces, and battle it out is even funnier than you’d expect—and it’s guaranteed to hype up the crowd.
Anime Quiz
How about hosting an anime quiz tournament? For example, you could do a “eye quiz” where participants guess the character just from their eyes, or a format where you present a synopsis and they have to name the title—there are lots of variations to consider.
It would be good to have a rough idea of how knowledgeable the participants are about anime.
By all means, use this quiz to add some fun to the time after the graduation ceremony.
Yamanote Line game
The Yamanote Line game is a classic party game! You set a theme and take turns naming things that fit that theme.
If you can’t come up with something or repeat an answer someone has already said, you’re out! It’s surprisingly hard to think of answers, which makes it pretty thrilling.