Punishment game ideas to further liven up performances and skits
Entertainment acts and performances are essential for livening up events like weddings and birthday parties, as well as company year-end and New Year gatherings.
Some of you may be thinking, “I’ve been put in charge, but I’m not sure what to choose…”
In this article, we’ll introduce penalty game ideas to make your entertainment and performances even more exciting!
Having penalty games ready will take your party games to the next level.
We’ve assembled a wide range—from ones where you can enjoy the loser’s reactions to ideas that reveal unexpected sides of people.
Be sure to add these penalty games to your entertainment or performances so everyone at the venue can have a great time.
- Punishment games that liven up drinking parties and banquets
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- Punishment games that liven up company drinking parties and banquets
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Penalty game ideas (31–40) to further enliven performances and skits
boiling water
A boiling-water bath and the like are classic punishments on TV shows.
The phrase “Don’t push me, don’t push me!” from the comedy trio Dachou Club originally comes from the hot-water bath bit.
If preparing a full bath is difficult, you can substitute with a foot bath.
A game where you find treasures in the powder
It’s a game where you hide candies or the like in a pile of powder and try to find them with your face without using your hands.
Your face ends up completely white, but it’s guaranteed to be hilarious.
Be careful if there are girls present, as they might dislike it because their makeup could get messed up.
Drink aojiru (green vegetable juice)
Aojiru is rich in nutrients, but it’s also famous for tasting bad.
Let’s have someone take on aojiru as a penalty game and share their tasting impressions.
Some store-bought aojiru actually tastes good, so choosing one that doesn’t is an important point for a proper penalty game.
If you really can’t find a flavor harsh enough for a forfeit, you could try mixing in additional vegetables with a commercial one.
It could also be fun to turn it into a guessing game where they try to figure out which vegetables are in it.
What’s inside the box?
A “what’s in the box?” game where you guess the contents using only your hands.
Since it’s for a punishment game, it might be okay to make what’s inside the box pretty hardcore.
Seafood and the like can be quite tough.
Even a stuffed animal will make everyone jump, thinking it’s a real animal.
Tire-flavored gummy
HARIBO gummies are famous worldwide, but believe it or not, there’s a tire-flavored one on the market.
It’s a rubber-flavored gummy, and from the smell alone it seems incredibly nasty.
Since the punishment is just eating a gummy, it might be a relatively easy challenge for a dare.
Punishment game ideas (41–50) to further liven up side shows and performances
cosplay
There are many outfits unique to certain professions in the world, and we don’t often get the chance to wear them.
This activity is about trying a variety of clothing styles so you can enjoy the atmosphere of different jobs.
Sometimes simplified costumes are sold for cosplay, so have them put those on and enjoy their reactions.
You can choose outfits you want the other person to wear or ones you want to wear yourself, but for the sake of getting reactions, it can also be fun to deliberately pick something they’d be reluctant to wear.
state the lowest score on a test
Do you remember the lowest score you ever got on a test? If this feels like a punishment game to you, a specific answer sheet you’d rather forget probably came to mind.
It’s an even better conversation starter if you share the subject and the story behind why you ended up with that score.
Admitting your lowest score can be a little embarrassing, but by telling an awkward story, you might spark lots of questions and end up feeling much closer to friends or a partner!
