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.
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Punishment game ideas (41–50) to further liven up side shows and performances
Announce the words and the situation of the proposal
This is the kind of dare you’d want to use on newlyweds or friends who just got engaged.
A proposal is a huge moment for a man.
He’s surely planned it out carefully, with cool lines and gestures he wouldn’t usually show! As bystanders we’d love to hear about it, but for the person himself it couldn’t be more embarrassing.
That said, depending on the couple, it might have been a reverse proposal from the woman! If everyone in the group is single, it’s also fun to have them talk about their “ideal proposal scenario.”
Wink and blow a kiss
As an idol performance, winks and blown kisses toward the audience are pretty standard moves.
This penalty game has someone who isn’t even an idol do those winks and blown kisses with full enthusiasm.
Not only the person doing it, but the recipient can feel embarrassed too, so if there are multiple people being penalized, we recommend having them perform for each other.
If they can’t handle the embarrassment and their movements are too timid, make them redo it—have them deliver a full-on appeal that everyone can agree is wholehearted.
Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans
These candies from the Harry Potter films are also a classic souvenir at Universal Studios Japan.
They drew attention because the list includes names that are clearly not food.
You can often guess the “bad” flavors from the appearance of the beans, so pick those out and have people try them as a forfeit.
You can brace yourself and choose a bad flavor on your own, or add some thrill by letting others pick what you have to eat—either way, it’s sure to liven things up.
funny face
Some people might regularly pull funny faces in everyday life, like in group photos with friends.
Let’s have them perform one of those low-barrier funny faces in front of everyone on cue.
Set it up like a staring contest: if the crowd laughs or agrees it’s good, they clear the challenge.
If they don’t nail it in one go, have them try repeatedly—this format is recommended.
The person judging should try their best not to laugh, making it feel like the full-on funny face totally flopped, which heightens the sense of torment.
I love you game
It’s a game where you whisper “I love you” to the person next to you with full conviction, and if you can’t hold back your laughter, you lose.
Since it’s a game that makes everyone feel embarrassed, it might also work as a punishment game where only one person has to do it.
It’s especially embarrassing because you’re saying these words to friends with whom you’d never say “I love you” in everyday conversation.
Pay attention to how you express such a simple phrase—your delivery of “I love you,” your facial expression when you say it, and so on.
air chair
It’s a simple yet punishing forfeit where you drop your hips low and hold a position as if sitting on an invisible chair.
Because it looks plain despite how tough it feels, you don’t get much attention while doing it, which only makes the suffering stand out more.
You could have just one person endure the wall sit as a penalty, but it would also be exciting to start a game from the wall-sit position and let players “graduate” from it as they win in a knockout format.
It’s the kind of forfeit that puts real strain on the entire body—so much so that it’s even used in training.
Pizza Russian roulette
Here’s a simple party punishment game using pizza.
Take a pizza cut into several slices, and put habanero sauce on just one of the slices.
If you pour it on top it’ll be obvious, so it’s better to hide it under the toppings.
The losers then have to eat the slices in turn.
Since no one knows who will get the spicy one, it’s even more exciting than an ordinary punishment game!
