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
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!
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.