A great way to get to know each other! Entertainment and performances to liven up a welcome party
Entertainment and performances are essential for welcome parties.
Sometimes the hosts perform, and sometimes the newcomers do—both patterns exist.
Either way, it’s nerve-wracking, and choosing what to do can be tough.
In this article, we’ll introduce performances recommended for people in any position.
We’ve picked a wide range: activities that help everyone open up, ideas that let others get to know you, and funny bits.
However, be sure to avoid acts that are too long and bore participants, or anything vulgar!
A great way to get to know each other! Fun activities and performances that liven up a welcome party (1–10)
Block-Style Self-Introduction
This is a well-known self-introduction game that also works as an icebreaker.
It’s a simple game that even lower-grade students can play, so give it a try.
First, have all participants form a circle.
Then each person says, “I’m [Name], who likes [Thing],” sharing a personal highlight and their name.
You go around in order, but there’s a twist: you must remember and repeat what each previous person said—“I’m [Name], who likes [Thing]”—and then introduce yourself at the end.
It can be quite challenging with a large group, but it’s a fun way to remember everyone and is highly recommended.
Earphone Loud Telephone Game
The more people who join, the more exciting it gets—the ‘Blasting Earphones Telephone Game’ is perfect for a welcome party because it really heats things up! Participants put on earphones, blast music at high volume, and get ready.
The first person passes the prompt to the person next to them, and that person, relying on lip movements and gestures, interprets it and passes it on to the next person, and so on.
If the final person’s answer matches the original prompt, it’s a success.
Watching the prompt morph as it’s passed along is hilarious, and the whole venue will be filled with laughter.
Flip joke
In a flip-board routine, comedians perform using boards (flips) with drawings or words on them.
Because the flips provide visual information in addition to words, the jokes are easier to convey and can be performed solo.
The content can be anything.
You can write part of the routine in words, or get laughs from the drawings on the flips.
Popular comedians like Bakarhythm and Sosina from Shimofuri Myojo also perform flip-board comedy, so use them as references and try creating your own original material.
Body Clock Game
The “Is Your Body Clock Accurate? Game,” which relies solely on your own sense of time, is exactly what it sounds like: trust your internal clock and measure 30 seconds.
Participants will be blindfolded.
The host will start the stopwatch on the cue.
Participants should raise their hand when they believe 30 seconds have passed.
The person who raises their hand most accurately wins.
The longer the duration, the higher the difficulty, so you can start with shorter intervals and gradually make them longer.
Introducing someone else
Tako-shokai (introducing others) is a well-known icebreaker-style self-introduction game.
Normally, when someone says “Please introduce yourself,” you talk about yourself, right? But in this game, you introduce someone other than yourself.
You can have people pair up, or make a name lottery and have participants draw a name.
If everyone is complete strangers, it can be fun to introduce someone based on imagination first and then have the person correct it afterward.
Tasting Umaibo Blind (Flavor Identification)
Let’s enjoy the welcome party with a “Umai-bō Taste Test Showdown” that gets both the audience and the participants excited! As the name suggests, you rely solely on your sense of taste to guess the flavor.
Everyone knows Umai-bō, and there are actually quite a lot of flavors sold, so it’s perfect for this game.
Participants will eat the Umai-bō while blindfolded, then remove the blindfold, check the lineup of options, and give their answer.
You can also provide a list of descriptions for each flavor.
It might feel easy to guess, but once your vision is taken away by the blindfold, it turns out to be surprisingly challenging.
Quizzes related to companies and schools
We will give quizzes to help newcomers get to know the company or group better.
The content can, of course, be serious, but it might also be fun to take a more playful approach by deliberately revealing personal tidbits about senior members.