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10 Family Reunion Games for Adults

At a family reunion, you can expect there to be many games to keep the kids busy, but don’t adults need some entertainment too?  Yes!  And there are plenty of games that adults can enjoy, too!

Okay, you probably won’t be participating in manhunt or races, but what are some games that would be great for adults to play?  I have a few ideas that might interest you and fellow adults looking for some fun family reunion games for adults!

Fun for the Big Kids:

  • Paintball:  Get your protection on and lock n’ load because you’re in for a good time!  Compete in teams in an effort to eliminate the other team by way of hitting them with a paintball, which will leave a visible splat of evidence!
  • Flag football:  With all of the same rules of football, but without the brutality of tackling, each team tries to score touchdowns, but instead of tackling the one who has the ball, you must take their flag!
  • Horseshoes:  Everyone knows this game and what it entails, score if you make the horseshoe close enough to the stake, score even more if you get that oh-so-coveted ringer!
  • Volleyball:  You’ve likely played this at some point in your life, so bring a net and a ball and prepare to have some good team fun with family!
  • Beer pong:  If your family reunion will have a keg, or just a whole bunch of beer, set up a table with the plastic cups, grab a few ping pong balls, and try to score on the other team by sinking a ping pong ball into their cups, which they will have to drink.  Losing team must drink the remaining drinks on the table!
  • Food eating contests:  Pies, watermelon, hot dogs, hamburgers, or whatever your stomach desires, whoever can eat the most in a set period of time is the winner!
  • Charades:  Draw words from a hat and act out the word the best you can to get the other players to guess it.  You cannot make any noise, but you can use signals like your hand at your ear for “sounds like…”
  • Cornhole:  This is a bean bag toss kind of game where each team takes turns tossing bean bags at a wooden wedge with a hole cut out in the middle.  Landing a bean bag on the board counts as a point, sinking one in the hole counts as three, but opposing points will cancel out your points.  Whoever has the most points wins!
  • Minute To Win It:  If you’ve seen the show, you know it is composed of many different “mini games” where each contestant has just 60 seconds to complete each little game.  Have fun with this one and make them up!
  • Chess:  Different strokes for different folks; in other words, not everyone will want to be up on their feet playing games, so it’s not a bad idea to include some board games for the older folks, or the ones who are just plain tired and exhausted from other activities!

With all of these family reunion games for adults, there is something to entertain any personality type!  Make sure you have a good balance of games for adults and kids, so nobody is left twiddling their thumbs (unless, of course, that’s a part of the game)!

Family Reunion Picnic Games and Activities

The great outdoors is one of the very best places to have a family reunion, especially if it involves a picnic!

With any picnic family reunion, comes the need for some fun family reunion picnic games.

When you have a family reunion outside, there should be not a single person looking bored or secluding themselves from the rest of the group.

A family reunion is supposed to be a fun time for all, creating funny, sunny memories!

Picnic Games & Activities

Have lots of fun in the sun with these family reunion picnic games!

  • Cornhole: It’s that bean bag toss game with those wooden ramp-looking things that have a hole cut out in it. It’s fun once you know the rules!
  • Ladder ball: If you have ever wondered that that game is that is made out of plastic with three bars in the form of a ladder, where you throw those balls on the string to wrap it on one of the bars, this is ladder ball.
  • Frisbee: Who doesn’t enjoy a good game of frisbee?
  • Boomerang: I’ve never personally been able to make one of these come back to me, but it’s always fun to try!
  • Potato sack race: If you just don’t have access to the burlap sacks, using large pillow cases does the trick!
  • Water balloon fights: It will likely be very hot, throwing water balloons at people is always a fun way to cool down!
  • Squirt guns: Or super-soakers. Whatever your style, lock n’ load!
  • Fly kites: Kites are pretty, and if you will be having your family reunion in a big, open area, flying kites is a great idea for all ages!
  • Volleyball: If you have a net and have a ball, it would be a shame to leave them at home, wouldn’t it?
  • Badminton: Another activity with the volleyball net. Just don’t lose the birdies!
  • Beach ball: Even more fun with a gigantic beach ball, get your teams together and get your game on!
  • Soccer: Have a few athletes in the family? Set a couple of goals between trees or trash cans and start a soccer game!
  • Flag football: Okay, we all know tackle football is a lot of fun, but not everyone will be willing to play with such brutality, so playing flag football will get you some more participants.
  • Tug of war: All you need is a rope (and to be on the stronger team)!
  • Horseshoes: This one is more for the adults, but they need games too! Easy to set up, not so easy to score. Who will win?
  • Ring toss: You can buy this from the store, or make your own. Whichever you choose, the rules are the same!
  • Hula hoops: Know a few sweet hula hoop tricks? Show them off to the family and challenge grandma to give it a go!
  • Jump ropes: Single jumping or double-dutch, jump ropes can be a lot of fun for many!
  • Chalk: Have artists in the family? Set up an area for chalk and other types of street art. You can also make paint out of chalk which makes it more vibrant, but still washable!
  • Styrofoam airplanes: The really, really big ones. Enough said.

So now that you have a bunch ideas for fun family reunion picnic games, you have no reason for your family to be bored because there is something for everyone on this list. Keep everyone active and having a blast!