Best Retirement Party Games

The best retirement party games should be focused on the retiree’s previous career and the things he (or she) is looking forward to in their new found freedom from the 9-5 rat race of the working class individual.

Of course, you will want to make sure you are well versed in the retiree’s hobbies and future goals. Enlisting the help of family members and friends will make sure you plan the perfect party games.

The theme of your retirement party will be based half on the individual’s career and half on their interests and this can be a bit tricky. First, you need to make a list of memories from the office, mill, store or wherever they worked.

Remember When

One of the best retirement party games is one that allows the guest of honor to fondly remember their days in the work force. With the help of other fellow employee’s find out as much as you, can about the retiree’s work history at the company. Stick to the light hearted, funny things and skip the promotion they lost or the time they photo copied their rear end at the Christmas party back in the early days, their spouse may not find that very amusing and the guest of honor no longer has a job to spend 8 to 12 hours a day at to avoid the silent treatment and the evil eye!

Armed with your long list of pleasant memories, set the guest of honor in the middle of the room, surrounded by all the guests and give him/her a blindfold to put on. Each guest will recall a "small part of a remember when…" The retiree has to finish the memory. If you are able to locate former employees that the individual was close to and lost track of that’s even better. Don’t allow the guest of honor to see these guests until they remember when is up.

Retirement party games are a great way to fondly recall all the years a person spent working and dreaming of the future. Another great game that focuses on the career is charades you will have to work this game around the retiree’s profession. For example if the person was a nurse you can choose doctors, staff members, patients that all made an impact on the nurse and act out an incident that was directly related to person you are trying to portray.

The Future

You can now include retirement party games that are focused on the guest of honor’s future. If he/she is going to be doing a lot of traveling then an ideal game is name that state or country. This retirement party idea is played by listing things about the state they will be visiting, the guests will have to correctly guess the right place. Dividing the guests into teams works best for this game.

The hobby game is another great choice for retirement party games if the retiree plans to spend as much time on the gold course as possible then you will need a few golf clubs, golf balls and paper/plastic cups, the guests can do some putting, and a hole in one wins a prize!

Perhaps the guest of honor will spend their time learning how to ballroom dance, why not have a few twirls around the dance floor as practice.

Of all the games to have to try and create retirement party games are probably the most difficult only because the guest of honor most likely has many memories and many future goals so choosing the right games based on their interests is the most important thing you must do.

Besides having a great time and making sure, the retiree will be missed and work and more appreciated at home!

Qing Gu is a party planning expert, freelancer, and owner of a few websites about celebrating holidays and special occasions. These ideas above are only a few of the terrific retirement party ideas you can learn from his site. You can also find lots of colorful printable birthday party games that you won't find else on the internet.