Reunion Activities

Reunions are a time when the extended family or a group of friends or classmates come together after a long time. Reunion is not only a time to spend with each other, thinking about the old days, but also to have a fun and memorable time. One of the best ways of adding the element of fun to the reunion party is to plan some interesting games and activities. They should be such that each and every member of the party gets a chance to participate. For instance, in case of family reunion, there should be activities not only for adults, but also for little children and old people. So, if you are looking for some fun-filled reunion games for family, college or high school reunion, here are some ideas that you can include in your reunion party planning.

Reunion Games

Before getting into the details, I would like to remember that these activities should only be a part of the reunion and not the entire party. What I mean to say is that, you should not plan so many activities that the entire reunion party goes into it. This is because most people like to sit and catch up with their friends and family members at a reunion and bombarding them with too many activities may not be a good idea. So, plan the activities in such a way that people enjoy as well as have ample time to relax and talk to their near and dear ones. So, let us take a look at some of the games that one can plan for a family or even a class reunion.

Ice Breaker Games
Ice breaker games become important when it comes to planning high school reunions. This is because people are meeting each other after a long time and may not be very comfortable to talk to each other initially. So, some ice breaker games can help in making the atmosphere a little friendly as well as cheerful. One of the best and amusing ice breaker games would be the animal game. For this, you have to make several chits of paper with names of various animals. For instance, choose five animals like cow, dog, cat, snake and rooster and write one of them in each paper. Fold the paper into four and place them on a bowl or in a hat. Ask each person at the party to pick out one paper from the hat. Once all have seen the animal that they have received, they have to make the sound of the animal and find people who are making the same sound. When they finally find all the members of the same animal group, they will know each other's name, occupation, etc. The group that completes first, should be announced as the winner.

Talent Show
Holding a talent show is one of the most popular family reunion games. Every person has some kind of talent and giving them an opportunity to showcase the talent among their close as well as extended family members would be a great idea. You should mention about the family talent show in the invitation itself, so that people can get the instruments that they would require. To make it really interesting, assign prizes for the most talented person. Choose judges amongst your family members whom you think would be fair with everyone. Ask each one to show their talented skills, on the basis of which the judges should give scores to them. At the end, the person who has the maximum scores should be pronounced as the winner. This is a great activity for children as well as adults. However, with little children, there should be multiple prizes as kids are likely to become disheartened when they do not get the prize.

Fish Pond
Fish pond games are really popular in high school or college reunions. Here, everyone should be given sheets of paper where they have to write messages for one of their classmates. One can either write one's name at the end of the message, though usually, the fun part of the game is when the messages are anonymous. Once everyone has written their messages, the sheets of paper should be folded and placed in a bowl. Then, a person should take out each one of the papers and read out the message aloud. It is a great way of thanking a person who has helped you in your college days or may be talk about your feelings for a person whom you had a crush during your college days.

Identify the Person
Another very simple, but fun reunion activity would be to identify a person in the group by looking at his/her childhood photograph. This is one of the very good family as well as high school reunion games. Each person should be asked to bring their childhood photograph with their name on the other side, in the invitation. During the reunion party, the photographs should be collected and displayed one by one to the audience and they have to guess whose childhood photograph it is.

If you are having a family reunion, it would be a good idea to allot a special area at home for children activities like drawing, painting, crafts, etc. as children are likely to get bored if there are only activities for the adults. In the end, whatever activity you plan, make sure that it is something that will be enjoyed by everyone. Do not include any activity which may demean or insult the other person's feeling in any way. So, pick out two or three activities from this list of reunion activity ideas and have a great time with your family or friends. Enjoy!