10 Great Games to Play on Father's Day
Father's Day greetings! With these Father's Day party games, you can get the whole family involved and have some fun. They are ideal for large group gatherings but can also be easily adapted for smaller family gatherings. While you're planning your party, you might want to look into these mother's day games.
Know Your Dad
Bring all of the children to one room for your Father's Day celebration. Send all of the fathers out of the room and pose five general questions about fathers to the children. Allow each child to write down their predictions for their fathers' responses. Bring the fathers back into the room and ask them the same questions. A point is awarded for each correct answer. The game is won by the child who scored the most points.
Suggestions for Questions:
What is Dad's ideal vehicle?
What is Dad's favorite type of snack?
Where does Dad prefer to spend his free time?
What is your father's favorite sport?
What size shoes does Dad wear?
What is Dad's favorite television show?
What does Dad do for a living?
Name That Tool
Enable Dad to sit down, blindfold him, and put his open toolbox at his feet. One by one, make the kids choose a tool from the box and explain it to Dad without naming it. According to the details, Dad must guess the method.
Barbecue Relay Race
Who doesn't enjoy grilling their Father's Day dinner? Dad must first gather all of the barbecue necessities before he can get to work behind the grill.
Divide the players into two teams of dads and their children if you're playing with a large group. Set up a starting line and two sets of items for a barbecue several feet away from the line. (One item is required for each player on each team.) To collect all of the items, team members must race in a relay fashion. The race is won by the first team to collect all of their barbecue tools.
Suggestions for Items:
Spatula for barbecuing
Charcoal in small bags
condiments such as ketchup, mustard, and relish bottles
Shakers for salt and pepper
Apron and chef's hat
If you're celebrating Father's Day with a smaller party, instead hide the things in the house or yard. Rather than racing to collect them, Dad and the kids will go on a scavenger hunt.
What's in Dad's Wallet?
Gather the kids and have them make a list of ten items they believe are in their fathers' wallets. When they've finished their lists, have the dads empty their wallets for the kids, holding up and naming each item. Each match will result in one point for the children. The child with the most points is the winner.
Our Hands Are Tied
Divide your Father's Day guests into two teams of two, each team consisting of a father and his child. Tie the fathers' right hands to the children's left hands and have them complete a task together. The team that completes the task first wins.
Task Suggestions:
Construct a triple-decker sandwich.
Construct a log cabin out of log blocks.
Cast a line and reel in a fish (tie magnets to plastic fish and the ends of the fishing lines, or hook paper fish to the lines ahead of time and just have them work together to reel it in)
They unwrap their Father's Day presents.
Pin the Tie on Dad
Enlarge and print a photo of Dad to poster size before Father's Day. Use a photo of the family patriarch if you're playing this game at a large family gathering. Tape the Dad poster to a wall. Hand the kids a tie, or a tie cut out of paper, while blindfolding them. The kids must attempt to tack the tie to Dad's collar. The child with the tie that is the closest to the collar wins.
Father's Day Puzzle Race
Gather a photo of each father who will be attending the Father's Day party before the event. Get the images enlarged, then cut them into jigsaw puzzle piece forms. Place each set of puzzle pieces in its own box, and then challenge the kids to reassemble the images of their father. After the party, the puzzles make a good keepsake gift.
Blindfolded Obstacle Race
Make an obstacle course in your backyard. When it's time to play, place Dad at one end of the obstacle course and his children at the other. The children have been blindfolded. Request that Dad call out directions to the kids, guiding them through the course as well as to him.
Shaving Race
This game is ideal for a group of dads and their children. Place the fathers in chairs in the backyard. Place a collection of kid-friendly shaving supplies a few feet away from each father. Dad can wear a shaving bib, whipped cream instead of shaving cream, and popsicle sticks as razors. Kids will race to collect the items, return them to where their father is seated, foam up his face, and "shave" the father with popsicle sticks.
Pie Eating Contest
Assemble a table with all of the fathers, some pre-made pie crusts, and a selection of fillings. Allow the children to fill the pies with whatever ingredients they believe their fathers would enjoy the most.
Set a timer for the fathers to see who would eat the most pies in the allotted amount of time. While the fathers race to finish the pies, their children must race to keep the pies coming.
Related: 20 Meaningful Ways to Celebrate Father’s Day
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