100th Birthday Party Games

100th birthday parties are often large community occasions so the 100th Birthday Party Games should involve those cross generational guests. Why not try a game of Charades that is tailored to the personal history of the guest of honor?

Before the 100th birthday party write up a biography of his or her life and then distribute it to the guests. Allow those playing the game to depict a different part of that life story for the others to guess. Most of these will be easy enough for youngsters to guess or act out. It will be a fun way to highlight those parts of the biography that may not be well known to all attending. Also the biography will help to fill in those gaps which may not be common knowledge among all who attend. The effort will be educational since the children will study many of these eras during their history classes at school. The biography and the charades are sure to spawn conversations that might not otherwise occur. A guessing game can also be linked to the guest of honor's biography.

Make an accompanying timeline of the person's major life events--birth year, anniversary, graduation, military service etc.--and then compile a list of world events that correspond to those personal milestones at the 100th Birthday party. Print these without the year in which they occurred and in jumbled, rather than chronological, order. Ask the guests to write down which world events occurred in the year of each life event. Later on in the party collect the answers and ""grade"" the pop history quiz. Award prizes relevant to the century marking birthday like a replica of a newspaper, magazine, or store catalogue from that month and year. spark lively discussions.

Remember, use lots of century specific paper party goods to celebrate this very special 100th birthday!