4 Fun Party Games For Teenagers (That They'll Actually Want To Play)

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Your kids get to a certain age, and they’re no longer interested in passing the parcel or playing musical statues.

What are some fun party games for teenagers that they’ll actually want to play?

Selfie Bingo

If it’s one thing that you know to be true, it’s that your teenager loves their cellphone.

Whether it’s to Snapchat endlessly with their friends or spending countless hours on YouTube, their hands and cellphone are one.

So why not turn an obsession into a fun activity game?

Selfie Bingo is played similar to traditional Bingo, where each player receives a card with various numbers or words and whoever gets a row filled first is the winner.

Selfie Bingo replaces the numbers and words with descriptions of popular selfie poses, which at any given moment most teenagers have amassed.

To play, each participant unlocks their phones, and with their card marks off, the poses stored on their device that the announcer calls out.

The first player to get an entire row filled is deemed the winner, and the game ends.

There are many ways you can game enticing, such as adding a time factor to finding the selfie or offering prizes to the winner.

Be warned that this game can – and quite possibly will – go on for hours.

TikTok Dance Beat

Have you ever played musical chairs?

Were you any good at it?

TikTok Dance Beat takes the game of musical chairs and turns it into a dance competition.

Two teams of two or more compete against each other to develop a TikTok dance or activity that matches the music presented to them, all within a set timeframe.

Each team is scored on quality and creativity and can involve all teammates or a chosen few.

The judges or a designated player plays a clip of the TikTok music, and both teams have approximately one to two minutes to think of something creative before battling it out with the competing team.

The team with the best creative dance wins that round and advances to the next level.

In the end, the team with the most won rounds is declared the winner and can either receive a prize or present a challenge to the losing team members.

It is easy to add challenges to TikTok Dance Beat.

Try a shorter timeframe during the strategizing portion or have specific movements or gestures removed, or even add the requirement of using certain gestures.

This game can easily stretch out to three hours and is a hoot to watch.

Rap That Tune

For all your musically inclined kids, this will be their jam.

Rap That Tune can be a two-player game or multiplayer, but it’s a lot more fun with multiple players, and here’s why.

If you’ve ever played the game ‘telephone’ where one person whispers a phrase to another and the last person to hear the phrase blurts it out loud, then you’ll understand how Rap That Tune plays out.

Essentially a song will be picked from the pre-approved list (to fend off songs with vulgar or inappropriate language) and players will sing or rap one lyric to another.

The last person to hear it must guess the name of the song or sing or rap one entire verse.

It’s comical, to say the least, because who knows what will come out at the end!

You can make it competitive with a prize or challenge or with the elimination of players.

The kids particularly enjoy the elimination round as we usually allow the winner of the round to eliminate a person of their choosing.

The game can also be played with one person hearing a snippet of the song or rap, and they have a set time to either sing or rap an entire verse or name the song.

Those who win can stay for the next round, and those who lose can be eliminated.

The choice is yours, but it’s a good time nonetheless.

If I Were An Adult

Don’t you love it when your teen back talks?

Yeah, I could do without it as well, which is why they particularly enjoy ‘If I Were An Adult.’

If I Were An Adult is a challenge game.

Like Simon says and Charades, the chosen person, nicknamed “the Adult,” starts the game by imitating an adult of their choosing, and the other players must guess which adult they are mocking.

Now be mindful, this game can go left quickly, so if adults are playing (or are present), I strongly suggest setting ground rules or restrictions on what can or can’t be in the challenge.

For example, the chosen ‘Simon/Adult’ per se can shout:

“If I were an adult, I’d say give me 10 pushups and no bending your knees!”

“If I were an adult, I’d say go stand in the corner and be a cry baby.”

The other players then take turns guessing which adult “Simon/Adult” is mimicking and the first person to guess right wins a point.

Depending on the number of players, the player who guesses right becomes the new “Simon/Adult” or is deemed the new “Simon/Adult” with the most points at the end of the rounds.

We’ve done both in one round with the addition of eliminating a player from the other team because we had quite a few people playing.

It’s pretty funny – if a little humbling – to watch your teens give the best impressions of the adults in their life.

If someone present is thinned skin and not too fond of being made fun of, this is not the game for them.

We strongly suggest that they sit this one out or try a different game entirely if the easily offended adults are present.

What party games for teenagers does your crew love to play?

Have a great party!