Whether one party guest is a cranky, party pooper or another is too talkative to follow the rules, there are issues to deal with in successfully staging an adult party activity. An alternative is to use a team building approach as an adult party game which also has a purpose. There are companies around the country that plan team building functions on-site or off-site, and whether you choose to host your event with the organization, it’s beneficial to take a look at what they offer.
Windy City Fieldhouse is Chicago’s premier team building and entertainment complex. The facility can host a multitude of events including social parties like birthdays, bar mitzvahs, weddings, and picnics. It also has a long history of creating fabulous corporate events like team challenges, product launch galas, meeting energizers, and appreciation or anniversary receptions.
While they’ve made a solid business out of providing customers with a total package -- the event design and implementation for their event – anyone can learn from the events staged by the meeting planning company.
Adult Team Building Activities: Scavenger Hunt
This activity works well for groups of any size. The larger the group, the more members will be placed in each team. Ideally, there should be no more than ten teams for a great scavenger hunt. If you are using this activity as an ice breaker for your own event, you will want to create a Photo Scavenger Hunt or a Scavenger Hunt questionnaire. Rather than collecting tangible items to win the hunt, players will collect photographs of the scavenger items or they will need to complete a questionnaire that can only be answered with details of the found items. Photos can be taken with most cell phones; the questionnaires filled out one per team.
To stage a Photo Scavenger Hunt, go throughout the party space and select common or unusual visuals, and matching clues. Suggested examples are:
- if you have a photograph of the Eiffel Tower in one room, your Photo Clue can be: “a tall Parisian”
- for a grand piano, the Photo Clue can be “a white key”
- The clue “an old Ford” could generate a snapshot of a Model T or a tabloid photo of Harrison Ford
Have fun with this part of the activity. Your guests will enjoy your sense of humor and attention to detail. Don’t pick out a simple visual like an upholstered armchair. Instead, pick out a subtle detail in its fabric, such as “a feathered show-off” for a peacock featured in the chair’s toile upholstery.
Set a time limit of ten minutes to complete the Scavenger Hunt ice breaker. If teams cheat or share information amongst one another, that’s okay. This game is designed to be fun, to encourage chatter and laughter, and to get your guests into a festive attitude. Make sure to award the winning team with conspicuous, kitschy medals to wear. In addition to keeping your budget under control, these campy awards will spark conversation for the rest of the evening!
