[freebird]

Santa Hat Game

You need a santa hat or party hat for every guest.
At the begining of the evening, (or afternoon or whatever), tell your guests that this is an observation game, and that the object is to NOT be the last one with a hat on. Let them know that one person in the group will at some point during the party remove his or her hat (the first round of this game it will be you but don't tell them that), Let the party continue as it normally would, wait for awhile until everybody is ingrossed in visiting or eating or even playing another game, quietly remove your hat and watch how fast others catch on. Slowly people will also remove their hats, among snickers and giggles and soon there will be one person left wearing a hat. Give that person a candy cane, start the game over with the loser being the one to be first to remove hat, (don't let the others know, they may keep a special eye out on the person if they know who is supposed to be next).

[DocSanae]

Now, this is something both kids and grown-ups can have fun with.

[freebird]

Here's another one that most people like

It's an actuion, sort of.

Everybody is instructed to bring a wrapped gift to the party. Not something they go out and buy, but something that they have around the house that they don't use, need or want.
Sit everybody down with the gifts in the middle of the room, (on a table or just on the floor). Give each guest, (including yourself) 4 cards. (use as many decks of cards as needed, or just use 2 cards every guest depending on how long you want the game to go on and how many guests you have). With a seperate deck of cards the hostess shuffles them and then turns them up one at a time, calling out what that card is. (Queen of hearts, two of spades, ect.) anybody who has that particular card gets to choose a gift out of the middle. When all the gifts are gone, the person with the called card gets to take a gift away from somebody who has them. (Don't open them yet)! The more times the hostess shuffles and goes through the cards the longer the game becomes and (in my opinion), the funner it is. If you are playing this game with children you may want to have a few extra gifts off to the side in case at the end of the game some children dont have a gift, that way nobody feels left out. Try it it's fun.