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Family Fun Night – Minute to Win It

By Sharla Kostelyk

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These Minute to Win It games are hilarious! They are great to play at home with the family or at your next party or group event. Fun for all ages! We had a Family Fun Night with a Minute to Win It theme. It was extremely easy to come up with the games. 

A collage of 6 images with the words "Family Fun Night Minute to Win It" depicted on a white background in the middle. In the top left image, there are multicoloured balloons on a table. The photo beside shows a black boy with curly hair and his mouth in a wide open smile with an Oreo type cookie on one of his eyes. The next image is of a blonde girl transferring Smarties candies from one plate to another using a straw. The image beside that shows a boy in a blue shirt with his hands in a pair of beige panty hose. The image below shows a teen boy stacking many white plastic cups in a pyramid on a brown table. The last image is of a boy in a blue shirt with his arms raised up in the air in victory.For our party, I used a Minute to Win It party bucket, but it is no longer being sold, so I created a printable decoration kit that includes everything needed to host your own party.

The theme made the evening so much fun! We laughed a lot. It also worked really well for all the different age groups from our youngest right up to us adults.

Decorations:

The Minute to Win It Printable Party Pack includes:

  • Treat Bag Toppers
  • Cupcake Wrappers
  • Cupcake Toppers
  • Favour Bag Tags in two sizes
  • Straw Flags
  • Score Sheets
  • Game Directions for each of the games here and the games in our Dollar Store Minute to Win It night

 

Minute to Win It Printable Decoration Pack in multiple colours

Food:

I had planned to make cupcakes and number them from 1-12 and have them in the shape of a clock, but I ran low on time (ironic?), so we made mini cinnamon rolls instead. I made a variety of finger foods: veggies, surprise spread, tortilla chips, salsa, spinach dip, focaccia, crackers, cheese, and meat.

Minute to Win It Night food

Other food ideas for this theme:

  • take the top layer off Oreo cookies and draw a clock face on the white part with black edible pen or icing. 
  • make a veggie tray in the shape of a clock
  • fried cheese filled wonton clocks

Minute to Win It Games:

This was the really fun part of the night!  Here are some of the games we played. All we needed was a timer and things that most people have around the house. I did buy the ping pong balls, the Oreos, the Smarties, and the panty hose, but everything else we already had. For prizes, I bought mini skateboards, parachute men, and let the kids keep a ping pong ball each. All told, the party supplies cost about $5.

Face the Cookie. 

Each person had a cookie placed on their forehead and had to get it into their mouth without touching it with their hands. Einstein did it successfully!

Face the Cookie Game

Stack Attack.

This game consists of stacking 36 cups in a pyramid and then back down into a single stack. The Ferrari came the closest to conquering this one in one minute.

Stack Attack Game

Movin’ On Up.

(I love the look on Granola Girl’s face here!) In this game, the kids had to start with the blue cup on top and stack the cups one by one until the blue cup is on top again. Use 8-12 cups depending on the age and ability of those playing.

Minute to Win In Cup Game

Junk in the Trunk.

This game is hilarious! With a kleenex box strapped around the waist, the participants had to try to get out the 8 ping pong balls just by movement. It was really funny to watch! We laughed so hard that it was difficult to keep the game going!

Junk in the Trunk Minute to Win It Game

Suck It Up.

In this game, the kids had to transfer Smarties from one plate to another using only a straw. They were able to eat the Smarties afterwards which no one seemed to mind.

Suck It Up Minute to Win It Game

Penny Hose.

Players had to retrieve 2 pennies, one at the bottom of each leg of the panty hose. This is another funny one to watch. It’s more challenging than it sounds.

Penny Hose Minute to Win It Game

Ping Pong Bounce.

In this game, players had to bounce ping pong balls into six cups.  Everyone was able to do it in the minute. It’s nice to choose some games that are a bit more attainable like this one so that people don’t get frustrated. Mix in the easier ones with some of the more challenging games.

Ping Pong Bounce

Keep it Up.

In this game, the kids had to blow a feather across the room into a bucket. Only The Ferrari was able to do it successfully. It was awfully fun to try it though!

Keep It Up Minute to Win It Feather Game

Yank Me.

This game was the hardest.  No one was able to do it in one minute. One of the kids was able to get close though. To play, stack an index card on the top of the cup until there are five cups and then yank the index cards out to attempt to create a single stack of five cups.

Yank Me Minute to Win It Game

It was a great night!  This was a very easy theme to plan around and it was one of the rare themes that worked well with the broad age range of kids that is represented in our family. It would be a great one to plan for family get together, family reunions, birthdays parties, or youth group nights.

Looking for more awesome ideas for family fun? Join our free 5 Days to Better Family Connection email series.

You can find other hilarious game ideas at our Dollar Store Minute to Win It Night.

Dollar Store Minute to Win It party

Our Christmas Edition Minute to Win It is perfect for the holidays! 

Or check out our Minute to Win It Thanksgiving Games for your family gathering.

If you’re looking for outdoor large group games to play at a picnic, family reunion, or camping, our Minute to Win It Camping Games are the perfect solution.

Another fun idea for family or group get-togethers is The Flour Game.

The Flour Game square

Another game that is so easy to set up and can be played with large groups and a variety of ages is The Bag Game.

Don’t forget to grab your Minute to Win It Party Pack! Minute to Win It Printable Decoration Pack in multiple colours

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  1. Dawn says

    December 8, 2011 at 5:59 am

    What a wonderful evening! I love the idea. I have never even heard of that game. Hmmmm, That would be fun for New Year’s Eve. I will have to store that idea away. Thanks!!
    Blessings,
    Dawn

  2. Darci says

    December 8, 2011 at 6:42 am

    wow! what a GREAT night, my kids would love something like that! 🙂

  3. Kris says

    December 8, 2011 at 9:33 am

    Sharla, you are just so darned inspiring! This looks easy enough for *me* to do!!! 🙂

  4. Denise says

    December 8, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    Looks like fun! Good to see Ferrari getting in on the fun as well 🙂

  5. marcy says

    December 8, 2011 at 6:11 pm

    I so need to do this. My kids love games and I love the theme. Thanks for sharing this Sharla. The pics are great. The expressions, priceless!

  6. Aneta says

    December 8, 2011 at 7:34 pm

    That sounds like a great New Year’s Eve party idea! Never heard of that before, but I’ll have to look that up!

  7. Julie@teachinggoodeaters says

    December 8, 2011 at 8:21 pm

    Oh my! That looks like so much fun!! What a great idea for a family night:)

  8. MiaB says

    December 12, 2011 at 10:56 am

    This looked like so much fun!!! Thanks for stopping by my blog. I liked your page on Facebook and followed you on twitter also 🙂

    ~MiaB
    http://www.mamamiasheart2heart.com

    • Sharla says

      December 13, 2011 at 9:10 am

      Thanks Mia! So glad you stopped by! Your blog is full of great ideas!

  9. Amy @ Raising Arrows says

    December 12, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    What a blast! We are definitely going to have to try this!

  10. E. Tyler Rowan says

    December 16, 2011 at 9:58 am

    I LOL’d at the photo of the Hubs doing the “Junk in the Trunk!” Classic. Please blow that up and frame it for his bday. 😀

  11. Jacqui Hodges says

    December 16, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    I can’t wait to try this with my children. Would be fun to do at a kid’s bday party too! Thx for sharing!

  12. Hunny Kidd says

    March 1, 2013 at 9:24 am

    You have a wonderful site. I so enjoyed looking through it. Thank you for sharing all your wonderful ideas. We have a small youth group and I will be using some of your ideas to help them. Once again…
    Thanks & Blessings
    Rochelle Kidd

  13. Gloria Bosma says

    June 5, 2013 at 10:25 am

    What great ideas! When I was sharing the ideas with Brandon he asked,”On Computer?” Yup, I think it’s time to start playing some real games.

  14. Ashanti says

    November 30, 2013 at 3:33 pm

    This was a great help to the family

  15. Monica says

    June 25, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    Love this! Pinned!
    Monica

    This would be perfect to link to Family Fun Friday if you have time. 🙂 http://www.happyandblessedhome.com/category/family-fun/

  16. Stephanie Kay says

    July 1, 2014 at 3:13 pm

    What a fun family night!! Thanks for sharing via Family Fun Friday.

  17. Barb @ A Life in Balance says

    December 3, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    Those games are awesome! I’m pinning this for later in the month when we have cousins visiting from out of town.

    • Sharla says

      December 3, 2014 at 10:18 pm

      Thanks so much Barb! We had a lot of fun!

  18. Selena @ Look! We're Learning! says

    December 10, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    This looks like a blast! Thanks for sharing at Family Fun Friday!

  19. Hannah says

    December 11, 2014 at 3:49 pm

    What a great idea for family fun! I have some boys in my house who would love these games, especially with the Christmas holiday coming up!

  20. Sarah Ann says

    December 23, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    I love these ideas and am linking back to this from my site, http://faithalongtheway.com, for fun stay-at-home ideas for New Years Eve! Thanks for the inspiration! I’m now a new follower!

    • Sharla says

      December 23, 2014 at 10:43 pm

      Thanks Sarah Ann! We had so much fun!

  21. Becky says

    December 30, 2014 at 6:46 am

    This is so fun! We will use it for our New Year’s Eve tomorrow:). Are you an adoptive family? We are! (Mexico, Ethiopia, China, US-foster). Love your kiddos!

    • Sharla says

      December 30, 2014 at 12:55 pm

      It was one of our best ever family nights! I hope you have as much fun as we did.

      Yes, five of our kids are adopted. Three through the foster to adopt program in Canada and two from Ethiopia.

  22. Helen says

    January 1, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    I’m so pleased I found your post: sounds exactly what we need to pop more ‘fun’ in to our evenings. Thank you!!!!!!

  23. Kimberly says

    October 28, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    I love this! We’re going to play these are our Thanksgiving Party. How does the scoring work?

  24. Cats says

    August 18, 2016 at 9:17 pm

    Thankyou so much this was a life saver for my brothers birthday it was really fun

    • Sharla says

      August 19, 2016 at 11:42 am

      I’m so glad!

  25. Kaylee says

    April 15, 2017 at 6:57 am

    Cool looks like fun to do

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