Inside: 100+ of the best 80th birthday party games to help celebrate!
We all love our parents. They’ve thrown us countless parties throughout our lives; birthdays, graduations, weddings (yes I am counting a wedding as a party). Now that they are getting older, it’s our turn.
Reaching 80 is such an awesome milestone, one that deserves to be celebrated with a big birthday bash! The most important thing you can do for this party is to bring people together and create memories. The best way to do this is with games of course!
Games are the ultimate tool to bring any party from okay, to something you’ll remember for the rest of your life. They give you the opportunity to get quality time in, with lots of laughs.
Now, I understand how overwhelming throwing a party can be. You have to get together invitations, the food, and the decorations…so finding games on top of it all may seem a little above your pay grade.
But I have your back. I’ve put together a master list of the best 80th birthday party games that will show our elders how much they mean to us. After all, 80-year-olds like to have fun too! So take a look at this list… there are over 100 different options here for you to choose from.
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80th Birthday Game Ideas
1. How Well Do You Know Me 80th Birthday Game – This one is not only fun, but it’s a great way to make the birthday person feel extra loved. Click here for a printable game.
2. Never Have I Ever
3. Personalized Crossword – This is a cute branch off of the How Well Do You Know Me Game, it’s a crossword that uses personal trivia for the answers. How cool is that?
4. Birth Year Trivia
5. Jeopardy – Recreate Jeopardy at home.
6. Finish the Lyric Throughout Time – For this one, you play the music that came out the year they were born all the way up through the present. You play it, then pause in the middle of a lyric and the person has to finish it.
7. Pictionary
8. Karaoke
9. Old Person Charades – It’s actually exactly what it sounds like, charades with the theme of an Old Person!
10. Guess My Age – This one is so cute! You take a bunch of photos of the honorary birthday person throughout their life and clip them to a board. Then everyone gets a piece of paper and has to guess the age they were in each photo. The person to get them all right gets a prize!
11. The Price is Right – Classic 80-Year-Old TV Games are always a win.
12. Talent Show
13. Bingo
14. Who Am I Game – For this one, you write down different people on sticky notes. Everyone takes one and sticks it to their forehead, then gets to ask questions to find out who they are.
15. Most Likely To
16. Would You Rather – A Classic and Simple Game that works for all ages.
17. Two Truths and A Lie – A great way to get to know your family even more.
18. Try Not To Laugh – This one is hilarious and cheap! Just go onto YouTube and type in Try Not To Laugh Challenge and watch it with your fellow players. The first person to laugh is out. The last one standing wins.
19. Telephone
20. Ping Pong Toss – It’s a PG version of Beer Pong. It’s fun and family-friendly.
21. Pin the Tail On the Donkey – I love to incorporate some games that are strictly for children because adding some childlike wonder into your 80s is an absolute win.
22. Back Draw – Teams of 2 take turns drawing on a piece of paper that is placed on one player’s back. The player who is being drawn on has to guess the word their teammate is drawing.
23. 20 Questions
24. Ball Pass – Everyone stands in a circle and has to pass a ball to the next person without using their hands.
25. Cotton Ball Scoop – For this one, you’ll need a big bowl, a bag of cotton balls, and a big ladle/spoon. The player is blindfolded and has to try and scoop as many cotton balls off the ground and into the bowl within one minute.
Classic Games You Can Buy
26. Party Charades
28. Battleship
30. Jenga
31. Bamboozled, A Bluffing Card Game
32. Trouble
33. Operation
34. Jumbo Jenga
36. Kerplunk
37. Mouse Trap
38. CandyLand
40. Clue
41. Connect Four
42. Sequence
43. Boggle
44. Uno
45. Pictureka!
46. Do You Really Know Your Family?
47. Yahtzee
48. Guess Who?
49. Simon
50. Headbanz
51. Cat Lady
52. Spontuneous
53. Doodle Face
54. Game of Life
56. Scrabble
57. Phase 10
80th Birthday Games for Mom
58. Scattergories
59. Crochet Race – For this one, everyone gets yarn and a crocheting needle. Set a timer for 1 minute and see who can make the longest crochet chain!
60. Arts & Crafts – Arts and crafts are a great theme for party games, especially if they are turning 80! Crafting knows no age.
61. Ring Toss
62. Murder Mystery
63. Truth or Dare
64. Hot Potato – Everyone stands in a circle and passes a ball around. When someone yells hot potato the person holding the ball is out!
65. Sticker Stalker – Each guest gets a pack of stickers and has to try and put them on others without them noticing over the course of the party.
66. Movie Trivia
67. Make A Mummy
68. Mom-Themed Charades – It’s exactly like it sounds, and it’s sooooo fun! Plus it will make Mom feel extra special.
69. Freeze Dance – Dancing is for all ages, and this one will fill the room with laughter!
70. Don’t Say Old – This one is a spin on the baby shower game where the first person to say baby loses but this time, you can’t say old!
72. 10 Printable Games for Her
73. Who Knows the Birthday Girl Best Printable
75. Custom Bingo
76. Finish My Phrase
78. Fairytale Murder Mystery Kit
79. Team Quiz
80. Embroidery Kits
81. DIY Clay Bowl
80th Birthday Games for Dad
85. Poker
86. Blackjack
87. Roulette
88. Hangman Tournament – Like regular hangman but on steroids. Divide your guests into two teams and put the timer on. The first person to guess their word wins.
89. Year of Invention – This one is for the dads that love knowing when things were made. Create cards full of machines and tools and then have everyone guess the year they were invented.
90. Puzzle Race
91. Chinese Checkers
92. Risk
93. Saran Wrap Game – This one is super fun. You take goodies and prizes and wrap them all up into a big ball of saran wrap. Everyone sits in a circle and the player rolls a dice. Whatever number it lands on is the number of layers they get to peel off.
94. Horse Shoes – A classic yard game that every old man loves!
95. Name That Song
96. Bean Bag Toss
97. Fact or Fiction – Get a book of random facts and then create some fake ones. Write them down and put them into a bowl. Then take turns reading them and try to decipher if it’s fact or fiction.
98. Jigsaw Puzzles
99. Gin Rummy
100. Bridge
101. Trivial Pursuit
102. Guess who – Gather baby photos of everyone at the party, then have everyone take a guess as to who is who.
103. Croquet
And there you have it! Over 100 of the best 80th birthday party games to include at your oldies party. I’ve found that mixing and matching these to your family’s liking has the best results.
Birthdays are truly something to celebrate, especially as we get older. An 80th birthday is a big one, and choosing the right games to include at the party will make the biggest difference.
So get out there, eat some good food, and spend some quality time with the people that you love.
If you loved the idea of playing charades but have no idea how to get started, click here.
This is such a fantastic list! I love the variety of games you included for every age group. Can’t wait to try some of these at my grandma’s 80th birthday party. Thanks for the great ideas!