These graduation themed minute to win it games are a great option if you want something more interactive to celebrate your graduate! These graduation games are fun for high school graduation, eight grade graduation, and even kindergarten graduation with a few simple changes!
As we start celebrating graduates of all age in the next few weeks, I thought it was time to revamp and reshare some of my favorite graduation games we played at my sister’s graduation a few years back.
These would go great with any of these other graduation party games and activities!
These graduation game ideas work for everyone, and that’s the beauty of them! We played with adults, graduates, and even young kids and everyone had a ball! These are definitely better for a real graduation party versus an open house style that I know a lot of people do these days!
Ways to play these games
All of these games are Minute to Win It style games and depending on the number of guests attending the graduation party, there are three different ways you can play them.
- Man vs. Clock – In this version, one player will be trying to beat the clock for each game.
- Head to Head – In this style, you’ll pick two players for each game who will going head to head against each other playing a game rather than trying to beat the clock.
- Team Competition – In this style, you’ll split your group into two (or 3 or 10 depending on the number of guests) teams. For each game, teams must choose one player to compete head to head in the game with the other teams.
Fun graduation minute to win it games
I recommend choosing a couple of these games rather than trying to play them all! They were designed to be played on their own so feel free to pick and choose the ones that best suit your celebration!
Oh, the Places You’ll Go
For this game, set up seven buckets (I just use cheap beach pails like these) close to each other on one side of the room and tape a line about ten feet away on the other side of the room. On each bucket, place a piece of tape and write one of the seven continents.
To play, players must stand behind the taped line and either toss or bounce colored ping pong balls across the room and get a ball to land in each of the seven buckets. If seven seems too hard for you or you’re playing with young kids, you can change it so they only have to get one ball in.
Keys to Success
Before the game, place the set of chopsticks and a bunch of keys with large holes on a table. To play, players must put the chopstick in their mouth and using only their mouth, get all five of the keys rung on the chopstick.
One Smart Cookie
To play, players must put an Oreo cookie on their forehead then when you say go, they must move the cookie from their forehead to your mouth. This is one of our favorite minute to win it games! If the player drops the cookie on the ground, they can pick it up with their hands, put it back on their forehead and start again.
Shoot for the Stars
Place star shaped bowls (or a bowl with star stickers on it) on one side of the room. Put a cup full of mini marshmallows and pieces of white card stock (or large milkshake straws) on the other side of the room in a line, with enough space for someone to sit or stand next to it.
To play, players must roll up their card stock and tape to keep it together. They should roll it up wide enough so that they can put a mini marshmallow in it. To win the game, players must sit on the ground and shoot marshmallows through their rolled up paper to try and land the marshmallows in the star shaped bowls.
Don’t Blow It
To play, give everyone a graduation tassel (this bulk pack is cheap) and a straw. Have them put the tassel on the ground and kneel down behind it. Players must blow on the tassel using the straw to get it from one side of the room to the other and back.
A Piece of Advice
Before the game, print out one printable piece of advice paper and one advice letters person team. Cut up the advice word into individual letters, so each team has one set of the letters A-D-V-I-C-E. Place letters into six balloons of one color then blow up the balloons.
Repeat for each team in different colors. You’ll have one set of balloons with the letters ADVICE inside for each team. Tape up the piece of advice papers on the wall or a table across the room.
To play, the player must pop the balloons using only their hands (no teeth, no feet, no sitting, etc.) to get the letters out the balloons. Once they’ve retrieved all the letters, they must unscramble the letters and fill in the blanks on the Piece of Advice paper.
Roll With It
Before the game, line up 10 plastic cups on one side of the table and place a bowl of Rolos on the other end.
To play, players must stand on one end of the table and roll the Rolos across the table to knock off the plastic cups. To win, the player must knock off all ten cups.
Picture Perfect
Print out pictures of the graduate from all of their school years, making sure you have one copy of each picture per player playing.
To play, players must look through the photos of the graduate and put the photos in order from oldest to most recent.
Top of the Class
Before the game, place objects on the ground to create an obstacle course that players have to walk around. It can be as simple as just putting things on the ground around a room or more complicated such as putting a broom on the ground that people have to step over.
To play, players must get from the start to finish line of the obstacle course balancing a book on their head. For young kids, they can have one hand on the book as they walk, everyone else hands off. The person to finish fastest wins.
Story Of Your Life
Before the party, attach a photo of the graduate to the string. Tie the string up so the photo is hanging three feet from the ground.
To play, players must use children’s books (or any books) to build a tower out of books. First player to build a tower that’s high enough to touch the photo wins.
A Bright Future
To play, players must bounce glow sticks on the ground and try to land them in a bucket. First player to land one glow stick in the bucket wins. If one seems to easy for your group, require them to get two or more.
Smarty Pants
Before the party, place a Smarty candy in the toe of each of the legs of a pair of panty hose. To play, players must put the panty hose on their hands and put their arms out straight. Keeping their arms out straight, the player must use their fingers to inch up in the panty hose, trying to get to the Smarties candy. First player to get one of the candies in their hand wins.
Dip-low-ma
Before the party, cut each of the brown paper grocery bags to varying heights, making sure that the heights across teams match.
To play, players must lean/bend over and pick up the edge of the first bag with just their mouth. Once they’ve picked up the first bag, they can move onto the next one. First player to pick up all four of the bags wins.
O-fish-ally A Graduate
Supplies Needed:
Before the game, fill the bottom of three plastic fish bowls with Swedish fish (or Goldfish). To play, players must sit behind a line and bounce ping pong balls trying to get them to bounce in the fish bowls. First player to get a ball to bounce into all three fish bowls wins.
More Great Graduation Ideas
- Graduation scavenger hunt – graduation inspired clues sending your graduate to a surprise gift waiting at the end!
- Graduation party decorations – simple decoration ideas that can be personalized for any graduate!
- High school graduation gifts – the best gift ideas for high school graduates including everything from gift baskets to DIY gifts!
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