Ice breaker for a 70th party

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I'm hosting a small party for the 70th birthday of a relative. There will be about twenty adults and children, many of whom haven't seen each other for more than 15 years.

I'm looking for some kind of game or maybe a quiz (?) that could warm everybody up. We 're not the most gregarious of families and it would be nice to have a little something to minimise the initial awkwardness.

Any ideas?

anyone?

Bumpitybump

good morning party experts

Photos of people, get each one to send in a baby picture and have a sheet with each one on. Ask each person to go round and find from others who the babies are.

Have a 5x5 table on a sheet of paper and fill out things like "has a red front door" "likes cycling". Each person has to go round and get a signature in each box

The sticker on the back thing where you have to find your partner.

Have a map of uk/world on the wall and ask people to stick pins in saying where they live, where they are from, where they have memories of the birthday person.

Does it need to be a "gathering" type thing whilst people are arriving, or something when people are sitting down, like a party game? I'd probably get the children involved and ask them to ask each adult something (favourite food, where born/how they know the birthday person).

these are great, thanks Caulkhead.

probably for once everyone has arrived. We have some hours to fill

Give someone a digital camera/phone that videos and ask them to get each person to share a memory of te person whose birthday it is. These can then be made into a gift for the birthday person.

Collect beforehand as many photos as possible. Display them and encourage people to talk about who is in them/where they were taken etc.

Plan a time capsule as a family.