41 Fun Couple Games For Party And Private Times

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Couples’ party games are fun and entertaining and allow you to keep the spark alive. Love is often only seen holding each other’s hand or walking through a beautiful garden together, but it’s a lot more than that. Love is best felt when you both enjoy and have exciting and fun times together. Here is a curation of some of the best engaging games for couples that can spark creativity, intimacy, and laughter. These games will help you have a gala time together and cherish these memories for a long time.

Couple Games For Party

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What’s a party without some creative, exciting, and interactive games? Here are some trust-building ideas, games, and activities for couples you can use to keep the guests engaged. Your party can become festive, lively, and memorable for life.

1. Pyramid of coins

You will need:

• Glass
• Rice grains
• Coins

How to play:

1. Take a glass of rice grains.
2. Give coins to the couples.
3. Each couple should make a tower with the coins in the rice.
4. Whoever builds the highest pyramid is the winner.
5. The time limit is one minute.

2. Flip the glass:

You will need:

• Plastic glasses
• Water/ juice

How to play:

1. Give the couples a half glass of water or juice to drink.
2. Each player has to finish the drink and flip the glass bottoms up.
3. When one player finishes flipping, the other player has to drink and flip the glass.
4. Whoever flips it right is the winner.

3. Button sewing game:

You will need:

• Thread and needle
• Cloth
• Buttons

How to play:

1. Give each couple a kit consisting of cloth, buttons, thread, and needle.
2. Every player has to sew buttons on the cloth, while their partner assists them.
3. The couple who sews the highest number of buttons within a minute is the winner.
4. If you sew the buttons loosely, they will not be counted.

4. Tricky game

You will need:

• None

How to play:

1. The couples should stand facing each other in a row.
2. The person conducting the game will give instructions.
3. The couples should do anything but follow the instructions. For example, if the leader says, ‘Sit’ you should stand or run but not sit.
4. Whoever follows the instructions is out of the game.
5. The couple who remains until the end is the winner of the game.

5. Famous couple

You will need:

• Paper labels
• Cellophane tape
• Pen

How to play:

1. In this couple game, write the names of famous couples on labels.
2. Stick the label on the man/ woman’s back.
3. That person will ask their partner questions about famous couples to guess the couple whose name is written on their back.
4. The partner has to answer the question with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
5. The person who guesses correctly wins the game.
6. Continue the game till three couples guess the names right.

6. Find your mate

You will need:

• Paper bags

How to play:

1. Let the men and women be in different rooms.
2. Put a paper bag on each person’s head without covering the eyes.
3. They have to find their partner without speaking.
4. The couple who finds each other first will be the winner.
5. The other couples continue playing until they find their partners.

7. Tie a ribbon

You will need:

• Ribbon

How to play:

1. Cut the ribbon in different lengths.
2. Hide the ribbon pieces in various corners of the house.
3. Ask the couples to find them.
4. They need to find as many pieces and tie them together to make a long piece.
5. The game ends in ten minutes
6. Measure all the ribbon pieces of all the couples.
7. The one who makes the longest piece is the winner.

8. Whisper challenge

You will need:

• Earplugs or noise-canceling headphones

How to play:

1. Ask one person in each couple to wear an earplug or noise-canceling headphones.
2. Instruct their partner to whisper a romantic message, phrase, or song to them.
3. The person wearing the earplug/headphones should be able to lip-read and guess what their partner is saying or singing.
4. The couple who completes the task within the set time wins the game.

9. Memory challenge

You will need: 

• Tray
• Relationship-themed items (a small picture frame, toy, ring, etc.)
• Cloth for covering the tray
• Stopwatch

How to play:

1. Set a tray containing various relationship-themed items.
2. Give each couple a set time, say 30 seconds, to examine the items.
3. Once a couple is done checking the items, cover the tray with a cloth and ask the couple to list as many items as they can recall within the set time limit.
4. The couple that names the maximum number of items within the stipulated time wins the game.

10. Love letter typing

You will need:

• Laptop or tablet

How to play:

1. Provide each couple with a tablet or a laptop.
2. Give them romantic or humorous ideas to write on. For example, you can instruct couples to write a love letter in 60 seconds, beginning with the words ‘Dear Love.’ Alternatively, you can ask them to write a love letter in 60 seconds that contains the words ‘remember when.’
3. Set a time limit, say ten minutes, to let the couples complete writing the letter.
4. The couple who writes the most creative letters wins.

11. Love bingo

You will need:

• Bingo cards
• Markers or pens

How to play:

1. Prepare bingo cards with terms related to romance, love, and relationships.
2. Distribute these cards amongst all the couples.
3. Call out the terms one by one and ask the couples to strike off each term from their card once it is announced.
4. The first couple to complete a full card or a line (vertically, horizontally, or diagonally) will shout, ‘Bingo’ to win.

12. Emoji charades

You will need:

• Laptop
• Stopwatch

How to play:

1. Create a list of romantic words or phrases using emojis on the laptop.
2. One person from each couple has to decode the romantic word or phrase and then act it out for their partner to guess it.
3. The couple who completes the task in the least time wins.

13. Lyrics challenge

You will need:

• Print out of love song lyrics
• Stopwatch

How to play:

1. Print out incomplete love song lyrics on A4 sheets and give one sheet to each couple.
2. Instruct one person from each couple to read the lyrics and ask the other partner to complete the lyrics by filling in the blanks.
3. You can double the excitement by setting a time limit to complete each song.
4. The couple who completes the song in the least amount of time wins.

14. Truth and lies

You will need:

• A4 papers
• Pen

How to play:

1. Give every couple a piece of white paper.
2. One of the partners will have to write six lies and six truths.
3. The other partner has to segregate the lies from the truths.
4. The couples who make the correct guess will go to the subsequent round.
5. The game continues until only two couples remain.
6. In the final round, they have to play the game orally.
7. The one who guesses wrong will lose.

Quick tip

While you are having fun playing this game, try not to get carried away. Be considerate of other players, set boundaries, and refrain from asking offensive questions.

Balloon Couple Games

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No, these are not as simple as blowing the balloons and hanging them up.

15. Pop the balloon

You will need:

• Balloons
• Stopwatch

How to play:

1. Distribute the balloons to all the couples
2. One of the partners should burst the balloon by pressing the balloon against the back of the other partner without using their hands.
3. The couple who pops the maximum number of balloons in five minutes is the winner.

16. Shave the balloon

You will need:

• Balloons
• Shaving cream
• Razor

How to play:

1. Give all the couples a blown balloon each.
2. Spray some shaving cream on the balloons.
3. One partner holds the balloon by their mouth.
4. The other partner should shave the lather using a razor.
5. The couple who manages to complete the task first without popping the balloon is the winner.

17. Balloon hot potato

You will need:

• Balloons
• Music player or phone with a playlist

How to play:

1. Make all the couples sit in a circle and consider each pair a team.
2. Play the music and have the teams pass the balloon around the circle as if it were a ‘hot potato.’
3. When the music stops, the couple/team holding the balloon must pop it and say, ‘Hot potato.’
4. The couple then performs an exciting or embarrassing challenge that the other couples assign them.
5. Repeat the process with the remaining teams until all the teams have popped the balloon and completed the challenges.
6. The team/couple that remains till the end wins.

18. Balloon balance

You will need:

• Balloons
• Stopwatch

How to play:

1. Give a balloon to each couple.
2. Instruct them to keep the balloon in the air, but they should not use their hands. Instead, they can use other body parts like knees, elbows, and foreheads to prevent the balloon from falling on the floor.
3. Set a timer for each round to add an element of thrill and excitement.
4. The couple who manages to keep the balloon in the air for the longest time wins.

19. Balloon on the wall

You will need:

• Balloons
• Sticky notes
• Marker
• Darts

How to play:

1. Write unique and fun challenges or questions on sticky notes.
2. Fold the sticky notes and place them inside the colorful balloons.
3. Inflate the balloons and stick them to the wall.
4. Ask a couple to select a balloon, pop it using a dart, and take out the sticky note.
5. Let them read out the challenge or question aloud and then perform the challenge or answer the question mentioned on the note.
6. Repeat the steps with each couple, and have fun!

20. Balloon dance party

You will need:

• Balloons
• Music
• Stopwatch

How to play:

1. Inflate several colorful balloons and spread them in the room.
2. Play music and have a fun dance party for couples.
3. The couple who accidentally pops a balloon while dancing will be considered ‘eliminated’ or ‘disqualified.’
4. Ask them to stand in one corner of the room while the remaining couples dance.
5. The couple who will dance for the longest time without popping a balloon wins.

21. Balloon volleyball

You will need:

• Balloon
• Net

How to play:

1. Set up a net in an open space.
2. Divide the couples into two teams.
3. Like volleyball, each team can use their hands or other body parts to hit the balloon back and forth.
4. The team with the maximum score wins.

Tough Couple Games

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If your guests are a group of energetic, playful, and enthusiastic people, then simple games might bore them. Choose games that are challenging and dynamic to play.

22. Spot the candy in the flour

You will need:

• Flour
• Candy
• Table

How to play:

1. Place a bowl of flour on the table with a candy buried in it.
2. The players have to keep their hands behind their back.
3. Blow the flour and take the candy with their mouth.

23. Bite the bag:

You will need:

• Paper bags

How to play:

1. Players should place their hands behind their backs.
2. While picking up the bag, one foot should be on the floor and the other off the floor.
3. Place a paper bag on the floor.
4. The players need to pick the bag with their mouths and hand it to their partners.

24. Cherry pie:

You will need:

• Cherries
• Table

How to play:

1. On a table, arrange plates with six cherries on each plate.
2. Ask the couples (players) to stand in front of each plate. The couple should face each other.
3. On the blow of a whistle, they should start eating all the cherries. They should use only their mouths and their hands should be behind their backs.
4. The couple who eats all the cherries first wins the game.

25. Hoopla ring

You will need:

• Hoopla ring or hoola hoop
• Music

How to play:

1. Let all the couples face each other in a row.
2. Give one hoopla ring (or hoola hoop) to each couple.
3. Play the music.
4. At the start of the music, the couple has to go through the ring (hoop) from head to toe and pass on the ring to the next couple.
5. Stop the music, and if any couple remains inside the ring, they are out of the game.
6. Repeat the music and let the couples continue the game.
7. The couple who remains until the end wins the game.

26. How well you know your partner

You will need:

• Paper
• Scissors
• Pen

How to play:

1. This is a tough game because the questions are not easy to answer.
2. Cut a piece of paper into two equal parts, for men and women.
3. Have ten categories, such as, ‘favorite colors’, ‘favorite movies, and favorite foods’.
4. In each category, the person has to write the favorite color/movie/food of their partner on one half.
5. On the other half, they have to write their own favorites.
6. For every right answer, the couple will get one point.
7. Each couple has to take the test separately and the answers will be compared by the host.
8. The couple who gets the maximum points is the winner.
9. You can have as many questions as you want.

In the next section, we cover the questions you can ask the couples about each other.

27. Cheese Puff Passing Game

You will need:

• Cheese puffs
• Paper plates
• Table

How to play:

1. Couples stand next to each other at the table with hands behind their backs.
2. Each couple gets 2 plates.
3. Put 6-10 cheese puffs on one of their plates.
4. The ‘passer’ (person with the puffs) picks up one at a time with their mouth and passes it to the ‘receiver’ partner.
5. The receiver uses their mouth to take the puff and places it on their plate.
6. If the puff drops on the floor, the couple is out the game.
7. The first couple to pass and receive all the puffs to the second plate wins.

28. Communication challenge

You will need:

• Blindfolds
• Items for obstacle course (cushions, ropes, etc.)

How to play:

1. Gather all the essential items and set up an obstacle course in a safe location.
2. Mark each couple as a team, and blindfold one team member.
3. Instruct the other member to pass verbal instructions to their blindfolded partner to help them navigate the course.
4. The couple that completes the obstacle course with minimum mistakes wins.

29. Blind taste test

You will need:

• Blindfolds
• Food items

How to play:

1. Gather various food items with varying tastes and textures, such as fruits and vegetables.
2. Mark each couple as a team. Blindfold one partner and instruct the other to feed them different food items.
3. Now, let the blindfolded partner guess what each food item is based on its texture and taste.
4. The couple who identifies the maximum number of food items correctly wins.

30. Couple’s riddle relay

You will need:

• Riddle cards
• Stopwatch

How to play:

1. Mark each couple as a team.
2. Give each team a riddle to solve within a stipulated time.
3. The couple that solves the highest number of riddles within the set time wins

31.  Chopstick challenge

You will need:

• Chopsticks
• Small objects (marbles, candies, etc.)
• Container or basket

How to play:

1. Give each couple a set of chopsticks and a variety of small objects.
2. Instruct them to pick the provided objects/things one by one using the chopstick and put them in another container or basket.
3. The couple that transfers the most items within the stipulated time wins.

32.  Knot tying relay

You will need:

• Ropes or strings
• Stopwatch

How to play:

1. Set up a course using ropes or strings tied together in knots.
2. Mark each couple as a team and ask them to untie each knot they come across while running along the course.
3. The couple that unties the maximum knots in the given time wins.

33.  Alphabet story

You will need:

• Stopwatch

How to play:

1. Divide the couples into teams, where one couple will make one team.
2. Ask one person from team A to say a sentence that begins with the letter ‘A.’ For example, Alice baked a strawberry cake.
3. The other partner will continue the story by adding a sentence starting with the next letter, ‘B.’
4. Let the couple continue building a story using letters in alphabetical order. Give each partner ten seconds to come up with a sentence.
5. Repeat this process with each team. The team that makes the longest story using maximum letters wins.

Couples Game Questions for Parties

Here are some questions you can ask couples and match their answers.

About the partner:

1. What was the first thing you noticed in your partner?
2. Do you remember the first time you met your partner?
3. What’s your best moment with your partner?
4.  What do you like best about your partner?
5. How do you like to spend time with your partner?
6. Is there something you dislike about your partner?
7. How would you describe your partner in five words?
8. What is that you look forward to from your partner every day?
9. What would be your ideal date?
10. What did you do on your first date?
11. What scares you the most about your spouse?
12. What is the best thing you like about your spouse?
13. When did you first realize ‘he/she is the one for you’?
14. Which place did you go on your first date?
15. Do you remember the color of the clothes your spouse wore on your first date?
16. How would you describe your spouse the first thing in the morning?

About self:

17. If you are granted any three wishes, what would they be?
18. What is something you did as a teenager nobody knows about?
19. Who was your first crush?
20. Did you propose marriage to any other person?
21. What is the most embarrassing moment of your life?
22. Would you like your partner the same if he/ she looked different than now?
23. If you had just one day to live, how would you spend it?
24. What excites you the most?
25. What is your idea of a romantic date?
26. Is there something that you want to change about your life? What is that and why?
27. What is your wildest fantasy?
28. What is that you appreciate in your relationship and why?

Quick tip

Another interesting question you may ask is ‘What are you afraid to lose?’ It is a deep question, and the answer could be surprising.

Romantic Games For Couples

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You can turn lovemaking much more interesting with romantic games. Here are some such games to play with your boyfriend/girlfriend or significant other that can lead to a steamy aftermath.

34. Blindfolding your partner

You will need:

• Cloth for blindfolding

How to play:

1. Blindfold your partner.
2. Lead them slowly to your bedroom.
3. Tease them by touching them all over.
4. This can arouse them.

35. Romantic Scrabble:

You will need:

• Scrabble board
• Letters

How to play:

1. You need to form words just like in the Scrabble game.
2. The rule of this game is to form romantic words only.
3. It can be a fun way to express love for your partner.

36. Sexy Scrabble:

You will need:

• Scrabble
• Letters

How to play:

1. You need to form words of body parts only.
2. Your partner should kiss you on the body part (of the formed word).

Playing different board games can help couples relax and spend quality time together. According to Monica Humpal, a wife and a blogger, ”We love board games and spent much of last year painting miniatures for one of them. Today, we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of new board games that are currently in production. Having fun and playing together is a regular part of our relationship, and we enjoy every moment. Actually, I am more relaxed and happy when we play together – much more so than if we were to watch TV together or go to a movie (i).”

37. Truth or dare:

How to play:

Prepare a set of crazy questions such as:

1. ‘If I were handcuffed, what would you do?’
2. ‘If you had to put ice cream on me and eat, where would you put it and how would you eat?’

38. Love canvas

You will need:

• Edible body paints
• Washable mats
• Paintbrushes

How to play:

1. Lay washable mats on the floor and give each couple body paints and paintbrushes.
2. Instruct each team member to paint a specific thing on their partner’s body, which they should guess.
3. The team/s that makes a correct guess in the shortest duration wins.

39. Love dice

You will need:

• A love dice

How to play:

1. Buy a love dice or create one by writing romantic gestures like a hug, smile, or kiss on each side of a regular dice using a marker.
2. Make all the couples take turns rolling the dice and performing the actions that come up.
3. Enjoy this playful game and help the couples with innovative ways to show love and affection to each other.

40. Romantic riddles

You will need:

• Gifts
• Paper cards
• Marker

How to play:

1. Write romantic riddles on the paper cards to make riddle cards.
2. Leave these riddle cards around the house.
3. Instruct your partner to read the cards and find their way to gifts or hidden surprises.

41. Date night jar

You will need:

• Jar
• Sticky notes
• Marker

How to play:

1. Write love messages on sticky notes.
2. Fold up these notes and place them in the jar.
3. Ask your partner to pick these notes from the jar and read each message aloud.
4. Enjoy quality time together while expressing your love for your partner through these notes. This game is one of the most interesting date night games for couple to enjoy their time together and know more about each other.

Infographic: Couples Game Questions For Parties

Some romantic and some funny, these questions can help strike up endless conversations and start a laughter session at your All-Couples party. So if you’re hosting the next get-together with your other couples friends, keep this infographic handy to ensure the best entertainment.

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