Re: HR/Funny Games On Diwali Eve

Hi All,
We are planning to organize some funny/HR games on eve of diwali for our staff in company. Pls suggest some games.
Thanks
Hardeep

Hi Hardeep
The common activities in organizations are :
Rangoli competition, Best dressed male and best dressed female contest (traditional clothes), Diya lighting contest, tug of war, poster making contest, Greeting card making contest, work station decorating contest, music competition, Diwali songs Antaakshari, Dumb charades and pot luck lunch
These activities are common and easy to coordinate. Not much preparation is required from the HR front.
Do share your experiences with us in the forum after the celebrations are over.
Cheers!
Radhika

Hi

Any game that is organized has to take into account the number of participants, the participant profile, the location and the objective of the game (in case of a party it can be purely a fun activity).

- the 'Queen of Sheeba' game is quite an interesting game for a large group. The group can be divided into teams of 7-20. The person conducting the game lays the ground rules, which can be tweaked to meet the requirements. Broadly the rules are that each team appoint a captain. The person conducting the game is 'The Queen of Sheeba" who will make ridiculous demands of the teams and each team will compete to please the Queen by meeting the demands of the Queen.The captain is the only person who can approach the 'Queen of Sheeba' with the object of her desire. The key is the pre planning done by the person conducting the game which involves making an interesting list of ackward demands. These could include sublime demands like getting a rose or lipstick to the ridiculous like getting a pair of black torn socks or a 500 rupee note with the numbers 456 in sequence etc. Once the competitive spirit gets into the participants the game can get boisterous and very energetic. eg. people could even grab a team member wearing black socks and remove it and forceably tear the same inorder to meet the Queens demand. Time limits and other rules can be laid down by the person conducting the game.

- Other games that can be played are games like 'Bombing the City' or 'Musical Chairs'. This can also be played with a twist too. The twist involves getting the people eliminated in the initial rounds (say upto the 4th or 5th round depending on the number of people eliminated) to play the game with a caveat that every person getting eliminated after that would have to pay a forfeit. This ensures that those who are shy, not too enthusiastic or very casual cannot get away by simply getting eliminated in the initial rounds.

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Regards

Best Wishes

Hi,
thanks for ur suggestion. But this time we r looking for some individual base games. If u have any suggestion regarding that kindly forward me.
Regards
Hardeep

Hello Radhika,
Thanks for ur suggestion. As i m new in this organization, I suggested these games to my seniors. They told that these games have already been organized previously. So pls if u have anything new or different with lot of fun then forward me.
Thanks u very much.
Hardeep

Dear Hardeep,
Diwali is the festival of celebrated to mark the victory of good over evil and light over the dark. This game is called "Thrash the Dark"
All you need is either candles or diyas with which you can light.
Ask your employees in groups or individually to come forward and light a candle / diya and let know the gathering which dark quality in their life (personal / professional / social) they would like to win over this diwali...and you will see how much fun and commitment comes out of the game.
Wish you all the best.
Warm regards,
Ebenezar

Hello Everyone,
I need some activities for Diwali as there only 4 women employees in my organization so i cannot conduct the rangoli competition.....so please suggest me some more ideas.
Regards,
Sri Divya