Kids party game show — fun for the youngest

A simple, proven format for children, parents and all guests. Participants split into two teams and compete for points by guessing the most popular answers to questions about birthdays, school, play and kids’ world.

Teams can be, for example:

• kids vs parents,
• one friend group vs another,
• boys vs girls,
• mixed teams where children play with adults.

How it runs

1. The host splits participants into two teams.
2. Team representatives hit their buzzers.
3. Whoever reacts first tries to name an answer on the board.
4. If the answer is correct, the team gets its points.
5. Teams try to reveal the remaining answers.
6. After several rounds, the team with more points wins.

Questions should have several possible answers, not one correct answer. Prepare four to eight answers per question with different point values.

Sample questions

• What do kids do when they don’t want to go to bed yet?
• What can you find in a student’s backpack?
• What do we lose most often on the playground?
• What is on the perfect birthday table?
• What would kids choose for a day without school?
• What can you build with blocks?
• What does a child do when a parent says: “Clean your room”?
• What usually happens after blowing out the candles?
• What would the birthday child take to a desert island?
• What animal would kids most like to have?
• What do kids do when the power goes out?
• What can you find under the bed?
• What does everyone pack for the best trip?
• What breaks most often when building with blocks?
• What do kids dream about before falling asleep?

In this format you don’t use buzzers. Instead of hitting a button, teams complete a short task that decides who may answer first.

Questions and the answer board work like classic FamiliVersus, but the right to answer comes from speed, observation and teamwork.

How it runs

1. Participants split into two teams.
2. The host picks a question and starts a round with the answer board.
3. Instead of buzzers, they announce a short task for both teams.
4. Teams complete the task at the same time.
5. The winning team may give one answer.
6. If the answer is on the board, it is revealed and the team scores.
7. If wrong, the team gets no points and the next short task appears.
8. The next task winner may give the next answer.
9. Play continues until all answers are revealed or the set number of rounds ends.
10. The team with more points wins.

Tasks do not score points. They only grant the right to answer. Each should last a few seconds and be easy for the host to judge quickly.

Sample short tasks

• Find something red.
• Line up spoons by the birthday child’s age.
• Build the tallest tower from blocks or cups.
• Find a napkin on the table.
• Line up from shortest to tallest.

Sample questions

• Which animals can you see in the countryside?
• What can you do on a rainy day?
• What pet would a child like at home?
• What do we take to the beach?
• What can you find under the bed?
• What superpower is worth having?
• What colours do you know?

Questions should have several possible answers, not just one correct answer. The host assigns points to each answer to build a real FamiliVersus board.

This time children prepare their own FamiliVersus version and parents face questions invented by the youngest players.

With an adult’s help, kids create questions, think up possible answers and assign points. At the party parents split into two teams and play a classic game show.

How it runs

1. Before the party, children prepare several questions for parents.
2. For each question they invent four to eight possible answers.
3. An adult helps tidy answers, fix questions and assign points.
4. During the game parents split into two teams.
5. Children can be hosts, judges or commentators.
6. Parents hit buzzers and try to guess answers written by the kids.
7. The game follows classic FamiliVersus rules — correct answers are revealed and teams score.
8. After several rounds the parent team with more points wins.

Sample questions

• What does dad do after work?
• What items are in a year 1–3 classroom?
• What do kids do after school?
• Which heroes can you meet in the Avengers?
• What after-school activities does the birthday child have?
• What words or abbreviations do kids use in messages?
• What do kids watch online?
• What console games are kids playing now?

The biggest fun is that parents don’t answer questions prepared by adults. They must guess how their own children see the world — and their parents’ behaviour.