High School Birthday Party Games

A high-school birthday party can be a lot of fun. There are many enjoyable games that you can include in a high-school birthday party that are age-appropriate. The best games will depend on the number of people who are at the party and the preferences of the birthday child.
Scavenger hunt
A scavenger hunt can be a fun game for high-school students as long as you make the clues challenging enough so that the guests do not feel like they are playing a game that is for little kids. You can send the guests throughout the house, the back yard or other areas in search of the clues. You can make the clues difficult to figure out. They can work individually or they can work in teams. At the end, winners will get a prize.
Sports games
There are many great sports games that work well for a high-school birthday party, especially if you have a big back yard. For instance, you can have the kids play a game of flag football. You can get an inexpensive net and have them play volleyball. You might want to check with the parents to make sure they are OK with the children playing sports.
During the summer, you can have a water balloon toss game. Have the kids toss a water balloon back and forth to each other in teams of two. When a team drops the water balloon and it breaks, they are out of the game. The last team left with an unbroken water balloon wins.
Party games
There are many great party games that work well for high-school kids. For instance, you can play the game Pictionary. Break the children into two teams. One person from the team gets a subject and has to draw it while the other members of his team try to guess what it is. You go through several rounds with the teams taking turns, and the team that can answer the most ones right in the quickest time wins.
Scattergories is another fun party game, as is Apples to Apples. You will find many party board game offerings at toy stores. There is even one on How to Host a Murder Mystery, which is a lot of fun.
Before you make the final decision on the games that you want to have at the high school birthday party, talk to the birthday girl or boy to make sure that he or she is happy with your selections. You do not want to do a game he or she feels is too juvenile. He or she may enjoy a number of these games.