Picnic Games for Adults

If an adult picnic game or two are to feature on your agenda, there’s no reason to purchase expensive games equipment.
If you feel like having fun with your guests by playing some of the games on this list of picnic game ideas, then I suggest you take a moment to check out picnic game bargains in the country nearest to you.
Other enjoyable adult picnic games just involve using your creativity and perhaps a pencil and paper or a balloon or two.
Games such as Pass the Balloon can be hilarious. First split into teams.
Pass a balloon along the team using necks and chins only (absolutely no hands!)
pass a long balloon (or even a baby marrow or very large courgette) along the team using only your knees.
Have a camera at the ready because, trust me, you’ll want to take photos! Obviously the first team to get the balloon all the way along the team wins.
A more sedentary adult picnic game is Buzz, for which you need to try and remember the maths you learnt in school! Sit in a ring and take it in turns to shout out a number – in sequence. Make it easy by starting at 1 to begin with. Each time the number has a 7 in it, or is divisible by 7, then the person must say “buzz” instead of the number. If they don’t, then they’re out. The winner is the last person in.
Example: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Buzz, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, Buzz, 15, 16, Buzz, 18, 19, 20, Buzz, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Buzz, Buzz, 29, 30 etc.
This really makes your brain tick over, as you have to concentrate not only on what you’re going to say, but also on your friends so that you can get them out. It helps if someone in the party is really good at maths!
Assassin is an amusing game which can be running for the length of the picnic. Cut up some card (old Xmas or birthday cards for example) into business card sizes, one for each person at the picnic. Mark one card with an A but leave all the other cards blank. Fold each card and put them into a container. At the picnic, everyone takes a card but no looking at others or telling! The person with the A is the Assassin.
During the picnic, the Assassin must secretly wink at people. When someone is winked at, they must declare that they have been hit by the Assassin and they are dead. If another picnicker thinks he has seen the Assassin winking, then he can declare the suspect. However, you only get one chance each at a declaration and if you’re wrong you’re also dead. If you’re right, then you win the game. If nobody guesses who the Assassin is, then the Assassin wins when they wink at the last person without being seen.
Another great adult picnic game is Frisbee Golf for which you need some wide open space, as well as Frisbees of course – and a two or three towels and/or small tablecloths. Place the towels far enough away that there is plenty of room to throw the Frisbee towards them.
The rules are like those of standard golf. Each player will "tee off" by throwing the Frisbee with the aim of landing it on the first towel. After each player has thrown once, he then continues to throw his Frisbee until it lands on the towel. The number of throws is the score for that "hole".
Once every player has landed his or her Frisbee on the towel, continue on to the next "hole." You can add additional "holes" by moving the towels. The game can be played with any number of participants. The winner is the player with the lowest number of throws.