Printable New Year Games
NYE Party Game Library
Eleven printable paper games and a host plan for one New Year's Eve at home: kids' games up to an early countdown, grown-up games on to midnight.
- Printable PDF
- US Letter + A4
- Instant download
One zip. Pages: 49 (Letter edition): host pack 8, player sheets 16, card decks 19, guide 6, plus a 1-page cover
Look inside
Parts of real pages from the download, shown smaller and marked as a preview.
The Evening Plan: a 6 pm to midnight running order with a kids' early countdown 
Draw It kid cards 1 to 12, with dashed cut lines 
Find the Guest kid sheet: squares to fill by asking other guests
What's in the download
- Host pack: The Evening Plan (6 pm to midnight, kids' early countdown), a blank evening plan with a game menu, Midnight Quiz Show rules and 5 pages of host question strips
- Midnight Quiz Show: 5 categories × 5 cards, each with a Kid and a Grown-up question (50 questions), board and team score sheet; every answer names its source (38 sources listed in the guide)
- Countdown Charades: 12 Kid + 12 Grown-up cards
- Draw It: 24 Kid + 24 Grown-up cards
- Five-Second Rush: 24 Kid + 24 Grown-up cards
- Don't Say It: 24 Kid + 24 Grown-up cards
- 168 game cards in all, plus 12 blank cards (6 Kid, 6 Grown-up); every card 62 × 56 mm at both paper sizes
- Would You Rather: 12 Kid + 12 Grown-up questions
- Find the Guest: Kid sheet (9 squares) and Grown-up sheet (16 squares)
- This or That: 16 pairs
- Predictions for the Year: Kid and Grown-up sheets
- Two Truths and a Wish: rules and 7 slips
- New Year Story: 3 fill-in stories, each with a word list and a read-aloud page
- All-Night Scoreboard
- Host guide: start page, print table, worked example plan, quiz answer key, quiz sources
Exactly what you get
- Pages
- 49 (Letter edition): host pack 8, player sheets 16, card decks 19, guide 6, plus a 1-page cover
- Paper sizes
- US Letter and A4
- Cards
- 168 + 12 blank
- Quiz
- 50 questions, 38 sources
- Games
- 11
Good to know before you buy
- Print-only PDFs: not editable
- Print at Actual size / 100% on US Letter or A4; card size depends on it
- Rules for Don't Say It, Five-Second Rush and the hosted quiz are our own versions of familiar party games
- Kid cards are written for about ages 6 to 10; not play-tested with children
- Play times are estimates
- English only
- Nothing to open online to play, no apps, no slideshow: everything is on paper (the quiz source list gives web addresses for reference)
What you need
A printer, plain paper (card stock for the cards if you have it), scissors for the cards, pens or pencils; scrap paper and markers for Draw It; a timer is optional (players can count).
Guides that go with it
- Games for New Year parties, sorted by age and by the hour
Games for New Year parties, grouped by age and by the hour, with player counts for a living room or a crowd and the supplies each one needs.
- New Year Eve Games Adults Can Play by Group Size
New Year Eve games adults can run for two people, a small table, or a big room, with the supplies each size needs and drinking rounds left off the list.
Questions about this printable
What do I need?
A printer, plain paper (card stock for the cards if you have it), scissors for the cards, pens or pencils; scrap paper and markers for Draw It; a timer is optional (players can count).
Can I type into it?
No. These are print-only PDFs: you fill them in by hand.
Do we need a screen or an app for the quiz?
No. Everything is on paper: the Midnight Quiz Show is host question strips, a board and a team score sheet. The quiz source list gives web addresses for reference only.
Which paper sizes are inside?
US Letter and A4. Both editions come in the same zip, so print whichever your printer uses.
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NYE Party Game Library
11 games · 168 cards + 12 blank · Printable PDF · US Letter + A4