Family reunion games that mix up the whole family
If you're the one organizing the reunion, you know the hard part isn't the food. It's getting the branches of the family to mix, when everyone tends to sit with the people they already know. Let's Tingo gives the whole reunion one game of bingo. You build a board of things to find, everyone gets their own board from the same list, and the first to fill five in a row calls a Tingo.
It's a family reunion scavenger hunt that gives second cousins a reason to talk, and gets the grandparents and the toddlers looking for the same things.
Family reunion games for all ages
Family reunion games have to work for a four-year-old and a great-grandmother at the same time, and looking for things is something everyone can do. Pick a game type, tell Let's Tingo you're hosting a family reunion at a park shelter with three generations coming, and it builds a list of finds from that: a family tree poster, a newborn baby, an uncle at the grill. Keep the ones you like, add the old photo album your aunt brings every year, and share the game.
In most games, finds are shared, so when anyone spots something, it shows up on every board that has it. A find by a great-aunt in the shade shows up on a teenager's board across the park.
Family reunion activities for people who arrive at different times
Reunions rarely start all at once. Some families drive in the night before and some show up after lunch. Make it a join-any-time game and it's live the moment the invites go out, so everyone who pulls in late can join halfway through.
You can send a share link ahead of time, or show the QR code at the name tag table so people can scan it as they arrive. They join in the app or in a browser.
Family reunion ideas for the whole weekend
If the reunion runs over a weekend, make it a timed game and set it to end at Sunday lunch. The board keeps going through the cookout, the softball game and the group photo, and whoever has the most Tingos when it ends wins.
Name a prize when you set it up, like first plate at the potluck or the last slice of banana pudding, and everyone sees what they're playing for.
Pick a camera game and every find needs a photo. The photo stays with the find for the whole family to see, so by the end of the weekend the board holds pictures from all over the reunion.
Family reunion scavenger hunt ideas to get your board started
These are the kind of finds that make a good family reunion scavenger hunt. Use them, change them, or let Let's Tingo suggest its own from what you tell it. For other occasions, browse more scavenger hunt ideas.
Around the reunion
- Reunion banner
- Family tree poster
- Name tags
- Old photo album
- Matching T-shirts
- Circle of lawn chairs
- Balloon arch
- Guest book
- Out-of-state plate
- Picnic shelter
- Horseshoe pit
- Cornhole boards
The family
- Newborn baby
- Twins
- Three generations
- Uncle at the grill
- Kids' table
- Dog in a bandana
- Sleeping baby
- Matching dresses
- Group photo
- Cowboy hat
- Birthday cake
- Long hug
Food and games
- Potluck table
- Deviled eggs
- Watermelon
- Sheet cake
- Sweet tea
- Drink cooler
- Potato salad
- Grilled corn
- Banana pudding
- Water balloon
- Sack race
- Frisbee
Get your family reunion ready
Build the board when you send the invitations, and share the link in the same message. The same game works for road trip games on the drive there, camping games if the reunion's at a campground, and Thanksgiving games when the family's together again for the holidays.
Joining a game is always free, in the app or in a browser. Plenty of games are free to make, too.