Card Game

• Cards make useful props for memory games. One game idea is to lie out 12 cards and have players study the cards the way they are laid out. Then, collect the cards, shuffle them and hand them back to the players. The players must put the cards back together in the same order that they were in originally. Another card memory game is a matching card game. A matching game takes pairs of cards and faces them down on the table. The players take turns flipping up two cards at a time. If they do not get a matching pair of cards, the cards get flipped down again. Each player must try to remember where specific cards are placed so that he can find the matching pairs. The player who gets the most matches wins the game.
  
  

What's in the Basket

• "What's in the Basket" is a memory game that can be played at bridal showers, baby showers, birthday parties or any other celebration. Players have a few minutes to study the items inside of a basket. The game host takes the basket away and provides each player with a piece of paper and a writing instrument. The goal of the game is for the players to list all of the items that they saw in the basket, by detail. That is, if a pair of plastic sunglasses were in the basket, the player must name the color of the sunglasses in order for the answer to be correct. The host reviews the players' lists and the winner is the one who gets all of the items correct.
  
  

Simon

• Simon is an electronic handheld game by toy manufacturer Hasbro, which allows kids to test their memories by completing patterns of sounds and lights. The toy starts by giving players a pattern to repeat, and players must repeat it in order to move onto the next pattern. The patterns get tougher as the game goes on. Players must try and remember which sounds and colorful lights were used in order to keep up with Simon.
  
  

Icebreakers

• Name games are popular icebreaker activities for parties, conferences or youth group meetings. People sit around a circle and one person states his name. The person to his right has to repeat the name and then introduce himself. Then the third person in the circle must state the name of the first two individuals, followed by his own name. The last person to introduce himself to the group has the challenging task of memorizing everyone's name before him.