Play These Super Fun Games With Your Mom on Mother’s Day (2024)

Create a list of Mother's Day-themed words or phrases (like "breakfast in bed" or "mom's favorite hobby"). Divide players into teams and have them take turns drawing the words while their team tries to guess. The team with the most correct guesses wins!

Let's see how well you know your mom! Prepare a set of questions in advance about your mom, ranging from "What's her favorite flower?" to "What would Mom's perfect day look like?" Each person receives a piece of paper or a dry-erase board. Pose the first question, and once everyone has written down their answers (including Mom), reveal the responses simultaneously. The person whose answer is closest to Mom's wins a point!

Channel your inner Shakespeare with a fun poetry challenge! Each family member receives a piece of paper to write a line of poetry about Mom. Then, pass your poem to the next person in the circle to add their own. At the end of the game, you'll have a collection of special, sincere poems bundled for Mom to treasure. You can make things even simpler with haikus, limiting each line to just five or seven syllables!

The Family Edition of this popular conversation card game is perfect for a Mother's Day game night! With three levels of questions and wildcards (Perception, Connection, and Reflection), your mom will love having the opportunity to connect with the family on a deeper level.

Give Mom a break from the kitchen by setting up a cooking challenge for the kids! Each contestant will make a dish using their mom's favorite ingredients or recipes. Moms can taste-test the dishes and pick the winner based on flavor and presentation!

Dads, step aside—we all know who's actually the funniest parent! Have a competition when you see who can come up with the most Mother's Day-themed puns. Time to prove once and for all who's really pun-stoppable! (Don't worry, they're supposed to be terrible. 😂)

This one is especially good for keeping little ones out of mischief and testing their memory! As the day goes by, everyone is required to ask, "mother, may I" for any task they want to do. Activities can be big or small, from doing their homework to watching TV. But if they forget to ask, they're out!

Time to see how well you two work together! Set up a course in the yard and tie your ankle to hers for the race. You can compete against your other parent and siblings, cousins and aunts, or family friends!

We’re constantly asking moms to help us with things, sometimes when another adult is present or even when we could do it ourselves! This game is simple, it's a good memory exercise for little ones, and it helps give mom a break. All children in the house start with 20 points and are instructed not to ask mom for anything (unless her assistance is necessary). If they forget and do ask her, they lose a point! This will act as a nice reminder to give mom a break on her special day.

In this silly clothing competition, everyone is trying to dress like mom. You can play two different ways. First option: Each person goes into their closet and tries to put together an outfit from their own clothes that match Mom's style. Walk the "runway," and have her vote for the person who got her look down best. Second option: Everyone goes into mom’s closet, and picks out a combination of clothes that she would never wear together. Walk the "runway," and have her vote on who made the most atrocious combo!

Picture hunts are so much fun! They're easy to do in person or virtually if you're celebrating Mother's Day over long distance. One person comes up with a list of photos of mom, like "mom at the beach." One by one, everyone must try to find the best picture of mom according to the parameter!

Go old school with your Mother's Day games by having a good old-fashioned potato sack race! If you don't want to buy potato sacks, you can always use laundry bags or jumbo trash bags.

Two Truths and a Lie is one of the best ways to get to know someone new, or get to know a loved one better! The premise is simple: have mom think of two truths and a lie about herself, then have everyone try to guess the lie.

This game can be so silly, and at the end, you'll have a "beautiful" art piece you can hang up. Grab some paper and some paints or pencils. Set a timer for one minute and let mom start a drawing. When the timer does off, mom passes it off to the next person to add to her creation. Keep rotating until the artwork is complete.

Sure, your own mom is the best, but famous tv and movie moms have taught us some important lessons too! Print out or draw two columns and on one side, list famous mom characters. On the other side, list the first names of their fictional kids (out of order). Everyone takes turns trying to match the famous moms to their children.

Time to test your artistic skills! Break out all of your makeup, polish, and hair supplies. Have all family members pair off and give each other makeovers. Then vote which came out best!

Here's another cute throwback game! Create a customer Mad Libs sheet with a story about mom—real or fake. Insert blanks into each sentence where keywords are supposed to be. As with normal Mad Libs, indicate the part of speech (noun, verb, or adjective) each blank should be. Everyone fills out their sheet, then reads the story out loud. You'll be howling with laughter!

Who doesn't love those fun cooking shows? Bring the competition home with your own bake-off. If you have a house full of cooks, you can all try to bake mom's favorite treat. If you want to simplify though, bake cookies ahead of time and set up a decorating station. Then let mom judge which cookies came out best!

Put a twist on Hide and Seek by having each child hide with their presents. Then, let mom search for her kids and gifts! Or, switch it up and have each player hide with a flower. In the end, she will have a full-blown bouquet.

Kick off your celebration with a Mother's day award ceremony! You can either buy real awards or use this as a way to present your Mother's Day Gifts. Let each person take a turn saying the things that make their mom special, like best cook or number-1 cuddler. It's the perfect way to make her smile ear-to-ear.