5 Fun Melbourne Cup Novelty Games for Office
Amongst all the Melbourne Cup celebrations, everyone tends to forget fun activities that can be planned before or after the race. Sure, you can get into party mode with the foods and drinks. However, getting your competitive streak on with your work mates is surely going to make things so much more fun and get your team closer together.
Try out some of these easy-to-plan games we’ve put together for celebrating Melbourne Cup day in office.
Braiding Race
Remember playing the chocolate game as a kid? Well it’s the chocolate game with a bit of a twist!
You will need:
- A block of chocolate
- A butter knife and fork
- 3 long pieces of rope
- A die (dice)
Here’s the steps on how to play:
- First lay out your 3 long pieces of rope in the middle of a circle. Have your chocolate lay opened ready to go with the knife and fork by its side ready to be cut!
- Have everyone sit in a circle and taking turns, roll the dice.
- If a 6 is thrown, they must run to the middle of the circle and start braiding the 3 pieces of rope
- Once the entire length has been braided and provided that no further 6s have been thrown in the meantime, they can use the knife and fork to cut one square of chocolate until the next 6 is thrown.
- The game will finish once the entire block has been eaten.
Pin The Tail On The Race Horse
Just like the original ‘Pin The Tail On The Donkey’, but we replace the donkey with a horse!
You can simply search for an image of a horse on Google and print it out on an A2 sheet of paper for the office to play with. (Try this image to save time!)
Don’t forget to blindfold the pinner!
What you will need:
- An image of a horse
- A cut of the horse’s tail (print out plenty so everyone gets their own tail)
- A blindfold
- Blue tak
How to play:
- Make sure you have the image of the horse and the tail printed out and stuck onto a wall
- Take turns pinning the the tail on the horse being blindfolded
- Whoever gets closest to the horse’s backside wins!
Melbourne Cup Trivia
Want to turn the competitive spirit a notch higher between different teams in the office? A great game to encourage healthy competition is a good old Melbourne Cup trivia questionnaire.
Easily compile a list of Melbourne Cup questions to test their knowledge and offer a prize for the person who answers the most correct questions. Don’t forget to have the list of answers for reference.
Here’s what you need:
- A list of Melbourne Cup questions
- Pens
- Pads
Here’s how to play:
- Have a host read out the questions one by one.
- Divide your colleagues into even teams or if you’re a small team, have everyone play for themselves.
- Each question allows 60 seconds to take time to answer
- Whoever or whichever team gets the most correct answers wins!
Horseshoe Game
‘Quoits’ is a traditional game which entails throwing a metal ring to land over a pin. The Melbourne Cup version is to use a horseshoe (which can be purchased at any children’s toy store) and to throw it around a small pin on the floor. This is an easy, fun and no fuss game that can be tried by the whole office!
Here’s what you need:
- A set of horseshoe quoits
How to play:
- Place the pins into the ground, it’s best to play these outside.
- Have players stand at least 4 metres away from the pins and take turns throwing the horseshoes around the pins
- The person who has the most horseshoes on the pins is the winner!
Melbourne Cup Sweep
This isn’t exactly a game but if your workplace is happy to do a small Melbourne Cup Sweep it can be really fun!
Not sure what a sweep is? It’s basically when a group of people pool all their money together to purchase a ticket together. The ticket represents a running horse in the Melbourne Cup. A small office sweep is good for those that want a low-risk gamble, because they usually involve low costs to enter. The higher the entry costs, the higher the return will be if the chosen horse wins.
Have a little fun but do gamble responsibly!
Here’s what you need:
- A list of the participating horses
- A board to write down who is betting on which horse
How to play:
- We’ve found this simple Melbourne Cup Sweeps Calculator that you can use to work out how much each person gets if they win.
It Can’t be a Celebration Without a Feast!
Food makes celebrations even more memorable so don’t forget to treat your staff to delicious catered food. We can definitely cater for your Melbourne Cup festivities with some scrumptious options to fuel the Melbourne Cup festivities. Check out our menu for all delicious options that the whole office can enjoy!
Or get in touch with one of our friendly foodies for us to take all the fuss out and organise your catering for the day.
