When you’re hanging out with friends and the plan gets stuck in the classic “so… what now?”, challenges come to the rescue. You laugh, you compete, you make a fool of yourself (just a little), and end up creating those unforgettable moments that later turn into stories… or the kind of “remember that time when…?” conversations.
Here’s a list of fun challenges to do with friends, organized by style and level of craziness. We’ll start easy and silly… and then crank it up.
Classic challenges to play with friends
Perfect for boring afternoons, sleepovers, or last-minute house parties. All you need is the mood to have fun (and maybe to survive some light embarrassment).
- Talk for 5 minutes without using the letter A.
- Make up a choreography to a random song in 10 minutes.
- Call someone and sing instead of talking (for the whole conversation).
- Eat a spoonful of hot sauce without showing a reaction.
- Draw something with your feet and let the others guess what it is.
- Say 10 tongue twisters in a row without messing up.
- Make a dramatic love declaration… to a chair.
- Imitate everyone in the group without offending them (good luck).
- Read a text out loud as if you were crying.
- Drink something (water, juice, whatever) with your eyes closed and without using your hands.
- Do 10 push-ups while telling a piece of gossip.
- Write a ridiculous tweet and keep it posted for 10 minutes.
- Put on lipstick while blindfolded.
- Do a makeup tutorial… with your eyes closed.
- Invent a story using only objects in the room.
- Eat a lemon like it’s an orange.
- Say the alphabet backwards in under 20 seconds.
- Send a voice note to your mom saying you just adopted a dog.
- Take a group picture with everyone making their ugliest face.
- Imitate the sound of 5 different animals without repeating.
Fun card challenges at home
If you’ve got a deck of cards lying around, these challenges will give it a whole new use. Perfect for game nights when you want to spice things up.
- Whoever draws the lowest card has to do 20 squats.
- Draw a card and tell a secret if it’s red, or a joke if it’s black.
- Whoever gets an ace has to wear socks on their hands for the next round.
- If you draw a face card, you have to talk in an accent until your next turn.
- Whoever gets a joker has to let the group post something funny on their social media.
- Play “truth or dare” but let the card decide: even numbers are truth, odd numbers are dare.
- Whoever gets two matching numbers in a row must do a silly dance for 30 seconds.
- If you draw a 7, you have to balance something on your head until the next challenge.
- First person to draw a king becomes “king of commands” and gives small dares to the rest for 5 minutes.
- Whoever loses three rounds in a row has to make an embarrassing confession.
Question-based challenges with friends
These are perfect if you’re in the mood for laughs, awkward truths, and maybe discovering things you didn’t know about your crew. All you need are questions, honesty (well… kind of), and the courage to spill.
- Answer the weirdest “would you rather” the group can come up with.
- Do a lightning round of “truth or truth” (no dares allowed).
- Everyone writes a funny or embarrassing question on paper—draw one at random and answer it.
- Play “two truths and a lie” and let the group guess.
- Say the name of your most random celebrity crush and explain why.
- Answer the question: “What’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve done for love?”
- Share your most embarrassing moment at school—without laughing.
- Let the group ask you anything for one minute straight (no passing).
- Tell the most useless skill you have, but make it sound like a superpower.
- Answer: “What’s the one thing you’d never post on social media?”
Extreme challenges for nonstop laughter
And now for the bold ones—the challenges that push you a bit out of your comfort zone (without crossing the line, because fun is the point here). If you dare to try, you’ll be a legend in your group.
- Eat a chili pepper… no water allowed.
- Try to keep a straight face while someone tickles you.
- Drink a glass with random flavors mixed by the group.
- Record a video introducing yourself as if you were running for mayor.
- Make a phone call where you sing everything instead of speaking.
- Do a fashion runway show wearing your parents’ clothes.
- Eat a food you hate and pretend it’s your favorite.
- Post something totally random on social media for 1 hour.
- Imitate one of your friends for 10 whole minutes.
- Paint your face like it’s carnival… but blindfolded.
- Do a mini stand-up routine about a ridiculous topic (like “lost socks”).
- Eat a cookie using only your face (no hands).
- Say three uncomfortable truths about yourself—without laughing.
- Walk into a store and act like you’re famous.
- Do a dramatic breakup monologue… with a chair.
- Try to fit 10 marshmallows in your mouth without chewing.
- Reveal your strangest celebrity crush—and defend it.
- Invent a recipe and convince everyone it’s the new food trend.
- Stay completely silent while the others try to make you laugh.
- Record a farewell video as if you were moving away forever… then say it was a joke.
