Make The Festival More Exciting With 20+ Fun Games & Activities! News24 –

Although Holi is a festival of colors, it is celebrated with joy, laughter, and togetherness. People love to indulge themselves in games and activities with family and friends, which makes the festival even more special. While kids can engage in fun-filled colorful hopscotch and Holi treasure hunts, adults can enjoy games such as tug-of-war and Holi dance competitions.

Try a bonfire storytelling session or a Bollywood Holi karaoke night to relax. Such activities not just provide enjoyment but restore bonds and closeness with loved ones. Hence, celebrate Holi with all sheer delight, fun through colors or food and music.

Here is the complete list of 20 plus fun games and activities for Holi 2025 that will leave memories worth cherishing!

Traditional Holi Games To Enjoy For Holi 2025

Gulal-Gulaal: A color-throwing game, wherein players together color each other in a very friendly way.

Dahi Handi: Inspired from the childhood of Krishna, break a pot filled with goodies by making a human pyramid.

Water Balloon Fight: Fill balloons with colored water and have a playful war with it.

Pichkari War: It is a water gun-based war in which the mission entails drenching every friend with colored water.

Rang Barse Relay Race: One person has to fill a bucket with colored water and shall place this bucket on his/her head. A pickle for nice outdoor Holi games Holi treasure hunt.

Good Outdoor Holi Activities To Fun

Holi Tug-of-War: A good test of strength with a colorful spin.

Musical Colors: Musical chairs Holi-style. Instead of passing a cushion, players will pass around gulal.

Holi Dance-Off: A dance competition with popular Bollywood songs related to the festival of colors.

Blindfold Color Guess: One player will blindfold another player, and that blindfolded player will try to figure out what colors he or she has been given.

Holi-Inspired Creative Activities

It’s time to prepare natural colors from flowers, turmeric, and beetroot. Hand painting art with Holi colors can be used to make fun handprint designs.

A highly competitive rangoli display of different designs based on dry colors would take the cake.

Fill balloons with color and pop them to win Points.

Organize a Holi Games photography Hunt and capture the best Holi moments to have a photographic contest to decide who got the best shot.

Kid-Friendly Holi Games

Holi Sponge Relay: A relay to transfer water using sponges from one bucket to another.

Colourful Hopscotch: Make hopscotch by painting the squares in different colors.

Bubble Blowing Contest: Use colored water to make bubbles and see who has the biggest one.

Paper Holi: Kids can throw colored-paper confetti instead of actual colors.

Color Matching Game: Match the children up with different colors found in nature.

Bonfire and Storytelling: Share stories about the festival around the Holika bonfire.

Holi-Themed Quiz: Some fun trivia on the history and traditions of holi.

Cook Together: Making traditional holi dishes like gujiya and thandai.

Bollywood Holi Karaoke: Troop around the bonfire and tell the stories of the festival while also singing your Bollywood Holi songs with friends and family.