A conversation facilitation activity

Recommending an activity of some sort at some point that is either mixed in an optional or planned like a group game. If you have a lot of friends who don’t know each other this can loosen the vibes. For my last party (the theme was Italian dinner party) people painted glass olive oil bottles to take home. A 30 pack of them is pretty cheap (linked) and you just get glass safe paint. I was surprised how many people got into it and some couples made sets to take home for oil and vinegar.