Fed up of watching mediocre films and spending all your money at bars on the weekend? Hanging out with your friends gives you some of the best memories you’ll ever have but if you do the same thing every time, those memories will blur.

If you’re on the hunt for crazy random things to do, you’re on the right path. Do you want a hilarious, action-packed year? Do you want to laugh until your stomach hurts? Fancy going to bed still smiling at all the crazy stuff you got up to with your best friends?

We’ve put together a list of some seriously fun things to do with your friends. You’ll make memories and be telling tales of the fun you had for decades to come. Our friends are our lifeblood and happiness spreads through friendships like wildfire.

If you want to laugh so hard with your friends that you’ll need a sit-down, read on to discover the best crazy things to do.

1. Have a Murder Mystery Dinner Party

Dinner and fancy dress, what’s not to love? Get yourself a murder mystery game and send all your friends their characters the week before your dinner party. Everyone has to dress up as their character and read from their clues throughout the dinner.

By dessert, you should all have a good inkling of who the murderer is. Murder mysteries usually have themes like Christmas, 1920s or even Sherlock Holmes. You can make food to suit the theme and give a prize for the best costume.

2. Make a Movie

Remember putting on plays for your parents when you were little? Regain the pure joy of messing around acting, this time with your camera phone and your best friends. You can get the writer of your group to pen a silly comedy script or better yet, put your heads together and write it as a team.

Spoofs of other movies, satires or ridiculous costume dramas all make for hilarious movies to make. It doesn’t have to be professional and however you do it, it’s going to be funny. You’ll be able to look back on it forever, laughing at how none of you could keep a straight face.

3. Call a Psychic

All you need for this is a psychic phone number and your phone on speaker. Whether you believe in psychic abilities or not, calling a psychic with your friends is a crazy experience.

Psychics offer all sorts of services from astrology to Tarot readings. With spookily accurate interpretations and often helpful advice, calling a psychic is a fun activity that’ll certainly give you something to think about.

Find out your spirit animal, get a numerology reading or discover who you were in a past life. You never know, the answers might be exactly what you need to hear!

4. Catch a Bus to Somewhere Random and Head Home

We all need a bit of adventure in our lives and this is an easy but cool way to get some. Hop on a bus with your friends and pick a random place to go to. The challenge is getting home.

You can’t use public transport or taxis and instead will have to walk, hitchhike or exchange something to get back home. This is a fun adventure that’ll get you meeting new people, seeing new places, and problem-solving your way back.

5. Try a Random Sport You’ve Never Done

If you never try a new sport again, that means when you hit 80 you’ll only know how to play the sports you can right now. Scary thought eh?

Check out the classes or recreation areas in your town and arrange to try a new sport with your friends. It might be foot golf, ultimate frisbee or something like acro-yoga or even a game of English rounders. It’s like baseball but a great informal game to play in a local park.

Plenty of sports classes might also have free taster sessions, a great way for you and your friends to try out something new without committing. Why not pick a martial art and see how high you can kick those legs? Or have a windsurfing lesson or go stand-up paddleboarding.

Trying out new sports with friends is always fun and turns exercise into play. We all need more play!

6. Go for a Hot Air Balloon Ride

Want something really random? Go for a hot air balloon ride. These can be really affordable, especially if you’ve got a good group together. It doesn’t need to be a special occasion either, why not just…go?

Hot air balloon companies operate all over the country and you’ll see phenomenal views from high altitudes. Sailing high above the land with your friends sure beats watching yet another vaguely amusing movie any day.

Don’t forget your camera so you can look back on this fun activity forever.

7. Sleepover at a Haunted House

Did you ever sit around with torches and tell ghosts stories as a kid? We don’t see any reason why sleepovers should stop when you’re older. There are a lot of haunted houses all over the place and some offer a chance to have a sleepover. Oooooeerrr!

If you can’t find one near you, go camping somewhere rural instead. Set up your tents in a circle, get your torches out, and start telling your favorite ghost stories. It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe in ghosts, out there in the dark you’re bound to feel that tingle up your spine.

If you’re really brave, combine it with making a movie. All you need is bad camera angles, a few screams and you’ve got yourself a first-class paranormal movie.

Put These Crazy Random Things to Do on Your List

With this list of crazy random things to do with your friends, there’s no reason to be bored. Life throws enough curveballs at us as it is so making time to kick back and have a fun day with your friends is important.

From murder mystery to hot air ballooning, it’s time to put a little effort into your free time. Doing new things together will make your friendships closer and always give you funny stories to reminisce over.

Have a blast trying out these ideas.