Birthday Pary Games

One of the best birthday party games I've seen played that spanned all ages was a scavenger hunt. You can divide the kids into teams, just make them roughly equal. Then just make sure to have prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on. This game was a big hit at our family reunion!

Of course you would have to worry about the weather, but what about a day of water activities in the backyard? You could have a little sprinkler or splash pad for the little ones and a slip and slide and water balloons for the older ones. If you have two hoses you could set up in the front yard and back yard. Someone asked a similar question here about a week ago. You might be able to get some additional ideas by looking up that question on the website. People recommended specific face painters and entertainers like Bill the Juggler. You could also look up the Family Fun magazine website or the Birthday Express catalog website. They should have party game ideas. Have fun.

Hi Amy,

a game my kids love is pass the parcel, you get a gift (nothing too expensive) and wrap it up in many layers of different colored gift wrap, you sit all the kids in a circle, turn on music, and they pass the gift from person to person around the circle until the music stops, then the kid whose holding the gift opens one layer of gift wrap. The game continues until the last kid removes the last layer of gift wrap exposing the gift which they get to keep.
Have fun:)

I have used the website partygamecentral.com. It was the best one that I came across for all kind of games. Not only do they have games for birthday parties but games for baby showers, bachelorette parties and fun get to know you games as well. I have used this one for the last two years for my daughter's birthday party and for Mom's groups as well for icebreaker games. Good luck and enjoy.

You need a pinata. You can fill it with little toys if you don't want to give out candy.

Pin the tail on the donkey is a good one. Also, a pinata is a great idea for kids. A cup or plate with a certain mark is a winner every time.

Patato sak race
Ladder ball
bean bag toss or washer toss
crocket
badmitten
finger paints
ice cream sunday bar
art craft

Hi Amy...If it his Golden Birthday you could use that as the theme? Have gold fish crackers out, do a treasure hunt and they could find gold coins, give real Gold Fish as prizes??
Just an idea?

Have Fun!
~J.

A.,

Gooogle Birthday party express online. There are tons of ideas for every age and theme.

My best advice is to do something that isn't labor intensive for you, otherwise you won't really enjoy this milestone in your child's life.

My daughter's 7th birthday is this weekend and we always set up the pool and some splash/sprinkler stuff. We are talking about games, but I can bet money that everyone will want to play in the water and not even think about anything else!

One thing I really like to to and we are doing for this party: Invite a parent with the child. This way, there are more people to help and of course socialize with, and everyone enjoys it even more! We have done this for the last 3 years and even included some younger siblings. It was such a hit and everyone enjoyed themselves.

some ideas that come to mind for a summer birthday;
- Scavenger hunt (this can be made for different age groups)
-water balloons, splash stuff.
-bowling (plastic set outside)
-bocce balls for older kids and adults
-bean bag game that ANYONE can play and have fun. (Can't remember the name, but I have seen it in stores a lot this season!)
-Washers - like bean bag mentioned above.

One other note- we have gone to making brownies instead of a cake. The kids can help make and decorate and it is tons cheaper than a bakery cake. For our last birthday in May for my 4 year old, we had both a gorgeous cake and brownies, and the brownies were gone in a flash! We used pink frosting with sprinkles that my daughter shook over the cake. Tastes great and is colorful and fun! (total cost is about $3 vs $20 for a bakery cake) We also have a number of cake decorations that you place on the cake after it is frosted. The girls love putting those on and we tend to collect them in our baking supplies!

Good Luck and Enjoy this wonderful time. Life is meant to be celebrated!

J.

There are great ideas at birthdaypartyideas.com - They are listed by theme and ages and they come from other moms! I hope this helps.

At my daughter's 6th birthday we played a few games with balloons. Tied balloons to one of their ankles with curling ribbon and they all ran around the yard trying to pop each other's balloons. also had races with balloons between their knees. they also loved playing tag, freeze tag and duck duck goose. even older kids still have fun playing games that the younger kids can enjoy.