Fun games to use at your next kids
birthday party are right here. Just choose some of these titles and
twist them a little bit. Make them match your unique party theme. For
example, Simon Says can become the Mummy Says at a Halloween party or it
can become The Pirate Says at a kids pirate party. Use these classic
fun party games, add a new title and make it unique to your party. Give
your party guests a really fun, fun, fun game session at that special
boy or girls birthday celebration.
Mad Libs is a fun way to get
party guests to open up. What Mad Libs do is make a story...a funny
story. And everyone can help to make this story and it should be
silly...that is what makes it so much fun. You begin to play Mad Libs
with a basic story line. You must leave some words out and put in the
kind of word that will fit there. For example, Mary blank her bike...so
that blank would need to be filled in by a Verb. Mary wore a blank on
her head. That blank would need to be filled in by a Noun. See...how the
game goes along? Each child or guest can fill in one of the missing
words and then when the words are all filled in read the story....You
can find books with party Mad Libs in them or you can make up your own
story line using the names of the birthday star and the party guests in
it.
Chinese Whispers is another very simple game that is fun to
play. Sit everyone in a circle and have someone start playing by telling
them the Game Sentence. In Chinese Whispers a sentence or phrase is
told to the first player. That player must whisper it to the next player
and so on around the circle. When the phrase or sentence is told to the
last player, that player must stand up and say the sentence out loud.
What is so funny about that? Well, usually by the time the message is
delivered to everyone, it has changed a great deal from the original
sentence. Make your sentence something silly like "Wet dogs shake and
shake to get dry" or "Dogs use umbrellas only when it rains cats and
dogs". Now you can also rename your game to fit your party theme. The
Pirate Whispers at a pirate party and the Princess Whispers at a
princess theme party...and have your phrase match the theme as well.
Musical
Party Games are fun for everyone. Freeze Dance and Musical Chairs are
two that come to mind right always when we are talking about fun musical
party games for kids. With either game you need someone to stop and
start the music. To play these games you will need either a dance floor
area or chairs set around in a circle. With Freeze Dance when the music
starts everyone begins to dance. When the music stops everyone must
freeze. If a dancer does not freeze right away they are out. With
Muscial Chairs you must have one less chair than you have players. Every
time a player is eliminated you remove another chair. Here is how you
play. Set the chairs out in a circle and when the music begins to play
have all the party guests walk around the circle of chairs. When the
music stops each child must sit in a chair. The one who does not have a
chair to sit in is out. Let the kids who are out start on a party craft
or the next activity. Now to make these fun party games unique, rename
them. Royal Ball Freeze Dance or Pirates Freeze Dance will make these
simple and fun party games a bit more exciting for your guests.
Pass
the Parcel is an entertaining and fun party game for a kids birthday
party...and adults will enjoy it too. It is another musical party game
so have the music ready. It's one of those fun, fun, fun games that has
been handed down through the years because it is enjoyable. This is
another game you can rename and give some new life to. To play Pass the
Parcel you need a parcel and some music that goes along with your party
theme. For a princess party play some Disney Princess songs, for a
pirate party play What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor...lol, or for a
cowboy theme party use some western cowboy songs. You can name your
parcel according to your party theme too. The princesses' package, the
pirate's treasure or the cowboys saddle bag are all possibilities for a
parcel name. Okay, now, how to play Pass the Parcel. Wrap the parcel a
lot. And with each layer of wrapping include a prize...it can be a small
prize like some temporary tattoos or stickers, or a lollipop or
whatever prize you decide upon. Sit everyone in a circle and start the
music and Pass the Parcel. Stop the music and the guest who has the
parcel can unwrap a layer of wrapping. Plus they get the prize inside.
When a player gets to unwrap the parcel and keep the prize, they must
leave the circle. Keep going until there is only one child left and of
course, they get to keep the prize in the middle of all those layers.
A
classic and very fun party game for a kids birthday party is Pin the
Tail on the Donkey. This fun kids game is so easy to change into a new
version. Pin the Crown on the Princess, Pin the Eye Patch on the Pirate
or X Marks the Spot are other fun ideas. Pin the Hat on the Cowboy or
the Eye on Muno for a Yo Gabba Gabba party are just a few ways to turn
this fun, fun party game into the perfect game for any them party. You
all know how to play Pin the Tail on the Donkey...right? Each child gets
a tail with two sided tape on it. You blind fold the player who is up,
turn them around a couple times and then point them in the direction of
the Donkey. They must try to stick the tail closest to where it belongs.
The one who does get the tail close to where it belongs gets a
prize...of course, you can give everyone a prize for playing. Stickers
or temporary tattoos make great prizes for this kind of game...kids love
them and they are about the cheapest party game prizes you are going to
find.
The Pinata game is fun too. Pinatas are a traditional
Mexican game. A pinata is really a breakable container for party prizes
and candies. The goal of this fun party game is to break the pinata and
gather all the goodies hidden inside. These pinatas come in every theme
imaginable so all you have to do is pick one that matches your theme and
fill it with good stuff the kids will like. Stickers, temporary
tattoos, candies and small game prizes work perfectly as filling. I like
the pull string pinatas. This is a game that has strings the kids can
pull. One of these strings rips the body of the pinata so the goodies
fall out. Then everyone tries to gather all the goodies they can. You
can buy a pull sting model or you can buy a pull string conversion kit
to make this kids party game very safe. To play you hang your pinata up
and blind fold each child as they take a turn pulling a string. You can
put the blind fold on, and like with Pin the Tail on the Donkey, spin
each child and head them off in the direction of the hanging pinata.
Tell them about how many steps they need to take and send them off.
