Birthday Party GamesBirthday Party Games - List of 25 Games below!
Grown-ups and children enjoy a game when you have a gathering for a Happy Birthday Party. Charades, Trivia, and many board games are good for small groups. Multiple board games for small groups of children are also a good idea if you have several grow-ups to lead the games. Games for a party include golf, tennis, touch football, soccer, softball, basketball, and so on. If you have enough people interested in the same sport, you may want to consider the game as the theme of the party. This includes bowling, game parlors, and sports arenas with batting cages, etc. For children games that led by the adult make the celebration more enjoyable and organized. Plan appropriate prizes for each of the games played. Some games are individual and some are team games. Depending on the age group and size of venue select games that will have the greatest participation. With older groups play memory of slower paced games. With young children play team games that allow all to have a chance to win. This is a list of birthday party games to consider:
Animal LanguageDivide into two teams. Give each player a card with the name of an animal or insect. Have the players take turns to silently act out what is on his or her card. The opposing team has to guess the name of the animal or insect being demonstrated. The first team to guess all the cards, wins Birthday Party Games prize!Backwards RacePlace a balloon under each arm; run backwards to the finish line. First to reach finish line, gets a prize.Balloon AttackDivide the group into teams. Each player is given a balloon to blow up and mark with his or her name. All the balloons are place at the end of a playing field (length depenmds on age group). The team to race to the end of the field and stomp & burst their own balloons, wins the prize. The team who bursts another team's balloons is disqualified.Balloon Birth DateBalloons are placed throughout the party area. The game is to find the only balloon marked with the birthday honoree's name and the birthday date.Balloon JetEach player is given a balloon to blow up then release. The balloon that gets closest to a target wins. May also be played that the balloon that travels the furthest from the player wins Birthday Party Games prize!Balloon Relay RaceThe game is played between two teams. Then two players on same team place an inflated balloon between them and race to a line where they pass the balloon to the next two players on the team. The team to complete first the number of round trips for all players to play, wins Birthday Party Games prize!Balloon VolleyPlayers are grouped by twos. Each team is given a balloon to blow up and tie off. Space the teams about ten feet apart. One player on each team volleys the balloon to the other player as in volley ball. The balloon must pass back and forth with out stopping and without touching the floor. The last team to still be volleying the balloon wins Birthday Party Games prize!Balloon WaltzTwo players place a balloon between them and try to make it pop without using hands. Hands must be in the air at all times. The first pair to pop the balloon wins Birthday Party Games prize!Candy CountFill a jar with a known number of candies (e.g. jelly beans, chocolate covered raisins, etc.). Have the players write their name on an index card and their guess for the number of candies in the jar. Near the end of the party - announce the winner with the prize of the jar of candies.Caterpillar Power WalkDivide into two teams and get in a line with your hands on the hips of the person in front. Shout "Power Walk" and each team races to the finish line without letting go of the person in front. The team to reach the line first, wins Birthday Party Games prize!Duck Walk RaceDivide into two teams. This is a duckwalk game. Each player squats to race in a duck walk to the finish line. As soon as one player reaches the finish line, then the next player on his or her team begins the duck walk to the finish line. The first team to have all players reach the finish line is the winner.
Hat RaceDivide into two teams. This is a relay race passing a funny hat or baseball cap and running with it on the head - no hands to hold it on the head. The first two players place the hats on their heads and the starter shouts "Hats Off". The players run to the other side of the room and give their hats to a team mate who places it on his or her head and runs to the opposite side of the room. The first team to finish the relay race without losing the cap wins Birthday Party Games prize!
Hidden TreasuresNumber ten paper bags (e.g. #1, #2, #3, etc.) and place an unusal object in each bag. The object should have a shape and texture that may confuse the players. Have each player place their hand in the bag and write down what they think is in the bag. Suggestions: wet mellon ball, 10 raisins, dill pickle slices, greased plastic insect or toy animal, tiny marshmellows, cooked sausage links, bean sprouts, brussel sprouts, cannolini beans drained and dried off, gerkin pickles. The player that has the most correct answers, wins Birthday Party Games prize!
Losing Your BeansDivide into two teams. Give the first player on each team a large spoon with a dried bean in the spoon. Have the players relay race into the end and give the prize to the team that still has its bean.Losing Your CottonDivide into two teams. Give the first player on each team a large spoon with a cotton ball in the spoon. Have the players relay race into the end and give the prize to the team that still has its cotton ball.Noah's ArkMake two cards of each barnyard animal. Give cards to players and ask them to make the noise of the animal on the card while trying to locate his or her mate. After all the animals have been matched give prizes to teams. The fun is in watching the players make the noises and find the mate. Videotape this game if possible.Oinking HomeThis race uses a pig mask or pig nose as the baton in a relay race. Team mates can only cheer on the runners with pig grunts or noises. The more pig noises and grunts the more fun in the game. Divide into two teams. Have the first two players wear the mask or nose, run across the room and back, then pass the mask or nose to the next team mate. The first team to complete the relay race winsBirthday Party Games prize!Orange You GladDivide into teams. Have the first person on the team place an orange under his or her chin. Shout "Orange You Glad" to start the race. The first player must pass the orange to a team mate (without using hands place the orange under the next palyer's chin). The first team to complete passing the orange to all team mates wins Birthday Party Games prize!Outdoor HuntOutdoor scavenger hunt. Prepare a list of objects to be found in a limited time - 15 to 20 minutes. The objects may be natural, such as pinecones, acorns, maple tree leaf, etc. The person or team to find the most objects on the list in the specified time wins Birthday Party Games prize!Pillow Case Balloon RaceMusic is used to start and stop the game. The group is divided into two teams. The first palyers of each team are given a pillow case and when the music starts, they have to try to get as many balloons as possible in the pillow case. When the music stops the balloons are counted and the next two players get a turn. At the end, the total balloons stuffed in the case by each team determines the team that wins Birthday Party Games prize!Right Balloon LeftMusic is used to start and stop the game. All players are in a circle and the first player is handed a balloon. When the music starts the player passes the balloon to his or her right. When the music stops the player holding the balloon is eliminated and the balloon is now pased to the left when the music starts. The music starts and stops until all but one person is left. Each new start changes the direction of the passsing of the balloon.
Spoon BallPrepare two water balloons. Divide into two teams. Give the first player of each team two large wooden spoons. Have the player balance the water balloon on the spoons and race across the room and back then pass the spoons with the water balloon to a team mate. The first team to complete the race of every member back and forth without losing or breaking the balloon wins Birthday Party Games prize!Squeeze the BalloonEach player is given a balloon to blow up and tie off. Then the players are placed in a row. The last player goes to the first player and gets one chance to pinch the first players balloon. If the first player's balloon bursts, the the last player becomes the first player and the first player is eliminated. If the first players's balloon does not burst then the last player goes back to the end and the next player at the end tries to burst the first players balloon. The rotation continues until there is only one balloon left.The Animal IsThis is an animal noise guessing game. Blind fold the first player and give them two chances to guess who the player is making the animal noise. If the blindfolded person cannot guess, then they lose their turn and the noise maker is revealed and gets the blindfold. The last blindfolded person is the winner. Suggestions for the animals are cats, dogs, sheep, cows, horses, birds, chickens.What was that?Memory game. Divide into two teams. Place ten unusual objects on a tray and quickly pass the tray around the players. Take the tray out of sight and give the teams a chance to wite down all the objects. The team that remembers the most wins. This game may be repeated several times during the party to get the best 2 out of three games.
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