Awesome decorations and birthday cakes on fine dessert tables will delight young party guests for a little while, but great kid’s party games will get everyone involved in playing together, laughing, and really having fun.
Some are strictly for outside, some are for inside, but all are sure to make for a good time. Since you can’t predict group dynamics, be sure to have more activities planned than you think you’ll have time for—that way you will keep the party energy stoked
PARTNERS IN PEN
Guests work in pairs, back-to-back. Each team is given a paper bag with household items/toys. One team member draws what the other is describing to them, but the name of the item and what it is used for cannot be spoken. If the partner draws/figures out what the item is, the team makes a point. The team with the most points wins.
ELEPHANT MARCH
This game means you have got to wear pantyhose on your head…weighted with a tennis or baseball. While you’re in this elephant-like disguise, you knock over target bottles with your new trunk. This one is always good for lots of laughs!
OPPOSITES
The goal of this game is for guests to do the opposite of what they’re told. You say, “stick out your right foot” and they stick out their left. You say, “look up” and they look down. However, if they do what you say, they’re out of the game. The last one left wins…little rebel!
