Childrens' Birthday Party Games

Below is a list of some simple kids' birthday party games guaranteed to keep children entertained for hours.

1.	Balloon Bash
2.	Hats and Shoes
3.	Keep the Balloon in the Air
4.	Musical Chairs
5.	Musical Statues
6.	Across the Valley
7.	Catch the Fish
8.	Pass the Balloon
9.	Pin the Tail on the Donkey
10.	Simon Says
11.	Tug of War
12.	What's the Time Mr Wolf
13.	Treasure Hunt
14.	Who Am I
15.	Charades

1. Kids Balloon Bash

Blow up balloons for all your party guests. Object of the game is to try and pop everyone elses' balloon.

The winner is the last one left with their balloon still inflated.

This is great fun to play out in the garden especially if you fill the balloons with some water.

2. Hats and Shoes

This can be played with just hats and shoes or an assortment of different clothes.

Put an equal number of different items into a bag, one bag per player.

On the word Go they have to put on the items in the bag,

The one to put all the items on first is the winner.

3. Keep the Balloon in the Air

Give each child a blown up balloon,

write their name on the balloon,

also give each child a piece of A4 paper,

all they have to do is keep their balloon in the air the longest, wafting it with the paper.

The player whose balloon is the last to stay in the air is the winner.

4. Children's Musical Chairs

Line up alternate facing chairs,

one less than the number of children playing.

The players move round the chairs while the music is playing.

When the music stops they have to sit down on a free chair,

the player without a chair is out, take away one chair each time,

repeat until you have 2 players and 1 chair the one to sit down first is the winner.

5. Kids' Musical Statues

All the players have to run around while the music is playing,

as soon as the music stops,

the children have to stand as still as a statue for as long as the music is not playing.

The first child to move is out,

repeat until you have a winner.

6. Across the Valley

Each player is given 2 sheets of paper.

The player must cross "the valley" stepping only on the sheets of paper.

At first the player steps on one of the sheets with their feet. Another sheet is placed in front.

Then they must step on this sheet and put the previous one in front of them.

The player who crosses the room the first is the winner.

7. Catch the Fish

Put in a large cardboard box old boots and cardboard fish.

On each boot or fish there is a special little wire hoops.

The fishing-rod is a long stick with the wire hook at the end.

The hook is attached to the rod with the help of the thick string. The players try to catch the fish.

The smaller the hook on the fish, the bigger is the number of points written on it.

The players catch the fish in turn. Each of them has only one minute to do it.

The player who has the highest number of points is the winner.

8. Pass the Balloon

Split the players in to 2 equal teams.

The player at the front holds a blown up balloon under their chin, no hands allowed.

They then have to pass the balloon to the next in their team so it's under their chin, and so on down the line to the end,
keeping the balloon under their chins as they pass it along.

The first to the end is the winner,

or last player to the front and repeat until the first player is at the start again.

9. Pin the Tail on the Donkey

Draw or paint a picture of the back of a donkey without the tail on a big piece of paper
or card draw on a big "x" where the tail should be.

Also paint a separate tail that will be pinned on or use "blue tac".

Each guest is blindfolded in turn and lead to the donkey, spin them round 3 times,
then they have to "pin the tail on the donkey".

The one who has put their tail closest to the "x" is the winner. Either make different tails for
each guest or mark the spot with their name.

10. Simon Says

Mum or helper says "Simon says" hop on one foot, clap your hands, run round in circles,
stand still, jump up and down etc, the list is endless.

You can play this game so many different ways eliminate anyone who is slow to react,
so you end up with just one winner.
Stay on one theme e.g. making the sounds of animals, doing the actions of animals
e.g. elephants, bunnies, crocodiles, birds etc.

Or keep everyone "in" and do not eliminate anyone.

11. Tug of War

Divide the players into 2 teams.

Make sure that you tie a ribbon on the middle of the rope.

Put 2 lines on the ground so the players stand behind the lines.

Pick up the rope and on the word GO.

The team that pulls the other team over their line is the winner.

12. What's the Time Mr Wolf?

The child who is Mr Wolf has to stand at one end of the room facing away from all the others.

The children creep up on the wolf shouting "what's the time Mr Wolf?"

Mr Wolf shouts back 2 o'clock, half past 4, etc. but when he shouts "dinner time" all the children run.
The one caught then becomes the wolf,and so on.

13. Treasure Hunt

Scatter real coins, plastic coins or candy coins in the lawn and let the kids hunt for them, much like an Easter egg hunt.

You can hide each child's goodie bag and then give that child a piece of paper with a hint for finding it -

it could be a simple map drawing for a young child, a word or two, or a riddle for older children.

14. Who Am I?

When the children come through the door tape a farm animal or item/object to their backs.

Through the course of the party they may ask each other yes and no questions about what they are.

Explain that the first question they may want to ask is "Am I an animal or an object?"

At the end of the party each child takes a turn saying what they think they are.
Suggestions: cow, pig, sheep...pitchfork, saddle, horseshoe, hay, milk, barn, tractor, etc..

15. Kids Charades

Have one child come up to the front of the group and whisper the name of an animal,

or something to do with your theme, to them. They then act out what the animal does.

The rest of the kids try to guess the name of the animal.

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