Great choice! 🎉 Games are the highlight of a birthday party, especially for kids. Here are some fun birthday party games you can try (depending on age and space):
🎈 Classic Birthday Games
- Musical Chairs 🎶
- Arrange chairs in a circle (1 less than number of kids).
- Play music → kids walk around.
- When music stops, sit quickly! The one left out is out.
- Pass the Parcel 🎁
- Wrap a gift in multiple layers of paper.
- Kids sit in a circle, pass the parcel while music plays.
- When music stops, the child holding it removes one layer.
- Final layer = gift winner.
- Balloon Burst 🎈
- Tie balloons to kids’ ankles.
- They try to burst each other’s balloons while protecting theirs.
- Last one with an unpopped balloon wins!
🕵️ Adventure/Activity Games
- Treasure Hunt 🗺️
- Hide clues around the house/garden.
- Kids follow riddles or pictures to find the “treasure” (a box of chocolates or goodies).
- Freeze Dance 🪩
- Play music → kids dance.
- When music stops, they must freeze in place.
- Anyone moving is out.
- Pin the Tail on the Donkey 🐴
- Blindfold kids and spin them.
- They try to stick a paper “tail” as close as possible to the donkey’s back.
😂 Fun & Silly Games
- Lemon Spoon Race 🍋🥄
- Each child runs with a spoon in their mouth carrying a lemon/ball.
- First to finish without dropping wins.
- Simon Says 🎤
- One leader gives commands (e.g., “Simon says touch your nose”).
- Kids must only follow if it starts with “Simon says.”
- Cup Stack Challenge 🥤
- Kids compete to stack and unstack paper cups the fastest.
🎉 For Little Kids (3–6 years)
- Bubble popping game 🫧
- Coloring contest 🎨
- Parachute play (with a big cloth or bedsheet) 🪂
- Toy fishing game 🎣
