Birthday Party Game Ideas

Birthday Party Game Ideas for Carnival and Construction-Themed Events

Kids often have the wildest ideas when it comes to their birthday parties. You will be asked to do an underwater theme complete with the scuba equipment, an astronaut theme with the suits and spaceships and even a fairytale birthday with the magical forest.

Well, you can give in and spend oodles of money or you can present more down to earth options like the carnival and the construction themes. You can easily replicate the carnival or the construction scenes with a few affordable props, plates and décor in the comfort of your own home.

Plus, the kids birthday party games related to such themes are easy to conduct as well, which means your harried and hurried self can take a break from all the planning.

Print These Party Games To Get the Party Rolling

Carnival Theme

With carnival kid party games, you can either adopt well-loved games to suit the theme or you can recreate the carnival activities with the use of a few simple props. Consider the following ideas:

·Pin the Nose on the Clown - Just get a picture of a clown and pin it against the wall. Now, you must make bright red noses from heavy construction paper, place double-sided tape and write down the name of each child. To play the game, play a blindfold on the child, spin him a few times and then allow him to pin the "nose" on the clown. Whoever taped the "nose" nearer to the actual position wins the game.

·Mouse Holes - This is another of the carnival birthday party game ideas involving friendly competition. Just get a large cardboard, make three different-sized holes into which golf balls can pass through and then have the kids make their shots, preferably just three. The participant with the most number of points wins, of course.

If you want other games for kids birthday parties, go to a carnival or search the Internet for carnival pictures. You can then adopt the games like the polka dot throw, the elephant ring toss and even the weight guesser.

Construction Theme

Here is one theme that parents and kids will love. Parents love it that it is a no-fuss affair because of the casual atmosphere of a construction birthday site while the kids enjoy it because of the many games possible with such a theme. Just to name a few of the possible birthday party game ideas for the construction theme:

·Pin the Tools - This is simply a variation of the well-known pin the tail on the donkey game. This time, kids will be asked to pin tools on Bob the Builder. Or you can just use a picture of the birthday celebrant, if you want to.

·Human Wheelbarrow Race - Divide the participants into groups of two people for each team. One kid will become the wheelbarrow by getting on all fours while the second child grabs hold of his teammate's ankles, which will allow the first player to "walk" on his hands. The team that gets to the finish line wins the prize.

The most important thing with these birthday party game ideas is that all the children must be rewarded in one form or another for their efforts. Keep in mind that kids want what other kids have so it makes sense to just give the non-winners consolation prizes as well.

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