Party Game Ideas for Kids

A themed gaming party is a great way to allow children to have fun playing and competing with their friends. Games can provide a physical exercise or mentally stimulating physical challenges. They also allow children to develop leadership, cooperation, and sportsmanship skills. The next time you plan your child’s birthday party or other children’s celebration, try centering the occasion around games.

Party Game Ideas for Kids

Here are some amazing games for your party that kids will love.

Engaging Party Games for Kids

From juggling to relay race or buddy games, these exciting games for kids get them moving and always have surprises. Many of them can be played indoors provided you have enough room. Put their energy into a exercise routine that’s going to do your body good.

Outdoor Party Games

Enjoy the outdoors by playing outdoor games. Games such as a scavenger hunting as well as balloon stomping and more will keep them running, jumping, moving and getting in a healthy physical activity. Running around and letting their energy go will make the children ready for more peaceful activities towards the end of the event. In addition, there will less mess from the party in your home, if you limit the event outdoors.

Wii Sports Party

If you’re hosting small-scale celebrations for your child, say from four to eight children–you can organize the Wii sporting event inside your family room. The Wii sports games like tennis and bowling are perfect for elementary school-aged children. They can help children develop your hand-eye coordination. They will be enthusiastic about competing as well as cheering for their teammates. Children can play with adults (although chances are that the kids will have the advantage).

Heads Up

This popular app for both iOS as well as Android is so fun and your family will want to play it whenever you’re in the mood, with or without any kind of party. The free version includes categories like “Movies,” “Accents,” and “Charades” and can be played with up to two players. It’s also ideal to play with teams at a kid birthday party.

The kids will have fun making up words on the screen or feeding the “guesser” clues in this fast-paced, think-on your-feet game. It’s also a blast to watch the videos that are automatically recorded of themselves when they’re acting out their words on the screen. It’s nearly sure to keep kids entertained.

Board Games

One great option for a game-themed small party is to get out some enjoyable kids’ board games like Balderdash, Blokus, and Khet. And don’t forget the classic games for kids like Monopoly and Scrabble as well as educational games such as Boggle as well as Rush Hour. Their brains will be given a fun workout. Kids can join teams and work to plan moves for four-player games like Scrabble.

Or break the kids into separate groups and let players take turns playing various board games; that is how everyone gets the chance to play a beloved game. Besides teaching kids math, language, and reasoning skills, playing board games on teams helps children understand the importance of working together to achieve their goals.

Card Games for kids

Classic games with cards for children such as Go Fish and Spoons and games for the family like Crazy Eights and Go Boom can be great games for young birthday parties for kids.

Mad Libs Contest

Mad Libs is an game where players print pages that contain stories, but there are gaps in the stories. One player prompts the others for word phrases that fill in gaps and then reads the completed story aloud, typically with hilarious results.

Get a bunch of Mad Libs magazines (or make a few of your own in case you have the time) to host your children’s Mad Libs celebration. Make sure that the kids are divided into teams to work on the their very own Mad Libs story. They’ll have a great time in the end, when they share their silly stories with other teams.

Tips for a Success Party

Once you’ve decided on the games that will be the center of your celebration, think about purchasing or designing invitations as well as decorations and food in line with your theme. For instance, suppose you’re planning a card-games party for your children. How about creating hanging decorations that resemble playing cards? You can also order or bake a cake decorated with card symbols, too. You can provide a wide variety of snacks, including chips , dips and even dip.

Other tips to keep the excitement going:

The teams should be balanced If you’re certain that some of your child’s friends are champs in Monopoly and Wii baseball, put them on different teams. In this way, everyone is likely to win , and the evening will be fun for all.

Play along: You or another parent can get the party begun by showing how you play a game, and having fun as you do. It doesn’t mean you must have a license to hog the Wii remotes or to take children to their places in the game. After the game has begun it’s possible to step back or continue playing, based on how the party is progressing and whether or not your child would like you to join in. Be aware that your support on the sidelines is vital also: Watch out for kids who are struggling playing or with each the other, and always be ready to assist with assistance or an alternative, for example, serving a meal in the event of a need.

Set up Prizes for All the Kids, and Encourage good manners: As the host, you establish the tone for the evening. If you emphasize good sportsmanship and manners everybody will have more enjoyment. It is important to provide small, equal-value toys or other gifts to all children attending the event and encourage that they are to congratulate one another for playing an excellent game, even when they don’t take the title. It can make a huge impact on a child’s life who’s teammates and children on other teams — tell them they did an excellent effort, regardless of what they did.

Think Easy, Simple Food: To go with the games-themed food offer some enjoyable simple food items such as sandwiches, wraps, or pizza. To eat snacks while playing games, select small snacks that won’t be very messy like popcorn, pretzels, and cut-up (not too juicy) fruits.