Birthday Party Games

Games are an inevitable part of any party, especially kids' birthday party. You need to entertain your little guests, else they will get bored. Birthday party games add fun and excitement to the party environment and hence, you need to host such games at the party. While arranging the games for kids, you need to keep certain things in mind. Remember every guest is a winner! So, you need to award some prize for every kid guest at your party.

Decide the party games depending on the size of the party area. Make sure you are ready with all the preparations required for the party games. So, are you arranging a birthday party for your kid? Then here are some fun birthday party games for boys and girls.

Birthday Party Game Ideas

The Pin Game
Pin the tail on the donkey has been an age-old game for kids birthday parties. This game is fun and can be played if the age group of children is between 4-6 years. The game is very simple, and all you need to do is prepare a large donkey shaped cut out from a cardboard. Prepare separate cut out for the donkey's tail. Then blindfold the participant and the participant has to try to pin the donkey's tail at the correct position. The participant who places the tail to the closest position is the winner. You may not always use a donkey for this game and you can use other combination like pin the butterfly on the flower or pin the anchor tattoo on Popeye, etc. This is one indoor game that's fun and easy to play.

Lemon in the Spoon Race
Lemon spoon race as the name suggests is a simple game with very few requirements. You will require lemons and tablespoons to play this game. You can divide the kid guests in a batch of five or any number, depending upon the total number of kids. Mark start and finish line of the race and provide each participant with a lemon and a spoon. Each participant has to complete the race by holding the spoon in the mouth with the lemon placed in it. The participant who drops the lemon in the middle of the race is out of the game. And the one who finishes the race first, without dropping the lemon, is the winner. In the end you can have a final race with the finalists of each batch. You can also have an egg race, by using hard-boiled eggs instead of lemon.

Bucket Sponge Relay
This game is one of the best outdoor games for a birthday party, and can be played during summers. This game is fun to play and also to watch. To play this game you will require buckets, glasses and sponges. This game can be played by individual participants or teams as relay race. The number of game supplies should be equal to the number of participants or the number of teams.

Mark the starting point and the end point and maintain a 20 feet distance between them. Place the water filled buckets at the starting point and the empty glasses at the end point. Every participant or team is provided with a sponge. The empty glass allotted to each participant or team is to be filled by dipping the sponge in the bucket, by running towards the glass and then squeezing the water out into the glass. The team or the participant has to continue doing this task until the glass overflows with water. The participant or team who fills the empty glass first, wins the game. If this game is played by a team, a relay pattern can be followed.

These were some fun birthday party games for you. You can use these games to entertain your little guests or come up with some innovative game ideas of your own. All the best!