Birthday Party Games: Some Fun Suggestions

If you are looking to throw a fun party bash, games are the way to go. Birthday party games can add lots of fun to a party, whether it is a kid's party or an adult party. Games can add lots of laughs and good times to an otherwise boring party.

Kids' games are very important for any child's birthday party. They help them to both have a great time and to get rid of some pent up energy. You may provide prizes for the winner of a game, you may give every child a prize for the game, or you may simply give everyone a "goody bag" at the end of the party. Kids tend to love getting prizes.

Pin the Tail on the Donkey is a very popular game for kids. While generally the game involves each kid trying to pin a tail on the behind of a drawing of a donkey, this is not crucial. Now you can have kids try to pin anything (bows, noses, etc.) on their favorite cartoon character. Feel free to make the game your own.

Another game that can be used at children's parties is a pinata. This is also a very common game, which gives the kids tons of candy. Basically, kids just take turns using a stick to try to break open a paper mache animal. Once it is broken, it pours candy all over the kids and they try to pick up as much as they can. The two issues with this game are making sure that all kids get candy, and making sure that no one gets injured.

Scavenger hunts are also lots of fun for kids. They begin with a clue, which brings them to the next station with the next clue. This game lets kids get up and run around, and they have a lot of fun reading the clues and figuring out where to go next. At the last station kids can get candy or other prizes for a job well done.

Memory games are also fun for kids at a birthday party. An adult can go around with a tray that has many objects on it. Kids can crowd around it and try to remember everything on the tray. After about a minute the adult should remove it, and the kids write down all of the objects that they remembered from the tray. Whoever remembers the most objects wins the grand prize.

Adults can have tons of fun with birthday party games as well. Board games are a fun choice for any small birthday party. Great games include Taboo, Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit, and Catchphrase. The key with a party board game is that it is very social and fun to play.

Charades is an oldie but goodie for adult birthday parties. While some people find charades boring, they are likely not playing with their closest friends. Another way to make charades fun is to change up the rules - if people are not charades "experts" they can use sounds, or even words. By adding fun phrases to guess, the energy of the party can be increased as well. They shouldn't be too difficult, though.