Balloon Bop: blow up enough balloons for about 3 per child and show them how to push them up in the air, catch them and kick them. Slightly older children can compete to see who can keep their balloon up in the air for the longest or take away all the balloons bar three and see how long the group of children can manage to keep them in the air. (This last tends to get a little boisterous!)
Blind Mans Buff: One child should be blindfolded and spun gently around in a circle. Then the other children all have to stand still while the blindfolded child walks around the room. When the one with the blindfold touches another child, they have to guess who it is that they have caught. The child they catch gets the next turn blindfolded.
Goosie Gander: Is a great game for energetic giggles. All the children sit in a circle and birthday girl or boy walks around the outside of the circle tapping everyone's heads in turn saying goose, goose, goose, GANDER! Once he or she names another child the gander, he has to run as fast as he can around the outside of the circle trying to make it back around to the gander's gap in the circle before the gander (chasing after him) catches him. If he can do this, the gander becomes 'it' and the game starts again. If the gander gets to him before he reaches the gander's seat then he has to sit in the middle of the circle. The winner is the last one left on the outside of the circle.
Pass the Parcel: All you need is a few treats (enough for 1 to each guest), one larger gift, lots of wrapping paper and some music. Wrap the largest gift first, then continue to wrap the same gift again and again, including a treat between each layer of paper. Have all the children sit in circle, turn the music on and start them passing the parcel around the circle. When the music stops, the child holding the parcel can unwrap a layer - in this way the adult can ensure that each child randomly gets to open at least 1 layer.) It is great fun watching the children getting slower and slower at passing the parcel as it gets closer to larger treat!
Simon Says: Stretch a ribbon across the floor or use 2 chairs to establish a 'starting block.' The adult gets to be 'Simon' first, standing on the other side of the room. Simon commands the players to move - (Simon says hop forward 1, Simon says jump backwards 2, Simon says do a roly poly) A child who acts on a command when Simon hasn't started with....'Simon says,' has to go back to the starting line. The winner is the child who reaches Simon first, and then becomes Simon him or herself.
These are just a few of the many age old children's birthday party favourites - don't forget treasure hunts, musical chairs and pin the tail on the donkey to mention but a few more. Really, the only things to remember with groups of small children is not to try to force any game go on for longer than the children are excited by it, make sure that every child is involved or gets a prize and try not to get upset if a game you spent ages planning goes down like a lead balloon!
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Business Advisor Sara Leadbetter specialises in Internet Marketing and is based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Working with Children's Birthday Party Venues and Indoor Playgrounds across New Zealand, this article was written with regard to her work with http://www.tauranga.lollipopsplayland.co.nz/ Contact Lollipops Playland Tauranga for further information.
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