Birthday Banner
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Birthday Games
Here are some easy games to play at home:
Pin the Birthday Hat on the Birthday Boy or Girl
Print a picture of the birthday child’ face and tape it to the wall. Print out this hat. Or put a small piece of hook and loop adhesive to the top of the child’s head and the bottom of a real party hat. You can also use butcher paper to trace an outline of the child’s body to cut out and put under their face.
Make an Acrostic Poem Card
Have children collaborate to come up with positive adjectives that spell out the birthday girl or boy’s name. Then, transfer the acrostic onto a piece of paper (ledger is great) folded in half. Have children each sign the one big instead of giving individual ones.
For the acrostic poem, check out this list of Adjectives and Adverbs.
What Are You Bringing to (Name’s) Party?
Have all children sit in a circle. Each person says what they are bringing, and what the people before them brought. By the end of the circle, it starts getting hard to remember all the items on the list.
For Example:
Person 1: “I’m going to Jenny’s party and I’m bringing cake.”
Person 2: “I’m going to Jenny’s party and I’m bringing cake and streamers.”
Person 3: “I’m going to Jenny’s party and I’m bringing cake, streamers, and balloons.”
And so it continues…
Musical Chairs
This classic requires a chair for each participant and a music player. Put the chairs in a row or circle, facing outward. Children scramble for the chairs and whoever can’t get one is out. Continue until there is only one contestant left.
Pass the Parcel
Wrap a small gift or prize in a box. Wrap the box in several layers of wrapping paper (or newspaper or construction paper). Pass it around in a circle while music plays. When the music stops, the child holding the box unwraps one layer of paper. Continue until all the layers are unwrapped. Whoever unwraps the last layer is the winner and keeps the prize.
Limbo
Grab a long stick or broom and place it across two chairs. Have children bend backward to go under it. After everyone has had a turn, get a second person to hold one end as you keep lowering the stick until only one contestant can get under it.
The Ha-Ha Game
The first person says, “Ha!”
The second person says, “Ha, ha!”
The third person says, “Ha, ha, ha!”
Keep going and see how long it takes until everyone just breaks out into peals of laughter.
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