The ideas for birthday party games

There are many different birthday party games that can help you to make your birthday party even more memorable. It's quite simple to find the right games and activities, to bring your birthday celebration to life. Read on to find ideas for birthday party games.

Adult games

Many people love attending a good, old fashioned birthday party, with appetisers galore, desserts, good friends, loud music, dancing and exciting party games. Party games shouldn't be limited to solely the 12 years-old-and-under set, either. Search on the the Internet It's filled to the brim with websites that are 100 percent devoted to the art of throwing parties and entertaining. Some great websites give you help with planning birthday parties for adults. They also give you information on activities, party themes and fun games for adults groups. Try to be as creative as possible and come up with your own innovative party games and activities.

Children's games

While many young children can have a great time at a birthday party just running around with their friends and tearing open gifts, a few planned birthday games ideas can add more excitement to a birthday party for kids. The key to fun games for kids is to keep them simple enough so as to entertain a crowd of toddlers for a prolonged period of time.

Pin the tail on the donkey

Pin the tail on the donkey is a fun game that children can play and enjoy with only a limited amount of help from an adult. The game is also adaptable to different theme parties, so you could instead play 'put the hat on the wizard' or 'pin the tail on the dinosaur'. Be imaginative. The only items needed for this game are a picture of a donkey or other figure, a tail with tape and a blindfold.

Duck Duck Goose

Duck, Duck, Goose is an easy game that most toddlers already know how to play from school. Depending on how young the children are, they may be confused about the rules of the game, so be patient with them until they grasp the rules. If you are having Halloween parties, you could change the game to theme it.

Pass the parcel

Pass the parcel is a classic birthday party group games for the whole family or a kid's birthday. This game is versatile, as any the theme of the party can easily replace the parcel with a suitable item. You simply pass the parcel around in a circle while the music plays. Whoever has the parcel when the music stops, unwraps a layer of paper from the parcel, until finally only the present is left and the person holding it is the winner.