Musical Chairs or Cushions<\/p>\n
Set up chairs or cushions in 2 rows back to back. Put out one less chair\/cushion than there are children. Start playing the music and ask the children to walk all around the chairs\/cushions until the music stops. When the music stops, the children must each sit on a chair\/cushion. The child without a chair\/cushion is \u2018out\u2019. You might like to have a bowl of sweets to offer to each child that is \u2018out\u2019 so they don\u2019t feel too humiliated \u2013 but don\u2019t make it so tempting that everybody wants to be \u2018out\u2019! Then remove another chair\/cushion. If there is ever a tie, don\u2019t spend ages making a decision, just replay that round.<\/p>\n
Animal Musical Chairs.<\/p>\n
The player left standing must pull the name of an animal, written on a piece of paper, out of a hat. Then, they must act it out while the other guests try to guess what the animal is. Start the music again and repeat the game until there\u2019s only one chair left.<\/p>\n
Musical Statues<\/p>\n
Play some music, and watch the children dance and jump about. Without notice, turn off the music and the children need to freeze. If anybody moves, they are \u2018out\u2019. As with musical chairs, you might like to have a bowl of sweets to give to this child so they don\u2019t feel too humiliated \u2013 but don\u2019t make it so tempting that everybody wants to be \u2018out\u2019! Repeat until there is just one person left.<\/p>\n
Hot Potato<\/p>\n
Sit the kids in a circle and choose one to sit out wearing a blindfold. Begin by passing a potato around the circle, while the \u2018blind\u2019 child stands to one side. Everyone must accept the potato, and may not hold it longer than a second. At any point the \u2018blind\u2019 child can yell, \u2018Hot Potato\u2019, and whoever has the potato is out (Think about using that invaluable bowl of sweets again!) Continue to play until there is only one person left, and they are the winner. A really good variation is to follow the theme of your party. Use an appropriate item to pass around the circle instead of a potato.<\/p>\n
Duck, Duck, Goose<\/p>\n
This classic kids game is perfect fun for any kids party entertainment<\/a>. Gather your guests to sit in a circle and let the birthday child begin as the \u2018Goose\u2019. They walk around the circle tapping each child on the head, saying \u2018duck\u2019 with each tap. When they are ready to choose the next person to be Goose, they say \u2018goose\u2019 when tapping that person on the head. That child gets up and chases the birthday child<\/a> around the circle. If the new Goose does not tag the birthday child before they make it all the way around the circle and sit in the open spot, then the new Goose becomes \u2018it\u2019. If the new Goose tags the birthday child, then the birthday child remains \u2018it\u2019 for the next round and the game continues.<\/p>\n Decorate a Birthday Banner<\/p>\n Unroll a roll of unwanted wallpaper and mount it plain side up on a wall within easy reach of your guests. At the top of the \u2018banner\u2019, write \u2018Happy Birthday (your child\u2019s name)\u2019. You could lay the paper on the floor if you\u2019re worried some of the artists may mistake your wall for their canvas!<\/p>\n Provide a variety of crayons and felt pens and let the children create their own masterpieces. Don\u2019t forget to ask each artist to write their name and age beside their drawing. You can even encourage them to write a special message to the birthday child. After the party, fold it up and save it, or if you\u2019d prefer, take a close-up picture so you can tuck it inside your photo album later.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Musical Chairs or Cushions Set up chairs or cushions in 2 rows back to back. Put out one less chair\/cushion than there are children. Start playing the music and ask the children to walk all around the chairs\/cushions until the music stops. When the music stops, the children must each sit on a chair\/cushion. The … Continue reading “Party games for kids 5+”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,114,66,31,55,57],"tags":[71,87,93,52],"class_list":["post-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","category-entertainers","category-fun","category-games-activities","category-kids","category-party","tag-children","tag-family","tag-organise","tag-parties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}