What games to play at 5 year olds birthday party?
My son is having his 5th birthday soon and has invited his classmates from preschool. We are holding the party in the gym at his school and I would like to find games for the kids to play. The children range from 2yrs to 10yrs old.
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candyland, shoots and ladders, twister.. (: sorry if you didnt mean board games
Kids that age like pinatas. Just do it safely. :)
Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Pillow fight(with adult supervision).
@Doctor_D – A bunch of5 year olds swinging pillows? Not in my house. :-)
You could loose an eye. ;-)
Oooh! You could make one kick ass obstacle course if you have a whole gym to work with.
Blindman’s Buff
Duck, Duck, GOOSE!
Tug-O-War
Simon Says
Button, Button
Red Light/Green Light
Gossip
Lots of good suggestions so far. I’d like to add “Red Rover” to the list. That was one of my favorites as a kid! Other ideas:
If you have balloons and ribbons, you can tie a balloon to each child’s ankle so that it drags along behind as the child walks or runs. The kids have to try to pop each others balloons while avoiding having their own balloon popped. It’s really funny to watch.
You can also have the kids stand in a line holding hands. The first kid in line is the “head” and the last kid is the “tail.” Tie a long bit of a streamer around the “tail” kid’s waist. The “head” has to try to pull the streamer off the “tail” without breaking the chain of kids holding hands.
If you scroll down this page there are links to rules for several different party games that haven’t been mentioned here.
Well sack races seemed to interested out 6 year old. Tug of war worked. Anything will probably work for 5 minutes at a time!
I can’t really see a 10 year old and a 2 year old playing “knockout”...or for that matter, any kind of game.
Do you have any type of theme for the party, and how long will it be?
You can take classic party games and change them a bit to match your theme. Instead of Pin the Tail on the Donkey, play Pin the Badge on Optimus Prime. Instead of Duck, Duck, Goose, play Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Megatron. If you play Tug of War, have the kids divide into teams with the Autobots vs. the Decepticons. Can you tell I have two little boys?! It’s so sad that I know these stupid names.
Just be creative and have a good time. The kids will have fun no matter what, as long as they get to run around and eat some cake.
Thanks for all the great ideas. I think we have a good idea of what to do. Thanks again.
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