Wednesday, March 11, 2009

I need ideas!

I am having a birthday party for Miles, and I'm looking for some fun games that will entertain five year olds.  Any ideas?
(The theme of the party is Star Wars)

7 comments:

amberd. said...

So what you're saying is you want all of US to do the work and you reap the benefits? Dang. My brain hurts today...I'm out. hahah!

Love ya! Sorry I missed you in Utah. I'm heading back out next Thursday again though! lol!

Miriam said...

Do you have a theme? When is it? They can decorate cookies. Or do a craft. What is Miles into?

Deanne said...

A couple of games I've seen that are fun...

Blow up balloons with stickers or a fun little toy inside. Then they have to try to pop them by sitting, stomping, etc. on them.

Also the old stand by of a large plastic container on the floor, sit backwards in a chair and try to drop clothes pins in. (I have these things if you want to borrow them)

Other fun games for kids are - red light/green light, mother may I?, simon says, etc.

Those foam sticker kits are fun too...although I'm not sure how into that your boys are.

What kind of cake are you having? Is there a theme? Let me know and I'll see what other ideas I can come up with.

Becky said...

-Make a giant death star out of cork and use darts to try and blow it up. You could also make it out of something else and use blasters with those suction cup bullets.
-Make Yoda masks.
-Make Wookie masks and use brown fur.
-Make round sugar cookies and have them decorate them like the Millennium Falcon.
-Teach a droid language
Sorry, that's as creative as it's getting right now.

rymiembeal said...

1) check the website partygamecentral.com
You can create a custom list of party games depending on the age and size of the group. I LOVE this site. Also, once you find a game you like you can personalize it to the theme.

2) My sister did an outdoor party (buzz lightyear) with five year olds at the park. She gave them all water guns and had pre-placed targets (the evil zor?? guy) Anyway, they LOVED that. And all she had to do was throw away cupcake wrappers and fudgsicle sticks at the end. You could totally sub star wars into this one!
Michelle

Natalie said...

Find or make a pinata and have them smack it with light sabres. We just had a pinata at Amber's party and it was the talk of the town. :)

Jen and Brent said...

We did a star wars party and had each kid pin a paper light saber on a big picture of Yoda. (So, like Pin the tail on the donkey) We looked for "Moon Rocks". To make the moon rocks we put candy in balls of foil and hid them all over and then let the kids find them. It was pretty fun. We also did musical chairs with Star Wars music playing.