Children love parties and you will know when you talk to some entertainment party organisers. The kids party entertainers proudly agree that they are busy throughout the year arranging different themed parties for children and the demand is growing with each passing day. Children love everything about parties: playing, spending time with other children and jumping around. Can you blame them? Children sure know how to have a good time. Whether it’s for birthday parties, holidays, or just any random parties. As a parent, you may feel like it’s such a heavy responsibility to plan for your kids’ parties. It is why you can never go wrong when you decide to hire the best kid’s party entertainers.
These classics include having classic kids party food, classic themes for the parties, classic entertainment and most importantly, classic party games. These games have been tried out and enjoyed by kids all over the world. Such games have different names in different parts of the world, but they are still the same great games. Here are five games that will do the trick in your child’s party.
1. Musical Chairs
You probably know how this game goes. If you don’t, here is how: first you set up chairs and arrange them in a circle. You should set up the chairs less by one chair. After setting them up, you play the music that they’ll be playing to. All the kids walk around the chairs until the music stops, then everyone runs and grabs themselves a chair. The last child who will be left standing after the music stops and everyone is seated, is out of the game. You remove another chair then the game restarts again.
This game will continue until there is only one child left with a chair. This game will be so fun at your children’s party; they will want to keep playing it at every party. You can even simplify this game, by replacing the chairs with musical bobs or even musical statues for the toddlers.
2. The eggs and spoon race
This is one of the most epic games that you can have at your kid’s party. It is both exciting and challenging. And a good challenge is great every once in a while. Line up the kids in a line, and give each of them an egg that has been balanced on a tablespoon. When you say “go”, the players race to the finish line. It is best to use hard-boiled eggs for the kids. When any of them drops the eggs as they are running to the finish line, they should stop and pick the egg putting it back on the spoon. Another thing is to make them run back to the starting point so that they can restart their race: make sure you make all kids feel included.
3. The sack race
Another very fun game is the sack race. If you want your toddlers and pre-schoolers to play this game, you need first to get a good sack for them to run in. You could get a burlap sack or much better, a large pillowcase. The material should not agitate your kids’ skin. Kids’ skin is quite delicate. They can play individually, or you could put them in teams.
To play this game, your children will need to stand inside the sacks. On saying “go”, the kids should run towards the finishing line with their feet inside the sacks. The first person or team to reach and cross the finish line will be the winners. There will be a few falls, but the game will be so much fun!
4. The treasure hunt
The beauty of treasure hunts is that, they can be as complex or as simple as you want to make them. And treasure hunts are loved by kids all over the world. For toddlers and preschoolers, you can make the game really simple but very fun too! You could hide wrapped sweets, lollipops or even small toys all around the area where the party is being held.
When the kids hunt and find the prizes, they can keep the treasures. If you want it to be a little more complex, you could place tokens all around and have different levels of the hunt. The child who finds the most tokens then gets to win the grand prize. You can have small gemstones, printed tokens or even painted rocks as your tokens.
5. The wheelbarrow race
These wheelbarrow races are played in pairs. One of the children in the pair should play the wheelbarrow part. They have their hands on the ground, and the other child in the pair is the driver. The second child will hold the first child’s leg and on “go”, the game will start. The wheelbarrow will ‘walk’ on their hands towards the finish line, as the driver follows behind steering the wheelbarrow. The first team to cross the finish line are the winners.
Party games are essential for children. They are the heart of the party for the kids. A party without the games won’t get your children as happy and joyful as they should be. Choose them wisely!
