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| Kids' Party Games | * Another fun arrival activity is a "guess how many" jar. You have to fill a clear glass or plastic jar (with a secure lid) with a known quantity (yes, you have to count them!) of candy, marbles, pennies, tiny toy cars or some other item that ties in with the theme of your party. Then decorate the jar and lid with stickers and a bow and place on the arrival activity table. Give slips of paper for guests to write their names and their "guess" and a small basket or box to collect the entries. Towards the end of the party award the jar of goodies to the child with the closest guess.
* Activity centers consist of simple activities that are setup ahead of time and are available to the children throughout the party. There children can visit the activity centers between the organized group activities.
These centers can be designed for individual children, small groups, or all the children at once, if you have a manageable number of guests.
Activity centers can be controlled by an adult or be self-serve.
Most often activity centers consist of simple games or arts & crafts. You may purchase some inexpensive games, such as a foam dart board, a bean bag toss, a ring toss, and giant bubble wands that you can use year-after-year and customize to the party theme by adding stickers. You may setup other simple games, such as a coin toss (coins into jars or pie pans) or ball toss (balls into buckets, baskets or hoops) using supplies you probably already have.
And also setup an activity center with coloring books and crayons, maze and word search books, and a few small puzzles.
* Group activities, unlike activity centers, are designed for all the party guests to participate in at the same time. They can include scavenger hunts, relay races, circle games (hot potato, duck-duck-goose), variations of pin the tail on the donkey, and breaking a piñata.
Group activities can be as high energy as an obstacle course or as low key as a game of 20 questions, or for younger children listening to a story. Perfectly, group activities should be noncompetitive, so every child "wins".
- If the activity requires teams, have children count off (example: 1,2,1,2 for two teams) to determine the teams.
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