Truth or Dare
Sit in a circle and ask each other truth
questions. If the person you ask doesn't want to answer the
question then they must do the dare. We've made a fun list of free
clean (rated G) truth or dare questions for you to print out for your
birthday party. Free
truth and dare questions.
Nail Polish Birthday Spin Game
Place several colors of nail polish in the middle of a circle of girls.
Have the first girl spin a bottle of nail polish. Who ever the cap
is pointing to when it is done spinning must paint one of her
fingernails that color. Then that person spins the next color of
nail polish .... and so on. Paint your toes also to make the game
last longer.
| Foil Make Over The object is to create the best outfit out of aluminum foil. Crazy game and lots of fun. This can be played individually or if you have a lot of girls separate into teams. Give each person / team 1 or 2 rolls of aluminum foil. You can also use rubber bands or pieces of string if you want. Create the most fabulous outfit you can using the aluminum foil. Tops, pants, skirts, shorts ... and don't forget the sunglasses, jewelry, hats, flip-flops, tiaras booties, belts ...anything your imagination can dream up. Be sure and take pictures of your creations. Song Maker |
Blind Make Over
The first person puts on a blindfold and does the makeup of the second
person. Then when they are done the second person puts on the
blindfold and does the makeup of the third person. Draw numbers to
determine the order. Really funny - take pictures so you can keep
the memories.
Nail Polish Song
This is a new twist on the game "Hot Potato". Sit in a
circle and give a bottle of nail polish to the birthday girl.
While singing the song pass the bottle around the circle. When
verse is over the girl holding the bottle of nail polish opens it and
paints one of her nails. Then start the song again and keep going
until someone has all of their fingernails painted. You can give
out prizes or just have fun singing along. Here is one version of
the song ... you can easily make it to fit your daughters name and age
with a little creativity. "Happy Birthday to ________ ...
we're so glad she's eighta, so we could come and play-ya. Happy
Birthday __________"!
Thanks Roslyn from Indiana for the great idea!
Commercial
Draw numbers to see who goes first. The first person stands up and
the number 2 person chooses an object from the room. The first
person then must make up a commercial about the object and speak for 30
seconds about it. Then #3 picks an object for #2's commercial and
so on.
Mummy Wrap Game
See which team can wrap their mummy in toilet paper first. Divide
birthday party guests into teams of 2 or 3 and give them 2 rolls of
toilet paper. Let teams decide on who will be the mummy and then
race to see who can wrap their mummy in toilet paper the quickest using
all the paper. Stock up on paper and play this game a few times
switching out mummy's.
Drama Bag Game
Fill shopping bags with 5 different items in each bag. A shoe, hat,
party favor etc. - but fill each bag with different things. Divide
into teams and give each team one bag. Go to different rooms and create
a skit which includes all items in the bag. After 15 minutes come
back and perform. Variation: Create a song or
commercial.
Prize Auction Game
On the invitation ask the girls to bring an
inexpensive item or a "white elephant" (something in good shape they
don't want anymore) wrapped or sealed in a bag. Give the everyone
$100.00 in play money and start an auction for the unwrapped gifts. Hold
up the first sealed bag and ask who will give $1 for it... and so on.
For fun you can add food and gag gifts to the auction items. Keep
the items sealed and don't let anyone know what is inside until the high
bidder opens the item. At the end you can trade bags or buy each
other's presents with their left over auction money. With any
other left over auction money you can bid on who gets to pick
where they want to sleep, what game you play next, first dibs on the
biggest piece of cake or who chooses the music to listen to.
M & M Challenge
This game can be played with m&m's, skittles or any small candy that
comes in different colors. Place candy in a bowl. Sit in a
circle and without looking choose 2 candies. Put them in your
mouth ... if they are the same color then you can chew them, if not you
have to hold them in your mouth until your next turn when you can try
and choose 2 more of the same color. You can't chew until you get
2 of the same color.
Oversize Board Game
This game really gets you involved ... because you
are the piece that moves around the board. On a very large patio
or driveway draw a large (VERY large!) gameboard with chalk. Make
every square at least 18". Make it in the shape of a circle or
oval (or a figure 8). Write "start" at the first square and then
on each square write a command or action. Example: Square 2
= move ahead 3 spaces, Square 3 - jump up and down until your next turn,
Square 4 = sing the national anthem until your next turn, Square 5 = go
back 2 spaces ... and so on until every square is filled. Make 2
large oversize dice (paint them white or leave unpainted and draw black
circles on the sides of the "dice" - 1 - 6 dots) from boxes at
least 12 x 12 - the bigger the better! Roll the dice and
then move yourself along the game board - when you land on a square do
what the square says. The winner is the one reach the end space
first by landing on it with an exact roll.
Toilet Paper Share
You’ll need a new roll of toilet paper for this fun game. Girls gather
in a circle and tell them you are going to pass around the game
toilet paper roll and to take as much as they think they need for the
game. Pass the paper around without any further instructions and
have them take sheets of paper off the roll. After everyone has
their sheets then tell them they have to share one thing about
themselves for each square of paper they have.
Girlie Ball
Buy a large inflatable beach ball and in permanent marker write
questions all over it. Place everyone in a circle and throw the
ball to someone. The person who catches the ball must answer
the question that their right thumb is touching. After answering the
question they then throw the ball to another person.
Fun questions to write on the ball:
(The more questions on the ball the better!) What is the scariest movie
you’ve seen? What is your favorite
color? What are three adjectives
that describe you? Who is your
favorite band/singer? Who is your
favorite movie star? What is
the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you?
What do you say when you talk in your sleep?
What is your biggest phobia?
If you were invisible what would you do?
If you were an animal what would you be?
Who's your secret crush?
What was your last dream about?
What is one thing about you that no one here knows?
What do you want to do when you grow up?
Think of questions that you would
want to be asked or things that you would like to know about others.
Candy Hunt
This is a fun game for girls if the party will be during the evening.
Ask everyone to bring a flashlight (or provide them for everyone) to the
party. Before everyone arrives at the party ask a parent or
sibling to hide candy all over the yard. When it gets dark have
everyone take their flashlights outside and hunt for the candy.
Silent Charades
Game
Write down objects related to your birthday party theme for girls to act
out. Make 2 per object. Example objects: elephant, rock, fireman,
princess. Place in a container - birthday guests pick one piece of
paper. They must find their "match" by acting out what is on the
paper without words. When they find their match they sit down next
to that person.
Sponge Relay Games
Divide birthday party guests into 2 teams. Use 4 buckets - place two at
the starting line and two 30 or more feet away. Fill the farthest
buckets with water. Players take a sponge and run to the far bucket, dip
the sponge in the water and then run back to the starting line bucket
and squeeze the water into the empty bucket. The first team to fill
their bucket wins. (Use larger buckets to hold the water first since a
lot of the water will be lost as they race back to fill their bucket.)
Variation: Race backwards for a crazy birthday party game twist!
Spoon race Games
Place an egg on the spoon and then with the word “Go“ the birthday party
guests must walk from the starting line to the finish line without
dropping the egg. The first one to cross the line with the egg still on
the spoon wins the game.
For team games - divide the birthday party guests into 2 teams.
Each team has one spoon and egg. Each member runs the course without
dropping the egg. When they return they hand the egg and the spoon to
the next person and that person runs the course. Continue until all
birthday guests have completed the game race. For older children make
the game course more complex by adding obstacles. If they drop the
egg then they pick it up, go back to the starting line and begin again.
Prize Walk Birthday Game
Have a birthday prize walk instead of a cakewalk. Place numbers on the
ground in a circle or oval. Start the music and have the girls
walk around the circle until the music stops. Pick a number out of a hat
or roll a dice to decide which number wins a prize. The child that is
standing on the number that is picked gets to choose a small toy from
the birthday games prize table.
Tag Gone Wild Games
Girls love to play tag games (one person is “it” and if they touch or
tag another person then that person becomes “it”) and there are many
game variations that adapt to many different birthday party themes.
Crazy base tag Game - Make bases using birthday party theme objects: maps for a pirate party, tutu’s for a ballerina party, bugs for a nature party etc.
Freeze tag Game - When a child gets tagged they must freeze in that position until they are unfrozen by another player. When “it” freezes everyone they get to pick the next “it”
TV tag Game - When tagged a child must call out a TV character. If they can’t think of one then they become “it”.
Ameba tag Game - When “it” tags someone they hold
hands with “it” and both must run after the other children without
letting their hands go. Every time a child is tagged they become part of
the “it”.
Tunnel Tag Game
- After a child
is tagged they must stand with their legs apart and freeze until someone
crawls though their legs
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Silly Race Games |
Guess and Win Game
Fill a see through jar with lots of small candy, jellybeans, skittles,
marbles or small toys. Count them before you put them into the jar. As
the girls arrive for the birthday party have them guess how many toys or
candies they think are in the jar. Write down each birthday party
guest's guess. At the end of the birthday party reveal who guessed
closest to the right number. The winner takes home a small prize, or the
whole jar with its contents! Tip; Use items related to your birthday
party theme. Plastic bugs for an insect party, pink jelly beans for a
pink or princess birthday party, rings for a glamour party etc.
Limbo Game
Two older kids or adults hold a pole or broomstick at child's height.
Start the music and have the children bend backwards and walk under the
pole without touching it. After each round lower the pole an inch or
two. If a player touches the pole, they are out. Game Variation:
Instead of a pole use something from your birthday party theme: Pirate
Limbo - hold a play sword; Fairy Party - hold a magic wand.
Spin the Bottle Game
(birthday gift opening game)
This birthday party game is fun when it is time to open the birthday
presents. Have kids hold the birthday present that they brought
and sit in a circle. Place the spinner (bottle or other item) in
the middle of the circle and have the birthday child spin the bottle.
They will then open the gift of the child the bottle is pointing
to when it stops. Tip: Use an item from your birthday party’s theme
instead of the bottle - magic wand for a princess party, sword for a
pirate party etc.
Telephone Game
Have children sit in a circle for this birthday
game. The birthday child goes first and whispers a sentence to the
person on their right. That person then whispers what they heard to the
next person … and so on. When the message has gone around the circle,
the person next to the birthday child tells the message out loud. Then
the birthday child tells the original message. Very funny to see how
things repeated change! Start game again with the next person.
Pin the tail on
the Donkey Games
Place a poster on the wall and put a piece
of tape on the back of each object the children will be pinning on the
poster. Blindfold children, spin them around, and point them toward the
poster. The child who pins their object closest to the designated spot,
is the winner! Tip: Use a poster from your birthday party theme for this
game. Examples: Pin the spider on the web, tutu on the ballerina, nose
on the clown, X on a treasure map etc.
Pillow Fight Icebreaker
For an icebreaker I usually just have everyone start in my room and
start a pillow fight whoever you hit they must tell you something about
them. Sent in by Cokie
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