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Start the music

Whenever the music stops the players must run into a corner (which has a colour written on it)One player is asked to choose a piece of paper from out of a tub.This will have a colour written on it. The players who are in this colour corner are out.
The aim is to be the last person in.

idea 014 from Laura

Newspaper balance

Split the participants up in to pairs. For each pair they are given a sheet of newspaper. They must dance of the floor until the music stops, at which point they are to fold up their newspaper and both players balance on it. Without touching the floor, if this does happen both players are out.
*they are allowed to piggy back each other*
The last couple in recieve a prize

idea 013 from Laura

Food for adults

Don't forget to provide a little food for adults who stay and have probably spent the entire morning/afternoon getting their child ready for the party and buying a present!

idea 012 from Kerry

The Parcel

Between each layer of the "parcel" that you are passing put a piece of folded paper with a task on, i.e. do an impression, dance to the music being played, sing a nursery ryhme.

Pass a Gift

The Birthday person is ready to open their gifts and the cards are being read. Everyone invited to the party sits in a circle and listens for the 3 special words. Pick 3 special words i.e. "wishing, birthday and happy". Hand a small wrapped gift to one of the people in the circle. Each time you hear any of the 3 special words the small wrapped gift is passed. After all the cards are read, the person left holding the small wrapped gift gets to keep it.

idea 010 from Lisa

Candy Guess

Buy a small inexpensive container or cup that the winner can use when they get home. Fill it with jelly beans or sweets. Have each person at the party guess how many there are in the container. The person who guesses the closest without going over the actual amount wins the container and the contents.

idea 009 from Lisa

Suggestion for a Party Idea

Go to the local park and get your friends to bring games, bikes, roller blades, skate boards etc! It's great fun.

idea 008

Tips from an Entertainer

Remember if you are useing an entertainer not to distribute, food, drinks, balloons or noise makers just before or during the show. The kids can't particate with a mouthful of food and as for noisemakers it only takes a couple of noisy characters to ruin the show.

idea 007

Pin the nose on the face

We had great fun with a very similar game recently at my daughters party. I cut out different face parts from magasines, hair, ears, eyes etc. Then blindfold had to tack them onto a face drawn on paper and tacked to the door or wall. We were in stitches seeing their popstar favourites all mixed up.!!!

idea 006 from Sue in Huddersfield.

Suggestion fo a party game

Instead of "pin the tail on the donkey" try an "everyone wins" version with a blank face on the wall and while blindfolded have the kids tack on facial features (eyes, nose, ears, hair, mouth etc) Kids enjoy seeing what they've created as a group (usually something close to a Picasso!!)

idea 005 from Jane

Many thanks to Jane, I will try that one out.

Theme for a Party

Emily had a Fashion Party.I invited my friends and we had a fashion show, dance to music and then told ghost stories, played games and watched movies. It was awsome

idea 004 Thanks to Emily

A suggestion for a really good Cinema with a Childrens club etc which is great for parties. At the Kilkenny Cineplex, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, Ireland. Costs about £2.50 per child, all ages. Tel:- 003535623111

idea 003

idea 002 - from Chris Vincent

My mum did me a Halloween party once and it was great, she put green perspex on the lights to give an errie feel. We had crepe paper Blue Tacked to the ceiling as well. It was great.

idea 001 - Kyle from Coventry