Matching PictureTreasure Hunt
by Charlotte
(UK)
When each child arrives, give them half of a photo/picture which has been cut diagonally (Old birthday/Christmas cards are great for this). The pair to their picture is hidden somewhere around the room or house and they have to find it. This is a great ice breaker as the older kids will often find their pairs first and want to help out the others.
You can also do far more pictures than there are children and put them into two teams to find as many pairs as they can.
You can also cut each picture into three or four pieces, give a piece to one person, another piece to another, and hide the two left pieces around the house. Then when the game starts, each person has to find the other person with the same piece of picture, and then together they can go out and look for the two other pieces to create a whole.
Copy Cat Ice Breaker Game
by Danielle
(New Jersey)
One person will be the “Cat” and the other people will have to copy him/her.
If you don’t copy him/her you are out of the game.
If you’re the only one left, you will have to make up the moves.
Cheetos And Shaving Cream Ice Breaker Party Game
by KT Leigh
(Texas)
Materials:
Shower caps
Shaving cream
Cheetos
Stop watch
Rules:
Divide the players into groups of two. Then, have one player put on the shower cap and one hold the bowl of Cheetos. Squirt shaving cream all over the shower cap. Set the partners a couple yards away from each other. Set the stop watch to whatever time (I usually do two minutes). When the person with the stop watch says 'Go' the partner with the bowl of Cheetos tries to throw the Cheetos on top of the shower cap.
How to win:
The person with the most Cheetos on the shower cap wins. You can award them with a prize such as a chocolate bar or some other candy, etc.
Scavenger Hunts
by Sandie
(Seabridge Marina, CA)
Have each child color their own scavenger hunt bags with their names and as colorful as they want it. Then give them their treasure list to find. Each child that finds each item on that list wins the prize. If many children, assign partners and print maps. It was a hit at my last party.
Animal Sponges Kid Activity
by Harriet G.
(Torrance, CA)
Cut animal shapes out of ordinary kitchen cleaning sponges (older kids will enjoy cutting out their own sponges). You can do this by tracing animal patterns on the sponge prior to cutting them out. Provide the kids with paper and washable paint and let them stamp away. You can later wash the sponges and add them to their favor bags.
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Commercial Icebreaker Game
by Ceara
(Pitt Meadows, B.C, Canada )
This is one of the funnest games to play with any ages.
You will need a video camera, a pen, paper and a hat (or something that you can place some paper in).
First you will need to put all the names of your party guests onto a piece of paper, fold the pieces of paper up and put them into the hat. Pick out the names to divide all of them into different groups (make sure there are the same amount of people in each group).
Then split the groups into seperate rooms so they can practice alone. They have to make up a commercial that they all saw on the television, replay it or make up their own. When they are all ready, video tape the commercials seperately.
When your done video taping all the different commercials, hook your camera up to the television and have everyone watch them (while have a fun time laughing!).
It seems complicated but it's really really fun!!
Slideshow
by May
Divide the kids into two groups and one group sits and the other stands up together. With the group that is standing have one person be the narrator. The sitting down group meanwhile decides where the other group is going (it can be anything from a hospital to Hawaii). The sitting down group tells the standing up group where they are going. The narrator is blindfolded and and has to explain their trip. Meanwhile the kids on the stage will pose as if they are in a picture. The kids will pose to something that is not what the narrator is saying. When the kids are ready they tell the narrator and he/she will take off their blindfold and have to explain what they are doing according to what they said earlier and where they are.
Honey I Love You Icebreaker Game
by Samantha
(Cleavland, Ohio, US)
"Honey I Love You", is another icebreaker that's fun to play.
Your group should be sitting in a circle with one person in the middle. The person in the middle can go to anyone in the circle and say "Honey I love you, won't you give me a smile?". The person who was asked the question has to answer back "Honey I love you, but I just can't smile" (without smiling). The person in the middle can do anything to the other person to make them smile except touch them.
(You have to be the judge as to what you call smiling).
Spider Web Gift Game
by Julie Bolton
(Lancs England)
This can be played inside or outside. To make the game easier use differant coloured wool, for a harder game use the same colour. Before the guests arrive put a trail of wool for each child. At the end of each put a lable on one end and a gift on the other. From the starting point, around obstacles to a finishing point where they will find the gift. You can also do this themed such as a spider's web for Halloween or Spiderman.
Noisemaker Shakers Activity
by Marisa P.
(La Marque, TX)
Kid parties usually involve lots of noise, so why not keep the kids busy (and quiet) while they prepare their own noisemaker shakers.
Use plain white paper plates and beans, rice, macaroni, or buttons, etc. Have the kids fold a paper plate and staple the edges halfway up. Then let them put a few scoops of beans inside and finish the stapling (you should tape the staples to avoid any poking ends).
Let the kids decorate them with markers, crayons, stickers, glitter, etc. (If the kids are too young to be fooling around with staplers, make these beforehand and just let them decorate them).
To make bigger shakers, don't fold the plate in half, just turn a second plate upside down and staple it to the first around the edges.
Empty film cases with rice also make good noisemakers.
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