http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/party-blog.html Take a look at the latest and coolest kid birthday party ideas added to the Web's largest kids party ideas resource. You'll also find lots of how-to tips and original party info. en-us party Sun, 11 May 2008 21:16:31 GMT Sun, 11 May 2008 21:16:31 GMT coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/pin-the-treasure-on-the-map-pirate-activity.html This is an adaptation of Pin the Tail on the donkey. On a Large piece of Oak Tag or cardboard, draw a large Treasure Map, with an Island in the Sun, 11 May 2008 21:16:23 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/find-your-mate-pool-party-game.html On little papers write names of animals (you want to write each animal twice on two different papers). Each child gets a little piece of paper. While Wed, 07 May 2008 20:50:42 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/fruit-basket-upset-game.html For this game you will need enough chairs for each player minus one. So everyone will sit in a circle and one person will be left standing. Place Wed, 07 May 2008 20:39:30 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/pop-and-blow-bubble-gum-balloon-game.html This game is great for older children, who aren't really into pass the parcel and other games for younger children. Blow up a large number of Wed, 07 May 2008 19:58:55 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/pirate-eye-spy.html An awesome and fun pirate game for young kids to play. All you need is toy telescopes which you can get from Crazy Clarks or Big W. Have the kids all Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:07:31 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/diving-ring-toss.html Have a parent throw diving rings into the pool. Have everyone try to bring back as many as they can in one breath. Whoever has the most rings wins. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:35:48 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/ping-pong-bouncer-game.html Get a large box about 3 x 3 square (width). Cut down three sides to about two feet high and the fourth side all the way off, which will be the Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:30:46 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/pony-and-horse-ride.html You need a Miniature Horse or just a small horse for toddlers. For bigger children, you will need a normal sized horse. Have someone guide the horse Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:20:51 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/doughnut-eating-game.html Tie a string between two trees or any two objects. Tie a doughnut to the bottom of the string and have the kids eat the doughnuts without hands (it's Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:10:54 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/spider-web-gift-game.html 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 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:00:48 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/washer-toss-carnival-game.html Use large washers or poker chips (washers seem to be best) to toss onto a 2 x 2 carpet square that has been marked off with paint or tape in the Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:35:56 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/fun-whirlpool-activity.html All the adults in the pool make a big circle holding hands and run as fast as they can in a circle. Big children can join in and the little ones can Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:28:45 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/toy-toss-carnival-game.html 1. Go out to a store or even look around your house and buy cheap toys for kids to toss. 2. Give each child 3 toys to throw. 3. These children will Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:24:36 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/grocery-knock-down.html Set empty food boxes on a shelf and try to knock them down with a tennis ball. You can put shelves for each player and whoever knocks theirs down Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:23:17 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/rubber-duck-race.html Place some pieces of rain gutter (like the kind on your house) side by side on tables. Cap both ends of each piece, fill with water and put rubber Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:18:19 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/fetch-the-marble-game.html You will need a flat transparent bucket or rectangle shaped plastic tray and marbles. Put the marbles in the bucket or tray, then fill it halfway Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:05:18 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/pop-those-balloons-game.html This is a great game for all ages. I'm 13 and I still love to play it! For this game you will need balloons and money or prizes. Blow up the balloons Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:58:11 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/first-one-there-child-game.html First the person who is organizing the game needs to draw/print a picture of sun, moon, lightning, and rain each on its own very large paper. You then Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:56:38 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/twisting-a-balloon-into-a-monkey.html 1. To make a balloon monkey, inflate a 260 all to about 5-6 inches. 2. Then, make a small flower petal no more than 5 inches across. 3. Next, make Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:27:37 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/musical-animals-safari-game.html We had 40 children at my son's animal party so we came up with this version of musical chairs. Outside make a ring (size is depending on how many Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:26:21 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/treasure-hunt.html Make a treasure map suitable for the age of the children. For my grandson's (4th) birthday party I made a treasure map for 3 teams. An adult leads Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:17:33 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/pin-the-scar-on-harry-or-pin-the-tail-on-scabbers.html The rules are the same as for Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Print out or draw a picture of Harry's Head or Scabbers body. Then, use sticker paper to Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:08:11 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/commercial-icebreaker-game.html 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 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:59:45 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/untangle-group-game.html You take out one person from the crowd and have them go into another room or be blindfolded. All the rest of the people hold hands in a circle. They Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:52:21 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/coins-in-the-wishing-well-princess-activity.html This is a game just like a bean bag toss. I've made little bean bags in gold and silver fabric (these would be the coins). I decorated a 10 gallon Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:56:32 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/what-are-they-saying-pool-game.html A group of people go under the water and try to talk to eachother and when they come up, you have to tell eachother what they Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:51:33 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/bucko-or-foe.html This game is more suited for older children, mainly teenagers. I made it up for my partners 21st, yet to see how it goes. Basically I'm giving all Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:50:15 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/a-lesson-in-balance-tea-party-game.html To be real ladies and gentlemen, one must have straight posture. Let the kids try balancing lightweight books on their heads it will improve their Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:49:09 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/fossils-activity-for-a-dinosaur-party.html All you'll need for this dinosaur game are a few packages of air-drying clay or plaster of paris, plastic dinosaurs, leaves, plastic bugs, small bones Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:15:33 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/dinosaur-egg-hunt-activity.html Use big plastic Easter eggs. Fill them with dinosaur toys, candies, etc. Hide the eggs in the yard or in a room and have the kids hunt for them. Once Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:14:27 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/who-am-i-birthday-game.html Place a picture or a name of someone or something on the back of everyone at the party. Then everyone takes turns asking others questions about who Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:13:07 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/birthday-guessing-game.html Using the party theme, select items to put in a jar and let the kids guess how many are in the jar. The closest guess wins. For instance, for a Pirate Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:12:20 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/animal-sponges-kid-activity.html 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 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:10:35 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/noisemaker-shakers-activity.html 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 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:09:52 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/designer-toilet-paper-dress-activity.html This can be lots of fun and really gets the kids creative juices flowing. What you'll need for this activity are LOTS of cheap toilet paper rolls, Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:07:50 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/nailpolish-fashion-activity.html Here's another one of those cute games to play in which you arrange different color nailpolish like the numbers in a clock. Then you put something you Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:06:38 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/black-hole-space-party-game.html Take a large piece of cardboard and spray paint it black. Then cut out a 16-inch diameter hole. With white paint decorate around the hole in a Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:04:45 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/hot-moon-rock-space-game.html Everyone sits in a circle and passes the hot moon rock from one person to the next (while music is playing). Someone calls time or stops the music and Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:03:42 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/kiss-the-princess-party-game.html This can be a hilarious game to play with the boys. The kids put on red lipstick and are blindfolded and spun around, then they try to kiss a picture Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:02:34 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/drawing-spongebob.html You'll need white paper plates, pencils and pictures of SpongeBob and his friends. Get the kids to sit in a circle and hand out a paper plate and Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:01:28 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/sea-shell-treasure-hunt.html Use a sandbox or fill a plastic swimming pool with sand. Add a bunch of different sea shells and cover them with sand. Let the kids search for the Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:00:39 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/pass-the-patty-party-game.html Play like Hot Potato, only use something resembling a crabby patty (we used a fake food hamburger). Have the kids sit in a circle and start passing Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:54 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/shooting-gallery-party-game.html Set up a shooting gallery by turning trash cans upside-down and putting tin cans on them. Then the kids can try and topple the tin cans over with bean Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:56:19 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/rattlesnake-wild-west-party-game.html Place some dried beans into a small plastic bottle (such as a film canister). Then place the bottle inside a sock and stuff the sock with newspapers Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:55:40 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/jewels-on-the-crown-game.html Out of gold or silver paper, cut out a crown shape and tape it to the wall. Have the children line up and take turns trying to stick a jewel (dollar Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:50:41 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/ball-thrower-pool-game.html This game can be played with up to 10 players. One person is the ball thrower and has an inflatible ball. On the mark of 'Go' the person with the ball Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:20:39 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/super-powers-birthday-game.html Before the party write down all kinds of super powers on sticker labels (for example super-speed, invisibility, x-ray vision, super-strength, flying, Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:55:08 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/the-hidden-violet-incredibles-birthday-game.html This birthday game is based on the classic Hide and go Seek. One child is chosen to be Violet. That child gets a certain amount of time to hide (while Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:19:05 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/water-balloon-obstacle-course.html Divide into two teams. You have to move a large water-filled balloon (almost ready to burst) through a course with obstacles, like around pylons, Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:14:02 GMT http://www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties.com/water-balloon-toss.html Objective: Try to catch water balloons! With each successful catch move further and further apart. Rules: Pair off players into groups of two and Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:37:40 GMT