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If you're throwing an Dog party, here are some of the coolest Dog Party Ideas.
Doggy Drink Race
What you'll need for this Dog game are two or three doggy dishes. Put Jell-O or any kind of drink in these doggy dishes and have the kids kneel beside the dishes with their hands behind their backs and see who finishes first the doggy drink. This is always a hilarious party game idea!
Dog Bone Hunt
Hide about 40 cardboard bones (or get these great plastic personalized dog bones) at "dog height" and have the kid puppies hunt on hands and knees for them.
Dog Relay
Make two teams and designate a starting line and a turnaround line. Place plastic bones or cookie bones at the turnaround line (the same number of bones as there are kids). Blow a whistle to start the race and have the first kids in line run (on all fours) to the turnaround line, pick up a bone and run back. The first team to finish the bones is the winning team. Instead of bones you can use dog dishes with "dog food".
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Raw-Hide Bone Toss
This cool party game idea is a version of a bean bag toss - but with little raw-hide bones instead. Use a poster-board dog picture, cut out a hole for the mouth and have the kids try to throw the bones into the dog's mouth.
Poop-Scoop Relay
This party game idea is basically a relay race with one new scooper per team and burnt hot dogs!
Real Dogs
Excite all of the kids and have REAL dogs and puppies come to the party! There are certain organizations (like this one...) that specialize in bringing 5 to 15 pups to parties for an hour or two. They usually set up a small fenced area in the shade and all the children get to go in and let the puppies run around them. The kids can usually pet them, hold them, etc. (Great photo opportunities!). You can also make it more educational and ask a worker at a local pet rescue group come with a puppy (or a dog) to talk to the children about respecting pets and dogs and the correct way to take care of a dog.
Pin the Tail on the Dog
This is a simple variation of the classic party game idea of "pin the tail on the donkey". Get a poster of a dog, have a picture blown up, or just cut the outline of a dog from poster board and cut off the tail. Blindfold the kids so that they need to try and pin the dog's tail.
Musical Dog Bones
Cut out large dog bones from white poster board. Sit in a circle and play "doggie" music. Pass around the dog bones (one less in amount than there are people). Once the music stops, whoever doesn't have a bone has to go to the doghouse. You can also call the game "hot dog" and pass a dog-stuffed animal around. Whoever is holding the dog when the music stops is out to the pound.
Doggie, Doggie where's Your Bone
For this party game idea, use a clean doggie bone or a bone cut from white construction paper. Have all the kids sit in a circle and choose on kid to be the dog. The dog needs to sit in the middle and be blindfolded. A kid then slowly sneaks up and takes the bone. All the kids call out "Doggie, doggie, where's your bone? Someone stole it from your home!" The "dog" gets three guesses to find out who has the bone. If they guess right that new person becomes the dog.
Dog-Bone Balance
Divide the group into two teams. Have each team stand in a line and give the first two people of each team a tablespoon and a little bone. Once the whistle is blown they must run around a chair with the bone on the spoon. If they drop the bone they have to start over. The first team to have all the players finish - wins.
Barking Contest
A really cool party game idea is to host your very own barking contest where everyone is a winner. Each kid gets to give their best bark, and then you can award prizes for loudest, saddest, most real, squeakiest, funniest, etc.
Dog Trainer Says!
This game is based on Simon Says, but instead it's called "Dog Trainer says" and it'll help get all the little "doggies" to pass Dog obedience school. This party game idea has the kids doing dog tricks, but only when the leader prefaces the command with "Dog Trainer says..." (The trainer will need a cheat sheet to remember appropriate dog commands: Sit, Growl, Lie down, Wag your tail, Roll over, Speak, Jump, Bark your head off, Shake, Stay, etc.). Every time they get something right the trainer can give out "doggie" treats (can be little dog-bone cookies). For younger kids (for example the age of 3) omit the "Trainer says" part and just pretend to teach them tricks like Run around the yard, backward, and other silly things.
Cat, Cat, DOG!
This is another version of the classic party game: "Duck, Duck, Goose". Everyone sits in a circle. One kid goes around patting the kids on the head and saying each time "Cat". Once they say "DOG" that person needs to get up and chase them around the circle. The kid being chased needs to run once around the circle and sit down where the "DOG" got up from. If the dog doesn't catch them they become it.
Who Let the Dogs Bark?
Once each kid arrives take them to the side and tell them to bark into a tape recorder. Write down in what order you tape each person. Once it's game time, playback each bark and see if everyone can guess which kid is barking.
Doggie Dig
Fill two big tubs with sand and bury bones on the bottom of each. Make two teams, set a time limit, and see who can dig out the most bones in that time.
Leap Dog
Divide the group into two equal teams. Have them each stand in a straight line one after the other. Once the whistle is blown everyone in the group bends over and the last person in line hops over the backs of all the other players. They then become the head of the line and bend over so that the next last person can hop over their backs. This continues until the goal is reached (which can be to either a designated line or to go around something and back). The first team to finish wins.
Rescue the Dog
This is an obstacle course. Have things set up so that the kids need to crawl like doggies under tables, chairs, etc., where they need to roll over, jump through hoops, etc. until they save a dog and run back to the line. Each kid is timed and at the end they can each get an award saying "I rescued the Dalmatian in ___seconds."
Feed the Dog
On a large box draw the face of a dog and cut out the mouth. Then, let the kids play feed the dog by trying to throw doggy bones into the dog's mouth. Have them try from different distances.
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