I would like some ideas on party games, for a birthday party of an 8 going to be 9 year old girl.
Thanks!

By Amy~moderator on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 12:22 pm:

First of all, welcome Marie! I hope you stick around - this is a wonderful group of ladies.

What kind of theme are you doing? You can always do a makeover - showing proper skin cleansing, etc. Then let them feel "grown up" by applying their makeup and doing their nails. You can also look into purchasing a party type game for preteen girls. Those were always fun! Maybe I can offer some more ideas once I know what theme you have decided on.

By Melanie on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 12:40 pm:

My mom did one for one of my birthday parties that was talked about for months afterwards. (Even today I will run into old friends who say I always had the best parties! LOL. Gotta love mom!) Anyway, I will give you a brief description of the game and if you want all the details, I will post again.

The game is called Mystery Menu. Each child is given a menu with silly names that describe each food. (For example, on the menu would appear "Noise Maker". When the child "ordered" that, they would be served celery). The kids pick out five items for each of three courses. Now, some foods may require certain utensils. But the utensils are also listed in code on the menu, mixed in with the food choices. So a person may order potato salad, but not a fork. I remember well how much we laughed at kids eating certain things with their fingers! So the kids first take their menus, and choose what they will eat for each of their courses. Then the first course is brought out to all the kids who then have a ball figuring out what was what from the menu. When they are done with that course, out comes the second.

This game was so much fun. I had my mom send me all the descriptions she used so that I can repeat the game for my kids at some point. So, like I said, if you want the rest of the details, I'd be happy to post them.

By Ladypeacek on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 12:50 pm:

there is unwrap the present, wrap something small bunches of times and then pass it around and let each child unwrap one layer and the one that unwraps the last gets the gift.

We did "Who am I?" write names of famous people they would know, scooby doo, spongebob, barbie, ect... and tape it to their backs and they walk around asking yes or no questions till someone figures out who they are.

Then you could split them up into pairs and give each team a roll of toilet papaer and the first one to wrap their partner wins, if they go fast the paper tears and they have to start at the top again.


We also did the makeover theme for the girls who stayed overnight, we made avacado face masks and painted nails.

By Happynerdmom on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 01:15 pm:

Melanie, that sounds like so much fun! I would like to do that with my dd's friends. Could you post the details? Thanks!!

By Melanie on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 01:51 pm:

Here it is, Michele. Please let me know if any of this is confusing the way I write it!

Give each child a menu. On the left side of the menu will be:
1. Round pushers
2. Noise makers
3. Sour puss
4. Ready zips
5. Food excavator
6. Sky juice
7. Sunshine bars
8. Irish Delight
9. Lovers Lane
10. Burp ball
11. Spring fragrance
12. What am
13. Sopper Upper
14. Golden nuggets
15. hay maker
16. Mixed-up shake
17. Moo juice
18. Bowie
19. Billy goat
20. Flying saucers
21. Cotton Balls

On the right side of the menu is:

First Course---Second Course---Third Course
with five lines under each where the kids will write in their order for each course. (Just have them write the number item they want instead of the words since that is easier). They may only choose each item one time. And, of course, you can add more or change items as you want to. And they can pick more items for each course as well, if you want to do that. This is just the way my mom did it.

Next, collect all the menus. In the kitchen you will have the following key:
1. Round pushers - rolls
2. Noise makers - celery
3. Sour puss - dill pickle
4. Ready zips - green beans
5. Food excavator - toothpick
6. Sky juice - water
7. Sunshine bars - carrot sticks
8. Irish Delight - potato salad
9. Lovers Lane - spoon
10. Burp ball - radish
11. Spring fragrance - scallion
12. What am - ham
13. Sopper Upper - napkin
14. Golden nuggets - corn
15. hay maker - fork
16. Mixed-up shake - jello salad
17. Moo juice - milk
18. Bowie - knife
19. Billy goat - butter
20. Flying saucers - cookies
21. Cotton Balls - marshmallows

I would suggest just having all of these lined up in the kitchen with a number on each so if a child ordered a "5" you don't have to consult your list, you just grab a toothpick which is labeled "5". Be sure each child's name is on their plate so you know who to give the plate back to.

You can finish with a grand finale of:
Active Volcano (Birthday Cake)
Igloo (ice cream)
Vitalis (Soda)

Let me know if you do it...I would love to hear how it goes over with the kids!

By Vbw1978 on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 04:01 pm:

that is a cute idea !! my DD is turning 8 on June 6 she would love some game like that

By Daneeta on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 04:02 pm:

This is the best website I've found with birthday party ideas....I love it! There are so many themes and games, invitation ideas...on and on and on! Enjoy!

http://childparenting.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.birthdaypartyideas.com/

By Dana on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 08:40 pm:

We just had a detective party for my newly 6 yr old DD. ALL the kids loved it. A ton of preplanning went into it, but was a huge success. I think this would work for ANY age group...boy or girl.

If you are interested, let me know and I will give you the details from our party.