Recommended for kids' birthday parties! Exciting party games
A once-a-year birthday.
Many families hold birthday parties for their children, don’t they?
At those times, you might invite not only family but friends as well.
In this article, we’ll introduce “party games” that are perfect for kids’ birthday parties!
They’re also great for home parties with lots of children.
We’ve gathered ideas kids will love, so feel free to copy them and enjoy a fun time.
It’s packed with exciting, crowd-pleasing games!
Recommended for kids' birthday parties! Exciting party games (1–10)
Communication game
Let’s play a teamwork-testing game called the “Communication Game”! A prompt is given, and all participants have to match their answers—simple in concept, but surprisingly tricky, and it gets even harder with more people.
For example, if the question is “What’s a typical rice-ball filling?”, try to guess and answer with a common onigiri filling or one you think everyone present is likely to choose.
You can add rewards or penalties based on the number of correct matches.
Candy fishing
Liven up your birthday party with a “candy fishing” game using treats kids love! Prepare candies in various sizes and shapes—from small dagashi to big bagged snacks—and get some fishing rods ready.
You can buy a set made for candy fishing, but it’s easy to make your own with twine and magnets.
Everything you need is available at 100-yen shops, so it’s simple and affordable.
Just stick magnets onto the candy bags or boxes with double-sided tape, and you’re set! Try mixing in a few heavier treats that are a bit harder to reel in for an extra challenge!
Let’s play the Perfect Sip game
Speaking of birthday parties, you usually prepare drinks like juice, right? Let’s try a game using that juice.
Pour the drink into a clear cup and mark a line on the cup with tape.
Players drink through a straw, but they do it blindfolded.
Compete to see who can stop drinking exactly at the line.
If no one stops exactly, rank players by who got closest to the line.
Marshmallow Catch Game
A simple yet surprisingly exciting game where you throw and catch marshmallows—the straightforwardly named Marshmallow Catch Game.
The basic idea is to throw and catch, but there are several ways to enjoy it: catch with your hands, or go for a direct catch in your mouth and eat it.
If catching with your hands is too easy, try holding a small basket and catch them in that—it sounds fun, too.
Just be careful not to get too enthusiastic and fill up on marshmallows! (lol)
Stacking Game
A very simple game: a stacking game.
Prepare lots of plastic bottle caps and, at the starting signal, stack them up—simple as that.
I say “simple,” but even plastic bottle caps vary slightly in size and shape, so they don’t stack smoothly.
It’s a slightly frustrating balance-stacking game, and it’ll likely get exciting if you set a time limit and make it a team competition.
Decide on a penalty for the losing team—like doing impressions!
Tasting Game
It’s that game you often see on TV where they blindfold you, pinch your nose, put some food in your mouth, and you have to guess what it is.
It looks easy when you’re watching, but when your nose is pinched you can only tell the texture.
It really shows how important our sense of smell is!
Giant Sticky Game
Do you know the game called Sticky? It’s a balance game where a bunch of sticks—varying in thickness and shape like pencils—are gathered inside a ring.
The sticks stand by leaning against each other, and players take turns carefully removing one stick at a time without collapsing the structure.
The Giant Sticky Game is that same idea, but with long, oversized balloons! Using colorful balloons of different shapes adds a festive, party-like vibe to the game, doesn’t it?