Lovely birthday

Ideas for entertainment and performances to liven up a birthday party

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Started performing in bands in junior high school. Influenced by Japanese rock and UK rock, spent over 10 years continuing band activities while creating original songs. Later began producing Vocaloid tracks using Hatsune Miku, with total plays of released songs surpassing 10,000. Has five years of experience writing for music magazines. Currently works as a music writer, director, and composer, keeping a ground-level perspective on the scene by attending live shows across Japan. Now performs at live houses in Tokyo, showcasing guitar playing centered on acoustic guitar and informed by knowledge of chord analysis and guitar scales. Also writes leveraging a broad knowledge of music genres.
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Editor-in-chief of RAG MUSIC. JFC-certified fact-checker. After working in a music studio and handling wedding sound, joined the RAG MUSIC editorial team in 2016. Experienced with a variety of instruments: marching band in elementary school, clarinet in junior high school wind ensemble, and drums in a band from high school onward. Drawing on my own musical activities and the experience gained through my work, I produce daily articles, including various song introductions, features on music festivals around the country, and live reports. In music, I enjoy not only rock from Japan and abroad but, lately, a wide range of J-pop as well.

At birthday parties celebrating family, friends, or a significant other, there are often performances or fun activities, right?

Some of you may be looking for an act to present alongside a gift or message for someone special.

In this article, we’ve gathered a variety of fun ideas that both celebrate the guest of honor and fill the venue with laughter.

We’ll introduce activities you can rehearse in advance and games everyone can enjoy together.

Along with words of gratitude and gifts, be sure to check out these performances that will bring smiles to everyone’s faces.

Ideas for Party Entertainment and Performances to Liven Up a Birthday (31–40)

Magic with a bucket

[Hoiku de Magic] Present from a Bucket

Magic with a bucket

Prepare a bucket and some newspaper for a magic trick where presents come out of the bucket.

It’s an easy trick anyone can do, and as gifts keep appearing one after another from the magic bucket, the birthday party will get even more exciting.

Get a variety of presents ready to liven things up.

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An ice bath for a summer birthday party

We tried having a birthday party in an ice bath!

An ice bath for a summer birthday party

Seikin, a YouTuber who’s having a birthday party in the bathroom, was born in summer.

He disinfects the tub and dumps in a ton of ice to make an ice bath.

Floating juice and fruit inside makes it super colorful.

Since the bathroom is small, if you’re having a party with several people, go ahead and use the changing area as part of the venue too.

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Illusion Dance

[Entertainment] Optical-Illusion Dance

Illusion Dance

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary line dance, but the moment the dance begins you can’t help but feel something’s off…

An optical-illusion dance that draws the audience into a mysterious world.

The half-monotone costumes are a bit of a challenge to source—whether handmade or bought—but the dance itself is super simple since it only involves moving your feet! It’s also great that you can use any song.

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candy bouquet

[100-Yen DIY] How to Make a Candy Bouquet: Easy Bouquet Arrangement! Perfect as a Celebration Gift for Birthdays and School Entrance Ceremonies ♡ DAISO | Mako Ikeda | Candy Bouquet

candy bouquet

Let’s make an easy candy bouquet that would delight anyone at a birthday party.

Use materials you can find at a 100-yen shop.

If you insert candies between the flowers afterward, it will look neat and polished.

If you make all the artificial flowers out of lollipops, it’s sure to be a hit both as a decoration and as a gift.

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Hands, hands, hands

Hanakappa Paradise (Hands)

Hands, hands, hands

For the kindergarten birthday party performance, it’s a hand-dance set to the NHK anime “Hanakappa” theme song.

They use not only white gloves but also blue, yellow, red, and other colors, waving and clenching their hands to dance rhythmically.

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Ideas for Entertainment and Performances to Liven Up a Birthday Party (41–50)

A Member of the Fire Brigade

Mekumi no Hito – Wedding Reception Entertainment – Rats & Star

A Member of the Fire Brigade

Covering “Megumi no Hito” by Rats & Star, a music unit that took the scene by storm with their striking style and authentic musicianship! The dance is very simple, yet it really hypes up the crowd.

Lip-syncing is fine, singing is fine too! Be sure to practice the signature pose thoroughly, especially for the big moments.

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Chocolate Disco

Wedding reception performance! Perfume – Chocolate Disco

Chocolate Disco

A cover of “Chocolate Disco,” a song by Perfume, one of Japan’s leading artists! Among their many tracks, this is a fun one that’s relatively easy to take on.

The featured video is for a wedding performance, but it’s perfect for birthday parties too.

Needless to say, it’s adorable when girls dance to it—and it’s sure to turn out cute even when guys do!

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