Ideas for entertainment and performances to liven up a birthday party
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.
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Ideas for Party Entertainment and Performances to Liven Up a Birthday (61–70)
photo props
How to make photo-friendly props using straws and thick paper.
Cut out cute illustrations and stick them onto thick paper.
Then just attach them to a straw.
Adding ribbons or beads makes them even cuter.
If you make things like mustaches or glasses, you’ll have a blast taking lively photos with your friends!
Beer jelly that children can eat
It looks just like real beer, doesn’t it? This is beer jelly made only with orange juice and gelatin.
Of course, even small children can eat it.
It’d be fun to make for kids who want to imitate adults during the birthday toast.
A sign-like poster
As an idea to liven up a birthday party, why not handcraft an oversized poster like a signboard? Use poster paper or construction paper and decorate it brightly with messages and illustrations.
Display the finished poster in a prominent spot at the venue, and both the guest of honor and the guests will be all smiles.
It also makes a lovely photo backdrop.
The handmade warmth is sure to heighten the celebratory mood.
If everyone works together to create it, it will become a memorable and special birthday party.
Give it a try!
Birthday celebration magic
Doing magic is a crowd-pleasing performance you can pull off in just about any situation.
Since it’s for a birthday, I’d love to do something that really celebrates the occasion.
Besides the method shown in this video, there are many other celebratory magic tricks, so if you’re a fan of magic, why not give them a try?
Birthday bara-zushi cake
It looks like a birthday cake covered with roses, but it’s actually all sushi.
The ingredients for the rose sushi cake are almost the same as those for chirashi sushi, such as shrimp, smoked salmon, and shiso leaves.
The key is to roll the smoked salmon into spirals to make rose flowers.
It’s a beautifully decorated cake that’s also filling.
A luxury hotel omelet!?
We’re having a birthday party at home, but what should we do about the food… Order in? No—let’s make a fluffy omelet like the ones served at luxury hotels.
Homemade really gets everyone excited, it’s heartfelt, and the other person will appreciate it, right? The downside is that the fluffiness wilts over time… It might also be fun to make it together with friends or your boyfriend.
Birthday party decorations that excite using 100-yen shop items
You can liven up a birthday party using only 100-yen shop items like Happy Birthday logos, flags, and balloons.
Paper chains take time to make, but easy, large decorations like tissue paper flowers and balloons make decorating a breeze.
a cappella
We also recommend performing a cappella for a twist on a regular chorus.
Not only the vocals, but the bass, harmonies, and even the drums are all done with the voice.
Try singing something like a birthday song.
It takes a fair amount of practice, but it’s sure to move your audience.
Spark Balloon
A spark balloon is a large balloon that, when popped, releases lots of small balloons from inside.
Having the guest of honor pop one at the start or end of a birthday party really livens things up.
You can buy the large balloons for spark balloons from online balloon specialty shops.
It takes a bit of technique to inflate them, but try making one carefully to boost the excitement at your birthday party.
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!