Well, you’re not the first person to spend all your money on extra birthday cake, gifts and decorations for your son or daughter’s party. Did you forget the games? Go grab some water bottles. With them you can play any number of games for all ages.
Place water bottles across the grass, spacing them about two feet apart, aligning as many as you like. Give the kids a plastic bat or play golf and have them go from one end to the other, touch them. Caledonian ball, and weaving it and outside the bottles. Don’t have a golf ball and clubs? Space the bottles further apart and arrange the kids to kick the ball in and out of the water bottle. It’s time for the kids to decide who is the winner.
If you have no ball at all, but you have water bottles, the kids jump on one leg; in and out of the bottles. Or, as crabs walk, creep a child, or make other maneuvers.
10 water bottles, which are half full, set up in a group of pegs. Fill a separate bottle all the way full and use it as a rubber band. Give the kids two chances to see how many bottles they can knock over by standing behind the designated line and rolling the bottle into the ball.
A fun for all the kids to play at the party is done by giving each child a full water bottle. The kids place the bottle between two feet, and at the call “go”, the kids jump to the designated goal, having the bottle jump between their legs.
Make another game with water bottles when you take five or so and throw them into the bucket for the kids; bin or other container. They stand behind a certain line and throw empty bottles to see which child gets the most bottles.
Is it raining outside? You can also use water in a bottle to play the game indoors. Empty the water and fill the bottle with things from around the house, such as ribbon, paper clip, marble; lead, heads and other things. Place about 20 objects inside the bottle and hand the bottle to one child. Have the kids look at the bottle then pass it to another child. Take the bottle out of the room so the kids write down as many of the twenty items they can remember. Make sure you make your list as you add to the bottle, so quickly check it to see if the kids’ writing matches what’s on the bottle. In case of parity, ask the kids something like “does the ribbon have a knot in it?” and so on until you decide the winner.
No, you are not the first person to forget about birthday games with cake, food; with gifts and distinctions. There is nothing to worry about. Kids will have a lot of fun this year and they will never forget games – they will soon think your family knows how to throw a party!
