Gather your sunscreen, beach balls, grill and friends...
then take your party outdoors!
Add one of these themes and some summer party games that are sure to make your birthday party, pool party, barbeque or family reunion a success!
Hawaiian Luau
Go tropical with these supplies, games and luau party activities!
Summer Pool Party
Stay cool with these pool party games, activities and decorations!
Summer Garden Party
Plant flowers, have a watering can relay race and more!
Backyard Beach Party
Fill a sand box, make sand castles, run a crabwalk relay race
provide plenty of beach balls to toss!
Flip-Flop Madness
Search for matching flip-flops. Then provide the kids with the tools
they need to decorate the pair to take home.
Pirate Party
Ahoy Mateys! This party if a fun outdoor theme with games
and loot to take home!
With these summer party supplies from Birthday In a Box,
every event will be a party!
Flip Flop Surf Pattern - great for preteens and older!
Let's Hula - dance the night away with this whimsical hula party pattern.
Surf's Up - a fun party pattern for girls and boys.
Summer Delights - this great for a luau or a pool party!
Flip Flop Fun - great for a pool party...a flip flop matching game, pi?
and a flip-flop decorating craft, will focus your entire girl's pool party on flip-flops...they'll love it!
DECORATIONS
Surround your yard with summer, luau or beach themed items...
Beach Balls, Inner Tubes, Flower Leis, Beach Hats and/or Straw Hats
Beach Umbrellas, Flip Flops, Lounge Chairs, Inflatable Rafts or Boogie Boards
Seashells & Starfish, Snorkels, Masks and Flippers, Beach Pails and Shovels
Sunglasses, Suntan Lotion
SUMMER PARTY GAMES
Add one or two these games to any summer event; barbeque, birthday
party or family reunion. Kids and adults will join in on the fun!
Water Relay
Continues to be the favorite at all of our picnics and parties!
You'll need:
Buckets of water 1 per team
Large sponges 1per team
Empty 1 gallon plastic milk jug 1 per team
Split players into two or more teams.
Set the buckets of water on one side of the race course with the sponges in the bucket. Place the milk jug at the opposite end of the race course. The object of the game is to be the first team to fill the milk jug with water. The first player of each team soaks the sponge with water runs to the milk jug and squeezes the water into it. Then runs back to pass the sponge to the next player.
This continues until the first jug is full.
To provide more of a challenge, try using turkey baster syringe's instead
of sponges; you have to aim while you are also trying to win!
TIP: A little food coloring in the jug will help the racers
see the water line.
Obstacle Course
A terrific form of exercise and play!
Super for summer parties and barbeques.
These obstacles are sure to delight you kids.
-Walking or hopping along a winding a garden hose.
-Crawling under lawn chairs.
-Balancing along a string.
-Walking with a ball between your knees.
-Add an oscillating sprinkler to any of the above!
Obstacle builders could be lawn furniture, a hose, string or rope,
sprinkler, balls, water balloons, jump rope
Add movements like jumping, rolling etc. What fun!
Beach Relay
Gathering at the beach? There is more to do than swim and get
a sunburn...get your camera and gear up for fun!
Divide the group into two teams
Equipment: Two flippers, 2 snorkel masks, 2 pairs of large swim trunks,
2 pairs of sunglasses and two beach balls and two beach bags.
Racers form two rows. with the beach bag of items at the end of the running line and the beach ball with the first runner. The first runner on each team has to keep the beach ball between their knees while running
to the beach bag of items. They then have to dress in the beach items, then take them off again and return the beach ball to the next player. The next runner continues the series, until every runner on both teams has taken their turn.
Adaptations: This race is easily adapted to different beach items
having the players to a crab walk etc.
TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES!
Wacky Lawn Bowling or Croquet
Leave the proper croquet games to your older relatives...
this game will keep your kids giggling all summer! instructions >>
QUICK FUN
Sidewalk Chalk
Kids will be entertained for quite awhile with a bucket of sidewalk chalk
and a driveway to decorate!
Hula Hoops
Have a contest or provide enough hula hoops for everyone to give it try.
Bubbles
Kids of all ages love to blow bubbles.
Water Balloons
Everyone loves a good water balloon battle or tossing contest --
who will keep it from popping?
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