Need Ideas For 6 Year Old Boy's Indoor Birthday Party
It is usually snowing here so outdoors is out of the question. I have a small house so that is out too. I can get a large birthday room for free *yay* so that is not a problem. What kind of theme should I use? What games and how many should I plan for? How many children should I invite? Should it be a boys only or the whole class?
A friend suggested a sleepover, but I feel he is too young for that. We live a rural area too so if a little one got upset, it takes a while to travel here. He loves the outdoors (deer, ATV's, etc) and he loves Army Men, go figure! I am alone on this project as I have no friends here to help me out. The last party was a disaster, the parents did NOT watch their children and I was all alone trying to wrangle 15 little ones ages 3-4. NOT FUN, I couldn't enjoy my son...
Any ideas, suggestions, comments would be helpful. His birthday is Jan. 27th!
Thanks so much,
Missy
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RE: Need Ideas For 6 Year Old Boy's Indoor Birthday Party
We always went by the rule of thumb to have only as many kids as they are old. So at 6 years, only have 6 kids. And that being said, should help you should parents be unavailable for help. If he likes playing army, then have a army birthday. Kids could dress in camouflage.
You could have a face painting with camo type face paint (you can get probably in this Halloween season) http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/s ... k=all&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&N=0
You could have a cake with army men. You could take inspiration from the colors to decorate with.
Post by candacedtsn
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Superhero Party
You could tell the boys to wear their favorite superhero tshirt or bring their favorite superhero character. Games could be competition games (kick a soccer ball into the goal, shoot a basket into a trash can, throw a nerf ball into a bucket,....who ever wins is the "superhero" of the game. They could win pennies to buy superhero prizes (have a inexpensive gift table of little superhero figurines or superhero stickers). Take a picture of the superhero (your son) with all his friends in their superhero shirts and send it as a thank you note after the party. There is a superhero pillowcase, you could give to your son, the kids could sign and you could also use it to put the prizes in instead of the gift table (let the kids reach in and grab out surprise superhero gift.
Post by CJKidz
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This sounds good. I will have to make this soon. Thanks for sharing.
Post by jmz2005
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My dauther turns 6 in January, and we live in New England, so we are having a sledding party. The kids bring thier own sleds and we will sled down the hill across the street, then come back to my house for cake and hot coco. It will be fun!
Post By Nicole (Guest Post)
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Just one more idea - I like to make my own cakes to save money. Since I'm not good at all as a decorator, I pick out an appropriate small toy to put on the top. He still has something after the cake is gone that way. This week my son was 10 and I bought a Lego set that had a police car, speed car, and helicopter. He put them together. We're making (today) a half-choc half-white cake, decorating with white icing, sprinkling with blue decorator sugar, and writing with white icing. The Lego creations go on top and I'm done! Hope your party goes well. I got a lot of ideas for games by searching for indoor party games for boys (because of snowy 0 degree weather outside that limits the sledding and the basketball area.) Here's the web address for where I had the most help with game ideas: http://www.kids-birthday-party-guide.com/child-party-games.html
Post By Linda (Guest Post)
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One of our friends had a tour of a fire station and the kids all loved it.
Post By Brent W (Guest Post)
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We have a large family and lots of birthday parties! I have noticed that some of the following has gone unsaid on this nice list and hope all readers will consider these thoughts -
Third party locations are ALWAYS the best because there can not be hard feelings over spilled foods/damage/mess etc in your home. Standards for children's behavior differ greatly from family to family! You also need worry less about 'rowdy' kids and there is less overall clean up. AND when the party is over - its over. ;)
The more the merrier. Consider how you would like to handle siblings of primary invitees - make your policy clear to RSVP'ers. If your child will be inviting kids from group settings like the classroom, ball team, scout group, etc - Please consider inviting all the kids. Avoid the great deal of hurt feeling on the part of both parents and kids - and it goes from the very young all through early teens! Many people will not be able to come due to their own family commitments. It is highly unlikely that they will ALL come but the inclusive invitation will make a positive statement about you and your child.
Also please consider food allergies and ask RSVP'ers if they have food allergies. It may seem inconvenient to you but a child in allergy shock will put a damper on your party (not to mention the sad child!). Again the thoughtfulness will go a LONG way with the other parents!
Finally the ever expensive 'goody bag'. Consider giving an age appropriate fun book to each child with a note inside the cover saying "Thank you for coming to share my fun." - or some such. Books for children can be purchased inexpensively if you make some phone calls and browse the internet. Wrap each and let the children 'grab bag' them on the way out of the party. The parents wont have to throw it away and will appreciate the lack of candy/disposable junk and your thoughtfulness!
Also if you want parents to stay and supervise their own children please make that clear on the invitation and then again with RSVP'ers. There are nice ways of saying this too. Consider wording like "Come enjoy the party with your child please."
Have a great Party and keep your camera handy!
Best Wishes to all!
Post By Ella (Guest Post)
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Book a mobile disco. I do a magic show balloon, modeling, disco party, games, etc. Email is info AT chance4adance.co.uk
Post By peter t (Guest Post)
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I had a Wig and Mustache party for my 6 year old son, it was such a hit! The girls wore wigs and the boys wore mustache's or wigs, it was the cutest thing you ever saw! I bought a polaroid camera and took pictures of my son with his friends and family, then wrote thanks for coming to my party with a sharpie on the white strip of the picture. I added the picture to the gift bags, which were just filled with candy. We played musical chairs and pin the tail on the donkey. Everyone had a blast!
Post By Stacie (Guest Post)
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Hi there. I to had the same problem my advice is find the nearest play area (make sure it is large and has plenty of space). I recommend jungle mania as it is very peaceful and these kids you are on about don't worry if they do start a problem tell them off and then they will respect your choose. I am afraid that an indoor party will stress you out.
Good luck, all the best, Ellie
Post By ellie (Guest Post)
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I am a child entertainer in the sd area children love magic and face painting. I only charge my area 100.00 dollars for a three hour party. Parents deserve to be able to afford fun for the children. They will always remember what you have done.
Post By deedee (Guest Post)
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at my sons 6th birthday we had face painting on one side of the party hall, my sister was in charge of that, I had pin the tail set up and my sister-in-law did that, we had a table set up with make your own mask or puppet supplies, like glue, diffrent types of googlie eyes, plastic plates, brown paper lunch bags, pipe cleaners, sparkels, paint & brushes and so on and one of my friends helped out with that, we also had musicial chairs which we broke down into 4 groups of 6 and the winner of each round played for the big prize(every child that particapated got to reach in the prize bags and get their own prize) I had one for girls and one for boys. we also played pass the parcel and freeze dance, some other friends helped with those games.Both grandma`s helped in the kitchen to prepare the lunch for the kids, so i was free to videotape, take pictures and enjoy my sons special day with him, thanks to all the people that helped keep it organized. The party lasted 2 hours and it was a success. i found that these little games kept them busy and on their feet, they no time to be bored. they all left with smiles on their dirty faces including the birthday boy
Post By mary katherine. (Guest Post)
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Play musical chairs with them and passing the parcel. Board games are also fun and scavenger hunts. Rent a movie and order pizza. Costume parties are fun too.
Post By hayley (Guest Post)
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I have a son that will be 6 in early Dec and a son that will be 2 in early Nov. I am having trouble coming up with ideas for both. Something I thought about that might help you would be a bonfire party. They could have hot dogs and make s'mores. You would probably need the parents to stay or have helpers to watch the kids with the fire so they wouldn't get hurt. We thought about making sugar cookies and decorating them since his birthday is 20 days from Christmas, we might have a ornament decorating contest. Things like that. Hope it helps!
Post By Kellie (Guest Post)
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You can have a "Mad Science" party (madscience.org). They come in for about an hour to do experiments and things. In this area it starts at $200 and then add ons are addl. (cotton candy, potions). You can hire a magician to come in...kids love that. How about a puppet show...nothing too babyish or if he likes a character you can get someone to come in dressed up. Other than that pinatas are fun, you can play music and do freeze dance and musical chairs and limbo. Or you could do "make your own" ice cream sundaeas or decorating cookies or some other craft thing....sand art for instance. Good luck!!
Post By Jackie (Guest Post)
Need Ideas For 6 Year Old Girl's Birthday
Please help. I need ideas for musical games. I have musical chairs, musical statues and pass the parcel, but I am looking to fill 2 hours with 24 kids!
Post By Lisa (Guest Post)
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GAMES for the games go on the web and search for some games or just play hide and seek, mummy wrap, treasure hunts, or what time is it mr wolf.boys usually like to run around and be have fun so plan some relay races, or let them play volley ball or just toss a ball, play soccer, kids tennis, some board games, or maybe hire a magician to come and do some magic tricks for them. i did that once it was so cool!
FOOD just order some pizza or have a bbq hot dogs salad any thing!
GUESTS i think you should let your son decide who he wants to invite. show him a picture of his class and let him point to who he wants to invite. ( since he is a boy there are probably going to be more boys then girls) AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH WHO HE INVITES TOO!
THEME go to the store and let your son decide what theme he wants(bat man spider man super man )
oh yah and one more thing have fun!
Post By jessie (Guest Post)
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i find all the traditional games work like pass the parcel musical statues, musical bumps pass the balloon, simon sayes work well. these are the sort of parties that we had when we were young and sometimes the old ideas are the best, pin the tail and squeak piggy squeak also good. the old fashioned jelly and ice cream goes down a treat
good luck
Post By claire (Guest Post)
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have a remote control racing contest with the boys, they'll love it!
Post By natasha (Guest Post)
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My son turns 6 May 3 he is a big scooby doo and hot wheels fan so we are having a mixed theme for the party. When the guest arrive they will have a designated place to put the gifts. After everyone arrives they will have a small craft time (which will be decorating the paper gift bags I purchased for goody bags each child gets one with markers crayons and stickers) while they decorate the bags I hide the gifts. When the kids go to watch the birthday boy open there gifts they will only find a clue where the gifts were. The clue leads to another clue and at each clue there will be a game to play such as pinata (which is a huge blue hot wheels car) musical chairs pin the sandwich on shaggy scooby doo where are you etc. the last clue will lead to the hidden gifts. Good luck to all
Post By Sandt (Guest Post)
HELP! Need good ideas for b-day party
my son is turning 6 years old and i dont know what to do for his birthday party i need suggestions
Post By sara (Guest Post)
RE: Need Ideas For 8 Year Old Boy's Indoor Birthday Party
HI,
PLEASE HELP ME !!!!
MY SON IS TURNING 8 IN A FEWS WEEK AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO START PLANNING .ALL I KNOW IS THAT HE WANTS A PARTY AND MY PLACE IS SOOO SMALL .ALSO I WANTED TO DO A LOW COST PARTY.HELP.
Post By CHARLENE. (Guest Post)
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Try a Fear Factor Party, make them eat baby food from jars and touch gross stuff etc.
Post By Rebecca (Guest Post)
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I came to this site to get some ideas for my son's birthday party, which I did, but I did not see the one I am doing mentioned, so here goes another idea! I also thought 6 was a little young for sleepovers, so we decided to have a "pretend" sleepover. The boys will come dressed in their p.j.s and we are going to play games like slipper toss in which the kids can go one by one or be split into teams and they have to toss a slipper (or both) into a bucket from whatever distance away you choose; freeze dance; face painting by his older sister; and maybe a magic show by neighbor 11 yr. old boy. When my daughter had a sleepover party we decorated pillowcases with glow-in-the-dark paints and the kids loved them!! You can also buy all the G-I-D items for them to take home. Also, you can buy popcorn bags to use as the kids goody bags or just fill them with popcorn!
Good luck and have fun!!!
Post By Allison Hrip (Guest Post)
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We had an Army themed pary for my son last year and it was great. I decorated with camoflaged material, each child was given a set of "homemade" dog tags with their name on it, each child was encouraged to wear camoflage as wriitten on the invitation. The party was only 2 hours long and we did have around 12 children. We played games such as an obstacle course made with objects found around the house etc. It was a huge success.
Post By Stacy (Guest Post)
RE: Need Ideas For 6 Year Old Boy's Indoor Birthday Party
Missy: My son turns 6 in December and he too wants a sleepover so I have decided he should invite only 2 of his closest friends and I rented a tent, bought them flashlights and am making small army/campout birthday bags for the boys. We are going to make our own pizzas with thomas' english muffins, make our sundaes with choc. van and strawberry ice cream, syrup the works, some munchie foods, sweet and salty of course and also some veggies in case they like them also. I am renting 2 videos for them to watch and told their parents if they felt uncomfortable with their sons sleeping over alone they could also stay. We have a pullout couch bed so I am going to put the tent ontop of it and let their imaginations run wild, they are boys of course who like the camping, pirate theme. Plus it's low cost you can get all of the stuff at a dollar store or thrift shop. If it helps you can also get a lot of information from parentcenter.com
Post By Rose (Guest Post)
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Hi, I have had birthday's ever since I was a toddler. I have never wanted to have friends over because they're too, like you said, rowdy. What I always have for birthday's is have friends maybe adults, neighbor kids, people from church! The one thing to try and avoid is school kids. Then if you have like gramma and grampa that want to say hi, the other kids will want all the attention. When you don't have a lot of kids games aren't always fun especially for the older kids.
Maybe you could have a pinata that's what i always use. That way all the children and adults can hit it. Have lots of food Pizza maybe a could idea or maybe something else you can make something easy. Have fruits and veggies out for guests. Since you don't know all you're neighbors you could send them an invitation to the one's that have children it could be a great way to get to know each other which is alway's great if you want some friends living around you. I hope I gave you a great ideas. If you're son wanted a theme birthday party you could ice the cake with the color or put little decorations on it. Get theme plates and napkins. If you wanted to do a pinata that could be the theme too! If he wanted to have a few school friends you could always go to an arcade like chucky cheese or something. And have all his school friends.
Well Gloria I hope this helps you, if you read this can you please email me and tell me what you think, email me at katiecole94 AT yahoo.com hope your son has a great 6th birthday party!
Post By Katie (Guest Post)
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I am having a pool party for my son who will be 6 on 6 Feb. I have hired a jumping castle but I need some ideas of games that I could play with the kids - both boys and girls.
Post By Cindy (Guest Post)
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I have 3 boys, and they love parties! At the age of 6, it seems as though the girls don't really "bug" them, but they tend to have a lot more fun without the girls... I've done everything imaginable at my house, turned it into every boys theme you can think of, but the one I find to be the easiest in a small space or a birthday party room, is (JUNGLE THEME) which may fit nicely into the Army ideas.. Very easy to find jungle/animal games and prizes.. 6 year olds love prizes no matter what they are, and you can generally find great things at the $1 store that are big and exciting for them.. I like the indoor fishing pond, with a small blow up swimming pool and a fishing pole.. each child gets something.. dancing to music with balloons, keeping them off the ground, and clothes pin in a bottle. I think cupcakes work best for birthday parties, especially if you're going to a party room... they are already cut and in individual packaging! I also buy the individual ice cream cups and Capri sun juices! No cutting, no scooping and no pouring! My kids have all loved it! We save the big cake, for the family! Good Luck! My youngest will be 6 this year as well!
Post By Kimberly W (Guest Post)
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My son will be 6 on March 3rd....so we're having an indoor ice skating party at a local rink. It's going to be so much fun!!!!!!!!
Post By Kristi (Guest Post)
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Wow I like all the Army Ideas, my son will be 6 Feb 5th and he would love an Army themed party.
Post By Jane (Guest Post)
6 year old party idea
I was looking for ideas to, I thought of a "costume party" in February. Go to Goodwill, get outfits, fishing pole, bob for apples, pin the tail on Daddy's britches and cake and icecream. Remember the clue is to keep the number of guests to the same as the age of the child, 6=6guests. If you get cheap outfits the kids can take them home.
Post By Nana Wramp (Guest Post)
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I adhere to the one child per age rule for birthdays (my kids are April & Sept.) and then we have an invite everyone party outdoors in the park in nicer weather. If you go with the army man theme, try doing a boot camp modified for your living room (or garage if possible). String ropes across the room 12" off the floor for a "mud crawl" on their bellies, walls/boxes to climb over, have a magnetic dart firing range (you could use cookie sheets with sticker targets and kitchen magnets if you don't have a dart set) or a bean bag toss made with holes in a box (painted with camoflage of course - good prep job for your son to do) and old socks filled with rice, stomp the balloons (or bubble wrap sheets) with stickers inside each balloon - but no grabbing stickers until all balloons are popped and "clean up" reveals them on the floor, decorate a helmet made from empty ice cream cartons (not just round but rectangular too), Follow the leader marching exercises (while singing marching jodies you could make up ahead of time "Your right, your right, your right, left, right" type of thing - who said kids shouldn't learn at a party!), treasure hunt with packing peanuts in an old wading pool or cardboard box with goodies scattered under the peanuts (plastic soldiers, stickers, pencils, cards, etc.). Ask soldiers what they did at boot camp and scale it down to something managable. Most of these ideas can be adapted to any theme by decorations used. Remember, boys like to move and/or get messy and/or loud (preferably all 3) so give them safe ways to do it.
Post By Melody (Guest Post)
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I recently taught my 4,5,and 6 year old grandchildren to play some kids' card games and they loved it. They now play with each other, and want to play in the evening before bed (instead of watching television -- YEAH!)
How about inviting parents to stay and having a "card" party, with an adult at each playing area, playing too? Kids seem to love having the attention of an adult.
You could play kids card games. "Slap Jack", Crazy Eights, or any child's card game, then give each of the kids their own card game to take home with them - they're very inexpensive and might even be found at the Dollar Store near you.
You could have them play as a tournament - 6 year old boys are quite competitive - to see who gets to be "King of the (SlapJack) Hill."
Post by grumman2
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I am the queen of parties! I love parties! You can get lots of cool ideas from http://www.birthdaypartyideas.com. If you really want to enjoy your son's party along with him you may want to consider inviting no more than 6 friends. I read somewhere that a good rule of thumb is one guest for each year of your child's age. Six kids is manageable without their parents. If you are going to invite the whole class maybe you could suggest that the parents stay also. It would be twice the cake for half the headaches.
Good Luck,
Dawn M.
Post By Dawn from MA (Guest Post)
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A good rule of thumb is to only invite as many children as the age of your child: 6 years of age equals 6 children invited. Or just invite family, if possible, when he's still that young. Does he have any favorite cartoon/TV characters (maybe GI Joe or action heroes)? I always planned my son's parties around these. Makes it easy to find plates, napkins, tablecloth, etc. You could make a cake yourself or have the local bakery at the grocery store do it for you--they have lots of ideas/examples to choose from with your special theme in mind. Add lots of balloons and drape twisted crepe paper streamers from the ceiling to make it look festive. Perhaps your son could even come up with some suggestions for games that he'd like to play. Good luck and have fun!
Post by Songbird100
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My son just turned 7 so I am just barely ahead of you. We just moved to our area nine months ago. You could try to find camoflauge decorations or just go with dark green and light green. For the cake I would just ice a cake with chocolate icing and use green sprinkles and put army men on it. If you can find the chocolate rocks you can make a big 6 on the cake. Kids that are that age still love basic games like pin the tail on the donkey. You could pin the helmet on the soldier, Hot potato (pass a GI Joe action figure) Find the handgrenade. Have balloons all over the floor and put a note inside one that says BOOM. The one who steps on it wins. You should be able to find army men packs at the dollar store. They would make good goody-bags. If you have access to a large room, I would invite the whole class. That age has easily hurt feelings. Good Luck!
Post By Gloria (Guest Post)
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