Decorate in red, white and blue or camouflage colors. Hang up American flags. Stick small American flags in cupcakes.

You can print out this army birthday banner and string it up for your party as well.

Do Basic Training for your new GI Joe recruits. Train in physical fitness with an obstacle course and firing with water guns.

Transfer the Warhead – Play a simplified version of touch football with the teams Joe vs. Cobra. Can you get the warheads across the yard? You can use a football or a small suitcase (presumably filled with warheads).

Pit Testing - Duke and Ripcord go through some testing in The Pit. Do some testing of your recruits. Try target practice, suit up, jump rope and stick fighting (remember with Snake Eyes and the line, "They’re Joes, not jokes"). You can even drive a sub with your GI Joe party if you’re pool is big enough, jump rope

Paris Chase – The Joes chase Cobra through the streets of Paris to the Eifel tower. Make an obstacle course for your guests to relay race through so they can save or destroy the Eifel tower. Split into two teams, Joe and Cobra. Then have each team have a member do a certain part of an obstacle course, as the first part is completed the second member of the team does the second part of the obstacle course, and so on. First team through wins.

Whistle “He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.”