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Robot Party
Ideas
Gear up the fun with these robot party ideas!
Space Shuttle Pinata
Silver Balloons
Blue Partyware
Happy Birthday Banner
Construction Hard Hat Set
Tool Candle Set
Spectra Light Globe
Touchable Bubbles
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Pinatas
(Break a
bot to split open some fun)
Robot
Spaceship
Invitations (A
robot party is the mechanics of partying)
Cut out a robot head and add silver pipe cleaner antennas, on
the back type the message. Use a digital font and do not use any
contractions
in your message. Say, “Greetings. You are invited to attend the party
of Jack
be Nimble.” Give the rest of the information for the day of the party.
Cakes
(Nothing to
disguise the yummy taste)
Robot Cake
Spaceship
Cupcake Cake
Decorations
(Another
division of your robot party headquarters)
Use silver and blue
or silver and black for a color theme.
Make robots of
varying styles to place around the party
area.
Make a centerpiece
of a tool box or a robot.
Costumes/Dress
up (Machine
gear)
Paint brown paper bags (with head and arm holes cut out) with
silver spray paint and decorate to look like robots.
Games
and Activities (The
automaton of the celebration)
Pin the Button on the Robot
(ages 3-8)
Draw a robot on a posterboard with a blank spot for a
button. Provide each guest with a button to put on the robot. Blindfold
the
guests, one at a time, spin around and have them try to put the button
on the
robot. The one closest to the correct spot wins.
ROBOT Bingo (ages
3-12)
Play
ROBOT Bingo. Print out as many cards as you need and print out the
numbers to be drawn. Play as you would regular bingo. Give the
guests beans or M&Ms to mark their cards. When a guest
gets
five in a row shout "Robot" and give them a prize.
Robot Freeze Dance
(ages 3-16)
Instruct the guests to dance like robots with bent elbows
and awkward steps, while you play music and to freeze in position when
the
music stops. Admire some of the frozen positions each time you stop the
music.
Play several rounds until you’ve had a chance to admire each guest’s
frozen
position at least once. This was a favorite at my son's robot party.
Robot Maze (ages
4-10)
Help the robot through the maze, collecting as many nuts and bolts as
possible. Click
here for this PDF file.
Robot
Grab (ages
4-12)
Provide each guest with a hand extender that pinches. Have
them pick up items off the floor using the hand extenders and put it in
a pie
tin. You may provide each guest with their own pie tin to keep what
they pick
up or place one pie tin centrally in the middle of the floor or on a
table. Lay out small
party favors and candies to be picked up.
Laser
Aim (ages
4-16)
Cut marshmallow shooters from ½” PVC pipe in 5-10 inch
increments. They’re basically blow darts. Spray paint silver and add a
single
stripe of color with electrical tape. Provide the guests with mini
marshmallows. Explain they should put the marshmallow in the shooter
and blow. Do not spit or the marshmallows will stick. Make a target or
the guests may shoot each other. Play this game outside. The
marshmallows get
too sticky when squished under feet and in carpet.
Oil
the Robot (ages
5-16)
Make this a relay race. Decorate two, empty, clean gallon
milk jugs to look like robots, or robot faces. Have the guests split
into two
teams. Give the head of each team a large glass of apple juice (or oil
and
instructions to not drink it) and a ¼ cup measuring cup. For the race,
the head
of each team should fill their measuring cup and walk it over to the
robot and
pour it in the milk jug, being careful not to spill. Then the guest
should run
back to their team, pass the measuring cup to the next in line so they
can
carry apple juice to their team’s robot. Give the teams 4 minutes to
fill their
robot with as much “oil” as they can. The team with the most wins.
Junkyard
Obstacle
Course (ages 5-16)
Every robot movie seems to have a junkyard in it somewhere.
So create one in your backyard or living room for your guests to go
through.
Use wastebaskets to go around, chairs to go under and even small
swimming pools
to go through. You can have the guests go through the obstacle course
once as
they are, and once as a robot on stilts. Make the stilts from clean,
empty,
upside down #10 cans (coffee or potato flakes). Use the triangle end of
a
bottle opener to punch 2 holes at the top of the can. String rope
through the
holes so the guests can hang on to the stilts and go through the
obstacle
course this way. Be sure you have a camera handy to catch all the Oops!
moments at your robot party.
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Three
Legged Robot Race
(ages 6-16)
Pair the guests off into teams of two. Tie the right leg of
one guest to the left leg of another guest so they have to run the race
together. Once each team is tied up begin the race. If they fall down
they
should get up and keep trying. Robot
Control
(ages 8-16)
Pair the guests off into teams of two. Have the teams take
turns with one guest being the robot and the other guest as the robot
controller. The robot will be blindfolded and put his arms through two
short
pieces of dryer vent hose, and use kitchen tongs or chopsticks to pick
up and
move cotton balls from one bowl to another. A robot or any machine is
only as
good as it is programmed and controlled so the controller is supposed
to give
voice commands to the robot about picking up and moving the cotton
balls. Would you rather be a robot or a robot controller?
This is a great way to experience the difference at your robot party.
Crafts
(The
clever android creates at the robot party)
Make Your Own Robot
(ages 3-7)
Make a robot with graham crackers, frosting and small
candies for buttons or sugar cubes. You may also use marshmallows and
pretzel
sticks for building robots. This is a must with the younger guests at a
robot party.
Spaceships at Your Robot Party (ages
3-12)
Turn an old record and Styrofoam ball into a space ship. Cut
a Styrofoam ball in half and use hot glue to attach it to the center of
the
record. Give one to each guest, set out acrylic paints, glitter glue,
sequins
and pipe cleaners for decorating the spaceship.
Cosmic
Solar System (ages
3-16)
Make a solar system with Styrofoam balls. Or make your own
galaxy scene. Paint Styrofoam balls of varying sizes with acrylic
paints to
look like planets. Cut out a cereal box for a diorama; paint the inside
black
or line with black paper. Paint white and yellow stars, or decorate
with cosmic
stickers. Then add the already painted and dried planets with hot glue.
Either
make one large diorama with everyone’s involvement or let each guest
create
their own.
Moon
Rocks (ages
3-16)
Paint moon rocks. Collect rocks of various sizes and clean
them. Paint with acrylic paints, especially fluorescent paint that
glows in the
dark. Let each rock dry on a paper plate labeled with the artist’s
name. Place
the moon rocks under a black light for a fun spotlight.
Make
Your Own Robot
(ages 5-16)
Put
out the supplies and let the guests build their own
robot. Offer any of the following: boxes, paper towel rolls, glue,
wire, toilet
paper rolls, aluminum foil, lids from milk jugs and other drinks for
buttons, pipe
cleaners, phone wire, electrical tape, clean yogurt containers, small
pie tins,
old CDs, nuts, bolts and washers. You may also want to include some
extra
masking tape, duct tape, white glue and have a hot glue gun available.
Paint
the boxes or other items with silver, black or blue paint before the
party. Be sure to allow plenty of time and plenty of materials for this
activity. It's a big hit at robot parties.
Magnet Sculptures (ages
7-16)
Attach
a strong magnet to the bottom of a small metal tin for
each guest. Then give them with paper clips or brads or some other
metallic small office
supply to be placed on top of the metal tin and create a sculpture.
Craft
magnets and business card magnets are not strong enough for this. But,
there
are many magnets available at an office supply store that will work.
This is a take home gift ensuring your guests will remember the robot
party.
Refreshments
(Robot
party munchies)
Offer apple juice in cups labeled “machine oil.”
Serve
a mixture of crackers, nuts, raisins and small candies
in silver baking cups (cupcake liners).
Take Home Gift Ideas (An
offering to share)
Robot stickers, magnets, modeling clay
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