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Video Game
Party
Ideas
Throw a video game party
that encourages activity,
sportsmanship and promotes participation with these great video game
ideas.
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Live action video games for your video game birthday party.
Who
wouldn't want to be Mario or Pacman or fight real Space Invaders at
their video game birthday party?
Pinatas
Pacman
(Turn a round pinata into a Pacman.)
Xbox
(Make a
present pinata black with a large green X. It’s
not exact, but it will get the idea across.)
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Invitations
Cut out graphics of your favorite video games and paste on
an invitation. Then write: Calling all gamers: There’s a party going
on! Then
provide details for date, time and location of the party.
OR
Use one of these printable video game invitations.
Cakes
Round cake decorated like Pacman.
Cover
a rectangular cake with black frosting, then use
square shaped gums or candies to design a Tetris board on it.
Decorations
Use black as your main color for decorating, with other bright colors
to accent. Many of the older video games had a black screen with bright
colors.
Joy stick candles –
candle stuck into square cube decorated
to look like a joy stick controller
Make
a video screen on your wall. Put up some black
butcher paper and decorate it with brightly colored cut outs of real or
made up
video game characters.
Make paths with
gold coins for your guests to follow at your video game party.
Set out boxes
wrapped with brown paper...try to make them look like the crate Mario
is always knocking open to get prizes.
Costumes/Dress
up
You can use a red baseball cap and put on a white felt
circle with a large red “M” in the center for a Mario cap, or maybe a
large
black mustache.
Games
and Activities
Space Invaders Bowling
(ages 3-16)
Cover several empty cans or empty soft drink bottles with
aliens from Space Invaders. Line up several rows of aliens and have
your guests
quickly bowl them down with tennis balls. Reset for each guest. A true
classic video game party game.
Capture
the Space
Invader (ages 4-16)
Put three
aliens
on the back of
each guest with a piece of masking tape. Instruct the guests to capture
as many
aliens as they can. The game is over when everyone has lost their
aliens from their backs. The winner has the most aliens.
Pac
Man Tag (ages
5-16)
Don’t get caught by the ghosts! Split the guests into two
teams, Ghosts and Pac Mans. Start with more Pac Men than Ghosts. Put
the ghosts
in a central area and all the Pac Men on one side of the play area.
Instruct
the Pac Men to run to the other side of the room without being tagged
by a
ghost. Any Pac Men tagged by a Ghost become a ghost. Send the Pac Men
through
several times until there is only one left to win!
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Mario
Obstacle Course
(ages 5-16)
Build an obstacle course, Mario style. Make a regular
obstacle course with chairs to go around, a wading pool to go through,
maybe a
tunnel to crawl through. Then, include Mario-style challenges. Instead
of giant
turtles, toss in foam balls the guests are supposed to avoid. Jump over
lava
made from a red jacket. Break through brick walls made from empty
boxes.
Collect gold coins along the way. Then, the winner is the one to make
it
through without getting caught by the balls, and has the most coins.
A perfect video game party activity.
Video
Game Tournament
(ages 6-16)
Hold a video game tournament. Let everyone take turns
playing the same game to see who can score the most points. Play
individually
or against each other. Try to make it a game that’s new for everyone so
no one
has the advantage of being more skilled with the game you choose.
Crafts
Tetris Designs
(ages 4-16)
Use
these printable Tetris style cubes, cut out, and make
your own shapes and pictures with them.
Game
Over Sign
(ages 5-16)
Decorate a black sign with white letters that says “Game
Over.” You can even make these on a door
hanger with this template.
Perler
Beads Magnets
(ages 6-16)
Turn perler beads into your favorite video game characters.
You will need perler beads, a form to work with, an iron, and
sticky-backed
magnets. Make the perler beads into whatever video game character suits
your
fancy, iron them to melt them, then add a magnet. This will be a
memorable craft your guests will enjoy for quite some time after your
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Refreshments
Turn your video game party into a video game feast! Pac Man Cupcakes
Decorate the top of the cupcakes to look like Pac Man or
some of the ghosts.
Mario
Italian
Sandwiches
Turn a loaf of French bread into an Italian sub sandwich.
Use your choice of salami, pepperoni, pastrami and roast beef. Add
lettuce,
tomatoes, sweet green peppers, banana peppers (pepperoncini) and oil
and
vinegar. Then slice into pieces 1-2 inches wide.
Mario
Meatballs
Cook meatballs in some barbecue or an Asian sauce or
condensed cream of mushroom soup and serve as an appetizer.
Tetris
Sandwiches
Cut sandwiches into Tetris shapes. You can even color them
by brushing them lightly with colored milk.
Gaming
Snacks
Serve finger foods and bite sized snacks like ‘Lil Smokies,
nachos, popcorn, cracker mixes, or fruit and vegetable trays. |
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Take
Home Gift Ideas
Batteries
Any small toy that looks like a video game controller or
character
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