Party games/activities for ages 1-10?

[Twoboos]

My niece is turning 1 in a few weeks. :love5: Bro/SIL are having a big party, with family, friends, & kids. Age ranges 1-10. Any thoughts on party games or activities for this range?

A bounce house is out - they live in an apt and are using the community room there. They were thinking decorate your own cookies, but when he said this I heard, "Make giant mess in community room and all over all children and parents."

I think the theme is flowers/spring/butterflies type thing.

I feel like I have read so many good ideas on here, and am missing something easy/obvious!! Hit me with your ideas.

[infomama]

Colored sand/bottles was one of the best activities we ever did at a party. Spanned all ages (even most parents got into it). Plus...it can double as a favor. We ordered kits from here http://www.sandartsupplies.com/

[SnuggleBuggles]

Just get a whole bunch of balloons. The appeal spans all ages!! :) Get some balloon ball covers to make them safer from the little ones (Etsy).

Beth

[KrisM]

Well, we do the decorate cupcakes at our parties from age 2 up. It's at 1 table and I put a tablecloth on first. Kids get cleaned after they're done and the tablecloth gets picked up with the mess to deal with later. I don't find it too bad.

[jenfromnj]

Well, we do the decorate cupcakes at our parties from age 2 up. It's at 1 table and I put a tablecloth on first. Kids get cleaned after they're done and the tablecloth gets picked up with the mess to deal with later. I don't find it too bad.

We did this at DS's 2nd birthday party this weekend and it was much less messy than I'd feared (we did put down a tablecloth and also a cloth under the table).

We also had a crafts table with whole bunch of different crafts for various ages--everything from crayons/markers (washable), stickers and construction paper, some clearance Land of Nod kits, and a bunch of craft kits from Amazon, including these:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U0QPLC
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0038ZLBXY
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0038ZLBXY


It was great because there was something for everyone (we had a dozen kids aged 1-5), and it definitely kept most of them busy for a good while, and they loved having a project to take home.

ETA: I think it's sold out now, but LON had an adorable flower making kit, which was mainly pipe cleaners and tissue paper--I'm sure you could find something similar, they were really cute and would go perfectly with the theme of your DN's party.

[urquie]

Colored sand/bottles was one of the best activities we ever did at a party. Spanned all ages (even most parents got into it). Plus...it can double as a favor. We ordered kits from here http://www.sandartsupplies.com/

which kit did you order? and how messy was it? :)

[egoldber]

I think that decorating cookies is actually a really good idea. It's something all the kids can do and that the older ones won't think is "for babies".

[infomama]

which kit did you order? and how messy was it? :)

I can't link to it but it's in party kits...pk30. We put the sand in rectangular tupperware and placed a plastic spoon in each. We set it up outside on our deck but surprisingly there was very little spilled sand.

[urquie]

I can't link to it but it's in party kits...pk30. We put the sand in rectangular tupperware and placed a plastic spoon in each. We set it up outside on our deck but surprisingly there was very little spilled sand.

thanks for the info! did you use funnels? or was the spoon good enough?

[infomama]

Just looked at the pictures again. We did use funnels.