Older Kids Party Games (9-12 yrs)

PARTY GAMES FOR KIDS AGED 9-12 YRS

The best games for tweens (9-12). Highly participative games, for Sleepovers, Halloween, some messy ones and plenty of rushing around, indoors and out! Try out Balloon Stomp or Whipped Cream plates, just brilliant.

Cucumber Face Race

The challenge is to move the piece of cucumber or chocolate down your face, without using hands, and into your mouth. If it falls off you must start again.

Turtle Relay

The objective is to roll the egg to the finish line using any part of the head only. No hands allowed.

Musical Island

Dance around a circle taking turns to step on an island. When the music stops if you are on the island you go out. Last one left wins.

Stormy Waters

Tell the children that they are in the sea and to start “swimming” around to the music. When you stop the music shout out “There’s a storm coming – dash to an island!”.

Bizarre Truth

Write four true items and one false item your card. Take turns to see if your team can guess which one is the truth!

Chair Dash

Set up enough chairs in the middle of the room for all your players. Prepare a list of items to collect from around your home: use a list of common household items, see box below.

Penny Game

Start with a pile of coins each. Play the game “I have never…” If you have done whatever is said, you toss a coin into the centre. Last to run out of coins wins!

Tricky Ball

Pass a ball round a circle: if you drop the ball you go to one hand, one knee etc. The last player in is the winner. Great fun!

Shoe Scramble

Couple up. One of you is blindfolded, the other throws their shoes in the middle. On the word go, the hunters scramble to find their partner’s shoes and be the first to put them back on.