Fun Birthday Party Games for Kids or Adults

The trick to coming up with fun birthday party games is to not over-think them. Simple is best. Here are a few suggestions for fun birthday party games for either children or adults.

Egg Toss
All you need is one egg for each team of two people. Have your party attendees divide into pairs. Have the partners form two separate lines, so that each team is standing face to face, only a few inches apart. Give one partner for each team a raw egg.

The game begins with the first partner holding the egg passing it to their teammate. The teammate passes the egg back to the original person, and they step back one step. They then pass the egg back and forth once more, then step back another step. Eventually, the teams will have to toss the egg as they step farther and farther away from each other. Once a team's egg gets broken, they're out. The team who keeps their egg safe the longest wins the game.

Definitely play this one outdoors -- it can get messy. Also, it may help, particularly with children, if you draw some sort of line as to how far teams step apart in each round. This will make sure everyone is stepping back the same distance.

Bake Me a Cake
This one is fun, especially for children. Gather together an assortment of craft supplies and Playdoh. Supplies can include construction paper, wax candles, glitter, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, buttons, yarn and more.

Break the group into teams of three to four people, and give each team a pile of your craft supplies and Playdoh. Each team gets eight to ten minutes to "bake" a birthday cake from the provided materials. (Obviously, there is no real baking involved.) The birthday boy or girl gets to pick his/her favorite "cake" after the alloted time, and the "bakers" of that cake are the winners of the game. Encourage innovation and creativity!