| What is the ideal children's party game? There are so | | | | children circling 1 chair and whoever sits down when |
| many to choose from and all of them are great fun. | | | | the music stops is the winner. |
| A few old favourites that are still played today | | | | Bobbing for apples is a fun game from the turn of |
| include 'pass the parcel', Musical Chairs, bobbing for | | | | the century, where you have a large bucket filled |
| apples and musical statues. | | | | with water and the apples float in it. The child must |
| Pass the parcel is a simple game where a present is | | | | try to pick up an apple without using their teeth. This |
| wrapped up in 5- (unlimited) layers of wrapping paper. | | | | game is not really played any more due to (justified) |
| The children sit in a circle and they 'pass the parcel' | | | | concerns around the hygiene of little children pushing |
| around the circle while music plays. When the music | | | | their faces into water and opening their mouths, 1 |
| stops, whoever has the parcel is allowed to unwrap | | | | after the other. |
| one layer of paper. This continues, round after round | | | | Musical statues is great fun and super simple too, you |
| until the last child has the parcel and unwraps it to | | | | play music while all the children run or walk around |
| reveal the prize, which they get to keep. | | | | the space and when you stop the music they must |
| Musical chairs was my favourite as a child. You make | | | | freeze like a statue. Whoever is deemed to be the |
| a circle of chairs, with 1 less chair than you have | | | | 'least frozen' is out. |
| children playing. You then start the music and the | | | | To really get the best for your child's party, I |
| children slowly walk around the circle. When the music | | | | recommend that you employ a children's party |
| stops, the children must try to sit on a chair. | | | | entertainer, who will know many, many party games |
| Whoever is not sat on a chair is out, and then you | | | | and will manage the children for you too. |
| remove 1 more chair and so on, until there are two | | | | |