All you really need is a screen, a speaker, a projector, and snacks. When it comes to a screen, you have lots of options. Bed sheets, a white blackout cloth, a formal nylon projection screen, or even a white garage door or a plain outside wall of a house or garage can all work. Then, rent a projector from either your local library or tech store and grab the beefiest Bluetooth speaker you have.
Movie-theater birthdays are a classic indoor go-to — and bringing it outside will bring on the magic. The great thing about scavenger hunts is that you can make them whatever you want them to be: complex or simple, large or small scale.
Take a BBQ to the next level and make a camp out party of it for a birthday. Kids love the idea of sleeping outside, and creating a camp-out birthday party is as easy as getting all of your camping gear out of the closet. Bonus points if you hire a wilderness guide to come talk to the group about camping techniques, how to start a fire, how to navigate the wilderness, and what to do when you see a bear.
Beats having a clown at the party. Okay, okay, maybe some kids still like clowns. To each their own. Cap it off by serving candy apples, funnel cake, and popcorn. Have an artistic kid?
You could even give each kid a sand bucket and shovel for the dig. Play Tug of War with the kids. All you need is a large tug of war rope for the kids to pull.
Tie a flag or place a colored piece of tape in the middle of the rope. This will let you know when one side passes the line you make on the ground. Lay out the rope on the grass and have a cone or type of marking in the middle. Evenly divide the kids up on each side of the rope. Have the stronger kids at the ends. When you say go have the kids start pulling the rope. The first team to have their flag pulled over the cone loses.
Tip: Make sure to do this game over a soft surface like grass in case they fall down while pulling the rope.
Set up a bunch of mini carnival games all over you yard. The kids can walk around and try all the games. You can put a basket of small prizes next to each game and let the kids know they get one prize after each game. Give each kid a small carnival bag to collect all their prizes. Play a game of limbo with the kids. All you need is a long limbo stick for the kids to go under and some music. To play have an adult hold each end of the limbo stick.
Line the kids up and have them try to make it under the limbo stick without touching. Each round lower the stick and see who can make it through. You could have a good old fashion water balloon fight or do a water balloon toss. For the water balloon toss pair up the kids and have them stand in two lines facing their partner. Start off closer together and toss the balloon to your partner. If your partner catches the balloon they then take a giant step back.
Tip: Get the water balloons that will hook up to your hose to fill a bunch at a time. Are you ready now to play all these fun outdoor party games for kids? This classic game for kids is always a hit with younger children. To play hot potato you need to create something to be the item the kids will pass around the circle. You can use an actual potato or try this fun Hot Potato Game that has music built in. Have all the kids sit in a circle and let the birthday child hold the potato.
When the music plays the kids will pass the potato around the circle. When the music stops the child holding the hot potato is out. The circle then shrinks and the kids go again when the music plays. The game ends when the last person is left who was not holding the potato when the music stopped. Kids love to get small prizes for the winning team and cool party favors at the end of the party. My secret to saving money on these is shopping at Dollar Tree.
Grab cheap goody bags and all kinds of small items the kids will love. Get organized with a birthday party checklist. A list of everything you need to remember to do before the party.
The checklist starts at 8 weeks before the party and ends with what to do after the party. Use it to make party planning so much easier! Include curves, turns, and small hills, depending on the ages and abilities of your racers. Fuel the kids' excitement by timing each racer as he or she pedals to the finish line. To make the course more challenging, set up stations along the way where children must stop to perform a task, such as blowing bubbles.
Pumpkins aren't just for the porch! Make the most of the season's harvest with this easy outdoor game of tic-tac-toe. Who's the fastest of them all? Set up an outdoor course and find out! Beat the summer heat with this cool kids birthday party game. Blocks of ice become the base for this pretty painted game.
Simply drip washable tempera paint onto frozen ice shapes and get melting! As the ice melts, it will create cool paint designs. An old-fashioned favorite, pickup sticks gets a gigantic twist when the sticks are as big as the kids. Paint the ends with bright colors: red, blue, green, yellow, orange, and purple, for example.
To start the game, drop the sticks on the ground in a big messy pile, and let the kids take turns picking up a stick. If a stick other than the one the child is removing wiggles, the child must return the stick and forgo his or her turn. At the end, the player with the most sticks wins. Editor's Tip: Add a challenge to the game by assigning each player a color. The first player to successfully remove all the sticks of the assigned color wins the party game.
All it takes is a few dice to get the party started! You can make these outdoor dice with wood, but we chose small cardboard boxes—perfect for younger children. Have a little Picasso on your hands? Get painting outside! Set up all the materials kids will need to paint or draw outside in a space surrounded by nature. Let each child create their own work of art inspired by flowers, plants, and nature. Try making homemade sidewalk chalk paint and letting the kids decorate your driveway.
Set up a fun game of DIY disc golf right in your backyard! To create this outdoor game for kids, hang an oversized hula hoop from a branch or clothesline. Try a fun take on the classic game of catch.
Have each player throw the disc through the hoop. The first one to complete ten shots wins! Beat the summer heat with a game of squirt bottle tag. The child who stays dry the longest wins. This summer craft for kids doubles as a fun outdoor game! Have each child create their own paper airplane using construction paper and tape or glue. Once the planes are completed, head outside and see which ones take flight.
The paper plane that goes the furthest wins. Keep the kids entertained with the cheap outdoor activity idea. Create an oversized version of one of our favorite classic summer games—croquet.
To make, use wooden dowels to stake pool noodle arches into the ground. Be sure to make the arch tall enough that an inflated beach ball can pass under it. To play, give each child their own pool noodle and see who can get the ball through the arches first.
Each product we feature has been independently selected and reviewed by our editorial team. If you make a purchase using the links included, we may earn commission. Save Pin FB More. Give your child a party to remember with a host of fun, energetic outdoor games for kids. With a few household supplies and some ingenuity, we dreamed up an afternoon's worth of birthday party games that will have guests giggling until the party's end.
Start Slideshow. Tweet Email Send Text Message. Credit: Joe Polillio. For a piece game set, purchase a 4x8-foot sheet of Masonite from a home improvement store. At the store, have it cut into 8-inch squares. Apply a letter to each square—you'll repeat the alphabet twice except for letters Q and X.
Credit: Kim Lowe. Credit: Douglas Merriam. Credit: David Roth. Credit: Kinzie Riehm. Credit: Helen Norman. The player who makes the most shots and accumulates the most points wins. Encourage your little party animals to explore the backyard by giving them a list of items to find on a nature scavenger hunt. Make a checklist of simple items like rocks, leaves, and flower petals and see who can discover the most items out in nature. While this is sometimes an Easter-themed game, there is no reason you can't incorporate the fun into an outdoor birthday party at any time of year.
Use either hard-boiled eggs or plastic eggs and hand out a spoon to each party guest. Line guests up at whatever distance is safe for everyone and challenge them to get to the finish line while balancing the egg on the spoon, without letting the egg drop.
You can add traffic cones or obstacles to make this outdoor game for kids more challenging. If the party is going past sundown, consider introducing a game of glow in the dark capture the flag.
Get creative with glow sticks and use them to light the way, or order a ready-made game pack online. Since it's played in the dark, this game may be best for tweens and teens. Gather up king-sized pillow cases or invest in burlap sacks for an old-fashioned potato sack race. Ask children to step into bags, pulling the edges up around their waists.
Participants then jump their way to the finish line. Finally, a way to reuse those cardboard boxes that are lying around from all of the pandemic Amazon purchases! Cut a rectangular hole in each side of a cardboard box, so that a Frisbee can pass through. Get creative by decorating the boxes with paint, tape, and streamers.
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