Ok, so it's your turn to host this year's 4th of July party.
As we all know too well, the downtime between eating and watching the fireworks can be a long and arduous one, especially if your party guests have children.
So, to bail you out of hours of boredom and the thought of never being asked to host another 4th of July party, below are a few "themed" party games to entertain the masses.
The first one involves embracing your inner child - invite all party attendees to join in a parade.
You can purchase streamers, party horns, balloons, obviously in red, white and blue and have them readily available for your guests or you could request they bring their pre-decorated bicycles or scooters/skateboards with them.
Obviously, if you waited and did the decorating at you party; this would also help fill that void space of time until the fireworks.
You can have prizes ready to hand out for the funniest, best all around or most creative.
If you are extra adventurous, you can all line up and bravely peddle and scoot down your street with your parade.
Another fun party game is a balloon passing game.
Again, purchasing the colors of red, white and blue would be in order.
All of your party guests can play this game and you can either play as teams - men against women, adults again children, etc.
or just play every "man" for himself in a straight line.
This game can take on several varieties from the first person using their hands to pass the balloon to the second person who passes it with his legs to the next person having to pass the balloon using his/her neck.
Get creative.
Another variation of this game is to pass it to music, like musical chairs and whoever ends up with the balloon when the music stops is out.
Last one standing is the winner.
Since the 4th of July is usually a hot day, why not fill the balloons with water?Or whip cream for a messy game?It will bring out the kid in your guests and lots of fun can be had.
(Obviously, if you're going to get wet or messy, you might want to tell your guests to bring an extra set of clothing).
Sidewalk Chalk Artwork - This game is good for both adults and children, but probably more for the children.
Again, you can break the teams up with an adult/child or females or adults or one person "teams".
(Those party guests that are party poopers can be the judges since they won't like to draw anyway).
Take different colored chalk - again since this is a 4th of July part, you could try for red, white and blue.
Have you guests draw a patriotic picture, with something specific having to be in the picture - like the flag, the Liberty Bell, fireworks, etc.
You can pass out prizes to the winner of this game as well.
Charades - Like the game once played by many a youngster, you can play charades with a 4th of July theme.
Some can act out being the Statue of Liberty, Abraham Lincoln, etc.
Along this same line you can play the guessing game where you fill a jar, yep, you guessed it with red, white and blue something; be it jellybeans, gum, hard candies, M&Ms, etc.
and have your guests guess how many are in the jar.
Obviously the winner would be the person who is the closest to the correct number without going over.
Last, but not least, fireworks.
While they are not really a game, you can have your guests help organize which ones get set off after which.
You have to be careful though because in some places blowing off fireworks at home is illegal and you should always be the pyrotechnician setting them off - not the children.
The "I'm sorry officer I let a child get hurt while blowing off fireworks illegally at my home" game is not one that you get a really great prize for.
As we all know too well, the downtime between eating and watching the fireworks can be a long and arduous one, especially if your party guests have children.
So, to bail you out of hours of boredom and the thought of never being asked to host another 4th of July party, below are a few "themed" party games to entertain the masses.
The first one involves embracing your inner child - invite all party attendees to join in a parade.
You can purchase streamers, party horns, balloons, obviously in red, white and blue and have them readily available for your guests or you could request they bring their pre-decorated bicycles or scooters/skateboards with them.
Obviously, if you waited and did the decorating at you party; this would also help fill that void space of time until the fireworks.
You can have prizes ready to hand out for the funniest, best all around or most creative.
If you are extra adventurous, you can all line up and bravely peddle and scoot down your street with your parade.
Another fun party game is a balloon passing game.
Again, purchasing the colors of red, white and blue would be in order.
All of your party guests can play this game and you can either play as teams - men against women, adults again children, etc.
or just play every "man" for himself in a straight line.
This game can take on several varieties from the first person using their hands to pass the balloon to the second person who passes it with his legs to the next person having to pass the balloon using his/her neck.
Get creative.
Another variation of this game is to pass it to music, like musical chairs and whoever ends up with the balloon when the music stops is out.
Last one standing is the winner.
Since the 4th of July is usually a hot day, why not fill the balloons with water?Or whip cream for a messy game?It will bring out the kid in your guests and lots of fun can be had.
(Obviously, if you're going to get wet or messy, you might want to tell your guests to bring an extra set of clothing).
Sidewalk Chalk Artwork - This game is good for both adults and children, but probably more for the children.
Again, you can break the teams up with an adult/child or females or adults or one person "teams".
(Those party guests that are party poopers can be the judges since they won't like to draw anyway).
Take different colored chalk - again since this is a 4th of July part, you could try for red, white and blue.
Have you guests draw a patriotic picture, with something specific having to be in the picture - like the flag, the Liberty Bell, fireworks, etc.
You can pass out prizes to the winner of this game as well.
Charades - Like the game once played by many a youngster, you can play charades with a 4th of July theme.
Some can act out being the Statue of Liberty, Abraham Lincoln, etc.
Along this same line you can play the guessing game where you fill a jar, yep, you guessed it with red, white and blue something; be it jellybeans, gum, hard candies, M&Ms, etc.
and have your guests guess how many are in the jar.
Obviously the winner would be the person who is the closest to the correct number without going over.
Last, but not least, fireworks.
While they are not really a game, you can have your guests help organize which ones get set off after which.
You have to be careful though because in some places blowing off fireworks at home is illegal and you should always be the pyrotechnician setting them off - not the children.
The "I'm sorry officer I let a child get hurt while blowing off fireworks illegally at my home" game is not one that you get a really great prize for.
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