If you have ever been to a birthday party with kids, you know the secret is to keep it short and keep it moving. Finding ways to entertain kids at a SpongeBob SquarePants themed birthday party can be simple and fun. With a little imagination, classic party games can be easily modified to reflect the charms of SpongeBob, Patrick and of course the one and only Squidward. Read on to learn entertain kids at a SpongeBob themed birthday party. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Hold a contest to see who can fill a cup with water first. Give each party guest a sponge and a bucket of water and place the cups across the room. Have them fill the sponge and run to the cup and squeeze the water from the sponge into the cup. The first one to fill the cup wins the contest.
2. Set up a craft table and have the kids make an ocean in a bottle. Fill an empty water bottle about 90 percent full and put a few drops of baby oil in it. Then have the kids add blue food coloring and their choice of small seashells, sea creatures and some glitter. Replace the lid on the bottle and hot glue it on to make sure it stays.
3. Adapt the classic "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" game and play "Pin the Coconut on the Tree." Cut coconuts out of brown construction paper and have the kids stick it on a picture of a palm tree.
4. Hold a "Pop the Bubble" relay by filling clear balloons with air so they look like bubbles. Put them in a basket and line the teams up by the basket with a chair across the room for each team. The first party guest grabs a balloon, runs to the chair and sits on the balloon to pop it. Then runs back and tags the next team member who repeats the steps. The first team to pop all of their "bubbles" wins the game.
5. Purchase a cardboard treasure chest from a party store and fill it with all kinds of party favors and hide it. Tell the kids SpongeBob has buried a treasure box and they need to find it. Give them the first of a series of clues and send them on a treasure hunt. Be sure and work the characters like Patrick, Mr. Crabbs and Gary the snail into the clues.
6. Fill small five inch balloons with helium and attach pink streamers to them to resemble jellyfish. Give each child a butterfly net and have them chase down the jellyfish and try to catch them. The streamers help weigh the balloons down so they don't fly away. You will need a slight breeze outside to keep the balloons moving. A ceiling fan indoors could do the trick as well.
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