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Planning the right birthday party games in advance is an essential step in the party planning process. Games breathe life into your celebration events and choosing wisely can even make or break your special day.

Selecting the right games to play is important and you need to consider the age group for your party. Your selection of games for small children will be much different than your choices for teenage games. Also, remember that games are fun not only for little people and teens but for adults as well!

The right birthday party games will help to break the ice (especially for the shy and quiet ones) and can help you to accomplish two very important tasks:

Help to relax an over-zealous crowd.
Help to hot-wire a slow moving party.

Games should be planned in advance since you may have to create props and purchase prizes. If you find that everyone is having lots of fun with a particular game, keep it going until you see their moods change.

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Here are a few basics for you to follow on the BIG day. A little organization goes a long way and these short tips will definitely help you out:

Set The Stage - Start things off immediately as your guests begin to arrive. Have some theme related party music playing in the background and hand out any required props (hats, scarves, wings, wands, etc.)to each child that comes through the door.

Taking these steps will remove any awkward feelings the shy kids might have until all guests have arrived and the party is in full swing.

Do Your Homework - Have plenty of birthday party game ideas ready and planned out but remember as we mentioned above, some games will be so fun that they'll want to play them over and over and over again. This means you might not get through all of the games that you've planned for....but that's ok!!

Save them for next year's party.

Mix It Up - Planning games ahead of time means being prepared for uncontrollable things like the weather and/or the number of guests who show up. Have games that are both indoor and outdoor friendly as well as a good mix of more and less active games. Depending on your theme and age group, craft making can be treated as a game.

Everyone Wins! - Every child should walk away with some sort of prize. In doing so, everyone walks away happy and smiling and ready for the next game.

You planned another game right?

Break Free - Sometimes letting kids simply "play" is more enjoyable for them than continuously playing birthday party games. Don't feel you need to control all play activities all the time. They'll have fun either way.

And for those who are too shy and don't want to play any games....get them involved by handing out prizes or pieces of cake or any other such activities to make them feel special.

Simplicity is "Key" - You will find that at many parties, the most simple games to organize and play wil be the most popular and well received.

The above tips apply not only for young toddler games, but also for teen games and adult party games alike...the rules are the same.

So remember, games are meant to be fun and to bring life to your party. Choose them wisely based on theme, age group and required planning.

Whether you're event is a kids birthday party, a teen sleepover or an over the hill celebration, you can add some excitement by including games into all of your birthday party planning.

Check out our growing list below!

Games Of All Kinds... here you will find a listing of traditional party games which are not specific to any theme or age group...just simply fun to play party games.

Games By Age Group... we've broken this section down by age category for quick reference:

Games by Theme...this section will grow so large that we're breaking it down into alphabetical order.

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UN-LOCK A THEME: If you have a game idea related to a theme that we haven't yet unlocked in our alphabetical list below (or you would like to add a new theme not yet listed), you can submit it here. We'll unlock the theme, create the page and post your idea.

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Airplane Party Games
Alice In Wonderland Party Games
Alphabet Party Games
Amazing Race Party Games
American Girl Party Games
American Idol Party Games
Animal Rescue Party Games
April Fools Party Games
Army Party Games
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