Games and Activities

Greet the party guests as they arrive by saying, "Welcome, young Jedi." Have the Star Wars soundtrack playing in the background.

Provide the party guests with Jedi vests and belts made out of felt. Let them know they are now in training and to enter the party they need to remove their shoes.

Fill a jar with jellybeans and have the party guests guess how many are in the jar. Place a small sign on the jar that says, "Use the Force to guess how many jellybeans are in the jar." The one with the closest guess gets to bring the jellybean jar home.

While waiting for everyone to arrive, have the guests make the following crafts:

Starscape Mural. Attach or draw several star, planet and moon shapes to the white paper and set up bowls of markers, crayons, glitter, and star stickers. Ask the party guests to create their own Star Wars battle by using the bowls of craft items to draw spaceships, the Death Star, and anything else they feel could be found in space. Ask guests to initial their part of the mural. This mural makes a great keepsake. If you so desire, you can cut the mural with a scissors and mail each party guest's design creations with thank you cards.

Decorate Your Home Planet. Hand out a paper plate to each child and instruct them to decorate their home planet with glitter, paint, sequins and markers.

When everyone arrives, begin the games: 

Pass the Death Star. Before blowing up the balloons, fill with a half handful of confetti and several small balls. Blow up the balloon and tie it closed. As the balloon is passed around a circle, the confetti and small balls within the balloon will bounce around as if the Death Star is exploding. Ask the guests to sit in a circle. Hand the birthday child the Death Star balloon. Explain that everyone must pass the Death Star around while the music plays. When the music stops, the child holding the Death Star must “explode” out of the circle. Play until only one child remains.

Meteor Shower. Blow balloons up with the small toy or prize inside and tie closed. Gather the children to the center of the play area. Toss balloon meteors into the middle of the gathering of guests and instruct them to destroy the meteors to uncover prizes. Toss enough balloons so all the guests have at least one meteor to burst.

Asteroid Rock Search. Wrap prizes in tin foil and hide them throughout the party area. Announce that it is time to search for the prize-filled craters. Watch as the guests search, discover and reveal.

Movie Scene Act Out. Rent or purchase the birthday child's favorite Star Wars film. Select a scene with several characters and write down all the dialogue on cards – one card for each character. Purchase props and costumes as appropriate for the scene. Set the video or DVD so it will begin playing at that scene.

Gather the children around and explain that it is time to act out a Star Wars scene. Show the guests the scene by playing it with a video or DVD. Assign several children parts and give each one a card with their dialogue. Other guests will watch until the scene is acted out. Then, the guests that formed the audience switch places with the actors.

Add-On: Consider using a face-painting kit or other types of make-up to be applied to the guests when it is their turn to act. You will need extra helpers for this to keep everything moving smoothly.

Millennium Falcon Relay. Cut four Millennium Falcon shapes (8" x 10" circles) out of cardboard. Let the birthday child color them with markers, or wrap them in aluminum foil so they look like the real Millennium Falcon. Divide guests into two equal lines and give the first person in each line two Millennium Falcons.

Explain that the Millennium Falcons become the only place they can step on as they travel from the front of the line, around a chair and back to the line again. The game begins by having the children place one Millennium Falcon on the ground and step on it, then place the other Millennium Falcon on the ground in front and step on it. They then pick up the first Millennium Falcon and place it on the ground in front of the other. When they reach the finish line, they hand the two Millennium Falcons to the next player in line. The team to make it all the way around the course first is the winner.

Holocam Guess. A Holocam records holographic images that enable Star Wars characters to send visual messages to each other. The party guests take turns appearing as if delivering a message through a Holocam that has lost its sound capacity. Each child writes down a chosen Star Wars character and then acts that person out, making movements and sounds (but no words). The rest of the children guess who the player is.

Jedi vs. Sith Race. Pick one or more players to be Jedi knights, and everyone else is a Sith. When the Jedi hear the command May the Force be with you!, they must try to catch as many Sith as they can. If players get caught, they must go to a designated area called Sith Prison. To be rescued, one of their Sith friends has to tag them in the prison.