Games and Activities

When the kids arrive, have them punch into the party just like they would with a time clock, stamping a pad.

Give each child a construction hard hatand an orange vest (these can be made using orange plastic tablecloths and duct tape) and tell them that they have a very important construction project to do today.

While you wait for everyone to arrive, make construction signs. Provide the kids with diamond-shaped yellow poster board and black markers and have them create a sign like: Mark’s Room: Under Construction. If you have a laminator, laminate the signs. Contact paper will also work.

Once everyone has arrived, have the little builders clear the construction site of all the boulders, sticks, trees, etc. Provide dump trucks, wheelbarrows, and other play construction equipment to help them get the job done.

Once they are done, give them large strips of paper to create roads. They can use markers to make the lines on the roads. Once they have paved the roads, you can add a cardboard house for them to work on. Have the children use markers, crayons, etc. to work together to decorate the house.

Play Hammer, Hammer, Nail like Duck, Duck, Goose.

Play Pin the Arm on the Crane.

Have a Dress the Builder Relay Race. Divide the kids into two teams. The teams must race to dress up in construction clothes, run to one end of the yard and back, take off the costume, and have the next kid on the teams do the same thing.

Block Building. Give the kids a 5 minute time frame to build a tower with blocks. Whoever builds the tallest one, wins.

Digg’n Dirt Race. Using a large pile of dirt, give each guest a small shovel and a bucket. The kids must fill their buckets to the rim with the dirt when you say, "Go!" Who can move that dirt fastest?

Can We Build It? Yes, We Can! Kids love building things, so, take out your Lego® toys, building blocks, egg cartons, paper plates, paper cups, Popsicle® sticks, boxes, cotton balls, books, cushions and let them build!

Builder’s Obstacle Course. Create an obstacle course challenging guests to push a dump truck filled with blocks under a sawhorse, around orange cones, across a 2x4 board, through the dirt pile to a construction site. As players reach the construction site, they incorporate their blocks into the construction project, while the next player takes the empty truck to the beginning of the obstacle course to collect more blocks.