Celebrating
A Birthday At Clementon Amusement Park?
10
GREAT BIRTHDAY IDEAS
Going to be
at Clementon Amusement Park for someone's birthday? Celebrate throughout
the day with these fun ways to keep the birthday fun going!
These ideas
are sponsored by the Great Clementon Amusement Park Adventure Challenge
- Watch the video below for details!
Surprise the
birthday boy/girl with special 'guests.' Do not tell them about
your plans to invite one or more of their friends to join you/him/her
at Clementon Amusement Park. Make it seem like a family trip. Arrange to meet his/her
friend(s) AT Clementon Amusement Park. It will feel like an added gift to see their
friend(s) there when he/she wasn't expecting it!
Plan
a fun scavenger hunt throughout the day at Clementon Amusement
Park. There are all different types of scavenger hunts to go
on, each with a different format. Although for some parties
having different teams compete with each other can be a lot
of fun, for someone's birthday when there is one person to honor,
it's typically best to have everyone on the same team - everyone
gets to help the birthday boy/girl be successful when one
person wins, they all win! These can be a lot of fun to create,
but can take some extra work to make creative (sometimes you'll
need more than just a list to excite some teens, for example.)
Consider our GREAT
ADVENTURE CHALLENGE AT Clementon Amusement Park - a package
for them to open once there filled with all kinds of puzzles
and things to do! CLICK
HERE to learn more!
At one point,
buy a helium balloon at Clementon Amusement Park. Each person there uses a Sharpie
marker (that you brought with you) to write down something positive
they'd like to wish for the birthday boy/girl for that coming year
(or later in life.) Once everyone has had a chance to write them
all down on the balloon, allow either each person to share what
they wrote or allow the birthday boy/girl to read them all. Finally,
let the birthday boy/girl RELEASE the helium balloon in the air
and watch their dreams sail up and up - where the birthday boy/girl
will 'catch up with them later'!
Head of times,
write down on small pieces of paper different topics for memories
to share about the birthday boy/girl while standing in line or throughout
the day. For example, you may choose that every 30 minutes a different
person (NOT the birthday boy/girl) will draw a piece of paper out
of a hat - perhaps the first one says "FUNNY." That person
will then share a funny story about the birthday boy to share with
everyone. This is a great way to encourage the birthday boy/girl
throughout the day!
Bring a bunch
of small cake candles with you to Clementon Amusement Park and stick
them in EVERY bit of food that the birthday boy/girl eats for the
day - to blow out the candles each time. It will get to be a lot
of fun as they blow out the candles on their birthday hot dog, birthday
churro and birthday soda!
This is a great
game to play for a larger group (4+). Ahead of time, prepare a list
of fun tasks to do at Clementon Amusement Park at write the out
separately on small pieces of paper - at least enough for each person
going. It's best to have someone else (who is NOT going with you
to Clementon Amusement Park) write them out - someone you can trust.
Throughout the day, the birthday boy/girl periodically pulls one
task out and reads it out loud. He/she then CHOOSES who in the group
must complete the task right then. The rules are that EVERY person
completes one task. The birthday boy/girl cannot look ahead at the
different pieces of paper to see which ones he/she wants to assign
or do for himself/herself. This can also be a great thing to do
in the different lines you might wait in.
Sing Happy Birthday
in EVERY line that you wait in. You'll be surprised how often other
folks don't mind joining in the song especially in those longer
lines when there's not a lot else for folks to do.
Pick different
events that happened in the birthday boy/girl's life - events that
happened somewhat close to each other. For example, different sets
might include: (first tooth, crawled, sat up) or (learned ABC's,
ride a bike, poured his/her own milk). This will work for adult
events as well including (first girlfriend, first job, broke leg.)
Everyone else there will have to guess the ORDER that the events
happened. Award points as you go and determine a winner at the end
of the day. This is a great activity to play while there are lulls
in the fun (I.e. while standing in lines)
Gather a bunch
of trivia to create questions about the actual year the birthday
boy/girl was born. This could be about everything from movies, music,
political leaders/current events and even the price of gas! Ask
a few questions each time there is a lull in the fun (I.e. waiting
in line, etc.) and keep track of who gets the most correct answers
throughout the day. Give a prize at the end for the winner. The
prize could be something special that they get to do WITH the birthday
boy/girl!
Make a game
out of their actual age number - see how many times you can find
that number throughout the day at Clementon Amusement Park. For
example, if the birthday boy/girl is turning 21, everyone must look
for the number '21' throughout Clementon Amusement Park. Award one
point to the FIRST person who finds a new one throughout the day
and add up the points at the completion. You might find numbers
on height requirement signs, menus, ticket pricing signs, phone
numbers, etc.