Celebrating A Birthday At Disney's California Adventure?

10 GREAT BIRTHDAY IDEAS

Going to be at Disney's California Adventure 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 Disney California Adventure Challenge - Watch the video below for details!

If you'd like to give them a gift for them to open AT Disney's California Adventure, consider putting it in a locker first and then wrapping up the key to the locker in a little gift bag. This way you won't have to carry around the gift all day and it's always fun and mysterious to get a 'secret key' as a gift! This also works especially well if you're planning a treasure hunt or scavenger hunt inside Disney's California Adventure.

At one point, buy a helium balloon at Disney's California Adventure. 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'!

Plan a fun scavenger hunt throughout the day at Disney's California Adventure. 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 Disney's California Adventure - a package for them to open once there filled with all kinds of puzzles and things to do! CLICK HERE to learn more!

Make a game out of their actual age number - see how many times you can find that number throughout the day at Disney's California Adventure. For example, if the birthday boy/girl is turning 21, everyone must look for the number '21' throughout Disney's California Adventure. 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.

This one is a lot of fun, but can take some extra prep. Ahead of time, make masks of the birthday boy/girl make from cut-out copies of his/her face with string attached. Sometimes there are rides/attractions that take your picture at a key spot. To prepare for this, everyone puts on their 'mask' as soon as the ride starts. When the photo is taken, the photo is filled with a bunch of faces of the birthday boy/girl!!!

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!

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!

This is a great game to play for a larger group (4+). Ahead of time, prepare a list of fun tasks to do at Disney's California Adventure 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 Disney's California Adventure) 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.

Have the birthday boy/girl wear a funny hat/shirt/outfit so that as they walk around Disney's California Adventure everyone will know it's their birthday. In this way, other visitors at Disney's California Adventure will be able to with them a happy birthday!

Make up shirts for all those going to Disney's California Adventure with the birthday boy/girl that say something fun like "It's Tim's Birthday today!" or "Point and smile at Tim - he's 18 today!"