Celebrating A Birthday At Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom?

10 GREAT BIRTHDAY IDEAS

Going to be at Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom for someone's birthday? Celebrate throughout the day with these fun ways to keep the birthday fun going!

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If the birthday boy/girl is going with a larger group (3+ people) have each person take a different time slot to give a small gift or card. In this way you won't have to plan everything - just the making sure that each person has their small gift/card with them ready for the special day at Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom. For the sake of remembering, it's suggested that each person take an hour on the hour time slot (I.e. one person has 1:00, the next person has 2:00, etc.)

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

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

If you'd like to give them a gift for them to open AT Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom, 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 Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom.

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!

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 Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom. Make it seem like a family trip. Arrange to meet his/her friend(s) AT Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom. It will feel like an added gift to see their friend(s) there when he/she wasn't expecting it!

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

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.

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

Wrap a single gift many times, preferably with different colors/types of wrapping paper and containers (though not necessary.) Give the birthday boy/girl the gift at the beginning of the day and tell them that they can unwrap ONE layer in each line that they wait in. Don't tell them how many layers there are - let them wonder if each layer will be their last! If you don't plan on going on many rides/attractions, you can also have them unwrap one layer every hour.