Going to be
at Silverwood Theme 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 Silverwood Theme Park Adventure Challenge
- Watch the video below for details!
Make up shirts
for all those going to Silverwood Theme Park 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!"
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 Silverwood Theme Park. 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.)
Plan
a fun scavenger hunt throughout the day at Silverwood Theme
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 Silverwood Theme Park - 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 Silverwood Theme Park, 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 Silverwood Theme Park.
At one point,
buy a helium balloon at Silverwood Theme 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'!
Make a game
out of their actual age number - see how many times you can find
that number throughout the day at Silverwood Theme Park. For example, if the birthday
boy/girl is turning 21, everyone must look for the number '21' throughout
Silverwood Theme 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.
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!
Have the birthday
boy/girl wear a funny hat/shirt/outfit so that as they walk around
Silverwood Theme Park everyone will know it's their birthday. In this way, other
visitors at Silverwood Theme Park will be able to with them a happy birthday!
Bring a bunch
of small cake candles with you to Silverwood Theme 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 Silverwood Theme 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 Silverwood Theme 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.