Celebrating
A Birthday At The Oaks Amusement Park?
10
GREAT BIRTHDAY IDEAS
Going to be
at The Oaks 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 Oaks Amusement Park Adventure Challenge
- Watch the video below for details!
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.
Plan
a fun scavenger hunt throughout the day at The Oaks 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 The Oaks 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!
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)
If you'd like
to give them a gift for them to open AT The Oaks Amusement 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 The Oaks Amusement Park.
Make a game
out of their actual age number - see how many times you can find
that number throughout the day at The Oaks Amusement Park. For example, if the birthday
boy/girl is turning 21, everyone must look for the number '21' throughout
The Oaks 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.
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!
Bring a bunch
of small cake candles with you to The Oaks 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!
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 The Oaks Amusement Park. Make it seem like a family trip. Arrange to meet his/her
friend(s) AT The Oaks Amusement Park. It will feel like an added gift to see their
friend(s) there when he/she wasn't expecting it!
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.
Before you even
leave for your day at The Oaks Amusement Park, decorate the INSIDE of your car with
streamers and balloons (of course, being sure to not obstruct the
view of the driver.) This will get the excitement going for the
day ahead before you even get there!