SCOOBY DOO PARTY GAMES
To keep a party going, it’s always advisable to have a numerous supply of activities planned as the playing time of each game often far exceeds the time spent in planning them.
Keep the children busy - here are 10 of our favourites….
1. Scooby's Snack Search
Scooby's favorite food is missing. Can you help him hunt down his biscuits before snack time? Depending on the age of the children, hide bone shaped dog biscuits (or chocolate) throughout the house / party area, in easy or harder to find locations. Give your searchers a sack to put their biscuits in and let them loose to collect as many as they can find. The winning child/team receives a prize for collecting the most biscuits within an allotted time period.
2. Mummy Relay
Divide the children into teams. Each team picks "the mummy" and receives one or two rolls of toilet paper. The object of the game is to be the first team to completely wrap "the Mummy" with their rolls of toilet paper. If you are entertaining younger children, select an adult to be the mummy and the kids can wrap him/her up together without playing as teams.
3. Scooby Snack Drop You'll need a large jar or biscuit barrel, dog biscuits and a chair (optional). The object of the game is to drop the biscuits into the jar while standing straight up and maybe even on a chair. It takes a steady hand! Give each child 3-5 biscuits to extend the play. Everyone gets a small reward for trying!
4. Torchlight Tag (Older Kids) To play you'll need a very strong torch. Play this game in a dark house at night or in a safe place outdoors when it’s dark. A park is an ideal game location. Find a place to be base. Choose one player to be “IT”. The person who is “IT” waits at the base and counts while the other players hide. Hiders move around during the game. “IT” searches for the hidden players with the torch. Meanwhile, players try to run to the base without getting caught. Players are tagged if “IT” spots them with the torch and calls out a player’s name. Each tagged player is sent to the base to wait until the very last player is caught. The last person tagged is “IT” for the next game and wins a prize. Set a time limit for the game, if no one is tagged during that time frame, switch the person who is “IT”.
Variation: You can play a simpler version with young children by having the children "catch" the light while you shine it around a backyard or party room.
5. Scooby Plays Four Corners Four corners is a party game that can be played both indoors or outdoors although if you are playing outdoors you may need to be a little flexible as to what constitutes a corner. The more people you have for this game the better (more than ten, preferably). Find a room with four corners, and either number them one to four, or label them Fred, Velma, Daphne and Shaggy. Everyone has to know what corner is what number/label. Pick one child to be “it”, blindfold them, and then get everyone else to run to a corner. The child who is “it” calls out a number from one to four or name of a corner. The people in that corner are all out. Everyone then runs to another corner, or stays in the same one. The game goes on until there is only one person left. The more running around the better!
6. Scooby Goes Bump in the Night This game is based on Musical Bumps. Start by cutting a small hole into the bottom of a medium sized cardboard box. Pack the box full with shredded paper (paper from an office shredder will work well!) and add a mixture of small prizes. Play the game of Musical Bumps by playing music and allowing the children to dance around. Intermittently stop the music, and watch as the children drop to the floor with a bump. The last one to fall to the floor is out, but in this game we allow them to choose a small prize – from the box! Without being noticed, slip your hand into the hole at the bottom of the box. Not only will they get a reward, they’ll also be in for a BIG spooky surprise! To keep the mystery alive, whisper to the child concerned not to divulge the secret within the box. Repeat the game until the winner is left standing.
7. Shaggy & Scooby's Chinese Whispers Seat your guests in a circle. The birthday child thinks of a message that he thinks Scooby would want to send to his owner. (e.g. Mysterious Mystery Machine!) He then whispers it to the person on his right and the message travels all the way around the circle. The person on the birthday child's left then tells the message out loud. Then the birthday child tells their message out loud. Expect the unexpected when you learn the original vs. the final mixed-up message! Try again with another player starting a new message and continue until your guests are ready for a new activity.
8. Scooby’s Jelly Eatin’ Contest Make one bowl of Jelly for each child (plus a few extra). Line the bowls along the ground; it’s always a good idea to place a tablecloth or other mess protection down for easy clean up. Put a cartoon characters name (e.g. Fred, Velma, Shaggy, Scooby, and Daphne) on each bowl, it’ll make calling the race more fun. Each player places their hands on the ground beside their bowl and must keep them there throughout the game. When the command is given to start, all the contestants begin eating their Jelly. The first one to completely clean their bowl wins!
9. Dog-Gone Fun Relay
Before the party, draw Scooby’s face on several balloons or use printed Scooby Metallic Latex Balloons. Have the children stand in 2 single file lines, facing the same direction. Place a balloon between the knees of the first child in each line. When the race starts the child turns to face the next person in line, the second child must grasp the balloon with his or her knees (no hands allowed) and turn to pass it on to the third person and so on. If the balloon falls to the ground the team must start over. The first team to successfully pass the balloon down the line wins.
10. Dog Biscuit Relay Arrange your guests into two teams and run a traditional relay race using dog biscuits on teaspoons. Add a twist by getting the children to dress up in hat, scarf and mittens halfway down the course.
Don’t forget that many traditional games can also be adapted. For example:
Scooby Says – Simon Says Shaggy, Shaggy, Scooby – Duck, Duck, Goose
Pin the tyre on the Mystery Machine, Tail on Scooby or Hamburger on Shaggy
Prizes - If you want to give away some prizes for your Scooby Doo party you should be able to find some Scooby Doo colouring sets, or Stickers, something that the kids will be able to do while home.
IN SUMMARY
As you can see hosting a Scooby Doo party can be much easier than you’d think. We hope you found our list of Scooby Doo Party Tips and Game suggestions useful for hosting your birthday celebration.
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