THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE 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. Pin the number on Thomas
Each player takes it in turns to be blindfolded and is given a number with his/her name on it. With lots of encouragement from the other players the blindfolded player locates the train and places the number on the picture. Leave all the numbers on the picture until everyone has has their turn. The winner is the person who gets closest to the correct place.
2. Thomas says
An adult or the birthday child is Thomas at first. Thomas faces the rest of the group, who stand where they can see Thomas well. Thomas gives commands for the children to follow such as "Thomas says...Clap your hands" or "Thomas says...Kick your feet". The children are to obey only those commands that begin with the words "Thomas says". If the command does not begin with these words (for example "Jump up and down") the players should ignore it. Anyone who does it is out.
3. Choo, Choo, Train
Get all the children to sit in a circle. Choose one child to be "it". This child should then walk around the circle tapping the other children on the shoulder or head saying either "Choo" or "Train". If the child taps someone and says "Train" the child that has been tapped must get up and chase the child that is "it". If the child who is "it" gets the whole way round the circle and sits in the other space without being caught, the child who is Train then becomes "it".
4. Follow Thomas
Get the children to follow a leader (maybe start with an adult to get the ball rolling). The children have to follow whatever the leader does as they move around. Suggestions: hopping, hands on head, jumping, running, skipping, silly walks, turning round, waving arms, being an animal, being a posh person etc.
5. Hot Train
Get all the children to sit in a circle. Pass a toy Thomas the Tank Engine around the circle to the music. When the music stops whoever is holding Thomas is out. The person left at the end is the winner.
6. Red Light, Green Light
One person is chosen to be the station master. They stand at one end of the room or garden facing the wall or fence. All the other players are trains and line up at the other end of the garden. When the station master says "Green Light" all the trains need to start moving towards the station master. At any time the station master can say "Red Light" and turn around. If he catches anyone moving they are out. Play resumes when the station master turns back to the wall and says "Green Light". The station master wins if all the trains are out before anyone touches him. If one of the trains touches the station master before being caught then the train wins and becomes the station controller in the next game.
7. Bean Bag Toss
Have several shoeboxes painted blue to depict Thomas's carriages. Get the children to try and throw bean bags into the carriages from a stationary point (the same place for each child although leeway maybe given for smaller kids). Award different prizes for different carriages.
8. Musical carriages
Arrange chairs in two lines back to back (make sure you have one chair for each child playing). When the music starts the children must walk around the chairs. When the music stops the children must sit on a chair. Start the music again and get the children to walk around. Remove one chair. Stop the music and the child left without a chair is out. Continue removing chairs until one chair remains. The winner is the child sitting in the last chair.
9. Pass the Coal
For this game you will need two children's buckets filled with balls of newspaper or black paper (coal). Put the children into two equal lines side by side and give the child at the front the bucket. On your mark, the child at the front needs to pass the bucket over his head to the next child who then passes it between his legs to the person behind who passes it over his head and so on. This continues until it gets to the person at the end of the line, who then races to the front and starts the process again. If any of the coal spills, the bucket has to go back to the start of the line. When all of the children in the line have had a turn of being at the front of the line, the entire train sits down. The first team to sit wins.
10. Coal hunt
Hide black rocks (coal) throughout the party area. Explain to the children that Thomas has lost the coal he needs to start his engine, and we need to find it so Thomas can get to the party or collect his passengers. Get the children to search for the coal. The child who finds the most gets a prize.
Prizes - If you want to give away some prizes for your Thomas the Tank Engine party you should be able to find some Thomas related bubbles, or Stickers, something that the kids will be able to do at home.
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IN SUMMARY
As you can see hosting a Thomas the Tank Engine party can be much easier than you’d think. We hope you found our list of Thomas the Tank Engine Party Tips and Game suggestions useful for hosting your birthday celebration.
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