Airplane Games That Will Take You To New Heights!

PRINTABLE GAMES - Here's a great site for some fun Print & Play Birthday Party Games that would be a perfect party game add-on:

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Create a fun-filled airplane theme party and you'll have all your co-pilots flying high into the sky! Here's some airplane games for you to consider:

Pair up your guests. Blindfold one person (pilot) and place them at the starting line. Their partner (air traffic controller) will select a place to stand, near the runway, in order to direct their pilot which way they need to go. Once they decide upon a location, they won't be allowed to move.

Cover the runway with various soft, non-breakable toys, which will represent "air traffic." On "Go," the air traffic controller will instruct the pilot how to proceed to the finish line in order to avoid the "air traffic" by telling their partner, e.g., move to your left there is an "airplane" in front of you. If the pilot crashes into an "airplane," then that pair is out of the game. Keep track of the time that each team reaches the finish line. Whichever team doesn't crash into a "plane" and has the best time, shall be the winner.

PAPER AIRPLANE CONTEST - Have each of your guests make a paper airplane suitable for flying. Here's a great website to give you several options for Airplane Folding. Then have various flight contests with the paper airplanes. For example, highest or lowest, slowest or fastest, furthest, hit the target, most flips, best crash, etc.

AIRPLANE GAMES - HOT PLANE - This game is played like Hot Potato except you use a toy airplane. Have all the kids sit in a circle and have the birthday child start with the airplane. Turn the music on and have everyone pass the airplane to the child on their right. The play continues until the music stops and whoever is left holding the airplane is out. Repeat until only one child remains and he/she shall be the winner.

BALANCING CUPS #1 - Divide the kids into two teams and give each team a tray and two cups. On "Go," the first kid from each team heads for the finish line while insuring their cups do not fall off the tray. when they reach the finish line, they must return to their teammates and handoff the tray to the next person in line and add one cup to the tray. Cups may not be inserted into another cup. They all must stand on their own. The play continues until they get through all of their teammates and use up all of their cups. Give each team 12 cups.

BALANCING CUPS #2 - Divde the kids into two teams and give each team a cup filled with water. On "Go," the first kid from each team heads for the finish line while insuring their water does nt fall out of the cup. when they reach the finish line, they must return to their teammates and handoff the cup of water to the next person in line. the play continues until one team gets through all of their teammates first AND has the most water remaining in their cup. If one team finishes before the other team, but has less water, they will lose.

AIRPLANE GAMES - PACK YOUR BAGS - Divide the kids into two teams and give each team a zippered bag and a pile of clothes. On "Go," the first kid from each team will pack their bag, zip it up, walk/run with their bag back to the finish line and then walk/run back to their teammates, and unpack their bag. The next person in line will repeat the above. Play continues until one team gets through all of their teammates first.

FLY AROUND THE WORLD - Place a large world map on a wall. Give everyone a small folded paper airplane. Call out the name of a country and each child will try to fly their plane into that country. Whoever hits the destination first wins.

AIRPLANE GAMES - PASS THE BLACK BOX - Create a black box by covering a shoebox with black paper. This game is played like Pass the Parcel. All the kids sit in a circle and as the music plays, they will pass the black box to the child on their right. when the music stops, whoever is left holding the black box wins a prize.

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