Hockey Birthday Party Ideas
That Will Have You Clearing The Puck In No Time!

If you've decided to have a hockey theme party, then you've come to the right place. There's no need to wrack your brain trying to figure out what to do, as we've got lots of great hockey party ideas from which you choose. Everything is suitable for a hockey birthday, celebrating a team win, or hosting a World Cup party for all your hockey-lovin' fans.

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HOCKEY BIRTHDAY PARTY INVITATIONS

TRADING CARD INVITES - Take a picture of your child in their hockey gear and download it onto a piece of card stock. Put all the party details on the reverse side and laminate the invite.

JERSEY SHAPED INVITES - Cut out the shape of a jersey from a piece of card stock. Put the age of the birthday recipient on the front and the party details on the back. You can also decorate the jersey in your favorite team colors for added fun.

HOCKEY PUCK INVITES - Type out the party particulars on a piece of decorative scrapbook paper. Cut the edges using decorative scissors. Laminate and hole punch the upper left-hand corner and attach to a hockey puck.

3-D HOCKEY STICK INVITES - Download a picture of your favorite hockey player or use your child dressed in his hockey gear. Be sure the picture has a hockey stick in his hand. Write all the party particulars on the inside or reverse side and glue a bendable straw on top of the hockey stick in the picture.

HOCKEY TICKET INVITES - Cut out a rectangle shape from card stock and decorate it to resemble an admission ticket. You can add a small hockey logo in one corner and say things like, Admit One, Seat Number, and add a barcode. Put the party details on the reverse side.


HOCKEY BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS FOR HOCKEY COSTUMES

Invite your guests to all wear their favorite team jersey or their own team uniform. If you are going to include a game of hockey, be sure to tell everyone to bring their gear.


HOCKEY BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS FOR HOCKEY DECORATIONS

You can use your favorite team's colors or go with those colors that are contained in your party ware when decorating for your hockey birthday party.

• Tie a bouquet of balloons to your mailbox to alert your hockey party guests of the location of your shindig.

• Create hockey sticks out of yard stakes. Glue or staple a small piece to the bottom of the stake to make the face portion of the hockey stick. Attach a "puck" to each stake that has been made out of black poster board. Insert the sticks at an angle to line your walkway.

• Accent portions of the room with large bouquets of balloons that also contain some Hockey Mylar's.

• Hang some hockey jerseys on the party room walls.

• Hang posters of hockey players on the walls to liven them up and zero in on your theme.

• Decorate door and window frames with twisted streamers.

• Make hockey pucks out of poster board and hang them at various lengths from the ceiling using fishing line.

• Twist streamers around the perimeter of the room or go all out and cover the entire ceiling with an array of team colored streamers.

• Fill the ceiling with balloons in your favorite team's colors.

• Download hockey team logos and hang them on the walls or create ceiling danglers out of them.

• Hang a hockey birthday banner over the cake or gift tables and/or garage door.

HOCKEY BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS FOR TABLE HOCKEY DECORATIONS

• Create a centerpiece in a trophy and attach a bouquet of balloons to it.

• Decorate the table using a theme table cover, party ware and centerpiece.

• Make some hockey theme placemats by laminating pictures of hockey players, or use some actual hockey pennants that can later be given as party favors, or make some pennants out of felt.

• Cover the table with butcher paper and draw on a playing field or use painter's tape to create it.

• Toss some confetti onto the table top or even the floor if you're willing to clean up tiny pieces of paper.

• Tie small bouquets of balloons to the backs of the chairs or hang hockey pennants off of them instead.

• Serve munchies in face masks lined with a hockey printed piece of fabric.

HOCKEY GAME - If you're hosting the party at a place where you can play field hockey or you've reserved an ice hockey rink, then by all means incorporate a shortened version of either game into your activities.

AIR HOCKEY -If you have access to an air hockey table, this would be a great add-on to the party for guests to do while visiting with one another.

HOCKEY OBSTACLE COURSE - Set up an obstacle course and time each guest while they hit a ball with a hockey stick through the course. Whoever has the best time without hitting any of the obstacles shall be the winner. For younger guests, you can just deduct points for any hits on the various obstacles.

If you want to turn this into a competitive relay, create two identical obstacle courses, split your guests into two teams and have the teams compete to get all their teammates through the course first.

H.O.R.S.E. - This is a popular basketball game that can easily be adapted to hockey. Everyone needs to line up or draw numbers to order the shooters.

The first person selects a spot on the ice or field and takes a shot. If the puck goes into the goal, the next person in line has to mimic the shot from the same location. A miss earns an "H".

The next player tries to duplicate the 1st person's shot and the game continues like this until everyone has taken a shot. Every person who misses gets an "H".

Now we're back to the 1st shooter. That person starts the process again, but this time she or he misses and also gets an "H" as a result of the miss. Now the next person in line gets to designate the shot and location.

If that person's shot is good, then everyone will strive to duplicate that one. If the shot is missed, an "H" is earned and the 3rd person in line takes the helm.

The game continues in this fashion until one person remains in the game. Each time a person blows a shot they earn a letter and once "HORSE" is spelled out by someone they are out of the game.

HOCKEY BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS FOR HOCKEY CONTESTS

HOCKEY BALL CONTEST - Set up a bucket and have everyone try to hit a ball into the bucket using a hockey stick. They can all try doing so from various distances like 25, 35 and 45 feet. Each distance earns progressively more points.

HOCKEY GOALIE CONTEST #1 - In full goalie gear, have your guests take turns trying to block the balls from getting a goal. Whoever blocks the most balls is the winner.

HOCKEY GOALIE CONTEST #2 - Have everyone try to make goals while blindfolded. Whoever makes the most consecutive goals is the winner. Depending upon the age and skill of the players, you can alter this game a bit to involve a longer distance, perhaps have them do it while blindfolded or spin them around first and then have them hit the ball.

PUCK PASSING CONTEST - Have all your guests pair up and pass a buck back and forth to their partner while traveling to the finish line. Time everyone and whichever team has the best time shall be the winners.

CLASSIC PARTY GAMES WITH A HOCKEY TWIST

For younger party-goers you might want to incorporate some tried and true party games and give them a little hockey twist to stay on theme. Here are a few options to get you started:

PIN THE PUCK ON THE GOALIE - Hang a poster of a goalie on the wall and mark the place to be pinned with a big red "X". Cut out pucks from black construction paper and have your guests try to pin their puck to the goalie using double-stick tape.

HOT PUCK - This game will be played like Hot Potato except you will use a plastic hockey puck. Have everyone sit in a circle and start passing the puck around the circle while music plays. When the music stops, whoever is holding the puck is out of the game.

SPOON AND PUCK RELAY - This game is played like the Egg and the Spoon. Divide your guests into teams and give each team a spoon and a plastic puck. The kids will run/walk their way across the yard and back to their team mates while balancing a puck on a spoon. If they drop it, they must start over. Whichever team gets through all their players first are the winners.


HOCKEY BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS FOR PARTY FOOD

For the most part you will probably want to opt for concession type food, which will keep things pretty simple. However, you might also want to add a few theme items too. Here are a few ideas to consider:

• Puck burgers (Hamburgers)
• Hot dogs
• Nachos
• Pizza
• Walking taco
• French fries
• Snow cones
• Soft breadsticks shaped like hockey sticks
• Brownies shaped like hockey pucks
• PowerAde
• Gatorade

HOCKEY SHEET CAKE #1 - If you would like to make the cake, but don't have time to do a lot of decorating, then opt to make or buy a sheet cake and top it off with a hockey themed edible image. It will look like it was professionally created.

HOCKEY SHEET CAKE #2 - Another easy cake option would be to make or buy a sheet cake and create a fun hockey scene on top with platic figurines or just top it off with a hockey themed cake topper.

HOCKEY PUCK/JERSEY CAKE - Make a round cake and frost the sides black. Frost the top white. Cut a jersey shape out of fondant that is in your favorite team color. Lay it on top of the cake and decorate it with the age and name of the birthday person.

HOCKEY THEME CAKE - Make or buy a sheet cake and frost it in one of your team colors. Pipe out white lines across the top to create the look of a hockey net. Make the puck and hockey stick out of fondant and lay on top of the net. Add a birthday message.

HOCKEY CUPCAKES - Make or buy cupcakes and top them off with a mini hockey stick and puck fashioned out of fondant.


HOCKEY BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS FOR HOCKEY PARTY FAVORS

If you would like to send your guests home with a little favor or two, here are some options to consider. Just be sure they all have a touch of hockey so you stay with your theme.

• Inflatable hockey stick
• Trading cards
• Team zipper pull
• Notepad and hockey stick pencil
• Whistle
• Hockey puck stress ball
• Hockey stickers
• Sports bottle
• Hockey pennant
• Ding Dongs and Oreos (hockey pucks)

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