4th birthday and autism

[starsparkle08]

my son is 4 this year and ive booked exclusive use for 2hours at the local soft play for him and some of his friends also with special needs.
As far as games go im not sure they will manage the pass the parcel. Would be nice for there to be maybe one game? or is this more me thinking there should be a game to conform to the norm?
they will have 2 hours there during which they will also have food , then the cake .
Really want to make it nice for him any other ideas?

I was thinking perhaps a pull pinata ? has anyone used one of these before . sounds silly but what would you attach it too?

[Hitmonlee]

I've got an autistic DS who's 9. Tbh games can be a nightmare if they haven't done work on turn taking etc. they also all want to win.

The best party we had was this year no games at all we went riding then food then they all played in the soft play mostly alone sometimes together.

I'm a real organiser and find it hard to reign things in but the lack of games and organised 'fun' really made a difference in terms of meltdowns and he had a ball declaring it the best party ever!!

[babybouncer]

I don't know about special needs, but my DS has been to soft play parties half a dozen times and there have never been party games - just running around the place and then food and sometimes a bit of a dancing competition at the end (which they pretty much all win at).