Coronation street party ideas for kids

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We're having a street party for the coronation. I've been asked to organise things to keep the children entertained. We live in a close so they'll be fairly well 'trapped'. The plan is we'll all be out on the road with tables, food and drinks.
The older kids will entertain themselves but it might be nice to organise some things for the younger ones. Has anyone got any good ideas?

How young are the young ones?

Assuming school age, how about pin / stick the crown on the king game?

Or a craft of some kind, such as colouring flags or decorating crowns?

You've left it until a week beforehand to plan it? Our village has had events planned since new year!

Events include Coronation Eye Spy (various houses will have a Coronation themed picture in their window to tick off on a list stating the house name it was seen at (all houses here are names not numbers))

Kiddie disco in the evening

The kids range from age from about 3 to teenagers.

Just to be clear, it's not a whole village party, is a street party of about 10 houses. A disco isn't what we're after. More along the lines of skittles and swing ball...

Love the idea of a craft table

You were planning at New Year?! How behind the curve. Our village was planning events the day after the Queen died.

Definitely a craft table including decorating a crown, making flags and paper chains is always popular no matter the age of the kids.

You could also have a pinata and treasure hunt (hide 20 items in the gardens and give children a sheet of A4 with the pictures on, the older ones can help he littles).

Cake or biscuits decorating
Tin can bowling
Baker ross have free download activities as do some other sites.
Face painting

I read that’s as a coronation street (soap) themed party for kids and wondered what sort of children are having a soap theme for a party. Kids had frozen and Princess parties when mine were little 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 I’m sorry, I’m going to bed now! Great ideas btw lol

Maybe a treasure hunt to work together on or find the crowns around the close for the little ones?

You were planning the day after the queen died? Our village has been planning since the day King Charles was born.

That properly made me chuckle.

Also wanted to add don't overlook and forget the classics

Egg and spoon race (could balance something else more befitting the occasion)
Wheelbarrow race
Sack races
Dress the king (2 willing kings and 2 teams. Each team is given an assortment of items and they have to ask the observing adults to help find the items with which they then dress the king e.g a bag, a tie, some lipstick, a blue hat etc)
3 Legged race
Obstacle course
Relay races

A hide and seek game of some sort? Hide a 'crown' somewhere, maybe set clues for them to run around finding it.

Give them a pot of chalks and let them all draw on the pavement?

If desperate could you all chip in and hire an entertainer/magician/puppeteer for an hour?

What I mean @ManchesterRoad is the day after the queen mother died. Obviously🙄

Only fools would leave it later than that to plan such an event.

There are lots of free craft printables, so you could have a full craft table of stuff to do

Add crayons, pencils or washable felt tips

https://www.thepurplepumpkinblog.co.uk/free-kings-coronation-printable-decorations-and-bunting-flags/

colour in your own bunting here

Queen mother.

pah,

we’ve been planning since the first Queen Elizabeth obviously 😆

Pin the glasses on the Deirdre Barlow?

Me too 🤣🤣🤣

Yawn

Only since then? Local church started planning in 1558 after the beacon lighting for the victory over the Spanish Armada.

Pavement chalk was really simple but v popular at our jubilee one