non-competitive party games for 6 year olds?

[geekgrrl]

It's my dd1's sixth b'day party soon. She doesn't want to play traditional party games like musical chairs etc. because she never wins (she really doesn't, bless her).
She's usually very good about it at other people's parties - when I pick her up I always get told what a gracious loser she is, poor thing.

Anyway, as it's her birthday I think I should go with what she wants, so could someone please suggest things to do with 8 six year olds (boys and girls) that don't involve too much competition?
The party's from 11-1, at home.

The party games mine like are
Bingo - small prize for a line, slightly better prize for full house and everyone has an equal chance.
Sweet hunt - hide sweets in the garden but when they have found one they have to come and sit on the mat until everyone else has found one and then all set off again or hide one item for everyone and put their name on it and they can only bring their own item back.

Pass the parcel although traditional can be made so everyone wins a prize if you wrap a little present in each layer then monitor when you turn music off so each child gets a chance to unwrap.

eating sweets without using oyu rhands form a plate if icing sugar
roll a dice ans when it gets to 6 or whatever then that person tries

Loads of ideashere haven't looked to see if they are competitive.

Dancing or drawing or other craft activities where everyone gets a small prize (most original dance, best pink drawing etc)???

we used to do somethign like fishy meantioned. Cept it was eatign chocolate wiht glvoes on and a knife and fork. Used to be hilarious.

I gave each child a sweet when they were out of a game at ds' 5th birthday.

We also do a treasure hunt and make it clear to the children that all treasure will be shared out and put into party bags for home time(usually hide choc coins)

Dancing, give prizes to best dancer(the choice is yours)

TBH I usually fix all my party games to make sure that everything wins something

Cake decorating, bowls of coloured icing, selection of sweets to go on top.

Craft, make musical instruments such as shakers(kitchen roll tubes, elastic bands, circles of paper, lentils to fill)

Hide and seek, let them rampage through your house

Good luck

thanks, great suggestions. I'm nervous, this is the first 'proper' party we're doing ourselves.

Kelly, we used to do that too - with oven mitts and the chocolate was wrapped in packing paper & string.

bump for this new ideas needd for dss paprty now#

am htinking of poor piggy

Non-competitive? We're used to being a family of losers.

I've done a witch's cauldron thing which is like a feely bag (pot) and the kids take turns to guess the spell ingredient (peeled grape for eyeball, almonds for finger nails etc etc) - if you;ve not got loads of kids.

Mummy game always goes down well and as they're in pairs might not mind so much if they can share their loserdom sadness. (The wrapping up in toilet roll one).

Just remembered another good party game - a balloon pop.

Depends if you have an extra spare room - we set it up in the garage. Blow up loads of balloons and tell the kids there's a magic ticket in two of them and they've to find them. STand well back and take the small senstive children with you because they will hate it. Give no implements for bursting - limbs and digits onlt. Very noisy.

Either those finding ticket are winners or put clues on the tickets and they hunt for prize.

How about non-competive musical chairs

The aim is to get all the kids to fit onto less and less chairs (by sitting on laps etc). In the end they tend to fall in a heap on the floor laughing.

You can still give prizes by giving something to each child dependent on how few chairs they all managed to sit on.

Eg a sticker for each child if they all manage to sit on 5 chairs, a small toy if they all sit on 4 chairs etc.

The kids co-operate with each other as it is in everyone's interest to help each other fit on the chairs, nobody loses and they all get a prize.

Here's a link with some non-competitive games in it

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t-shirt decorating, or biscuit/bun decorating. Very rarely have done competitive party games at any age, it's too upsetting to see lo's trying to be brave about losing at a party.

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