Printable Birthday Party Games by Age
How to choose trivia, a word search, or bingo for a children’s, teen, adult, or family birthday without inventing facts about the guest of honour.
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A birthday game should be playable by the people in the room. It should also be honest about what it knows. If you did not type a fact about the guest of honour, the sheet should not pretend that it did.
Children
Keep the words short and the list short. Six questions is enough. Read them aloud if some guests are still learning to read. Do not put a home address, a school, or a photograph on a sheet that will be left on a table.
If you do not know a set of personal questions, use a generic set and tell the room that the questions are general. A generic question about the days of the week is fine. A made-up story about the child is not.
Teens and adults
Personal trivia works when the guest of honour, or someone who knows them, writes both the question and the answer. Check the spelling before you print. A word search can use the same names and places, as long as each word is one you meant to include.
Bingo for a birthday can use party words such as cake and candles. Say so. Those squares are about the room, not a biography.
Family tables
Use the easier set if children and adults are sharing a sheet. Print the answer page for the host and leave it off the table. Print at 100 percent, and bring a pen for each person.
