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August 20, 2016

Easy Pokemon Party Games and Pokemon Party Activities

 

Having one or two Pokemon party games planned to go along with a Pokemon birthday party is almost a requirement! Games for a game-themed party, right?  You can turn almost any game into a Pokemon birthday party game and any activity into a Pokemon party activity with a little creativity!

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Pokemon party games and Pokemon party activity ideas for your Pokemon birthday party!

Case in point…for the Pokemon party that went on at our house (see the Pokemon Birthday Party Ideas post here), we combined crafts, activity sheets and minute-to-win-it type games and called them all “Pokemon Training Activities.” The kids (our Pokemon Trainers) had different stations to complete throughout the party. At the end once they finished all the Pokemon activities, they were given Pokemon Trainer certificates that made them official Pokemon trainers.

The Pokemon Trainer certificates  are an easy add to your party, cost next to nothing, and are really a thrill for your kids.  

Pokemon Party game ideas

From start to finish, here is how we ran our Pokemon party games to give you a few ideas for your own Pokemon birthday bash.

Pikachu-ears

Pikachu Ears Party Craft

Party guests, unfortunately, do not all arrive at once. So while we were waiting for all our friends to get to our Pokemon party, each arrival was set to making themselves a set of Pikachu ears. Big big hit. Most kids wore their Pikachu ears the whole party through. Because I really and truly love my readers, I have a tutorial and free downloadable template to make DIY Pokemon Pikachu ears here. If you don’t use any of the other Pokemon party game ideas, use this one!

Pokemon Pikachu Pizzas

Pikachu Pizza Making

If you’re looking at doing a lunch or dinner time Pokemon party, Pikachu Pizza making is a great time filler! You make this a Pokemon Party activity by giving it a cute Pokemon name…it’s all about the theme. With a little adult help, kids will be thrilled to put sauce, cheese, and pepperoni on their pizzas and eat their yummy creations at the end.

PRO PARTY PLANNING TIP: If you purchase pre-made crusts, it’ll make the pizza-making much easier on you, the host.

Pokemon Party Activity Materials for Pikachu Pizzas:

  • Pre-made pizza crusts (buy them here)
  • Pizza sauce (buy it here)
  • Shredded mozerella
  • Pepperoni (buy it here) 
  • Chopped peppers, mushrooms, spinach, etc. 
Pokemon party game idea: Play a minute to win it balance game with popsicles and dice!

Pokemon party game idea: Play a minute to win it balance game with popsicles and dice!

Pokemon-dice-game

Pokemon Balance Training

As one of our stations, we played this Minute to win it style dice game. Pokemon Trainers need good balance to catch them all! To play this Pokemon party game, the kids put a large Popsicle stick in their mouths to see how many dice they can stack on top without the dice falling over.

Balance Training Pokemon Party Game Materials:

  • Dice (buy here)
  • Popsicle sticks (buy here)

 

Team Rocket Target Practice - Pokemon Party Game

Use a poster of your favorite Pokemon Team Rocket characters for nerf gun target practice for this Pokemon Party Game. A sliding glass door is the perfect place for the Nerf suction cups to stick.

Beat Team Rocket Target Practice

The kids flocked to this Pokemon party game idea. It WAS pretty fun. We printed out a picture of Team Rocket (characters from the Pokemon animated TV show) and taped it to the inside of our sliding glass door. The kids use a suction cup nerf gun (buy it here) to shoot darts at Team Rocket.

Pokemon Party Game Materials for Team Rocket Target Practice:

  • Suction cup nerf gun (buy it here)
  • Frog Prince Paperie Pokemon party printables with Team Rocket Poster

 

Pokemon Team Rocket Target Practice

At our party, Jesse from Team Rocket assisted with the weaponry. It’s a good idea to have a bit of adult supervision on this Pokemon party game. The goal? The Pokemon Trainer with most Nerf gun darts to stick wins!

Also, You need to get yourself a Jesse or James for your party. All you need is a wig (buy it here) and a t-shirt (buy it here) and you have some walking Pokemon party decor and a really fun party host.

Pokemon Party activity idea: fishing for Pokemon

Magnets and Pokemon mini figurines let kids fish for Pokemon in this Pokemon Party activity.

Fishing for Pokemon

This Pokemon Party game idea was basically the classic fishing game with a pole and small objects to pick up that we renamed for our Pokemon Party. Magnets were glued to Pokemon critters in a “pond”.  A dowel rod was tied with a piece of yarn; the yarn had and another magnet on the end to pick up the Pokemon in the pond.

This set up does not have to be complicated–we used a plastic box. Sometimes mom gets tired at the end of party planning and grabs what is available. You can use a bucket, a kiddie pool, or scatter them over the floor or yard like in this fishing game. 

Fishing Pokemon Party Game Materials:

  • Dowel rod
  • Yarn
  • Small magnets (buy them here)
  • Small Pokemon characters (buy them here)
  • Hot glue
  • Kiddie pool (buy it here) or large plastic box (buy it here)
Pokemon Evolve a Pokemon Party game

Keep your Pokemon Trainers busy with a “Make your own Pokemon” Pokemon Party activity.

Pokemon Party Activity: Make Your Own Pokemon 

Kids LOVE craft projects. And the less structure, the more they seem to like it. The idea behind this Pokemon Party activity is that they are “evolving” a Pokemon from the bits of things on the table. Pokemon party games via random craft supplies, y’all.

pokemon making

Provide pom poms, pipe cleaner, googly eyes and other crafty supplies and have the kids make up and name their own Pokemon creatures. They’ll come back with more than one Pokemon to show you!

Evolve a Pokemon Party Activity Materials:

  • Pom poms (buy them here)
  • Googly eyes (buy them here)
  • Pipe cleaners (buy them here)
  • Glue (buy it here)
  • Buttons (buy them here)
  • Beads (buy them here)
  • Or all in one kid craft supply packs (buy one here)

Find the Pokeballs

If you’re into Pokemon Go, this Pokemon Party game is kind of like going on a hunt for Pokeballs to fill up your stash. Or you can describe it as an Easter egg hunt…hide Pokeballs in the yard and have the kids go hunt for them. Have a good idea of how many you start with–four years later we were still finding Pokeballs in the yard! It has potential to be the game to keep on giving. 

Make the Pokeballs by coloring half a ping pong ball (buy them here) or practice plastic golf ball (buy it here) red and ring them around the center with a black magic marker. These don’t have to be perfectly perfect, the kids just have to get the idea. Sadly, the children played this game while I was cooking pizzas so I didn’t get a photo of this activity. But there were squeals from the yard, so I know they loved it!

Find the Pokeballs Pokemon Party Activity Materials:

  • Ping pong balls (buy them here)
  • Practice plastic golf ball (buy it here)
  • Red paint or red marker
  • Black paint or black marker

Pokemon-activity-sheet

Pokemon Activity Sheets

In the middle of all the chaos, you might want them to settle a bit (like when they are waiting for their pizzas or as they arrive to the party).  A Pokemon activity sheet is the perfect way to get all your little trainers to have a bit of quiet time. (You can buy these in my shop individually here or as part of the set here).

Other Pokemon Party Game Ideas

These Pokemon party games suggestions are just a start! You can adapt any minute-to-win-it style game to entertain everyone during your party. Consider it “training” for your Pokemon trainers so they’re in tip top shape when they go out to catch all those Pokemon. Here are a few other Pokemon Party Game ideas you can make into your own Pokemon activity:

  • Balloon stomp game
  • Pin the tail on Pikachu — or a version thereof, like this one available for purchase pre-made
  • Musical chairs to Pokemon theme music “Meowth’s Musical Chairs”
  • Twister with Pikachu – “Treeko Twister” 
  • Water Balloon toss –  “Squirtle Splash”
  • Egg races – “Chancey Egg race”
  • Obstacle course 

 

 

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  1. Sandra Garth says

    September 7, 2016 at 7:28 pm

    This has to be one of the hottest themes out right now and you are giving us all the goods, thank you!

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  2. Emily says

    September 14, 2016 at 6:03 am

    Awesome ideas, thanks! This just made planning my 7-year olds birthday party so much easier!! 🙂

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  3. Jules says

    October 22, 2016 at 4:13 am

    Is there a free printable for the activity page? Thanks!

    Btw, the pics look amazing!

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    • Scott says

      March 10, 2017 at 5:07 pm

      https://www.etsy.com/listing/265886418/pokemon-inspired-printable-activity?ref=market

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  4. Brittney says

    January 2, 2017 at 4:22 pm

    Thank you so much for putting this together and for the amazing pictures. My son is so into Pokémon and I’m in the midst of planning a party this is a lifesaver!

    Reply
  5. Alissa says

    May 15, 2017 at 11:35 am

    What a lovely party! What font is used for the “Training Exercise” signs? It would be perfect for project that I’m working on signs for.

    Reply
  6. Jennifer Cayen says

    October 24, 2017 at 1:23 am

    I absolutely love your ideas. I am wondering if you provide a downloable purchase file for the signage? I have purchased and printed many of your other pokemon images, but having no luck locating the game signage? Also, do you have a place you went to to print off the rocket poster?

    Many thanks for your creative and beautiful ideas.

    Jennifer

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  7. Latife Bechara-Medina says

    July 16, 2018 at 9:00 am

    Thank you very much for sharing all the great activities and wonderful ideas. Our party was a success thanks to you. You were right, the Pokemon ears were a big hit. Thanks for the template.

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    • Paula Biggs says

      September 13, 2018 at 9:18 am

      You are so very welcome!! Always good to hear great feedback 🙂

      Reply
  8. Callie says

    January 13, 2019 at 10:57 pm

    Where did you get the individual pizza crust?

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  9. Olivia Torres says

    April 19, 2019 at 2:28 pm

    Looks incredibly fun! Too bad I ran out of time for my nephew’s party!! Does anyone know where to find quick birthday party games?

    Reply

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