Activities & Games

Piñatas are a fun activity for any party. Your Knights will love slaying a dragon pinata. Conquer this beast and be showered with lots of goodies!

Dragon Hunt
This castle version of a classic egg hunt is a kingdom-wide search for dragon eggs as opposed to Easter eggs. Make a proclamation stating that the King has asked all his subjects to help...a new batch of fire-breathing dragons is about to hatch in the magical kingdom! Use plastic eggs, and for each egg found, reward the children with one golden chocolate coin or wrapped piece of candy. This game is a perfect lead in for the next game.

Moat Mayhem!
A traditional tug-of-war with a castle twist...divide the children into two teams. Use dark blue Water Gossamer to create a realistic illusion of water. Add a few plastic snakes and stuffed or plastic alligators, and yell GO!

Knights, Horses and Cavaliers (active/circle)
This game is similar to musical chairs in that when the rhythm stops an action must be performed. In this game 2 equal circles are formed, with one inside the other. The people of the inside circle will pair up with someone on the outside circle and remain with that partner for the rest of the game. The inside circle will walk clockwise clapping their hands and the outside circle, also clapping, will walk in the opposite direction. When the leader calls out Horses, the individuals stop clapping and run to find their partner. Once together, one partner will go on all fours, like a horse, and the other partner will straddle their back. The last partner group to form that position will be asked to act out a simple situation of their choice that makes use of a rider and a horse. Once this game continues in the same fashion as before. If Knights is called, one partner will sit on the other partner's knee. The partner therefore has one knee up to be sat on and the other on the ground for support. If Cavaliers is called, then one of the partners will lift their partner up into their arms. However, one leg lifted by their partner is allowed.

Knights of the Round Table (active/circle)
Equipment: hula hoop and inexpensive Sword. The players should be in a circle with one knight in the center with the sword. The knight tries to touch a person in the circle with the sword, run to the middle, put the sword on the table ( hula hoop) and get to their spot in the circle without being touched by the sword. The person touched has to chase the knight, get the sword from the table and touch them with it before they get to the spot or they are the new knight. If for some reason the sword does not land on the table, the rest of the players must yell, "THE SWORD IS NOT ON THE TABLE!" This means the play is cancelled and the knight must try again

Food & Cake Ideas

Food:

• "Dragon Dogs" hot dogs (serve with the new green ketchup!), etc.
• Turkey or Chicken Drumsticks
• Label foods. Come up with creative names related to the theme. Label diamond shaped J-ello™ Jigglers as the "Crown Jewels"; punch as "Palace Potion".
• Serve food on gold or silver platters. If you are using plastic metallic trays, glue a few faux jewels to the outside edge.
• Garnish food with edible loose-leaf gold, and add a sprinkling of tiny edible gold balls to each child's serving of ice cream.
• Serve dry snacks (chips, pretzels, Cheese Puffs).
• As the excitement is so high at most children's birthday parties, most children under the age of 10 or 11 will eat very little, and the waste can be disheartening. Schedule your party during a time when parents will not expect that their children will eat a meal…and serve only cake, ice cream, and a few other munchies.

Cakes

The castle cake works will for a Knights party, I have used this cake and placed Dragon Figures next to the draw bridge. Just use masculine colors when icing the cake. It is really cute.

Castle Cake Recipe

 

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