Pokemon Party Details

 Games

Kiss the Pikachu Great game. Put lipstick on the kids and make them kiss the Pikachu. Use blue lipstick for the color and a blindfold, the person closest to the cheek won a prize.

"Hot Pokeball" Do a version of "hot potato" where the children pass around a Pokéball to the tune of some Pokémon t.v. music.

"Charmander, Charmander, JIGGLYPUFF" Duck, duck goose will be easily adaptable using "Charmander, Charmander,Charmander, JIGGLYPUFF!"

Scavenger Hunt For a memorable event, prepare a scavenger hunt, slanting the clues to be compatible with the show/game. This could be a team activity where there are Pokémon Packs hidden in different places,
possibly each with one child's name on it. Or various little balls and inexpensive trinkets can be hidden in a sand box and all the kids can go at it at once.

 Pokemon trivia contest If all the guests are really familiar with the concept, have a Pokemon
trivia contest. Here's a link to a site with some possible questions: http://members.xoom.com/pds64/pokemontriviaindex.htm
Pokemon 20 questions To make the game easier for littler ones, it could be a form of 20 Questions where the kids are allowed to ask for clues to the answers.

Who am I??? Each guest will choose, without looking, a piece of paper indicating a well-known Pokemon character. The paper will be stuck onto their birthday hat (or their back). The idea is they won't know who they are but everyone else will. If you have some pre-readers in the group you may have to include pictures or drawings. The rest is a take-off on 20 questions. As the guests circulate they can ask someone one yes or no question about their character and the other guest will respond and then ask a question about their character. Then they have to move on to another person. The idea is to guess which character they are. A tie-in activity might be to have them draw a picture of their character or do one of the arts and crafts projects of their character. Another tie-in would be to have a talented artist paint the image on the child's face once the identity has been guessed.  

Pokemon puzzle Enjoy solving a crossword puzzle filled with Pokemon clues.

Bingo Pokemon Creat Pokemon bingo cards using Microsoft Word. You inserted a table (4
rows by 4 columns) and in each square and enter a picture W/name caption of a pokemon. Of course I changed the Pokemons and the order on each of the cards and printed them on card stock. When the game is played draw a picture (black & white) of the pokemons listed on the cards and show it to the children. (If some of them are just beginning to read) They will match them to the cards. You can use small star stickers ($1.00 for 70 at Walmart)

Decorate poke-cookies For activities, I always suggest decorating cookies. If you get some good
decorating paste (food color) the kids could go wild creating Pokémon cookies.

Home made Pokemon cards Another activity is to distribute blank index cards, cut to Pokémon
card size, and have the kids draw their OWN Pokémon. They can invent the names, their looks, and what special powers they have, and create an entire habitat. Then they could trade with each other.

Pin the tail of Pikachu My son will turn 6 on the 25th, and we are having a Poke-PARTY for him...and for a game, I drew a BIG picture of Pikachu (side view) without the tail...yep, Pin The Tail on Pikachu. I'm using double-stick tape on the tails because tacks hurt more when you're blindfolded (my son's friend said that).

Pokeball Hunt Hide some Pokeballs (from Burger King) out around the yard. Kids that find them will be able to get a gift from the prize bucket.

Grimers Apple Toss Paint a large grimer on a piece of thin plywood. Cut out the mouth with a saw. The kids can play toss the apples into grimers mouth.

Pick an energy card Play this game with the pokemon energy cards. Each color energy card represented a certain prize. The cards are placed faced down on a table, then each child gets to turn one card over. You can award a prize according to the color of the energy card. Put one of the red energy cards in the mix. Whoever turns that one over gets a bigger prize.

Pokemon walk Have a cakewalk, sort of. If you don't want your kids too pumped full of sweets, winners can get prizes from a prize bucket. The spots on the floor will be pokemon and you draw from a bag of smaller matching pictures.

 Pokémon Toss Draw a giant tic-tac-toe board on the sidewalk with chalk, closing up the edges to form a grid. (For an indoor party, make the board on the floor with masking tape.) Instead of drawing Xs and Os, kids toss Pokémon beanies into the squares. You'll need nine bean bags - four of one character and five of another (Pikachu and Charmander are always hits). Divide the kids into two teams - one with the Charmander beanies and the other with the Pikachus. Kids stand a few feet from the board and teams alternate tossing beanies into the grid. The team that gets three beanies in a row on the grid wins! Give each child a beanie to take home.

 Gotta Catch 'Em All Hide various Pokémon trading cards around the room and give the children a list of clues to help them find and capture them. If a card is hidden under a lamp, the clue might read "One Pokémon thought hiding here was a "BRIGHT IDEA." Give the kids 10 minutes to find all the cards; whoever collects the most is the Number One Pokémon Master!

 Crazy Categories Before the game, write each letter of the alphabet on a separate index card. Then write the names of kid-friendly categories (Pokémon characters, sports, animals, TV shows) on index cards. Keep the letter and category cards face down, in separate piles. Players take turns choosing a card from each pile and holding them up side-by-side. The first player to name something in the category that begins with the letter wins the alphabet card. For example, if the category is "animals" and the letter is "T", the first child to call out "tiger" or "tarantula" would win the card. The player with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.

 

 

 

Party Favors

Create Your Own Pokemon Cards Create Your Own Pokemon Cards. I downloaded scanned pictures of actual trading cards off the internet. I then opened the images in Paint Shop Pro
(see download.com for free 30 day trial). I inserted a White square where the Pokemon figure is centered on the card and where the name of the Pokemon is in the upper left hand corner. I printed the cards on a color printer using card stock. They look very professional and official.

Pokemon Award Certificates I used Microsoft Publisher to Design Award Certificates on White Cardstock for the children who will be attending the party. I used the caption,
Name of Child

is an official pokemon Trainer

presented on this day, Date
At the bottom I had the names of Misty, Ash, Brock, and Pikachu using different handwriting fonts so it looks as if they signed them.

Pokemon Key Chains You can purchased cheap plastic heart keychains. They are about $1.39 per pack. Replaced the illustration on the front of the heart with printed pictures of Pokemon characters.

A "Keepsake" Create keepsake folders for all of the children. Use 3 ring soft office folders, that you can purchase from Office Depot. On the front, put a Pokemon picture with a caption saying, " A Keepsake From _________ Birthday Party". On the inside include a Pokemon card check list that you can downloaded from the internet. Also include coloring pages, mazes, and crosswords that you can downloaded from various Pokemon web sites. You could also include pages on how to draw your favorite Pokemon, with instructions you can find on Pokemon web site. Also include directions and colored pictures of how to make Beaded Critter Pokemon crafts.

Beaded Critter Pokemon

http://www.makingfriends.com/ponybead/ponypika.htm

Pikachu Name Tags I used Microsoft Word to make name badges for the children who will
attend the party. Use the drawing toolbar to insert circles the size of a pin back button. In the circles put a picture of Pikachu and the name of the child. Print using heavy cardstock and then laminated. Hot glued pin backs (found at any craft store) to the back of the makeshift badges.

 

Special Photo souvenir For those gadget handy moms, get the digital camera and get some head shots of the kids. You can cut out the faces of Ash, Misty, Brock and other characters and replace it with the child's face via photo shop for a cool (and inexpensive) souvenir.

Pikachu Card Bags As a craft, I went to Wal-Mart and bought these little canvas tote bags( the perfect size for pokecards) I cut out felt Pikachu's bought some wiggle eyes, sequins, beads and tacky glue. The children made there own little Pikachu bags by decorating them with the beads and things.

Pikachu Yarn Bug

http://www.makingfriends.com/bug_pikachu.htm

Pikachu Trading Card Pouch

http://www.makingfriends.com/tradingcardpouch.htm

Pikachu Piñata

http://www.makingfriends.com/pikachupinata.htm

Pokeball Quarter Keeper

http://www.makingfriends.com/quarterkeeper_pokeball.htm

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