Bowling parties are perfect for kids of almost all ages. The atmosphere of a bowling alley makes kids (and adults) silly and giddy. Kids also love wearing someone else's shoes. It's like playing dress-up too! Besides our great party packs, we have a list of other theme ideas to make your bowling party special.
Tips: Make sure your alley has bumpers so the kids do not throw 'gutterballs'. If there an arcade at your bowling alley, buy tokens ahead of time or bring a big stack of quarters for your guests.
Great Party Games
- Bowl backwards
- Bowl through the birthday child's legs
- Do a silly walk as you approach the lane
- Bowl with your other hand
- Bowl in slow motion
- Bowl with your eyes closed
- Predict whether you will knock over an odd or even number of pins
- Have others predict how many pins each player will knock down
For younger kids, consider the following -- between the time you release the bowling ball and the time it hits the pins have the turn-waiting kids:
- count as high as they can, as fast as they can
- recite the alphabet as many times as possible
- have the speed-sing as much of a song as they can
- spell out loud the birthday child's name
- call out as many ice-cream flavors/kinds of candy as they can think of
Each bowler should then try to top the record.
Bowling Theme Cake Ideas
- Bowling Ball & Pin Cake -- serves 20
- Bowling Lane Cake -- serves 18
- Bowling Ball Cupcakes -- make as many as you need. Instructions below:
- 1. Bake or buy dark chocolate frosted cupcakes
- 2. Pipe 3 dots of white frosting as the finger holes on a bowling ball. Place them slightly off center.. voila! A bowling ball cupcake!
- 3. Make a few more than the number of party attendees
Other Clever Bowling Party Ideas
- Make Bowling Party Invitations using our Bowling Stationery or make a clever invitation using empty CD envelopes and black card stock inside addressed and decorated with a white gel pen. Use a headlines such as: "In your SPARE time come to my party"
- Use black balloons as bowling ball decorations and add 3 white round stickers to represent finger holes
- Give each child a bowling pen and let them keep their own score
- And of course you will want to keep a scrapbook of your child's party. Our scrapbooking set and sticker set will make the book complete