Bean Bags are easily constructed from jelly beans and fabrics sown into squares. Use markers to write guests' names on a separate tag or sew appliqu?s for each guest directly on the bags. These bags then serve as party favors as well as game equipment f

A child's 1st birthday is as special for friends and family as it is for the guest of honor so the 1st Birthday Party Games need to be ones of interest to all ages. A couple of examples are Bowling-on-the-Green and Beanbag Toss.

Bowling-on-the-Green is an older version of the game played in alleys. Often it is played with wooden pins and balls but for young children at the 1st birthday party, plastic two-liter bottles and larger plastic bouncing balls can be used. Use bottles that are filled about a third of the way with clean water or add a little food coloring to make them easier to see. None of the alleys should be very long but try setting some up at greater distances for older children who may be attending. Set up several allies with ribbons stretched flat on the ground. Use flexible end poles and streamers to separate balls. Instead of keeping score allow each guest to roll until all the pins are knocked down in his or her lane. Everyone takes a turn until the crowd appears to be ready to move on to the next game.

Bean Bags are easily constructed from jelly beans and fabrics sown into squares. Use markers to write guests' names on a separate tag or sew appliqu?s for each guest directly on the bags. These bags then serve as party favors as well as game equipment fo

n older version of the game played in alleys. Often it is played with wooden pins and balls but for young children at the 1st birthday party, plastic two-liter bottles and larger plastic bouncing balls can be used. Use bottles that are filled about a third of the way with clean water or add a little food coloring to make them easier to see. None of the alleys should be very long but try setting some up at greater distances for older children who may be attending. Set up several allies with ribbons stretched flat on the ground. Use flexible end poles and streamers to separate balls. Instead of keeping score allow each guest to roll until all the pins are knocked down in his or her lane. Everyone takes a turn until the crowd appears to be ready to move on to the next game.

Bean Bags are easily constructed from jelly beans and fabrics sown into squares. Use markers to write guests' names on a separate tag or sew appliqu?s for each guest directly on the bags. These bags then serve as party favors as well as game equipment f

the way with clean water or add a little food coloring to make them easier to see. None of the alleys should be very long but try setting some up at greater distances for older children who may be attending. Set up several allies with ribbons stretched flat on the ground. Use flexible end poles and streamers to separate balls. Instead of keeping score allow each guest to roll until all the pins are knocked down in his or her lane. Everyone takes a turn until the crowd appears to be ready to move on to the next game.

Bean Bags are easily constructed from jelly beans and fabrics sown into squares. Use markers to write guests' names on a separate tag or sew appliqu?s for each guest directly on the bags. These bags then serve as party favors as well as game equipment f

the ground. Use flexible end poles and streamers to separate balls. Instead of keeping score allow each guest to roll until all the pins are knocked down in his or her lane. Everyone takes a turn until the crowd appears to be ready to move on to the next game.

Bean Bags are easily constructed from jelly beans and fabrics sown into squares. Use markers to write guests' names on a separate tag or sew appliqu?s for each guest directly on the bags. These bags then serve as party favors as well as game equipment f

Bean Bags are easily constructed from jelly beans and fabrics sown into squares. Use markers to write guests' names on a separate tag or sew appliqu?s for each guest directly on the bags. These bags then serve as party favors as well as game equipment for the 1st birthday party. Set a box with a wide hole on either end of a coffee table or child's picnic table. Allow children to stand at one end of the table and toss his bean bag toward the opposite box. Switch sides when each has finished. The game ends after each has had a turn tossing at the opposite side of the table. Every player wins his jelly beans to take home.