Construction party games

Need some construction party games?

These practical construction party games will help you build a fab party for your little kids!

Both girls and boys will enjoy these games, because if there's one thing little kids love doing - it's building and creating something new.

And the great advantage of this construction party theme is that you'll probably have everything you need for these activities in your home already: building blocks, empty boxes and tubes for a building activity, and various items from around the house for a construction worker's Q and A!

Construction birthday party games

Build it high...
All you need are wooden building blocks and a sturdy table for the kids to build on - or you could use the floor.

Each child tries to build the highest tower. You could give them each twenty bricks to play around with, depending on age. Some will build a little foundation, then add their higher bricks. Others will just try to make a huge tower straight away! You don't have to make this into a competition though.

Toolkit puzzle
A feeling game! Use a

• toy spanner
• hammer
• screwdriver
• drill
• and a few plastic nails

Wrap each tool and the nails up in a paper or plastic bag, or one made of fabric - just make sure the kids can't see what is hidden inside.

You can pass the items round in a circle, one by one and see if the kids can guess what they are. Add a little fun by including some totally different items - a bar of candy, a banana, and a small ball, for example.

Then you can unwrap everything, check the kids know what each item is, and have a laugh about the suggestions they made for the surprise elements!

You can also ask them why a bar of candy isn't a tool; and ask them for suggestions of other tools. Then you can use these items in the next game.

Kim's construction party game
Otherwise called "What's Missing?" in my family! Lay out a set of tools - and the surprise items from the game above if you want - on a table.

The children have to turn away from the table, and then you can remove one item.

The kids turn round and guess what has been removed. They'll love to take turns "removing" themselves. Make it more difficult by removing two items.

On the last go, take everything off the table. Then the children have to try and remember everything that was there!

Construction party play stations
Let them build! Prepare four small tables or areas with Lego, building bricks and other construction toys you have - or that you can borrow. You need one table for two or three kids each maximum.

Give the children five minutes on each table. When the whistle blows - they move onto the next table. Make sure you have an adult helping with each activity.

Children love spending a little time just playing. And they look forward to moving onto the next activity. This also makes a nice "break" before your party food. You can ask the children one table at a time to go to the bathroom and wash their hands for this. Keeps things nice and calm!