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6 year olds are still little kids, but having been to school they think they’re more grown up so you’ve got a fine line to walk in keeping them properly entertained at your birthday party.

Keep as much as possible a group activity. You’ll avoid any meltdowns from performance anxiety that even a simple game like Charades can induce in some kids. Mix the groups up as needed to prevent the group dynamics from getting out of hand; they’ll just think the changes were part of your original plan.

Directions for what they’re going to be doing need to be kept simple and short to match their abbreviated attention spans. Adding a twist to a game or activity that they already know how to do or play keeps the instructions brief and allows you to bend things to reflect your overall theme. Continuing your theme from one activity to the next will also help keep everybody on board and tuned in.

Be flexible. If a certain activity isn’t engaging the kids or you’re seeing frustration, give it up and move on to another activity. Have more activities ready to go than you expect to use just to cover this situation.

Small motor skills are still all over the lot with 6 year olds, with some kids able and some not. Therefore, I don’t recommend craft activities for this age group as some may have a very hard time, be embarrassed, maybe even act out. It’s important to remember that your child isn’t the only one at the party and what your child can easily do may be difficult for others ( and, of course, vice versa).

Lastly, I strongly recommend keeping the sugar intake to a minimum with this young age group. I’d rather vacuum up the popcorn that gets spilled than deal with 10 sugar highs.

You can see more of my thoughts on birthday party games for 6 year olds on my website.

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