With these days of social distancing that we are experiencing many moms are finding that your kid’s birthday party has to be canceled. I have put together the perfect fun and fantastic virtual kid’s birthday party ideas!!
One of the best tools that I have found to do a Kid’s Virtual Birthday party is ZOOM.
You could also do facetime with grandparents and other family members, but if you’re trying to get your child to connect with friends this birthday then ZOOM is a great option!
What is ZOOM?
ZOOM is a FREE video conferencing tool that was created for business’. Their site states “[ZOOM] provides a remote conferencing service that combines video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration”
It is super easy to use and you can check them out here: ZOOM
Rooms are opened as a ZOOM meeting and you get to invite those you would like to attend.
Social Distancing has opened up the possibilities of this platform for kids!
My kids have been hanging out in ZOOM rooms and playing video games, writing music, just chatting and socializing with friends.
Because of this, I created some games for them that would be perfect Kid’s Birthday Ideas using ZOOM!
Preparing for a ZOOM Birthday
So how can you use ZOOM for a kid’s birthday?
Once you create a meeting in ZOOM you can begin putting your ideas together for how you want to run the party.
A simple kid’s virtual birthday schedule like this is all you need.
- Everyone say Hi and share their favorite movie
- Game/Challenge #1
- Game/Challenge #2
- Sing Happy Birthday & eat snacks
- Game/Challenge #3
- Free chat & socializing
- End Party
Depending on how much advance prep work you want to do, you can drop off birthday hats & horns and even cupcakes with a candle if everyone is local.
Create a fun birthday background with some of these!!
Create an E-invitation
You will need to send an email invitation to the parents with the information to connect to the meeting and what to have.
Here is a general template you can use.
Join us for [child’s name] birthday party via ZOOM!!
Wear your favorite superhero costume/silly hat/face paint.
Bring a bucket of LEGO bricks/ tray of play-dough/ paper & crayons/etc.
We will play some games, have some fun, and sing happy birthday!
Please have snack & drink with your child before joining.
Click this link [ZOOM meeting link] @ [Date/Time]
Related Post: How to Simply Make your Child’s Birthday Special
Ideas to use ZOOM for a Kid’s Birthday
I have created a simple FREE printable for you to use for a virtual kid’s birthday party.
Here are some of my top ideas:
- LEGO building challenges
- Play-dough building challenges
- Drawing or coloring challenges
- Scavenger Hunt – favorite game!!
- Memory Games (you will LOVE these)
You can pretty much take any of these and create a fun game that your child can play with his or her friends! They make for a great kid’s virtual Birthday games.
Other ideas would be Charades, Bingo, or Pictionary!!
You can make this as competitive that you’d like. Categories for the fastest build, most colorful, or best overall would all work.
Just want the Virtual Scavenger Hunt? Head to this post!
Be careful to keep it fun and include parents in any “judging” of creativity or bests.
So how was your kid’s virtual Birthday Party? Leave a comment to let me know!
Best,
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