Are your kids as obsessed with the game “Minecraft” as mine are? Which is why I know that my youngest son (turning 8) would love to have a Minecraft birthday party this year! So here are some Minecraft ideas I have gathered from around the web that are perfect for kids birthday parties, as well as a free printable invite and thank you for you to download and use!
One of the 4th-grade teachers at my kids' school really embraced the idea of using Minecraft as a class reward for good behavior and hard work- and once they've earned it- she dedicates some class free time to teaching them how to use the game.
Last year, she and the kids worked together to create a “world” that was based on a map of the town we live in. She had the kids work to plan it out and then everyone was assigned a component of the town to build as they all worked together on the class project.
It was a brilliant way to motivate the kids and teach them about this very creative game. And this has carried over to playing the game at home- with my son teaching the younger children how to play. They like to play together as a group- and work on a common goal. I think it's awesome!
Minecraft Birthday Party Invitations:
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Minecraft Birthday Party Games/Activities:
I love the idea of taking some of our favorite “Minute to Win It” party games- and making them Minecraft-themed:
Bucket Head– contestants bounce a ping-pong ball onto the floor, which then bounces off a wall, and attempts to catch the ping pong ball in a bucket on his or her head. The bucket could be painted green with a creeper face!
Face the Cookie– using only the facial muscles, move a cookie from the forehead to the mouth. Use creeper cookies!
Junk in the Trunk– 8 ping pong balls are placed in an empty tissue box, which is tied to the back of the contestant’s waist- who then needs to jump up and down until the tissue box is emptied. Paint the ping pong balls to look like the creeper!
Egg Roll– using pizza boxes, contestants fan hard-boiled eggs from a starting line, across the floor, to reach a target. Have the pizza boxes painted to look like a Minecraft landscape
Suck It Up– use a straw to move skittles one at a time from the tabletop to balance on top of 4 flexible straws taped vertically to the end of a table. Use green skittles to look like a creeper face!
But for a somewhat calmer party game- you could always enjoy some Minecraft Bingo!
Or make these Minecraft Creeper pins out of Melty Beads like The Kitchen Magpie!
Or create Minecraft masks for each guest to “wear”! Idea courtesy of Raining Hot Coupons
Minecraft Birthday Party Cake:
You can see exactly how we created this easy homemade creeper cake for our son's birthday party here!
I love this Minecraft World Cake from Instructables.com.
And I love this idea of creating Minecraft block Rice Krispie Treats from Parties 4 Ever!
Minecraft Birthday Party Favors:
Check out these awesome pixelated Minecraft-like pictures we made and gave out as our DIY Minecraft party favors!
Neat 2 Eat Blog came up with this great idea for a favor bag- simply use green paper bags and cut shapes out of black paper to create Creeper's face (original post no longer available).
And inside you could stick some of these awesome looking Creeper cookies This is an affiliate link: MomOf6 earns a commission if you purchase, at no additional cost to you. which you can buy over on Etsy!
Minecraft Birthday Party Thank You Note:
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Claire says
THANK YOU!! After COVID, I was feeling very rusty on party planning skills. Your post made me feel like I could handle a birthday party after all.
wiggy says
Lovely ideas. Well done you
Julie says
Could I get a copy of the thank you notes?
Thanks,
Julie
Sharon says
Simply subscribe to our newsletter using the box within the post, and you’ll be directed to a thank you page with download instructions for both the invite as well as the thank you note.
Bee Ha says
Thank you for the thank you notes!
Tracy says
Thank you so much for sharing your great ideas and printables. Great ideas!
Paul David Wilson says
I’ve created a set if 54 Minecraft Food Tent cards that have been amazingly popular. They’re featured in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/235477524/
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Nikki O says
Thank you for the Minecraft thank you notes! They will be very helpful for my 6 year old!
Sharon says
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoy them!
Tiffany says
Thank you for sharing this stuff. I’m using the invitations and thank you notes 🙂
Heather says
Great Ideas – Thank You! I put together a Minecraft – Stampy Cat magazine for the guests at our son’s party, Feel free to download for free, and share. http://capturedinnocencephotography.blogspot.ca/2014/04/minecraft-birthday-party.html
nbm says
thank you SO much for the printable thank you note. my almost 7 year old can’t wait to use them!
Sharon says
Yay! So glad to hear it! I hope you have a great birthday party!
Megan says
Thanks so much for sharing your printable invitation and thank you notes. My 8 yr old is so excited about his Minecraft party!
Tim says
Minecraft is a wonderful incentive for all kids. My company called Game Away is a 32 foot mobile video gaming trailer that comes directly to you. We have done events at schools as a reward system and it is awesome. We are capable of having 16 children play Minecraft at once with availablitity for others to try another game on our 5th tv. Please check out our website if you are interested in having us come to a school or to another location for a Minecraft event. We also have a facebook page: facebook.com/pages/Game-Away/602661689744664. Thanks!
Kris C. says
Awesome ideas, Sharon! You really pulled out all the stops on this. You went way above and beyond my original idea, which was putting 5 or 6 laptops/tablets on a table and letting Minecraft do it’s magic over the kids. LOL! But I’m definately going to use your game ideas and too cute invite and thank yous. Thanks!
Sharon says
I definitely wanted it to be more than kids just playing video games- and I thought the whole Minute It to Win It game re-vamp would just make it really fun for the birthday child and their friends! I am so glad that you like it- I was thinking about you as I was writing it!