You probably have seen your kids play Minecraft all day long and would still talk about it over dinner. Minecraft, as a typical mom would call it, is every child’s favorite online game. It’s no wonder this has also become the most favorite theme for parties for more than a decade.
Our team will help you plan and craft the best birthday party for your kids with these Minecraft party ideas in this ultimate guide.
Planning for the Perfect Minecraft Celebration
A Minecraft birthday party is the ultimate dream of a boy. Planning for the perfect Minecraft party may be challenging for some, but just thinking about how your kids and family would love it is worth it.
Children loved playing this video game because it enhances their creative juices and makes designing various houses and buildings engaging. In this video game, they can create their own world without thinking about how it should be done because they are the boss.
Minecraft has garnered immense popularity over the years - so much that it has even become one of the best-selling video games of all time. The creative streak of the game allows you to mold your gameplay in any way you prefer. [1]
We'll let you in on the crucial elements/recipes that every party planners need to know - invites, decorations, and food recipe - to turn your Minecraft birthday party ideas into a huge success.
8 Legendary Party Ideas
1. Invitations
If you want to make your party more special, you should start by making your invites as cool as possible. At all themed parties, an invitation is the first recipe to make your party rock. It must also be aligned with your theme. You have to set your party’s mood by giving themed invitation cards.
There are various themed invitation card designs that can be downloaded through the internet. You can craft your unique design using the different video game characters. Believe us; this is the best recipe to start your parties. You can try to create a Creeper Card, which is very popular nowadays. This themed invitation features a pop-up card that everyone loves.
2. Decorations
There are also various DIY decorations that you could use to make your guests’ jaws drop and see all hearts. You can use Creeper balloons, black paper streamers, or one Minecraft Green Creeper Square Area Rug to create the perfect party space in your house. This area rug will add more color to your main table where the birthday celebrant would stay to blow his cake.
Give life to your parties. You can decorate the tables, chairs, and even the floor that mimics a grass block. You can do this using a green plastic tablecloth on top of a brown table skirt. This process will emulate a grass block that every Minecraft player would enjoy.
You can also use grass mats made of tissue paper placemats that would look like grass reminiscent of the grass blocks you created for a larger area. You can also use Minecraft Grass Block Storage Tote or Minecraft Storage Cube boxes to store all the celebration favors you will give after the party has commenced.
These boxes would not only accentuate the party place but could also become helpful in concealing all the special celebration favors.
Shop The Minecraft Collection Now3. Party Favors
Party favors are every boy/kid guest’s favorite. They always look forward to whatever they would be getting when the birthday parties are over. And then, everything would become a special remembrance for your child’s party.
You can give various party/celebration favors depending on your child’s personality and your budget. We suggest Minecraft party/celebration favors with an affordable price tag like the Minecraft Dungeons 6 Inch Mega SquishMe Figure | Arch Illager or the Minecraft Dungeons 6 Inch Mega SquishMe Figure | Key Golem.
You can also give out Minecraft stickers like the Minecraft Creeper SSSsss Sticker or the Minecraft Gadgets Decal Stickers | 4 Sheets.
You may put these party favors in a simple green gift bag that you can easily turn into a Creeper bag. Just draw a face design on the bag using a black marker or black duct tape. You can also put some candies and goodies inside the bag like red licorice, ring pops, and green and gold-wrapped candies.
We have more Minecraft gift ideas here.
4. Party Food
The buffet style has always been the best choice for most birthdays. Everything can be placed at one table through this style, exhibiting the perfect themed design you have prepared.
For your foods, you can serve baby carrots or any stocked-up carrot-shaped candies with icing. The pretzel sticks are also considered as an excellent representative of the Minecraft element. You can also serve fruits like apple slices. But kids would also love having apple sauce or caramel apples, so you might want to serve some.
You can also serve fish-shaped food to make the Minecraft birthday party buffet rock. You can look for fish-shaped crackers or any gummy fish to excite your guests. Minecraft loves anything gold, so why don’t you make your bowls turn into gold, too? This way, it would make the foods look better.
5. Birthday Cake
In designing the Minecraft birthday cake with icing, you should find the best items/products that could represent your theme. In Minecraft-themed cakes, the Grass Block Cake recipes seemed to be the most popular as they're reminiscent of our favorite Minecraft puzzles.
Look for recipes like a simple chocolate cake mix with green icing/frosting, representing the famous grass block from the game. You can drizzle some chocolate frosting on some parts of the cake to look like dirt.
Some parents also prepare recipes for the green and gold Minecraft cupcakes that could be placed around that one main cake. And to make the main cake pop like the king of the party, you should also add nothing but your son/child’s favorite toys on top as the best recipe.
You can use the Minecraft Nano Metalfigs 20 Pack Wave 2 | 1.65 Inch Die-Cast Metal Figures or the Minecraft Series 4 Action Figure Pack - Ender Dragon. You can also try party printables like DIY cupcakes toppers as food labels.
You can print a photo of Steve, Creepers, and other characters for your Creeper cupcakes to make them look more fun to eat, even with minimal icing.
Check out our favorite Minecraft plushies here.
6. Party Games
Games make the party lively, so you must prepare activities that would make your guests happy. Your Minecraft birthday party games should also be aligned with the theme. Our team suggests preparing games that kids are familiar with because they typically play them in the Minecraft video game.
Mining is a natural element that you could add to your games. This is a huge part of the Minecraft lifestyle idea. To do this, you could ask your guests to mine for gemstones that you have initially scattered over a certain play area. Prepare a mixing bowl or a planter for each of the players.
You can purchase gemstones at any local store near you. However, if you couldn’t find one, you may use licorice candies wrapped with green paper with a TNT written on them as another idea.
You can also play the Creeper bowling game. You will need to prepare a Styrofoam floral block that you can easily buy at any craft store. Use black duct tapes to create a Creeper face. Stack the creeper blocks into a pyramid and invite the guests to knock off the blocks using a ball. No one will get bored with this fun activity.
7. Party Prizes
You also have to prepare Minecraft birthday party prizes to make your guests more excited to finish each game you have prepared. These prizes often make the game more interesting, as the guests always keep an eye on what they should be getting if they successfully win every game.
You can have inflatable pickaxes as a Minecraft birthday party prize. In fact, you can even use these pickaxes as a party favor in addition to your cupcakes. You can also give inflatable torches or the Minecraft Light Up Torch and Redstone Ore Set Of 2 as the main prize in addition to your goody bags. Our team also suggests
8. Other Activities
You can also prepare other fun activities for your child, such as a themed dance party for all. You may also want to hire a Creeper mascot to entertain your guests after playing some games that you have prepared.
You can even put the building and set blocks on a special table where the guests would build their own characters and buildings. The can play the game and compare different decor ideas.
You can also use the LEGO Minecraft 21155 The Creeper Mine 834 Piece Building Set or the LEGO Minecraft The Illager Raid 21160 | 562 Piece Building Kit everyone could share while using their favorite Minecraft t-shirt.
Let’s Get That Minecraft Party Started!
The planning stage needs careful consideration and practical tips that every mom should know before making that special themed Minecraft birthday party for their kids and families.
It’s always fun to unlock your creative ideas while planning the games, decors like balloons and a birthday banner, and even the food you are preparing for the birthday party. Make your kid’s Minecraft party become more lively and extra fun with these fun Minecraft party ideas.
If your child/son or any family member you know plans to have a Minecraft-themed birthday party next, then you really should check out our collection of Minecraft toys and collectibles.
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1) https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/5-reasons-minecraft-best-selling-video-game-time
