Looking for party activities to tame your herd of party animals? Then you're in the right place. You’re sure to find a Balloon Time party activity to make any celebration more fun.

Educational Activities

Balloon Word Scramble
Have the children work as a team to unscramble the word or phrase by putting the balloons in the correct order.

Word Search Relay
Create teams and have the players chase after lettered balloons to spell words in a relay game.

Primary Colors
Use the "Balloon-in-a-Balloon" technique to show children how yellow and blue make green and red and blue make purple.

Matching Game
This activity incorporates helium balloons into the matching card game many of us played as youngsters.

Arts and Crafts

Hot Air Balloon Crafts
Construct a miniature "hot air balloon" using helium! This makes a fun pre-made decoration, or activity.

Butterfly
Learn to twist balloons together to make a beautiful butterfly. Makes a great craft activity and decoration.

Ladybug
Learn to twist balloons together to make a cute ladybug. Makes a great craft activity and decoration.

Marballoons
Put paint and a marble inside your balloons, inflate, shake and make paint patterns and cool noises.

Flowers
Learn to make beautiful flowers with balloons. Makes a great craft activity and decoration.

Finger-Painting
Take finger-painting up a notch with a balloon as a canvas. Children have the ability to let their minds roam free while they paint a face, the earth, a monster or anything else their hearts desire with a little bit of paint and a balloon.

Traditional Games

Ring Toss
Here's a fun twist on a traditional carnival game that can be played indoors or out and in teams or one-on-one.

Hot Potato
This game is played just like Hot Potato except the potato is a helium-filled balloon!

Duck, Duck, Goose
Here’s a fun variation of this favorite kids game using balloons.

Leap Frog Relay
This game is played like traditional Leap Frog except the players leap over balloons instead of each other. This variation helps players avoid stepping on fingers.

Scavenger Hunt
What better way to entertain children during the summer than with an outdoor scavenger hunt!

Ultimate Balloon Ball
The object of this game is a lot like dodgeball, except foam balls are thrown at balloons instead of players.

Balloon Tag
A game similar to tag that's great for outdoor parties!

Capture the Balloon
You know Capture the Flag. Here's a fun way to incorporate helium balloons!

Balloon Pop Relay
An easy and fun way to add giggles to the traditional relay race.

Balloon Time Original Games

Drawing Balloons
Similar to drawing straws, this is a quick game for very young children or a way to decide who goes first in a game for older children.

Helium Reverse Volleyball
All it takes to play this game is a long ribbon, rope or a net, a helium-filled balloon and two teams of agile players.

Ready, Aim, Fire!
Two teams. Water guns. Lots of laughs!

Whistle Race
Race to pop balloons. First one to find a whistle inside wins!

Sink the Balloon
This game incorporates two party items kids love – helium balloons and silly string! The object – cover balloons with silly string until they sink to the ground.

Backwards Basketball
Dribble to keep the balloon down. First to get their balloon to float up through the hoop wins!

Crazy Caterpillar Catastrophe
Split your guests into teams, form human caterpillar lines and chase each other around as you try to pop the balloon on the caterpillar's tail.

Don't Burst My Bubble!
Have guests write their names on balloons and gather them into a large bunch. Invite guests to pick balloons until there's only one left. If your balloon is the last survivor…you win!

Balloon Round-Up
Divide players into teams, assign each team a balloon color and challenge each team to round up their balloons into a designated "pen."

Balloon Minefield
The first team to successfully navigate the balloon minefield, while blindfolded, and capture all their flags wins!

Twister
Break out a game of Twister and toss out the spinner for this game.