Scooby-Doo Birthday Party - Party Ideas for Kids of All Ages
Invite everybody's favorite mystery solving pooch to your party!
A fun-filled Scooby-Doo birthday guide, including party games and
activity ideas for kids.

SCOOBY DOO BIRTHDAY PARTY SUPPLIES
Your child's birthday party will be the GROOVIEST and planning it 
won't be a mystery, when you begin with Scooby Doo party supplies.
Then, add the party games and activities listed below.
Scooby Party Supplies from MakesParties.com

Scooby-Doo Invitations
Mail invitations 2-3 weeks before your party.
Make a mystery invitation with Scooby's paw print (stamp or die cut)
on the front --- Use this text on the front and inside:
Someone has stolen Scooby-Do's Scooby snacks!!!!
Please come solve the mystery at _______'s Birthday Party
Date, time etc.
If hand delivery is possible, tie the invitation onto a bog biscuit with
"groovy green" ribbon!

Scooby Doo Party Decorations
Retro style sets the mood for this party. Flower Power decorations,
colored light bulbs, green, yellow, purple balloons, a Scooby poster
and for the extra creative host ...a hand drawn Mystery Machine!
For a boys party, forego the flowers....stick to the mystery machine,
ghosts, mummy's, anything mysterious and spooky you can think of. 

Scooby Doo Birthday Party Games and Activities
This theme seems to be a favorite for kids of all ages. 
As a result, you'll need to adapt the following activities
for the age of your child and guests.

Scooby's Snack Search 
Scooby's favorite food is missing. Can you help him hunt 
down his biscuits before snack time? Depending on the age of the children, hide Milkbone® dog biscuits throughout the house (or party area), in easy or harder to find locations. Give your searchers a sack to put their biscuits in and let them loose to collect as may as they can find. 

Mummy Relay
Divide the children into teams. Each team picks "the mummy" and receives one or two rolls of toilet paper. The object of the game is to be the first team to completely wrap "the Mummy" with their rolls of toilet paper.
If you are entertaining younger children, select an adult to be the mummy and the kids can wrap him/her up together without playing as teams. My husband was willing to do this one year. After the children wrapped him up they then played keep away from the mummy -- what a great dad !

Scooby Snack Drop
You'll need a large pickle jar, dog biscuits and a stool (optional). The object of the game is to drop the biscuits into the jar while standing straight up and maybe even on a stool. It takes a steady hand! Dive each child 3-5 biscuits to extend the play. Everyone gets a packet of scooby-doo fruit snacks for trying!

Flashlight Tag - older kids
To play you'll need a very strong flashlight, like a "Mag-Lite". Play this game in a dark house at night or in a safe place outdoors when it’s dark. A park is an ideal game location.
Find a place to be base. Choose one player to be “IT”. 
The person who is “IT” waits at the base and counts while the other players hide. Hiders move around during the game. 
“IT” searches for the hidden players with the flashlight. 
Meanwhile, players try to run to the base without getting caught. Players are tagged if “IT” spots them with the flashlight and calls out a player’s name. Each tagged player is sent to the base to wait until the very last player is caught. 
The last person tagged is “IT” for the next game. 
Set a time limit for the game, if no one is tagged during that time frame, switch the person who is “IT”. 
Variation: You can play a simpler version with young children 
by having the children "catch" the light while you shine it 
around a backyard or party room.

More Games....
Many traditional party games can be adapted to suit this them
For example:
Duck, Duck, Goose can be transformed into "Shaggy, Shaggy, Scooby"
Pin the tire on the mystery machine, Tail on Scooby,
Hamburger on Shaggy etc.
Scooby Says instead of Simon Says.
Scooby May I, instead of Mother May I.
The possibilities are endless!
Click here for traditional party games

Party Crafts
Arts and crafts for this theme will vary drastically according to age. Younger children will enjoy Play-dough with Dog biscuit cookie cutters
Older kids will enjoy using scratch magic sheets to make bookmarks,
or fun designs.

Scooby-Doo or Ghost Sock Puppets
Can me made before or during the party. 
You'll need white or brown tube socks, felt, hot glue gun, permanent markers. An even easier puppet can be made with white or brown paper lunch bags , construction paper and a glue stick.

Party Favors
Say "Thank you for coming" in a fun-filed way by filling small dog dishes
with Scooby Party Favors...add a baggie of "puppy chow for people".
You'll find the recipe on-line.


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