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Basketball is an excellent theme for a party, especially if your kid plays on the school team and/or loves to watch the sport during March Madness and beyond! Basketball is such a fast-paced, team-orientated game it is sure to bring tons of fun to a party.
This party can be done in your own driveway if you have a basketball hoop and enough room, at a park with multiple courts available, or at a local gym, which may be the best choice if the weather is poor and you are looking for an indoor venue. The YMCA may be an excellent choice as an example.
Send an invitation that looks like a basketball, and use court lingo for the party details, such as, “Have a slam dunk’n good time!”
Pull together this sports party with Basketball party supplies from Amazon
… or Birthday in a Box has some great sports-themed personalized invitations and banners.
Decorate the party area using black and orange balloons, streamers, and tableware. You can also inflate plastic basketballs that can be played with during the party and taken home as a goody.
At the party, the kids can decorate the orange balloons with a thick black marker to make them look like basketballs.
Birthday in a Box has some great party favors for the younger basketball fans, like this cool basketball straw.
All your party activities will revolve around basketball. As an opening activity, go through a series of drills where the kids shoot hoops, dribble, make passes to one another, run up and down the court, etc.
Play a couple of games of basketball. Ask an adult, who may also love the game, to help out and don the colors of a traditional referee to keep the game moving along and official. The kids will get a kick out of this.
Play Basketball PARTY. Have the birthday kid take a shot from anywhere. If he makes the shot, the next player must make it as well, and if he makes it, the third player must make it. You earn a letter each time you miss a shot that has been made by the person before you or if you shoot from the wrong position. The object of this game is to NOT spell out PARTY so you can remain in the game.
Break open a basketball piñata.
For the menu, serve up round sandwiches filled with orange jam and cream cheese, donut holes and cheese balls (hoops and basketballs), double dribble hot dogs, and free throw French fries. Pizza, popcorn, and nachos would also be fun. For drinks, serve orange cream soda, orange Gatorade, orange juice, etc.
Check out Coolest Kids for ideas on basketball cakes to make!
Send the kids home with the inflatable basketballs, water bottles, NBA stickers, referee whistles, etc.
This will be an easy party to plan, with the most important part being securing the venue to hold the party. The kids will spend the majority of time playing the game and will not need to do much more at this party!
