Celebrating A Birthday At Lakeside Amusement Park?

10 GREAT BIRTHDAY IDEAS

Going to be at Lakeside Amusement Park for someone's birthday? Celebrate throughout the day with these fun ways to keep the birthday fun going!

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If the birthday boy/girl is going with a larger group (3+ people) have each person take a different time slot to give a small gift or card. In this way you won't have to plan everything - just the making sure that each person has their small gift/card with them ready for the special day at Lakeside Amusement Park. For the sake of remembering, it's suggested that each person take an hour on the hour time slot (I.e. one person has 1:00, the next person has 2:00, etc.)

Surprise the birthday boy/girl with special 'guests.' Do not tell them about your plans to invite one or more of their friends to join you/him/her at Lakeside Amusement Park. Make it seem like a family trip. Arrange to meet his/her friend(s) AT Lakeside Amusement Park. It will feel like an added gift to see their friend(s) there when he/she wasn't expecting it!

Plan a fun scavenger hunt throughout the day at Lakeside Amusement Park. There are all different types of scavenger hunts to go on, each with a different format. Although for some parties having different teams compete with each other can be a lot of fun, for someone's birthday when there is one person to honor, it's typically best to have everyone on the same team - everyone gets to help the birthday boy/girl be successful…when one person wins, they all win! These can be a lot of fun to create, but can take some extra work to make creative (sometimes you'll need more than just a list to excite some teens, for example.) Consider our GREAT ADVENTURE CHALLENGE AT Lakeside Amusement Park - a package for them to open once there filled with all kinds of puzzles and things to do! CLICK HERE to learn more!

Before you even leave for your day at Lakeside Amusement Park, decorate the INSIDE of your car with streamers and balloons (of course, being sure to not obstruct the view of the driver.) This will get the excitement going for the day ahead before you even get there!

.Pick different events that happened in the birthday boy/girl's life - events that happened somewhat close to each other. For example, different sets might include: (first tooth, crawled, sat up) or (learned ABC's, ride a bike, poured his/her own milk). This will work for adult events as well including (first girlfriend, first job, broke leg.) Everyone else there will have to guess the ORDER that the events happened. Award points as you go and determine a winner at the end of the day. This is a great activity to play while there are lulls in the fun (I.e. while standing in lines)

Bring a bunch of small cake candles with you to Lakeside Amusement Park and stick them in EVERY bit of food that the birthday boy/girl eats for the day - to blow out the candles each time. It will get to be a lot of fun as they blow out the candles on their birthday hot dog, birthday churro and birthday soda!

Although this can get a little pricey, it can be a lot of fun. Set out at the beginning of the day to collect a certain number of items at Lakeside Amusement Park. For example, if the birthday boy/girl is turning 14, then have them collect 14 buttons throughout the park. They could also collect different pressed pennies, pieces of candy (the wrappers), signatures from workers, etc.

Have the birthday boy/girl wear a funny hat/shirt/outfit so that as they walk around Lakeside Amusement Park everyone will know it's their birthday. In this way, other visitors at Lakeside Amusement Park will be able to with them a happy birthday!

If you'd like to give them a gift for them to open AT Lakeside Amusement Park, consider putting it in a locker first and then wrapping up the key to the locker in a little gift bag. This way you won't have to carry around the gift all day and it's always fun and mysterious to get a 'secret key' as a gift! This also works especially well if you're planning a treasure hunt or scavenger hunt inside Lakeside Amusement Park.

Sing Happy Birthday in EVERY line that you wait in. You'll be surprised how often other folks don't mind joining in the song…especially in those longer lines when there's not a lot else for folks to do.