Bowling Party Ideas For a Strikingly Good Time!

Submitted By: Elizabeth Chastain

Bowling party ideas that will be right up your alley. No need to "spare" your gray matter trying to come up with ideas, we've got several to get you started.

To insure you get the date you want, book your party early and let the bowling alley take care of the details. Generally, bowling alleys have party rooms and offer birthday packages, which help to reduce the cost per child. By renting the room, you will have the freedom to decorate the way you want and it will serve to separate you from the other bowlers. If you've got little bowlers, be sure to reserve bumper lanes to keep the balls out of the gutter.

BOWLING PARTY INVITATIONS - Begin by sending out some cool bowling invites that will entice your guests to attend. Cut a piece of black card stock slightly smaller than a CD sleeve. Cut out three finger holes towards the upper right corner of the card. Ultimately, when you slide the invite into the sleeve, it will look like a bowling ball. For added fun, be sure to use the multi-colored CD sleeves rather than the white ones.

If you plan on mailing the invites, using a white gel pen, write your party details on one side and the mailing info on the other, so the address shows through the cellophane. If you're hand-delivering the invites, put, "For A Strikingly Great Time..." on one side and "Come To My Bowling Birthday Party" on the reverse side, along with your party info.

BOWLING PARTY GAMES - Create some fun bowling-related actions that the kids can do when they step up to bowl. You can also incorporate giving out prizes for each of these actions. Make some bowling pin-shaped pieces of card stock and write the actions on a pin. Here's a few ideas to help get you started:

Bowl left-handed if you're right-handed, or vice versa
Bowl backwards
Bowl in slow motion
Predict how many pins you will knock down before bowling
Bowl as if you are a robot
Do a funny walk as you approach to roll the ball
Do a funny dance as you approach to roll the ball

Put all your "pins" into a bowling bag and when the time comes, pull one out and have everyone do whatever the pin instructs. Whoever does it best or achieves the goal, wins a prize. You can give out things like bowling stickers or tattoos, bowling pin sports bottles, bowling theme pens, bowling pin container of mints, and the grand prize could be a gift certificate to a clothing shop or restaurant for anyone who gets a strike.

PHOTOGRAPHER - If you're too busy tending to your party duties, you might consider hiring a professional photographer or a high school student who aspires to be a photographer to capture those candid moments that make for a great party.

To insure your party is a success and an event to remember, be sure to blend in the proper amount of comfort, fun, games and activities, and of course, excitement.

Published At: Isnare.com