• Outdoor party games can be a lot of fun for kids, but they aren't always an option. If your child's party is on a rainy day, or if you don't have an outdoor area for the kids to play in, take heart! There are plenty of original indoor party games that the kids will love.
  
  

Drawing, But No Peeking!

• Blindfold a group of the children, and give each of them a paper and a marker. Then instruct the children to try to draw a picture of something having to do with the party's theme, such as a clown, a racecar, or a cartoon character. Allow the other children to circulate among the drawers and comment on their drawings. When they are finished, take off the blindfolds and display the drawings. Then allow children to vote on which drawing they think is the silliest. Repeat until all of the children have had a turn to draw.
  
  

Marshmallow Peep

• This is the perfect partygoer identification game. Have all of the kids sit in a circle, and choose one child to be blindfolded. The blindfolded child should be turned around several times and then directed towards one of the other children. Set the blindfolded child on the other child's lap, and tell her to say "Marshmallow," to which the child whose lap she is on must respond, "Peep!" Based on the voice that the blindfolded child hears, she needs to try to guess who she is sitting on. The blindfolded child can say "Marshmallow" three times in order to hear the response, and should guess once after each response. The child who she sat on then gets a chance to be blindfolded.
  
  

Who Stole the Birthday Cake?

• This activity is perfect for older children. Tell the children that someone has stolen a birthday cake, and that four of them will be going on trial to see who did it. In this trial, however, the objective is to try to be found guilty. Explain that in order to be found guilty, you and your accomplice must have the exact same story. Have children break into pairs and discuss their "stories" (such as "We broke in through the dining room window last night at 10 pm, found the cake in the fridge, and ran out"). Encourage them to discuss even the most mundane details. Then send one of them out of the room, and have the other children take turns asking one question each to the child who remains. Bring the second child into the room, and ask the exact same questions. If the children give all of the same answers, they win!