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Soccer birthday party ideas for when it rains

The plan is always the park. This is the plan for the Saturday the park is a swamp.

Check my party date$99.99 for the weekend · $250 deposit, refunded when the box comes back

The Soccer pack is $9 on its own, and one theme pack is already included with the Box.

The plan

Two hours of soccer party

Food

  • Orange segments at half time. It is a joke the parents get and the kids just eat.
  • Hot dogs, because a football party is a stadium party.
  • A cake with green frosting and a piped white centre circle. Fifteen minutes, looks like an hour.

Decorations

  • Black and white balloons only. Restraint reads as a theme; everything else reads as a mess.
  • Print the kids' names on paper "team sheets" taped by the door.
  • Two chairs as goalposts, in case the weather turns and you get outside after all.

One thing that isn’t a screen

A penalty shootout in the hallway with a soft ball, five kicks each, no keeper under six.

What usually goes wrong

Indoor football and a television are natural enemies. Do the shootout in the hall, keep the ball out of the living room, and let the screen handle the competitive part.

A running order that works

  1. 0:00–0:20

    Arrival

    Guests trickle in over twenty minutes. Have the on-arrival activity out and the TV showing the attract screen.

  2. 0:20–0:45

    The activity

    One thing off the screen, with a clear end. Twenty-five minutes is the ceiling.

  3. 0:45–1:00

    Cake

    Sing, cut, hand it out. Do not do this at the start; sugar first is a mistake you make once.

  4. 1:00–1:40

    The tournament

    Five games on the TV, four kids at a time, names entered once. This is the loudest and easiest forty minutes of the party.

  5. 1:40–2:00

    Wind down

    Free play on the console, party bags by the door, parents arriving. The screen keeps everyone in one room while you hand out bags.

The arcade

All 38 games, in Soccer colours

A theme pack is a full reskin — art and palette — over mechanics that already work. These four suit a soccer party particularly well.

Goal Kick1–4 players · 5+Tug-of-War1–4 players · 4+Button Royale2–4 players · 4+Horse Race1–4 players · 4+

See all 38 games

The invitation

3 ways a soccer invitation can look

Free with every package, and it is the same page your guests actually open — a countdown, the address, a map and a two-tap RSVP. No ads, no account, nothing to install.

How the Invite works · Every theme, side by side

Book it

Can you get a box for that Saturday?

Saturdays go first, and the box ships 2 days early so you can test it. Your invitation site is free either way, in Soccer colours.

Most parties

Bashcade Box

$99.99

+ $250 refundable deposit

Four arcade stations, shipped to your door. The standard home party.

  • 4 wired arcade stations
  • All 38 games + a theme pack
  • Leaderboard on the TV
  • 3-day window around the party
  • Return label already in the box
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