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Summer birthday party ideas for a hot afternoon

Water outside, screen inside, and a plan for the moment everybody comes in soaking.

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

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

The plan

Two hours of summer splash party

Food

  • Ice lollies in a cooler by the door. Outdoor food, outdoor mess.
  • Watermelon slices, which are the only fruit that disappears at a party.
  • A traybake rather than a tall cake — frosting and heat do not get along.

Decorations

  • Beach towels as tablecloths, which is also how you get them dry.
  • A bucket of water balloons filled before anyone arrives.
  • Somewhere shaded to sit. That is the decoration that matters most.

One thing that isn’t a screen

A sprinkler run in the garden, timed, one at a time, with everyone else shouting.

What usually goes wrong

Wet hands on controllers. Put a towel by the stations and make drying off the rule for coming inside.

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 Summer Splash colours

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

Swim Race1–4 players · 5+Paint Splat1–4 players · 5+Quick Drop1–4 players · 4+Balloon Pump1–4 players · 4+

See all 38 games

The invitation

3 ways a summer splash 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 Summer Splash 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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