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Winter birthday party ideas for when nobody can go outside

A December or January birthday means the party is indoors and everyone knows it. Plan for that from the start.

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

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

The plan

Two hours of winter party

Food

  • Hot chocolate with a toppings tray — marshmallows, sprinkles, whipped cream.
  • Snowflake sandwiches, cut with the same cutter you use for everything else.
  • A white cake with coconut on top, which reads as snow from across the room.

Decorations

  • Paper snowflakes in the window, cut by the birthday kid, which is the activity as well.
  • White fairy lights and blue paper. Nothing else.
  • A blanket pile by the sofa, because the front door will keep opening.

One thing that isn’t a screen

An indoor snowball fight with rolled-up socks. It is chaos and it is over in five minutes.

What usually goes wrong

Winter parties run long because nobody wants to leave. Have a second wave of games ready for the last half hour.

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 Winter colours

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

Road Hopper1–4 players · 4+Tower Stack1–4 players · 4+Lucky Spin1–4 players · 4+Beat Dance1–4 players · 5+Flashing

See all 38 games

The invitation

3 ways a winter 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 Winter 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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