Mermaid Party Kit: printable games and decorations
Make a splash with an under-the-sea mermaid party. The kit prints in sea greens and pinks so every table matches without buying decorations.
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What is in the kit (32 pages)
- Fill-in invitations, 2 per page
- WELCOME sign and HAPPY BIRTHDAY sign
- Party Bingo: 10 unique cards plus calling cards
- Scavenger hunt, 24 charades cards and a word scramble with answer key
- 12 cupcake toppers
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY pennant banner
- Thank-you cards
Every page, in order
The kit is one PDF. Print the whole thing or just the pages you want.
- Page 3: Invitations (2 per page)
- Pages 4 to 5: Welcome + party signs
- Pages 6 to 17: Party Bingo (10 cards + calling cards)
- Pages 18 to 23: Scavenger hunt, charades & word scramble
- Page 24: Cupcake toppers
- Pages 25 to 31: HAPPY BIRTHDAY pennant banner
- Page 32: Thank-you cards
The mermaid party bingo words
Ten cards, each one different, drawn from these 22 words. Calling cards are included, so nobody has to make a list up on the day.
mermaid, seashell, wave, pearl, coral, starfish, dolphin, seahorse, treasure, lagoon, bubbles, octopus, tail, reef, sandcastle, jellyfish, crab, kelp, tide, anchor, clam, turtle
What the charades cards ask kids to do
There are 24 cards. A few of them:
- Swim like a mermaid with a tail
- Open a treasure chest
- Blow bubbles under the sea
- Walk sideways like a crab
- Wiggle like a jellyfish
- Dive for shiny pearls
- Build a sandcastle
- Jump like a dolphin
The scavenger hunt list
12 things to find, written so they work indoors or in a garden. Nothing has to be bought or hidden in advance.
- Something blue like the ocean
- Something that holds water
- Something shiny like a pearl
- Something shaped like a shell
- Something pink like coral
- Something that floats
- Something sandy or beige
- A treasure worth keeping
- Something wavy or curly
- Something green like seaweed
- Something shaped like a star
- Something that sparkles like water
Word scramble
10 words to unscramble, with an answer key on the next page for whoever is running it: mermaid, seashell, treasure, dolphin, seahorse, bubbles, starfish, lagoon, octopus, pearl.
Ages, timing and printing
- Ages 4 to 10. Younger children usually need a grown-up to read the bingo calling cards and the scavenger hunt list out loud.
- About two hours of party. Bingo runs 10 to 15 minutes, the scavenger hunt 15 to 20, charades as long as they are still laughing.
- Plain paper is fine for the signs, banner and hunt sheets. Card stock is worth it for the bingo cards, charades cards and cupcake toppers, since those get handled.
- US Letter, colour, single sided. Print the invitations first if the party is more than a week away.
- The cupcake toppers say MAKE A SPLASH, SHELL-EBRATE, LET'S PARTY, HAPPY BDAY, DIVE IN!, OH FISH!.
Mermaid party ideas for a splashy afternoon
- Blue streamers along one wall become waves behind the banner.
- Play bingo with shell-shaped pasta as markers.
- The scavenger hunt works great as a treasure dive: hide items in blue balloons.
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