# Birthday party games: 12 mini-games starring the birthday person

> the 12 festival games on a birthdayland island: whack-a-gnome, dance-off, karaoke, a water-balloon toss and more, with the birthday person as the star and friends in the crowd.

Page: https://bday.land/games · updated 2026-10-05

booths all over the birthday island. every round is about a minute, the birthday person is the hero of all of them, and their friends show up as rivals, targets and the crowd.

## the booths

once three or more friends have left cards, they turn up inside the games: the rival, the targets, the crowd, sometimes the lyrics.

- [whack-a-gnome](https://bday.land/games/whack-a-gnome) (about 45 seconds a round): hi hi! magic gnomes keep popping out of the lawn. bonk them back — but the llamas are friends. Click, tap or press 1–9 on a gnome (gold hats +15, snow bunny +25) Combos add bonus points; 5 · 10 · 20 in a row pop a mood sticker Never bonk a llama (−15); empty holes cost 2
- **star catch** (about 60 seconds a round): stars are falling off the sky sticker sheet. hold the bucket high for the yellow and gold ones — the red ✗ ones make you dizzy. ← → or drag anywhere to slide the bucket Yellow +10 · Gold +50 · snow bunny +75 · 5 in a row pays a mood sticker Red ✗ = a dizzy sticker (wears off in 20 s) · three at once ends the round
- **pie-eating contest** (about 60 seconds a round): three rival blobs, one table of pies. sam eats like they means it. ooh nice!! Alternate A and D (or the two buttons / tap left and right) Mashing one key cramps and drains stamina — pace it First to 5 pies wins; the timer star gives 60 s
- **horseshoes** (no timer): a sand pit, a far stake and a very smug rival named pip. read the wind and let the shoe fly. clang! ↑ ↓ or drag to aim; Space (or Throw) winds up, again lets fly Stop the bar on the white tick — it already allows for the wind; a high lob is a touch kinder Ringer 3 · leaner 2 · close 1; six throws each, beat the rival for +50
- [water-balloon toss](https://bday.land/games/balloon-toss) (about 45 seconds a round): four friends bob behind the fence and a llama has opinions. wind up a water balloon. splash! ← → or drag to aim at a bobbing friend Hold Space (or the button) to charge, release in the green band Body +5 · head +15 · llama +30 · snow bunny +50; streaks multiply
- [dance-off](https://bday.land/games/dance-off) (about 60 seconds a round): the boombox is loud and the arrows are faster. sam has moves — and someone thinks they do too. Press the arrow (or tap the pad) as its note hits the bar Perfect timing builds a combo and the dance meter; whiffs cost combo Finish with the meter past the 60% mark to win
- **hopscotch** (about 90 seconds a round): chalk squares up the sidewalk and a heart pebble that keeps moving. watch the hops, then copy them on the beat — never on the stone. Watch the ghost hop, then copy the hops: arrows hop along the court and into a pair — or tap the next square Never land on the heart stone; hop on the beat for +3 Three slips end the round · five sequences cleared wins
- **tomb of matching** (about 90 seconds a round): a dusty door, a grid of relic tiles and one nervous torch. remember where the scarab went. ooh nice!! Tap a tile (or ← → ↑ ↓ + Space) to flip; match every relic pair Cracked backs hide a mummy — boo! costs 5 s of torch Streaks stack relic hunter bonuses; time left pays when the door opens
- **blob flap** (no timer): balloon bunches from the sky, hedges from the lawn and one very fast island. flap through all of it. yay!! Space or tap anywhere to flap Fly through the gap between the balloons and the hedge LOVE +5 · star shards +10 · ten columns wins · one crash ends it
- **find the llama** (about 60 seconds a round): somewhere on this very busy lawn: a llama, a snow bunny and four more, tucked behind the party. squint. counting the llamas… Tap the six things hiding behind the guests, gifts and booths Quick finds pay more: +50 plus a bonus for time left A hint spotlights one thing (−5 s); the topiary llama is a decoy (−3 s)
- **fishing dock** (about 60 seconds a round): a creaky dock, a patient float and fish with opinions. wait for the tug — the midnight fish only bites at night. Space / Cast twice: wind up, let fly — farther water hides rarer fish When the float dips and ! pops, press again to hook ← → keep the float over the fish until the reel bar fills
- [karaoke stage](https://bday.land/games/karaoke) (about 50 seconds a round): doodle-speak lyrics, a bouncing star and a very brave glass. sam sings with their whole chest. Press Space or tap the stage when the star lands on a syllable Hold ↑ ↓ (or drag the ribbon) to keep the knob on the wavy line Three perfects in a row shatter the glass; keep the crowd past 55%

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birthdayland is a birthday website your friends fill together. it's free to start, a paid plan is one payment per birthday site, and friends never pay. every page, for language models: https://bday.land/llms.txt