Want to shake things up at your child’s birthday party? Roller-skating games are a great way to get every guest laughing and having fun. It’s also a tried-and-true trick for helping rambunctious partygoers skate off their excess energy. If you have a summer birthday party planned, you won’t want to miss our favorite roller-skating games.

3 Games for a Kids’ Skating Party

1. Musical Squares. Using tape, mark out squares on the rink, arranged in a circle. You should have one fewer squares than skaters. Have the players skate around the circle, outside the ring of squares. When the music stops, each player must skate to the closest square. The person who doesn’t claim a square is eliminated! After each round, be sure to mark off one square with an X, so you’ll always have one fewer squares than players.
2. Hat tricks. Get two party hats and fill each with slips of paper. Your guests’ names should go into one hat, and instructions for silly skating tricks in the other. Pull one slip of paper out of each hat. The skater must perform the trick to the judge’s satisfaction, or they’re out of the game! For example, if “the sister of the birthday boy” matches up with “skate backwards on one foot,” she’ll have to show off her skating skills or hit the bench.
3. Freeze skate. Test out your jam skating skills with a roller-skating dance off . . . with a twist. When the music stops, so must the skaters. Any skater who keeps dancing is eliminated from the round until a single skater remains.

Ready to party? Book a kids’ birthday bash at Skate World Pasadena.