Robin Hood Birthday Party Theme Ideas

Fun ideas for a Robin Hood Theme birthday party including ideas for Robin Hood Invitations, Decorations, Activities, Games, Favors and Food.

Robin Hood Invitation Ideas
Wanted Posters - Print out party information on parchment colored paper in the form of a wanted poster for Robin Hood. Have an adult burn around the edges of the paper for a weathered look. Attach the invitations to guests front doors with tape or magnets (for metal doors).
Robin Hood Scroll - Print out party information and then roll into a scroll and tie with a green or red ribbon.
Plain green note cards with a red feather or arrow embellishment glued to the front.
Robin Hood party hats - print invitations on green paper and then fold into mini Robin Hood party hats. (Youtube.com has a great video on how to make them!)

Robin Hood Decoration Ideas
There are two parts to the story of Robin Hood .... Sherwood Forest and Nottingham Castle. Make two separate party areas decorated like both Sherwood Forest and Nottingham Castle.
For Sherwood Forest: Decorate in forest colors - light and dark green, brown and orange or purple. Brown or green tablecloth with artificial vines and flowers in the center. Green and brown streamers and balloons.
Cover a playhouse, swing set or tent with a tarp or brown butcher paper and make a Sherwood forest fort.
The castle can be as easy as renting a bounce house or covering medium size boxes with grey construction paper and building a structure.

Robin Hood Party Activities
Robin Hood Hats - Make Robin Hood hats from green construction paper. (Robin Hood style hat on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyOOhR9cxFE&feature=channel - use this video to make mini hats and send them as invitations)
Maid Marion Hats - for girls that attend the party (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Lb0ZPot8I )
Medieval Tunics
Red, Black, Brown or Silver t-shirts - cut the sleeves and the bottom in a zig zag pattern. Cut out the t-shirt collar and make a 4" v at the neck. Tie at waist with rope or twine.
Pillowcases - cut a hole for their head and arms. Cut a large zig zag pattern \/\/\/\/ at the bottom of the pillow case - tie with a rope or twine around their waist.
Felt or Material - by cutting a long rectangle of fabric (1.5 feet x 4 - 5 feet), then folding the material in half and cutting a hole for the head in the center of the fold. Cut VVVV pattern at the bottom. Slip over the party guests heads and tie with rope or twine.
Swords - Make swords out of heavy cardboard by cutting out a sword shape and then covering with aluminum foil.

Robin Hood Party Games
Noodle Jousting - Use large pool noodles and have a jousting contest. Set down a board (or use two objects that are close to the ground that the kids can stand on) and have 2 party guests at a time stand on each end of the board. Give them each a pool noodle and then let them joust each other - if a child steps off of the board they are out.

Bow and Arrow Contest - Set up different targets for the party guests to shoot a bow and arrow at - use hula hoops suspended from trees with rope, large cardboard boxes with targets painted on them or set up objects on a table for them to knock over.

Gold Coin Toss - Throw plastic gold coins into a treasure chest. Set the chest on the floor (or table) about 6 feet from the base line where the party guests will be standing. Give them each 5 gold coins and tell them to try and get the coins into the chest. To move on the group must get a certain number of coins in the chest - a good challenging number is to multiply the number of pirates x 4. They may have to try over and over to get the correct number in the chest … which will make it challenging.

Robin Hood and his Merry Men Race - Teams race together using only shapes. Cut out five large shapes out of poster board - about 12“ x 14“. The number of shapes you allow the teams to use will vary on how many are on each team. Start by giving them 2 - 3 extra shapes and then try running the relay again by taking shapes away. Decorate them to look like tree trunks or something you would find in Sherwood Forest. Tell the Merry Men that they must use only these five shapes to get from the start line, around a cone and then back to the start line. They must take the five pieces and move their team by having everyone stand on the pieces together, taking the back piece … moving it to the front and so on. If they step off the shapes then they must start at the beginning. No one can be left behind - they must all move together.

Sword Relay Race
Use foam swords for this fun relay race. Divide party guests into two teams. Give each team a container with 20 gold plastic coins. Set two baskets or treasure chests at one end of the playing field (or room). Give the sword to the first guest in line on each team and have them balance gold coins on their swords and run to the treasure chest. After they deposit the coin they run back and give the sword to the next pirate in line. First team with all of their coins in the treasure chest wins. If they drop the coin they must run back to the start line and place their coin back in their teams container. Then the next person in line grabs a coin and begins.

Drain the Moat
Divide birthday party guests into 2 teams. Use 4 buckets - place two at the starting line and two 30 or more feet away.　 Fill the farthest buckets with water. Players take a sponge and run to the far bucket, dip the sponge in the water and then run back to the starting line bucket and squeeze the water into the empty bucket. The first team to fill their bucket wins. (Use larger buckets to hold the water first since a lot of the water will be lost as they race back to fill their bucket.) Variation: Race backwards for a crazy birthday party game twist!

Treasure Dig
Fill two small plastic pools with sand. In each pool place 40 - 50 pennies then mix them into the sand so they are hidden. Divide guests into two teams and have the stand behind one another in a line. On "go" the first person from each team will run to the pool, dig through the sand and try to find a penny. When they have found a penny they will run back to their line and place it in a container for their team. Set a time limit of 5 - 10 minutes for each round. The team with the most pennies in their container at the end of the round wins a prize.

Robin Hood Tag
Played like traditional tag except "it" is Robin Hood. The Robin Hood tags players and when they are tagged they become members of his Merry Men. The Merry Men and Robin Hood try and tag all the other players. The last person to be tagged becomes the new Robin Hood.

Robin Hood Party Food Ideas
Cheese Tray
Fruit Kabobs
Bread
Chicken Nuggets

Robin Hood Party Favors
Chocolate Gold Coins
Foam Swords
Toy bow and arrow sets
Juggling balls
Pool Noodle (Jousting)
Tiaras and jewelry for Maid Marion guests

Goody Bag Ideas
Drawstring pouch
Tie Party Favors up in a bandana

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