The bee party game is a cute kids’ game for bug-themed birthday party activities, summer camp games, or even classroom games when learning about pollinators!
Fun Bee Party Game For Kid Party Activities
What Is The Bee Game For Children?
The bee game for children is a fun and interactive game that helps children learn about the life cycle of bees and the importance of pollination.
The is a group game played in teams. Each team needs at least 2-3 players for this group game.
It’s also just a fun bug-themed game for parties or indoor or outdoor activities for kids, especially if you’re looking for tag games.
PRO PARTY TIP: Have a dress-up bin of bee items for kids to dress up as bees before the party!
Goal of the Bee Game
The goal of the bee pollination game is to have “worker bees” deliver all the pollen to the “queen bee.”
The first team group of beens to gather all the “pollen” and deliver it to the queen bee wins the game.
Through playing this game, children can learn about the importance of bees in pollination, the roles of different types of bees in a colony, and the life cycle of bees
Additionally, the game can help develop gross motor skills, teamwork, and social skills for younger kids if you’re using is as part of class games, classroom parties, or summer camp activities.
Game Instructions: How To Play The Bee Game With Kids
Game Setup
To play the bees and beekeeper game, you’ll need:
- Teams
- Bowls with small colored pompoms (same number of pompoms in each bowl)
- Empty bowls
- Spoons
FOR EACH TEAM: On one end of the room, setup up bowls with pompoms (which is the “flower” they will get pollen from). On the other end of the room set up an empty bowl, which is the “Queen Bee” where the worker bees will transport the pollen (pompoms).
Game Play
1. Divide the players into teams (of any size you want).
2. ON EACH TEAM: Choose one player to be the beekeeper. The rest of the players will be worker bees. Give all the worker bees a spoon. This is how they will transport their “pollen” to the queen bee’s bowl.
The worker bees on the same team work together, while the beekeeper on their team will work to try to “tag” bees from the other team.
The worker bees start at one end of the playing area where the queen bee bowl is and beekeepers start at the other end where the flower pollen bowl filled with pompoms is.
3. On GO! worker bees visit their team’s “flower” (the bowl with pompoms) and scoop a pollen onto their spoon. At the same time, beekeepers are working to tag beekeepers.
The goal of the game is for the worker bees to carry their “pollen” to the queen bee and then return to their starting point before they get tagged by the beekeeper.
4. The beekeeper can tag the worker bees to slow them down.
If worker bees get tagged, they have to go back to the pollen flower and get new pollen.
GAME PLAY NOTE: If, at any time, a worker bee drops their pollen (pompoms), they also have to return to the pollen flower (pompom bowl) and get new pollen.
Once a worker bee reaches the queen bee bowl, they can drop off their pollen and return to get more pollen pompoms, while also trying to avoid the beekeeper.
BEEKEEPERS SHOULD NEVER TAG THEIR OWN TEAMMATES.
The game continues until all of the worker bees have successfully delivered their pollen to the queen bee bowl.
The first team to get all their pollen to the queen bee wins!
Alternate Game Play & Game Rules
- If you’re playing with younger kids (like for a preschool party game), you can use those wooden tongs for sensory bins instead of spoons (if those are easier).
- You can have them match the color of the pompom to the bowl to drop it in.
- If you are playing with older kids or want to make it more challenging, you can play that when a worker bee is tagged, they then become the new beekeeper (and the beekeeper becomes one of the worker bees).
I hope you have fun with this bee party game!
