# Need superhero games for a 5 year old's birthday party **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 14, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283 "2013-05-14T01:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/1 "2013-05-14T01:38:18Z")
The Piper Cub is turning 5 in a short while, and has requested a superhero party. I, in turn, am looking for superhero games that can be played indoors. Any inventive doper parents have any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/2 "2013-05-14T03:01:02Z")
My son has a Guess Who? with Super Hero Squad characters that he likes. Maybe make a game of 20 Questions where the person is a superhero or villain. Charades would also work with this. A Daredevil “pin-the-tail” on the Donkey variant. Depending on how much room you have indoors, a game of tag with paper streamers that you can pretend are Spider-Man’s webs. If you get touched with the streamer, you’re “caught.” Or use silly string if you don’t mind cleaning up. A villain has committed a crime and has left clues hidden around the house. The kids are Batman and need to find the clues and then solve the crime. (something easy like pictures of a clown, a playing card Joker, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/3 "2013-05-14T03:13:40Z")
great ideas, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/4 "2013-05-14T03:50:52Z")
Not a game but something that is big right now is super hero capes. You buy super hero adult tees from the thrift store an cut off the arms and the front, leaving the neck in tact. The logo that was on the shirt now becomes the logo of the cape. If course this could backfire if there’s a run on a particular cape and someone has a meltdown, but I’ve had several friends do it at their kids’ parties with no issue. My apologies if youve already come up with this aspect of the party 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/5 "2013-05-14T15:08:23Z")
How many kids are going to be at the party? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/6 "2013-05-14T17:20:45Z")
> **[Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129437/legendary-marvel-deck-building-game)** > > Assemble Marvel's finest Heroes to combat Masterminds and thwart their Schemes! and > **[Sentinels of the Multiverse](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/102652/sentinels-multiverse)** > > A diverse cast of superheroes work together to foil the plans of evil villains. Are a bit advanced for 5 year olds Brian ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/7 "2013-05-14T21:46:17Z")
I gather Witchblade Twister is right out. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/8 "2013-05-14T22:39:28Z")
Buy a bunch of frisbees and multicolored electrical tape at the dollar store. Have the kids decorate the frisbees to look like Cap’s shield. Then, play frisbee golf-- oops, you said indoors. hmm, I have a lot of ideas that don’t quite work. I’ll get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/9 "2013-05-14T22:57:25Z")
Is he into Thor at all? Ya see, the Vikings played an easy to replicate and easy to play game called [Hnefatafl.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games) You need a board, a bunch of white pawns, a bunch of black pawns and one king (You can substitute almost anything for the king). The black pawns (representing bad guys) try to capture the king. The white side, tries to get the king safely to the corner. Do you have a color printer? If so, it should be simple to print out bad guy faces on a black background and good guy faces on a white background. The king can be Cap’s shield, the Cosmic Cube, Aunt May or just about anything else. You can also print out superher old maid (Marvel actually made this way back when). Print super heroes on sticker paper, printing in pairs. Instead of a matchless old maid, Doctor Doom or some other villain is the unmatched card. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/10 "2013-05-14T23:06:20Z")
We did a scavenger hunt using strategically placed riddles from the Riddler. Then there we had a small obstacle course in the basement (balance along a 2x4, jump across “lava”, etc etc.). Finally I had them, after their “training”, break boards with their super strength (saved foam boards from roasts, pork chops etc.) Oh and I cut out cardboard batarangs so they could practice their aim. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/11 "2013-05-14T23:06:44Z")
Write a simple superhero story. Make a list of five or six items and repeat them like crazy throughout the story. Each time one of the items is named, it is the job of the kids to make the appropriate sound effect. Lots more fun than it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/12 "2013-05-15T00:23:56Z")
Some form of pin the tail on the donkey. Pin the cowl on Batman, pin the mask on Robin, pin the eyeglasses on Clark Kent, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-superhero-games-for-a-5-year-olds-birthday-party/658283/13 "2013-05-15T15:46:30Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Some form of pin the tail on the donkey. Pin the cowl on Batman, pin the mask on Robin, pin the eyeglasses on Clark Kent, etc. “Pin the rap on the Ninja”