Theme packs / Dino
Dinosaur birthday party ideas that survive twenty kids
Dinosaurs are the easiest theme to buy for and the hardest to fill two hours with. Here is a plan that does not rely on a bouncy castle.
Check my party date$149.99 for the weekend · $200 deposit, refunded when the box comes back
Unlocking the premium themes is $9 for the party — Dino and every other one, changeable until the day.
The plan
Two hours of dino party
Food
- "Fossil" dig cupcakes: chocolate crumb on top, a gummy dinosaur half-buried in each.
- Green grapes and broccoli as "herbivore snacks" — labelling vegetables is a genuinely effective trick.
- Cocktail sausages as "carnivore bites". They vanish first, every time.
Decorations
- A roll of brown paper on the table and a box of crayons. Kids draw the landscape themselves.
- Inflatable palm plants in the corners of the room; they read as jungle from a photo.
- Hide plastic dinosaurs around the room before anyone arrives and let them be found all afternoon.
One thing that isn’t a screen
A fossil dig in a shallow tray of sand or dry rice, with paintbrushes rather than hands.
What usually goes wrong
The dig gets messy and it ends after eight minutes. Plan it as the opener, not the main event, and have something running on the TV for what comes after.
A running order that works
0:00–0:20
Arrival
Guests trickle in over twenty minutes. Have the on-arrival activity out and the TV showing the attract screen.
0:20–0:45
The activity
One thing off the screen, with a clear end. Twenty-five minutes is the ceiling.
0:45–1:45
The Party Session
Choose Start Party Session on the arcade menu. It turns on Random Mode: when a game ends, the console picks the next one itself. This is the hour you can walk away from — make the coffee, take the photos, talk to the other parents.
1:45–2:00
Cake
Sing, cut, hand it out. Do not do this at the start; sugar first is a mistake you make once.
2:00–2:40
Back to the arcade
Start another Party Session while the sugar is still working. Four kids at a time, the stations do the rest, and it ends on the winner card. This is the loudest and easiest forty minutes of the party.
2:40–3:00
Wind down
Free play on the console, party bags by the door, parents arriving. The screen keeps everyone in one room while you hand out bags.
The arcade
All 39 games, in Dino colours
A theme pack is a full reskin — art and palette — over mechanics that already work. These four suit a dino party particularly well.
The invitation
3 ways a dino invitation can look
Free with every package, and it is the same page your guests actually open — a countdown, the address, a map and a two-tap RSVP. No ads, no account, nothing to install.
LagoonCooler and wetter — a waterside camp rather than a jungle floor, and a theropod in the shallows.
Book it
Can you get a box for that Saturday?
Saturdays go first, and the box ships 2 days early so you can test it. Your invitation site is free either way, in Dino colours.
Bashcade Box
+ $200 refundable deposit
Four arcade stations, shipped to your door or collected from us. The standard home party.
- 4 wired arcade stations
- All 38 games
- Party highlights on the invitation
- 3-day window around the party
- Free shipping both ways, or collect it from us