Theme packs / Space
Space birthday party ideas for a living room
Space is the best-value theme going: turn the lights down, and half the work is done.
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 — Space and every other one, changeable until the day.
The plan
Two hours of space party
Food
- "Moon rocks" — popcorn tossed in a little melted white chocolate.
- Star-cut sandwiches. A cookie cutter turns bread into decoration in four minutes.
- Freeze-dried strawberries, sold as astronaut food, which they technically are.
Decorations
- Black tablecloth, silver stars, one string of warm fairy lights. That is the whole set.
- Glow sticks handed out at the door. They cost pennies and they run the entire party.
- Turn the main light off during the arcade rounds. A dim room makes a TV feel like an event.
One thing that isn’t a screen
Build-a-rocket from kitchen roll tubes and card, judged on nothing at all.
What usually goes wrong
A dark room and a bright screen is a headache combination. Leave one lamp on behind the sofa, and switch on reduced-flashing mode if anyone is sensitive.
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 Space colours
A theme pack is a full reskin — art and palette — over mechanics that already work. These four suit a space party particularly well.
The invitation
3 ways a space 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.
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 Space 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