Theme packs / Under the Sea
Under-the-sea birthday party ideas for a home party
Blue paper, a lot of fish, and no actual water in the house. That is the brief.
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 — Under the Sea and every other one, changeable until the day.
The plan
Two hours of under the sea party
Food
- Blue jelly cups with a gummy fish set into each one.
- Goldfish crackers in a big bowl. Nothing beats them at this party.
- Cucumber "seaweed" ribbons made with a peeler, which children will eat if they are called seaweed.
Decorations
- Streamers hung vertically in a doorway so the kids swim through them.
- Blue tablecloth and paper fish cut out by the birthday kid the night before.
- A bubble machine if you have one. Fifteen dollars, does the work of a whole theme.
One thing that isn’t a screen
A fishing game with magnets and paperclips on paper fish, for the youngest guests.
What usually goes wrong
Sea themes attract water play, and water plus a living room is a bad Saturday. Keep the wet part outside or skip it entirely.
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 Under the Sea colours
A theme pack is a full reskin — art and palette — over mechanics that already work. These four suit a under the sea party particularly well.
The invitation
3 ways a under the sea 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 Under the Sea 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