Theme packs / Winter
Winter birthday party ideas for when nobody can go outside
A December or January birthday means the party is indoors and everyone knows it. Plan for that from the start.
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 — Winter and every other one, changeable until the day.
The plan
Two hours of winter party
Food
- Hot chocolate with a toppings tray — marshmallows, sprinkles, whipped cream.
- Snowflake sandwiches, cut with the same cutter you use for everything else.
- A white cake with coconut on top, which reads as snow from across the room.
Decorations
- Paper snowflakes in the window, cut by the birthday kid, which is the activity as well.
- White fairy lights and blue paper. Nothing else.
- A blanket pile by the sofa, because the front door will keep opening.
One thing that isn’t a screen
An indoor snowball fight with rolled-up socks. It is chaos and it is over in five minutes.
What usually goes wrong
Winter parties run long because nobody wants to leave. Have a second wave of games ready for the last half hour.
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 Winter colours
A theme pack is a full reskin — art and palette — over mechanics that already work. These four suit a winter party particularly well.
The invitation
3 ways a winter 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 Winter 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