12 Superhero Games & Activities for Kids

12 Fascinating Superhero Games for Kids

Kids love superheroes! If your kid wants to save the world and is looking for superhero activities for your kids, check out this list of games and activities for your children. These games can be played by kids of any age.

Fun Superhero Games and Activities for Your Children

1. X-Ray Vision Superhero Act

Almost every child loves playing superhero games. You can play this game with normal household objects.

Things You Will Need

  • Brown paper bags
  • A variety of household and food items (like popcorn, apple, broccoli, and other items your kids would love)

How to Play

  • Fill the brown paper bags with your kid’s favourite household and food items.
  • Close these bags.
  • Ask your kid to use his imagination, just like a superhero. The kid has to guess what is inside those bags.

2. Shooting Rockets Through a Hoop

This is another one of the children’s superhero party games your kids will love.

Things You Will Need

  • Hoops
  • An artificial kid’s rocket
  • Rocket guns

How to Play

  • Start by creating a web of so many hoops and place a target behind it.
  • Give the rocket gun to the kid.
  • Guide your kid to aim properly at the target and shoot it.

3. Captain America

This is one of the best superhero-themed games. Children love being their favourite superhero, and this game will definitely make them feel that way.

Things You Will Need

  • Paper plates (it would be best if it is red, blue, or white)
  • A box or basket (a blue or red one would be better)
  • Masking duct tape

How to Play

  • Tape the ground about 20 feet away from the box or basket.
  • Players must stand behind this line.
  • They should try to toss paper plates and make these “shields” land inside the basket.
  • Before the time runs out, the first kid who puts a certain number of shields into the basket wins.
  • Or, if the children are playing individually, then the kid who has the most number of shields in the basket in a minute wins.

4. Running Through Hula Hoops

This is a very nice superhero outdoor game.

Things You Will Need

  • Hula hoops

How to Play

  • On your kid’s playground, spread many hula hoops. The distance should be enough for your kid to jump from one hoop to the next.
  • You kids should run through the hula hoops as fast as they can like a superhero and reach the last hoop.
  • The kid who reaches the last hoop first is the winner.

5. Thor

Thor is one of the most loved Marvel superhero characters. Your kids would really love becoming thor through these games.

Things You Will Need

  • Ping pong balls
  • A small hammer (made of sponge or cardboard)
  • A plastic bucket

How to Play

  • Give every kid a hammer and a bucket of ping pong balls.
  • Keep another bucket on the other side of the room opposite the kid.
  • The kid has to play by bouncing a ping pong ball and navigating it with the help of the hammer into the empty bucket.
  • Make sure the balls bounce enough for this game to work.

6. Superhero Dash

This is one of the best superhero activities for preschoolers.

Things You Will Need

  • Printouts of four superheroes
  • Theme songs for the superheroes

How to Play

  • In every corner of the party room, hang a picture of one superhero. Make sure every corner has a different superhero picture.
  • Play some random music so that the kids can dance in the centre.
  • Stop the dance music at random and play one theme song.
  • The kids will have to run to the corner of the superhero that matches the theme song.
  • The last kid would be out.
  • The kids continue until there is only one child left in the game.

7. Catch The Villain

This is a very interesting superhero birthday party game for 5-year-olds.

Things You Will Need

  • Hula hoop
  • A packet of candies

How to Play

  • Make one kid the superhero and the other kid the villain.
  • The villain should be given the packet of candies, and the superhero should have the hula hoop.
  • Ask the superhero to throw the hula hoop and catch the villain.
  • When caught, the villain has to throw one candy for his release.
  • The game should continue until every candy is given from the bag.

8. Black Panther

Black Panther is one of the most-loved superheroes of all time. This game is really interesting when you play it with a few kids.

Things You Will Need

  • A spool of black yarn

How to Play

  • The kids must place one hand behind their backs.
  • A ball of yarn can be given to each kid.
  • They must completely unravel the ball of black yarn.
  • Any method can be used to do this as long as their hands are still behind their backs.
  • The player who finishes the ball of yarn first wins.

9. Superhero Treasure Hunt

The treasure hunt is a very interesting game when there are so many players. This makes it the perfect party game for your kids.

Things You Will Need

  • Treasure key or treasure
  • Chits of paper

How to Play

  • Take the chits of paper and write the clues to treasure on it.
  • Make sure each clue leads to another clue.
  • Hide these chits of paper accordingly in objects around your house, such as drawers, cans, bags, etc.
  • Hide the treasure key or treasure at the final destination.
  • The kids should find it according to the clues on the paper chits.

10. Batman

Batman is one of the most famous superheroes of all time.

Things You Will Need

  • Regular white paper
  • Batman villains toys (or any other villains)
  • Plastic cups

How to Play

  • Give the player some paper.
  • The player has to make a few aeroplanes out of those papers which will be the paper bat jets.
  • The kid has to use the paper bat jets and knock the villains off the cups which are placed 20 feet away.
  • This should be done within a limited time.
  • The players should knock off all the three villains.

11. Spiderman

Your kids will love this fantastic superhero game!

Things You Will Need

  • Plastic spiders
  • Sticky hands

How to Play

  • Put some plastic spiders on the floor.
  • Give each player a sticky hand.
  • Now ask kids to pick up as many spiders as they can in under one minute using sticky hands.
  • The one with the maximum number of spiders at the end will be declared the winner.

12. Antman

Another superhero game with tons of fun!

Things You Will Need

  • Empty bottle with a large mouth
  • Raisins

How to Play

  • Place a bottle in front of players and hand them ten raisins each.
  • Ask the kids to drop the raisin from eye-level into the bottles below. 
  • No bending or lowering their hand below eye level is allowed.
  • The kid with maximum raisins in the bottle will win the game.

Try some of these superhero games for your next children’s party. Superhero games are very good as they will help your kid release their originality. This concept creates an idea that everything is possible and that they can do something extraordinary.

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