Ruff-Ruff Rescue: 26 Ideas For A Paw Patrol Birthday Bash

Bean bag toss games are super easy for younger kids to play, so it’s a great idea for a Paw Patrol party. You can set up a basic toss game using large dog dishes and bean bags, or dog balls, or even bone-shaped dog toys. Get creative! Fab Everyday creates a DIY cornhole game with a paw print cut-out for the holes and uses basic bean bags for kids to test their skills. You can also find games that you can buy if you’re not up for going the DIY route.

Another fun game for kids of all ages is bowling. Bowing is great since younger children can handle the task easily, especially since you can adjust it by moving the pins closer. A Paw Patrol bowling set makes it a breeze to match this classic game to your theme. It’s also colorful, which is sure to grab young kids’ attention. Line kids up and give everyone two tries to knock over as many pins as they can. Play for fun or up the challenge and offer some prizes.

Set up various stations that each represent a different pup for kids to play different activities. For example, Zuma’s station could be trying to fish things out of water, Rocky’s area could be a craft station where kids turn recyclables into works of art. Sarah Trujillo-Porter creates the perfect station for Rubble — a dig station. Fill a sandbox or kiddie pool with all sorts of toys and molds. Kids can build, dig, and scoop just like Rubble.

A piñata is always a crowd-pleaser at a party, because not only is it fun to take a swing, but there are prizes at the end! Kids love when the piñata finally busts open and all of the surprises spill out onto the floor. Then adults love to watch the mad scurry as little ones scoop up as much as they can. (Make sure to give everyone a bag to hold their treats.) Look for piñata styles that match your Paw Patrol theme, like one of the characters, a giant bone, or even a vehicle to match your kid’s favorite pup transportation.

Zuma’s tagline in Paw Patrol is “Ready, Set, Get Wet!” So a Paw Patrol party that takes place outside in warm weather is just screaming for a classic water balloon fight! Fab Everyday has balloons at the ready for kids to start going to town. You can also set up a game where kids line up across from each other and throw the balloon back and forth. With every catch they take one step back, continuing to toss until their balloon breaks. The last pair standing wins!

Live Well Play Together makes some tasty pup treats for their guests with some chocloate-dipped, sprinkle-covered cookies. If you know Paw Patrol, you know how much the pups love their treats (especially Rubble). If you’re not up for baking, grab a box of Scooby-Doo graham crackers (they’re shaped like bones). Or buy some pre-packaged sugar cookie dough and roll it out according to the label. Then use a bone-shaped cookie cutter to make your shapes. Using the premade dough saves lots of time since you don’t need to gather a bunch of ingredients to mix your own.

Pick up a few large dog bowls at the dollar store to use for your food table. Instantly, you have some fun themed containers to match your party and completely kick your tablescape up a notch. The Mom Creative fills a colorful bowl with a snack mix featuring a yummy assortment of sweet and salty favors. Fill your bowls with the snack mix of your choice and label it “Puppy Chow” for a creative, cute twist.

Pizza is always a great go-to for a kid’s party. It’s simple, easy, and you can be pretty sure everyone will eat it. Frugal Coupon Living creatively makes regular pepperoni pizza a Paw Patrol-worthy food choice with a quick name change. PUP a roni pizza will keep everyone well fed and smiling. Make your own, let kids add toppings to personal pizzas, or order from your favorite local pizza place if you want to keep things super simple.

Including a healthy snack choice is always appreciated by the adults in the group, and lots of kids love to eat fruit. Therefore, a fruit platter is a great way to add some tasty and healthy choices to your party menu. You can easily redesign a fruit platter to fit pretty much any theme by laying out the fruit in different patterns. Suburban Wife City Life places delicious blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries in the shape of a giant paw print.

Here’s a beverage idea that is sure to have everyone giggling. Fill a canister with blue soda or Powerade and label it “Toilet Water.” Catch My Party serves it alongside some bright cups and a cute label. You might have a few kids saying “ewww,” but they’ll do it with a chuckle. Another easy beverage idea is to serve bottled water and decorate the bottles with Paw Patrol label wraps. Or serve any drinks you want in some Paw Patrol tumblers that can double as party favors.

These cute figures make perfect Paw Patrol cake toppers that you can use to turn any cake into one that matches your party theme. The flat design makes them perfect for lining the sides of a tiered cake. If you’re on a tight budget, cake toppers are a great way to get a themed cake at an affordable price. You can purchase a cake from your local grocery shop bakery or make your own, then top as you see fit.

Farmington Bakery creates a large sheet-style cake in the shape of a dog bone, featuring the Paw Patrol Logo. This would also work as a pull-apart cake. You can use various round cakes to create the design, or use a bone-shaped cake pan to make things super easy. If you want to add a bit more height, make two layers using a bone-shaped pan. Decorate with the logo, pipe on paw prints, or use toppers to add your kid’s favorite pups to the top of the cake.

This tiered Paw Patrol cake from Cake Central features colors that really pop and shine. It showcases some of the most iconic colors you see for a Paw Patrol party: red, blue, and yellow. Fondant decorations and sculpted Paw Patrol characters add the perfect finishing touches. The yellow band between the two layers turns into a dog collar, and a birthday message on the cake board helps tie everything together.

If you’re intent on making the cake a real showstopper, you might be planning to order a custom creation (unless you have the skills to do your own thing). If you decide to go with a massive masterpiece, check out this idea from Lil’ Miss Cakes. The pups’ lookout tower gets a redesign in cake form with layers upon layers of delicious cake and fun decorations. The rescue pups surround their hangout, and the birthday kid’s name is displayed prominently on top.

Cupcakes Frenzy creates a pull-apart cake that looks like Chase, undoubtedly one of the most popular Paw Patrol pups. But you can apply this idea to whichever pup is your child’s favorite. Arrange the cupcakes as needed, then use frosting to design and recreate Chase, Marshall, Skye, or any other character. Pull-apart cakes are fun at kids’ parties since they make serving the cake so easy, and kids love cupcakes. But if you would rather not do a pull-apart, you can also find Paw Patrol pup cake pans that provide frosting instructions.