Fun Ideas for Wall-E Party Activities

We went to see Wall-E this afternoon so we beat the crowds that will be at the theaters this weekend. The movie is the latest collaboration between the Disney- Pixar powerhouse, and it doesn’t disappoint. It’s a really cute tale, with a great environmental message, about a robot who’s been on his own on a junk filled planet earth for 700 years. He’s developed his own quirky personality during that time.

When a space ship lands, and a little robot named Eve invades his world everything changes. Wall-E develops feelings for Eve, and presents her with a living plant. Eve is picked back up by the spaceship that delivered her, and a concerned Wall-E follows her into space.

While I was watching the movie, of course I was thinking of fun Wall-E party ideas. Here are some activities I think would be fun for an out of this world Wall-E birthday party:

• One of the main symbols in this movie was a lonely little plant Wall-E planted in an old shoe. It’s a great time of the year to get clearance priced plants from your local nursery. Provide plants, potting soil, and an old sheet for the children to work on. Have everyone bring an old shoe (or container of their choice) to plant their flower in.
• Hide a collection of “junk” and let the children go on a scavenger hunt to find items you have listed.
• Set up clues, and let the children go on a “junk” treasure hunt.
• Provide boxes and construction paper, let the children break up into teams to build a rocket ship or a robot based on one of the characters in the movie.
• Round up some interesting “junk” and let the children build their own junk wind chimes like the chimes hanging in Wall-e’s pad.
• Let the children build their own junk sculpture.
• Play follow the robots command (like Simon Says)
• Set up a series of clues in the back yard and have the children find their way back to planet earth.

What ideas can you come up with for a Wall-E birthday party?

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