5 Outdoor Birthday Party Ideas Using Modern Technology

5 Outdoor Birthday Party Ideas Using Modern Technology

Living in Australia means you can celebrate your birthday party outdoors almost all year round (with some luck). Don’t go down the beaten track with a standard BBQ and ball games. Create a mind-blowing party using modern technology!

Organise an outdoor movie party

Invite your friends for the movie session outdoors. If it’s an adult birthday party, you may want to keep it simple. Select a good movie; provide comfortable seating and blankets, offer popcorn or pizzas, and decorate your backyard to match the theme of the movie. There are plenty of decor ideas on Pinterest for your inspiration.

Planning a backyard party for kids? Organise a sleep-over in a tent after the movie. Suggest children to watch movies in their sleeping bags for additional camping experience (they will feel nice and snug even if the evening is chilly).

Wanting something really crazy? Go for a dive-in movie party or a hot tub cinema. Place the cinema screen near the pool (you would need an inflatable movie screen for this one) or hire a portable spa. Your guests will be raving about your awesome party for weeks and months after it!

Are your friends creative and active? Ask them to come dressed as famous movie characters. Give them a video camera or a mobile phone and ask to shoot a movie. (Prepare the simple plot in advance). Use a big screen to project the freshly made movie - we guarantee the film will be a big success!

When selecting an outdoor cinema package, take into account the following factors:

• The screen needs to be of a good quality to get a decent image. Don’t use the white sheet instead of a screen – all you’ll see is a washed-out image on a wrinkled surface.
• Select a bright projector (for the screen of 3-4 metre wide you would need at least 3000 lumen projector). Don’t worry about full HD – WXGA projectors will do the job just fine.
• Ensure the sound is right – only the combination of the great sound and bright image will give your guests a real movie experience.
• Ready-made outdoor cinema packages are available from Smart Digital Australia - well-balanced combination of a movie screen, projector, and sound system will make your outdoor movie party an easy entertainment.  

Hire a photo booth

A cute photo booth is a fantastic decoration of your backyard, and it will bring hours of entertainment for your guests, no matter how old they are. Everybody will get excited about the opportunity to press a button and to create a row of funny photos of themselves (works especially great if you have announced a dress-up party, for example, a super hero party!).

While you can spend hours building your own photo booth, it is easier just to rent one for a day, and it is not as expensive as it used to be. When choosing a photo booth provider, think whether you want to have digital copies of the pictures taken, which style photo booth you prefer (vintage, retro, or novelty), which props are you envisaging, what backdrop you would like to use, but most importantly, check if the hiring company allows their photo booth to be placed outdoors. CLICK HERE to find the perfect photo booth for your event.

Play console games in the fresh air

We all are guilty for being too attached to our gadgets and for spending too much time indoors. Get the gamers out to the fresh air and offer them to play their favourite console games on a really big screen.

We would recommend active computer games, like Mario Power Tennis, Wipeout, Zumba kids, or exergames – video games providing exercise – “Adventures to Fitness”, “Outdoor Challenge”, and alike.

Is it going to be a girls’ birthday? Play “Just Dance” – hours of active fun and dancing are guaranteed! This game is also great for adult outdoor parties and will help you move your guests from the dining table to the green lawn and make them shake it!

To play console games outdoors, use the inflatable movie system with HDMI output to connect to your Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation. The big screen provides an absolutely different experience compared to playing games on your plasma TV sitting on a couch. And those who do not play will enjoy watching the game as well!y party? Play “Just Dance” – hours of active fun and dancing are guaranteed! This game is also great for adult outdoor parties and will help you move your guests from the dining table to the green lawn and make them shake it!

It does not have to be totally dark to see what’s on the screen and to be able to play a favourite game of yours. And this is another advantage of gaming on a big inflatable movie screen.

Use GPS to play Geocaching

Have you heard of Geocaching? The old treasure hunt has transformed thanks to the availability of GPS devices and Internet.

This is a fantastic idea for an outdoor birthday party for preteens and teenagers, as it brings together their favourite world of Internet and mobile phones with outdoor adventures. Introduce them to the game several days in advance; ask them to download an app to their mobile devices, preselect the caches you will be hunting for, and let the fun begin!

Learn More on how to organise a geocaching birthday party.

Invite guests for a karaoke or a Rock Star party

Karaoke outdoors – that’s a great party idea for the girls and boys of all ages! Pretend to be superstars: think through dress-ups and music; decorate your backyard and turn it into the stage. Rent a PA system, or build your own, using your household audio speakers, a laptop with a downloaded karaoke player, and a couple of microphones, a stereo and an amplifier. Alternatively, use the audio video control system similar to SmartBox Platinum Plus with two wireless microphones, and pre-amp mixer, for an easy setup of your outdoor music night.

Record the show using your mobile phone – you will enjoy watching this video in several years’ time!

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We hope you liked our ideas. Now over to you – do you have any other ideas on how to combine modern technology and backyard entertainment to create a memorable birthday party?

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Guest Blogger Olga Kustova from Smart Digital Australia