Super Mario Party Ideas

Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom, where magic and adventure await! Get ready to embark on an adventure like no other, filled with fun, laughter, and excitement with these Super Mario party ideas. Whether you're a fan of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, Yoshi, or Toad, this is a fantastic party theme to bring the iconic characters and Mario galaxy to life. Become inspired with ideas for invitations, decorations, games and activities, food and drink, and party favors, making it a celebration to remember!

Super Mario Party Invitations

Super Mario or Luigi Hats - Have your party invitation be in the shape of Mario or Luigi iconic hats and incorporate one of the fun sayings below in addition to the rest of your party details, including date, place, contact, etc.

Power-up Invitation - In the middle of the invitation have a large power-up image, indicating that the event is going to be super.

Fun Sayings:

It’s a Me, Party Time!
Let’s-a Go!
Level Up with us at ____’s birthday party!
Power-up and Join the Adventure!
It’s Luigi Time!

Super Mario Party Decorations and Supplies

Use a color theme of red, green, and yellow

Mario themed tablecloth and napkins that feature Super Mario characters and other aspects like mushrooms, turtle shells, stars, and coins

Create a balloon arch out of the main party colors with red to represent Mario, green to represent Luigi, and yellow to represent Stars and Gold Coins

Character cutouts of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, Yoshi, and Toad

Hang banners featuring iconic Mario scenes to take pictures with, such as the Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser's Castle, or Yoshi's Island

Power-up Doorways - Inside doorways, hang different power-up shapes for guests to think they are getting a power-up when they enter different rooms

Stars - Hang twinkle lights and star shape cut-outs on the walls or across the ceiling

Green Pipe Standees - Create large pipe standees using cardboard or poster board. Paint them green and place them around the party area to look like the warp pipes from the video game

Super Mario Party Games and Activities

Mario Kart Grand Prix - Set up a racing game area with mini go-karts or use remote-controlled cars for a Mario Kart-inspired race. Or set up a Wii or Nintendo Switch to play Mario Kart on a TV or device against other party guests

Super Mario Obstacle Course - Create an obstacle course featuring challenges like jumping over "pits" (foam blocks), collecting "coins" (gold-wrapped chocolate coins), and avoiding "Goombas" or “bananas” (stuffed toys)

Bowser's Castle Escape Room - Design a themed escape room where players must solve simple puzzles or challenges and find clues to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser's Castle

Yoshi's Egg Hunt - Hide small toys or chocolate eggs (make sure to do a count beforehand and after to make sure none get lost) around the party area for an egg hunt/scavenger hunt.

Character Coloring - Set up a craft station with coloring sheets of favorite Mario characters and art supplies, such as paint, markers, stickers, crayons, and glitter glue

Luigi's Ghostly Guessing Game - Play a mystery game where guests have to guess the character using clues related to iconic Mario characters

Mario Bingo - Play traditional bingo and give the winner a small prize

Mario Trivia - Test the guests knowledge of everything Mario with a friendly competition of trivia questions to see who can guess the most correctly

Movie Premiere - Watch the latest Mario movie with all guests

Super Mario Party Food and Drink Ideas

Mini Mario Pizza Rolls - Bake mini pizza rolls that are filled with sauce, cheese, pepperoni, red peppers, and mushrooms to represent Mario and his Power-up Mushrooms

Luigi's Green Bean Salad - Simple salad with green beans, peas, avocado, and spinach

Princess Peach’s Cobbler - Make a sweet peach cobbler with a buttery crust

Toad’s Caprese Skewers - Caprese skewers with cherry tomatoes, mozzarella balls, and basil leaves to represent Toad’s hat

Bowser's Fiery Hot Wings - Spicy chicken wings to represent Bower’s fire-breathing ability with an option of non-spicy wings for these who do not like heat

Yoshi’s Deviled Eggs - Add a little green food dye to make the deviled eggs look like Yoshi’s eggs from the video game

Donkey Kong Banana Split - Set up an ice cream station with different kinds of ice cream, sliced bananas, fruit, chocolates, gummies, and sauces for guests to make their own version of a banana split.

Princess Daisy’s Lemonade - Either make traditional lemonade or add a twist of orange lemonade to represent Daisy’s orange dress