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Make a Wish

Make a Wish is a printable birthday party kit for adults who enjoy good stories, playful challenges and a little competitive cake energy. Choose a few favourites for your gathering, then finish with The Birthday Museum: a small gallery of memories to give to the birthday person.

19 A4 pages12 activities4–16 adultsPDF in English
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  • Twelve birthday games spanning prediction, puzzles, memory, drawing and storytelling
  • The Birthday Museum shared-memory keepsake
  • Host guide, print menu and private birthday-person answer key
  • Two answer/scoring pages

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Choose three to five activities and gather pens, spare paper and a timer. Two optional games need the birthday person’s private key before play. Birthday Telephone uses simple folds; no scissors or real gifts are required.

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A little older. A lot to celebrate. Make a Wish is a printable birthday party kit for adults who enjoy good stories, playful challenges and a little competitive cake energy. Choose a few favourites for your gathering, then finish with The Birthday Museum: a small gallery of memories to give to the birthday person. WHAT YOU RECEIVE One non-editable PDF containing 19 A4 pages: • 12 games and activities • The Birthday Museum keepsake page • Host guide and print menu • Private birthday-person answer key • Two pages of puzzle answers and scoring help • Illustrated cover THE 12 ACTIVITIES Spotlight Choices — predict the birthday person’s A/B choices. Connection Quest — discover unexpected common ground. Life in Six Moments — put six personal memories in order. Cake Counter Caper — solve a four-cake deduction puzzle. The Cake Shop Window — study twelve illustrated treats, then test your memory. The Gift Pitch — invent an unlikely gift and pitch it to the group. One Word Apart — solve six birthday-themed word ladders. The Candle Code — find the digits behind four symbols. Birthday Budget Battle — plan the best day within a token budget. Silent Soundtrack — act out familiar song titles. The Reverse Toast — share a sincere tribute with a playful optional delivery style. Birthday Telephone — pass a scene through a folded drawing relay. THE BIRTHDAY MUSEUM Each guest draws an object linked to a shared memory, gives it an exhibit title and writes the story behind it. No photograph or actual object is needed. Collect the pages for a personal keepsake. HOW TO USE Download the PDF and choose your activities from the print menu. Print selected pages single-sided on A4 at Actual Size / 100%; use Fit if your printer clips an edge. Gather pens, spare paper and a timer. No scissors, editing app, real gifts or food required. Birthday Telephone uses simple folds. Designed for 4–16 adults. Most activities take 3–10 minutes; choose 3–5 for a relaxed party mix. For Spotlight Choices and Life in Six Moments, the birthday person completes the private key before play. These two activities are optional and use one guest of honour. Other activities can be used for joint birthdays. Each game stands alone, with no overall pack score.
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  1. Choose three to five activities and gather pens, spare paper and a timer. Two optional games need the birthday person’s private key before play. Birthday Telephone uses simple folds; no scissors or real gifts are required.
  2. Open the included instructions and choose the pages or size for your project.
  3. Keep the downloaded PDF so you can return to the instructions later.

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What settings should I use?

Read the printing guide in your chosen product first. Check the paper size, orientation and scale in the print preview. Plot Twist and Japanese Writing Paper specify A4 at Actual Size; Castles of England uses landscape A4 pages. Print one page and check it before making the full batch.

Which paper should I choose?

Start with a sheet your printer supports. Test your pens or pencils on it before printing a batch. For cards or keepsakes, check the printer’s paper-weight limit before using thicker stock. Do not assume a home printer can handle every craft paper.

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