There are some key elements to every birthday party: invitations, decorations, games, cake, food and the loot bag. To create a truly themed event your best bet is to cover these areas with your theme idea. I am sure none of us needs any ideas as to what the theme for our child’s next party should be we need to look no further than their latest favorite thing.

For fun I have listed some ideas to get your creative juices running.

• Princess/fairy
  • Invitations - pink pink pink, lace scraps, ribbons
  • Decorations - maybe cut apart a cardboard box and make a castle!
  • Games - popcicle sticks, sparkles and scraps to make wands
  • Cake - Barbie (Princess) cake of course!
  • Food - sugar sprinkle cookies, more sprinkles,
  • Goodie Bag - crowns, skirts, shoes (dollar store dress up items)
• Garden party
  • Invitations - flowers, butterflies, picket fence, buckets, green, white
  • Decorations - it’s in the garden of course! Set up areas for tea parties and planting
  • Games - plastic cup seed planting, weeding!
  • Cake - chocolate cake with gummy worms inside
  • Food - salads, fresh fruit
  • Goodie Bag - gloves, straw hats, buckets, package of seeds
• Superhero
  • Invitations - red, blue, yellow - have everyone think of a superhero name
  • Decorations - Build a small city for your heros to save with paper and boxes
  • Games - get the kids to take turns rescuing each other or drawing their superhero
  • Cake - um duh!! Superman.
  • Food - Hero subs of course!
  • Goodie Bag - random toys that could be used in imaginative play, piece of kryptonite, blaster ray gun, utility belt
• Cooking
  • Invitations - On a recipe card
  • Decorations - Have aprons for all the kids and LOTS of space for little chefs
  • Games - a bake off
  • Cake - no cake you eat the treats you just made
  • Food - see above
  • Goodie Bag - they get to keep their aprons and maybe a special mixing spoon.
• luau
  • Invitations - bright cheerful colours, flowers
  • Decorations - sorry drawing a blank! Help!
  • Games - grass skirt making (with paper), limbo dance
  • Cake - a big palm tree
  • Food - pineapple, coconut milk, apples, pork kebabs
  • Goodie Bag - they get to keep their leigh, maybe a cd of fun hawaiian songs
• cowboy
  • Invitations -
  • Decorations -
  • Games
  • Cake
  • Food
  • Goodie Bag

Posted: 03|18|08 at 10:34 pm. Filed under: Birthday Party Guide.
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