Fun Kid Birthday Party Ideas - Creative Themes
Theme parties are always great fun for any child's
birthday party.
Does your child have a favorite movie, book, TV show, favorite
character, or maybe your child likes animals or has a favorite
sport or past time. Well how about using one of your child's
favorites as the theme for their birthday party.
Planning Your Party
If your child is old enough, sit down with them and ask what
kind of theme they'd like for their party. Then, keeping your
budget in mind, as well as space limitations and preparation
time, choose a theme and start making plans.
Once you've decided on a theme for your child's birthday party,
you'll find that everything begins to fall right in place.
Kid Birthday Party Invitations
You and your child will have lots of fun putting together a
creative invitation for their party.
When wording your invitation, try getting into your theme and
have some fun. Use words and phrases that fit your theme.
If you're having a Princess birthday party, you might make it a
"Royal Invitation from the King and Queen."
For a Pirate birthday party, write your invitation on a piece of
brown paper bag crumpled up to look like old parchment. Draw a
map to your house and have "X" mark the spot. Then write
something like this, "Aaarrrhh, we be celebratin the birthday of
Captain (your child's first and last name) and ye be invited."
Interactive invitations are lots of fun and help to get your
invited guests involved in your theme right away.
For a Dinosaur birthday party you can send along a small box
with a small plastic dinosaur "buried" in glacial ice (wrapped
in cotton). Then the recipient can "dig up" the dinosaur.
For a Princess birthday party you could have your invitation
rolled up, tied with a purple ribbon and hand delivered by
someone in appropriate costume.
Be creative and have fun with your invitation. Remember, it's
the first impression your guests will have of your up-coming
party. Get them excited so they can hardly wait!
Kid Birthday Party Decorating Ideas
With your theme in mind, you can keep your decorations simple by
using balloons and streamers and by putting pictures on your
walls that you've cut from magazines.
Or you can be a little more creative by turning your living room
into your theme location.
For a Dinosaur birthday party put blue and white helium filled
balloons on your ceiling to form a sky with clouds. Then hang
dark brown, light brown, green and orange streamers from the
ceiling to the floor to make a jungle. Wrap some of the
streamers together to make your jungle thicker.
For a Princess birthday party create a special throne using a
chair and decorating it with bright red and purple balloons and
streamers. And maybe even use a colorful pillow.
Again, be creative and have fun.
Kid Birthday Party Game Ideas
Most party games can be slightly modified to fit your theme. For
a Blue's Clues birthday party Pin the Tail on the Donkey can
become "pin the tail on Blue."
For a Princess party, Musical Chairs becomes "The Royal Musical
Ball" and you can play appropriate music.
And speaking of music, music that is appropriate to your theme
is perfect to use during your games. Simply start a game when
your music starts. You can easily find CDs for most movies and
TV shows.
Kid Birthday Cakes
There are a lot of great recipes available for theme birthday
cakes, or you can easily pick up a frosted cake then add "edible
cake toppers" for your theme.
Using edible cake toppers is a great way to create a colorful,
professional looking theme cake for your child's birthday.
Kid Birthday Party Food Ideas
If you're serving food or snacks, keep your theme in mind and be
creative.
For a Princess birthday party, serve finger sandwiches, candy
sushi, royal colored jelly beans, grapes, sparkling apple or
grape juice or a "royal punch."
For an Incredibles birthday party, label your food. Ketchup
becomes "super sauce", carrot sticks become "energy sticks" and
you can even have a mini "hero sandwich."
If you're using an underwater theme like Finding Nemo, serve
"peanut butter & jellyfish" sandwiches, Gold Fish crackers and
"tuna fish" sandwiches.
Be Creative
Even with a limited budget you can be creative and come up with
lots of fun kid birthday party ideas... Put just a little effort
into your plans and your child will fondly remember this
birthday party for years to come.
And don't forget to take lots of pictures and shoot
lots of video of everyone having fun.