Kids Birthday Parties

Little girls love dressing up and pretending to be a Princess.  That is one of the reasons why the  Disney Princesses are so popular.  Sparkling gowns, jewelry, tiaras, and a Prince waiting to wisk them away to a beautiful castle.   It is magical.   If your child loves princesses, then a Princess theme birthday party would be perfect for their next celebration.  Whether you are planning a Princess party or a Disney Princess Party, you will find lots of great ideas and supplies here to help you with your party planning.

Wow, there are so many princess theme partyware designs available on the market.  There are basic Princess party packs, Disney Princess, Cinderella, Ariel, Tinker Bell (okay, not really a Princess, but I like to include her!) and Belle.   Once your daughter decides on the partyware she would like, you can coordinate all of the remaining party items around this design.

Now, on to the birthday cake.  There are specialty cake pans available for Cinderella, Ariel, a Castle and a Crown.  These cake pans come with complete design instructions and are really fun to create.  They do take some cake decorating know-how, though.  If you don’t think you can pull off baking one of these cakes, don’t worry.  There are many other easier cake ideas to chose from.  These include personalized edible cake toppers that you can add to your home baked cake or cupcakes as well as many castle decorations, cupcake decorating kits, and more. 

Party activities are always an important part of any child’s birthday party.  Some party game ideas include Freeze Dance to Disney Princess music, Find Snow White’s Poison Apple, Pass Cinderella’s Slipper, The Missing Jewel, Princess Pea Guessing Game, Dress Up, Disney Princess Karaoke, Princess Hopscotch and Bingo.  For party crafts, pretty much anything with glitter and shiny rhinestones would be great such as making a necklace, decorating a jewelry box, making a crown or door hanger, etc. 

For Princess party favors you can create fun bags with personalized candy wrappers and other supplies, chocolate lollipops, custom bubble totes, gourmet cookies, handmade fabric totes, and unique mini pinata favors.   There is also a nice assortment of wholesale party favors that you can purchase to help cut down on the costs.

Your daughter may want to dress up with a fancy gown and jewelry.  If she does, you can have the party guests come dressed up as well or provide some gowns for them if your daughter has extra ones around the house.  If you daughter does not want to get that dressed up for her birthday party, you could purchase a personalized Princess birthday shirt instead.  These shirts are so cute!  Many of them come with your child’s name and birthday age on them. 

Hope I have provided you with some great ideas to help with your Princess party planning. Have fun!

Related Links:
Custom Princess Birthday Supplies
Disney Princess Deluxe Party Box
Pink Princess Deluxe Party Box

Are ya ready kids?
Aye, Aye captain!
I can’t heeeaaar yooouuu!
AYE, AYE CAPTAIN!
oooooooooooo………
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Sponge Bob Square Pants!

Who doesn’t love SpongeBob?  He is funy, quirky, silly, and thoughtful…well,  just an all around nice guy!  If your child is a big fan , then a SpongeBob birthday would make a terrific party theme for their next celebration.  

There are currently two different SpongeBob partyware designs available on the market.  One is the SpongeBob Classic design which features SpongeBob in all of his wackiness.  Then, there is the SpongeBob Buddies design which features SpongeBob with his best bud, Patrick.  Both of these party packs come with tableware, plates, utensils, balloons, curling ribbon, streamers and invitations.  There are additional items you can add to your party pack that are sold ala carte.

Your guests are sure to work up an appetite in their under the sea adventure and here are some great birthday cake ideas! There is a SpongeBob Squarepants specialty cake pan available.  It comes with complete design instructions.  Or, if you want to try something easier, you can purchase the SpongeBob bendy cake kit, mini cake toppers, or edible cake decorations to top your home baked cake or cupcakes.  

For a fun party craft, you can stick with the under the sea theme.  There are so many great projects to chose from including: By the Sea Door Hanger, 3-D Under the Sea Mobile, Seashell Paperweights, Sea Life Coloring Bags, Wavy  Sand Art Bottles and more.  You could also print out SpongeBob Squarepants coloring pages online and have on the tables for the kids to color. 

Now it is time for the party activities!  What is a SpongeBob party without bubbles?  If you are having an outdoor birthday party, you could purchase a Party Bubble Machine for a constant stream of bubbles.   The kids will love it!  Other great party ideas include a bubble blowing contest, seashell hunt, and Krabbie patty race.   There are also licensed SpongeBob toys on the market that would make perfect party activities and can provide hours of fun after the party for your child as well.   Some of the games are Slam Dunk Basketball, Hot Shot Basketball, and Tiki Time Playland.

After the party, send the guests home with unique party favors.  You can order personalized candy wrappers and other supplies, mini pinata favors, chocolate lollipop favors, cookie pops, and hand decorated color-a-cookies.  If you are on a budget, there are many wholesale party favors available such as pencils, stampers, photo albums, metal lunchboxes, stickers, kites, markers and more. 

Hope this helps you with your SpongeBob birthday party planning!  Have fun!

Related Links:
SpongeBob Classic Deluxe Party Kit
SpongeBob Custom Birthday Supplies

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My daughter takes horse-back riding lessons and loves horses, so we had a Horse theme party for her 8th birthday. I really went all out with this one! We held the party at our home and we had 20 kids attend. Yes, that is a lot!  But, we all survived!

I will provide all of the details of the party here. Hopefully you will find some great ideas here to use at  your horse theme party.

We used the Horse Power Party Pack..  My daughter liked this design the most.  With the party pack we received the plates, utensils, tablecloth, balloons, streamers, ribbon and more.  That was the basis for the party and all of the remaining items centered around this partyware including the red, white and blue color theme.

We decorated with the red bandana balloons as well as blue and white balloons.  I also ordered a few Horse Power mylar balloons.  My husband hung up the red, white and blue streamers above the party table.  My daughter placed her Pony Pals books (she had a lot of them!) around the room and we displayed her toy horse stable and all of her horses, too! 

I made Horse cupcakes.  The cupcakes were iced in white and topped with an edible horse theme sugar decoration.  The edible sugar decorations included a Horse head, Cowboy Hat and Horseshoe.   Red, white and blue star sprinkles were also added to the cupcakes.  These cute cupcakes were displayed in a cupcake stand.  I love these stands!   We also served Horse head jello jigglers and used blueberry and cherry jello to keep with the color theme.  These were a hit!  And, finally, I baked sugar cookies and iced them in white, blue and red and topped them with the same star sprinkles as used on the cupcakes.  Yummy! 

We played four party games.  These included Horse Bingo (we separated the kids into teams for this),  Toss the Horse, Horse Puzzles and the Pinata.   It kept the kids busy, which is a great thing when you have 20 eight year olds running around your home!

For the party craft, the kids painted  wooden horseshoes and then decorated them with stickers, rhinestones and other embellishments.  

The party favors were so much fun to put together!  I ordered Chocolate Horse Lollipops.  These lollipops were individually wrapped in a clear bag and tied with red, white and blue ribbon.   I filled FDA approved clear bags with teddy grahams and placed these bags small metal favor pails.  I then inserted the chocolate lollipop into the pail and tied with a ribbon.  To finish off the favor, I added a Horse theme personalized thank you card and horseshoe charm.

My daughter and her younger sister both wore horse theme shirts at the party.  Gap had a horse line out at the time of this party, so I purchased some cool horse shirts there for them to wear.

The party finale was when my daughter’s riding instructor came to the house with the horse she rides.  We weren’t sure if he was going to be able to make it, so we didn’t tell my daughter he would be there.  So, she was just as surprised as her party guests!

If you decide to have a horse theme party, I hope some of these ideas help you with your party planning!

Related Links:
Pony Party Box
Personalized Horse Birthday Invitations

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Who doesn’t love Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and Pluto?  They are just so cute!  If your child loves these fun Disney characters, then a Mickey Mouse and Friends party would make the perfect theme for their next birthday celebration!

There is a Mickey’s Clubhouse party pack available which includes plates, napkins, cups, tablecover, Mickey molded candle, utensils, invitations, balloons, streamers and ribbons. 

For your Mickey and Friends birthday cake, you could use a specialty cake pan.  Pans come in the following shapes:  Mickey, Minnie, Pluto or Goofy.  These fun cake pans make the best birthday cakes!  There are also personalized edible toppers as well as Mickey cake and cupcake decorations to chose from. 

Party favors for a Mickey and Friends theme birthday can include personalized candy wrappers and other supplies, chocolate lollipop favors, unique mini pinatas, gourmet cookie favors, fabric favor bags, Pez dispensers, and premade favor kits.  You can also purchase favors at wholesale prices to cut down on the cost.

There are custom Mickey and Friends bean bag toss and bingo games you could have at your party.  The kids will love these unique party activities!

You can finish the party planning off with a custom, personalized Mickey birthday shirt or a handmade boutique Mickey outfit with matching hairbow!  How cute!

Hope you have a wonderful Mickey Mouse birthday party!

Related links:
Mickey’s Clubhouse Party Supplies
Custom Mickey Mouse Birthday Supplies

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You break it, we fix it!

Handy Manny is the latest hit from the Disney Channel.   This show is referred to by many as Dora the Explorer meets Bob the Builder.  The show features the adventures of Manny Garcia, a bilingual Hispanic handyman.  What makes Manny special is that he is accompanied by fun talking tools!  My three year old son loves this show.   He has his own tool box and his older sisters play with him by having him “fix” things around the house.

If your child is a fan of the show as well, then a Handy Manny theme party will be perfect for their next birthday celebration!  There are so many fun things you can do with this theme.

Officially licensed Handy Manny partyware is scheduled to be released in October 2008.  If you are having your party before then, you can use primary colored tableware to coordinate with Manny’s attire.   I would use green, red, yellow, blue and white.  You can mix and match the different colors for the cups, plates, tablecloth, utensils, etc.  Then, throw in a Handy Manny balloon and you are all set!  You can create your own invitations or purchase personalized invitations and thank you cards.  

Party favors can include personalized candy wrappers, custom bubble and play-doh labels, tool shaped crayons, chocolate lollipops and more.

There are many tool themed cake toppers and decorations on the market you could use to create a wonderful Handy Manny birthday cake.  These include cupcake picks, decorating packages, and hard sugar cake decorations.  Or, you could purchase a Handy Manny edible cake topper.  These cake toppers can be personalized and are very simple to apply to your freshly baked cake.

How about a personalized Handy Manny birthday shirt?  Your child will love it!  There are lots of different designs available.  These birthday shirts can be personalized with  your child’s name and age, too!

For party activities, make sure you have lots of play tools around the party area for the kids to fix things with.  You could even set out different things for the kids to fix such as games, electronics, toys, etc.  Just make sure not to set out anything expensive or that you do not want broken incase some of the kids get alittle carried away.  You could also print out Handy Manny coloring pages from the Internet and set them up on the tables with some crayons.

Hope you have a fun Handy Manny birthday party!

Related Links:
Custom Handy Manny Party Supplies
Handy Manny Toys and Apparel

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What a unique party theme! I came across this fun birthday party idea from a lens submitted to my Let’s Party group on Squidoo. The lens was submitted by lensmaster CreativeArtist. She sells these wonderful Tshirts in her Zazzle shop.

On this lens, you will find tips and advice on hosting a Tshirt Coloring Party for your child.  You will learn how to 1.) decide if a Tshirt coloring party is right for your child, 2.) select your shirt design, 3.) choose the paints, 4.) purchase the necessary supplies and 5.) prepare the painting area for the party guests.

There are many different Tshirt designs to choose from such as Space Rocket, Dog, Cat, Bunny, Fruit, Butterfly, Balloons, Boat, Bird, Flower, Frog and Fish. Your child is sure to find the perfect design for their birthday party!

CreativeArtist also sells Color In Party theme invitations which can be customized to suit your party needs.

Thanks Cheryl for this fun party idea!

Looking for more crafty birthday party ideas? Check out my Arts & Crafts ~ Crayon theme birthday party page!

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Yee Haw!  Rustle on over to the party corral for a Cowboy birthday celebration!  If you have a little Cowboy and are interested in this theme for their next birthday party, you will find everything you need right here.

There are many fun partyware designs available for a Cowboy theme including:  Giddy Up, Cowboy Deluxe and the Two-Step Kit-n-Kaboodle.   Most of the basic party packs come complete with plates, cups, a tablecloth, utensils, balloons, and curling ribbon.    You can add on other party supplies such as cowboy boot candles, Western Barn Scene Kit, Cowboy Boot pinata, and more.

For the birthday party favors, there are gourmet cowboy hat cookies, custom chocolate lollipops, personalized candy wrappers and other supplies, cowboy hats, bandanas, horse figurines and premade party favor kits.  If you want a really unique favor bag, how about a handmade fabric bag made from cowboy themed fabric?  Very cute!

The party guests can create a Western theme photo frame.  These foam craft kits come complete with all of the items needed to complete the project.  For a fun party game, you can purchase custom bean bag tosses hand painted in a Western design.

After the little cowboys play, they are going to work up an appetite!  Some great food ideas for your Western theme party include chili dogs, campfire roasted marshmallows, beans & franks, trail mix, corn bread,  hot dogs, chips,and corn on the cob. Now, it’s time for the birthday cake!  A cowboy boot cake is great for this theme and is fairly simple to make.  After the cake is baked, you use a printable template to cut out the boot, decorate it and then dig in.   You could also make a horse or horseshoe shaped cake for this party theme.   There are many edible cake decorations, cupcake picks and toppers available on the market as well.  

Hope you have a terrific Cowboy birthday party!

Related Links:
Cowboy Deluxe Party Box

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Elmo is definitely a favorite among young children. He is cute, funny and the kids really love him.  If your child enjoys Elmo, this would make a wonderful party theme for their next birthday.

Partyware for this birthday theme includes the Hooray for Elmo! party box. This party box comes with plates, cups, utensils, napkins, invitations, thank you cards, tablecloth, candles, balloons, streamers and ribbon.   There are additional items you can add on to your party box including a Sesame Street Scene Kit, Elmo Pinata, and Elmo Party Game.

Elmo is also perfect for 1st Birthday celebrations and there is a Sesame Street 1st Birthday party box available which features Baby Elmo.

There is so much you can do with the party favors for an Elmo birthday!  There are personalized candy wrappers, chocolate lollipops, cute custom totes with personalized bubbles, personalized favor boxes, fabric favor bags, unique pinata favors, wholesale Elmo favors as well as premade favor kits.

For the birthday cake, you can use a specialty Elmo cake pan to create a wonderful cake. The cake pan comes with complete design instructions. There are also many different edible cake decorations you can purchase. Each of these decorations feature a different Elmo design and some of them can be personalized with your child’s name and age as well. If you decide to bake cupcakes instead, there are cupcake picks and decorations you could purchase for your Elmo theme party.

For a fun party game, you can have an Elmo Bean Bag Toss. These are handmade and feature Elmo handpainted on a wood game board. It is simple enough for even the youngest child to play and the guests will love it!

Hope you have a great Elmo birthday party!

Related Links:
Elmo Ultimate Party Box

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I Scream! You Scream! We all Scream for Ice Cream! Everyone loves ice cream.. An ice cream party would make a wonderful birthday party theme for a summer birthday or anytime of the year. You can have an ice cream party hosted at a local ice cream shop. Or, you can host the party at home with an awesome sundae bar full of different ice cream flavors and toppings! Yummy!

For partyware, you can purchase the Summer Time Delights party pack. This partyware is covered in a delicious ice cream pattern. It comes complete with tableware, balloons, curing ribbon, and more. You can then add on additional items including a Summer Delights party favor kit, personalized invitations & thank you cards, ice cream dish set, ice cream making kit and more.

In addition to the premade party favor kit mentioned above, there are many other fun ice cream party favor ideas for this theme. These include: personalized candy wrappers and other supplies, chocolate lollipops and crayons shaped as ice cream cones, ice cream bubbles, keychains and stickers. You could also purchase personalized ice cream bowls. The kids could use these bowls for their sundaes and then you could rinse them out afterwards, fill with goodies and give them out as party favors!

For the birthday cake, purchase an Ice Cream Cone cake pan and decorate in coordinating colors to match the Summertime Delight partyware. Another idea would be to make ice cream cone cakes. These are cute cakes baked in actual ice cream cones. They sell cone cake pans specifically for these mini cakes.

Hope you have a wonderful Ice Cream Party!

Related Links:
Summer Delights Deluxe Party Box

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Hoops and Yoyo are popular characters featured on Hallmark greeting cards.  I just came across these cute little guys while at the mall this weekend.   My girls and I could not get enough of them.  The products were so entertaining.   My youngest daughter even requested a Hoops and Yoyo theme party for her next birthday! 

If you are looking for a fun birthday card for someone, then I would definitely recommend checking out Hoops and Yoyo.  If you have a Hallmark store near you, you can pick up a greeting card that contains fun audio sayings.  Or, you can send a free eCard.  Either way, the recipient will love it!

Hoops and Yoyo are also featured on lots of cool merchandise including bobbles, journals, mugs, shirts, sound buttons, key rings, watches, figures, plush toys, door hangers, and ornaments.  Plus, you can dowload free Hoops and Yoyo animations, wall pappers, screensavers, animated icons and more.

Check out these fun birthday cards  and have a Hoops and Yoyo celebration!

Related Links:
Hoops and Yoyo Merchandise

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