Maters Tall Tales Pinata and Mini Pinatas

The pinata was time consuming, messy but super fun. I started two months in advance, for a traditional pinata you can use a balloon to make a round shape, but this one was special, I used a big box. First I covered it with a big black plastic bag (to make it easy to take … Read more

Coolest Tinkerbell Neverland Birthday Party for a 4 Year Old Girl

Coolest Tinkerbell Neverland Birthday Party for a 4 Year Old Girl

I believe that a child’s birthday party should be something special and memorable so I always try to plan something great for my girls. Immediately after my daughter’s 3rd birthday party ended, Megan announced she wanted a Tinkerbell party for when she turned 4. Needless to say, I’ve had a lot of time to plan … Read more

Kung Fu Panda Face Pinata

To prepare, we made the pinata using a balloon covered in newspaper strips that had been dipped in a flour/water paste. After that dried, we popped the balloon and did another layer of newspaper in the paste. When that was dry, we used duct tape to attach a medium weight rope to the inside of … Read more

Homemade Sesame Street Invitations

For the invitations: About a month before the party, I took a picture of Nate with some of his stuffed Sesame friends and had some prints made. I always like to incorporate a picture of the birthday child in the invitation. It personalizes it and also makes for a great collection for us to keep. … Read more

Elijah’s Jumpin’ 7th Spongebob Birthday Party

Spongebob Birthday Party Ideas

SPONGEBOB PARTY INVITATIONS: I Googled Spongebob pictures for ideas on how to create my son’s birthday invitations. I found the ones I liked and saved them in ‘My Pictures’ on my computer. I pulled up Microsoft Publisher and created an invitation that looked like a concert ticket. It was measured about 4 x 8 to … Read more

Coolest 4th Superhero Birthday Party

Coolest 4th Superhero Birthday Party

Planning my son’s Coolest 4th Superhero birthday party was So Much FUN. The decor was focused on his main superheroes: Spiderman, Silver Surfer, Batman, Wolverine, Ironman, Superman, and Hulk. Each superhero had its table and decor. Decor: I purchased project board white and black and color cardboards at the dollar tree. With these I used … Read more

Bonnie’s Pink and White Hello Kitty 3rd Birthday

Our daughter adores Hello Kitty, so I figured I’ll throw her a huge pink and white Hello Kitty 3rd birthday party for her. I did a lot of research on ideas and finally pulled it off. It took me two months, almost three to get everything done. I went all out, I mean, huge!! I … Read more

Coolest 9th Birthday with Perry the Platypus

Coolest 9th Birthday with Perry the Platypus

My 4 sons always get to pick their birthday cake and theme. They come up with some really cool ideas and I help them to become reality the best I can. This year my 8 (soon to be 9) yr old son wanted a Perry the Platypus cake from Phineas and Ferb for his 9th … Read more

Yo Gabba Gabba Decorations and Activities

I bought a cheap bean bag game at Toys r Us and covered it with green foam board. I then made a Brobie out of the foam board and glued it around the opening hole. I used felt to make food to glue on the bean bags that came with the game for the “Yummy … Read more

Homemade Elmo and Sesame Street Decorations

I printed the happy birthday sign with my son’s name and on a large red vanguard sheet; I pasted it with baby Elmo, Big Bird and Cookie Monster scattered here and there. I glued blue crepe paper so that it would give some edging to the banner. There, banner done! Now, it was serious business. … Read more

Coolest Hello Kitty 4th Tea Birthday Party

Coolest Hello Kitty 4th Tea Birthday Party

My daughter requested a Hello Kitty Tea Party for her 4th birthday. We had a very limited budget so we planned it to be at our house. The invitations were made from colorful wooden flowers found at the local hobby shop. There were 4 different designs. I printed the invite on pink paper in the … Read more

Coolest 4 Year Old Train Birthday Party

Train Birthday Party

We decided to have the whole party in our backyard. I got yellow construction paper and cut out a huge circle and drew a railroad crossing on it and hung them on the door leading outside. Then, I used black electrical tape on the sidewalk outside to make a train track that led to the … Read more

Coolest Phineas and Ferb Birthday Party

Coolest Phineas and Ferb Birthday Party

My oldest child just turned eight in May and we had a Phineas and Ferb birthday party to celebrate. As our party guests arrived, we had the Phineas and Ferb soundtrack playing and played Freeze Dance. That is where you let everybody dance and then you turn the music off unexpectedly and everyone has to … Read more

Angry Bird Party Activities

We bought some red and blue dodge balls from the dollar store and blew up green balloons. We put printed pigs faces on the ballons and it was a huge hit. Then we took ten 2 liter soda bottles and painted them green (you can use green bottles we just didn’t have any) and we … Read more

Coolest Dora Birthday Party

My two girls (turning 2 and 4) are CRAZY about Dora so it was no contest as to what the theme of the party would be. We got Dora invitations and all the party supplies with Dora on them – goodie bags, tablecloths, cups, saucers, stickers, flag banners, a few Dora foil balloons (which we … Read more

Coolest Hello Kitty Birthday Party Ideas and Photos

Coolest Hello Kitty Birthday Party Ideas and Photos

Hello Kitty birthday party ideas and photos by: Lark from Gainesville, FL My daughter Amelia loves Hello Kitty or as she calls her “Hello Meow Meow.” We wanted to do a girly birthday for her since next year and probably for many years she’ll be having a dual party with her brother since their birthdays … Read more

Coolest Mary Poppins Party for 3rd Birthday

Coolest Mary Poppins Party for 3rd Birthday

Our younger daughter wanted a Mary Poppins theme for her 3rd birthday. This was a huge load of fun! I saved a free Mary Poppins photo image to my computer to use for postcard invitations and added a text box to it to include the details. Very easy to design and print. Other ideas we … Read more

Coolest Dora Birthday Party Ideas and Photos

Dora birthday party ideas and photos by: Rebecca from Melbourne I was determined to host a Dora birthday party that people would talk about for ages and I achieved it. A few months before my daughter Zara’s 2nd birthday I decided to have a Dora the Explorer adventure at our home. Anyone in Australia that … Read more

Lor’s Young Jedi Training Star Wars Party

Lor's Young Jedi Training Star Wars Party

My son’s 8th birthday was a young Jedi training Star Wars party. Since it was August, we enjoyed most of the party outdoors! As the boys arrived, each received a homemade light saber (half a pool noodle with a duct tape handle) to decorate using permanent markers. They were then taken outside to practice their … Read more

Hello Kitty Food, Cake and Sweets

For food, here’s the kids menu: heart shaped p&J, heart shaped quesadillas, mini veggies and sugar cookies as dessert (snack). Here’s the adult menu: pink pickled eggs, chicken salad, shrimp rice with yogurt, pink salamis, stuffed mushroom shrimps, pink lady squares, veggies and champagne with raspberries for the mommies. Here are more of what I … Read more

Coolest Cinderella 5th Birthday Party

Coolest Cinderella 5th Birthday Party

It was that time of the year again and I had to think of a theme that would excite a bunch of five year olds and keep them entertained and busy. So many things to choose from but I thought this one would be a great old fashioned story that all little girls remember and … Read more

Coolest Dora Party Ideas and Photos

Coolest Dora Party Ideas and Photos

Dora party ideas and photos by: Maha I did a princess Dora birthday party for my 5 year old who just couldn’t make up her mind about the theme! It took place in her pre-school. This way all the kids are there and the teachers helped me out. She wanted Dora one second and a … Read more

Coolest Lego Star Wars 6th Birthday Party

Coolest Lego Star Wars 6th Birthday Party

My son is a big Star Wars fan – though he enjoys characters from both sides (Empire & Rebel Legion). He is also a big Lego fan so we made his 6th birthday party a Lego Star Wars party. The invitations, decorations, games and food tried to incorporate all these elements. Star Wars Party Invitation … Read more

Hello Kitty Decoration and Favor Ideas

Our daughter adores Hello Kitty, so I figured I’ll throw her a huge pink and white Hello Kitty 3rd birthday party for her. I did a lot of research on ideas and finally pulled it off. It took me two months, almost three to get everything done. I went all out, I mean, huge!! I … Read more