Indoor birthday games and parties….. (this tag stands for “Indoor Parties” and “Indoor Games”)
Colby has loved Toy Story since the day he could walk and so when he asked for a Toy Story Party for his 5th birthday I wasn’t surprised. However, I was so pleased that Toy Story 3 was coming out in South Africa a month after his party so all the kids would be aware … Read more
Childrens birthday party ideas and photos by: Christy from Cedar Rapids, IA We had this pirate party twice now. Once it was very hot and we had 30 kids (my favorite one of the two). The other was 5 kids and nice out (harder to keep entertained). Out of all the childrens birthday party ideas … Read more
For my son’s 5th birthday, we chose to go with the dinosaur birthday party theme. I created invitations by printing the party info on an egg and using a cracked looking top half (attached with a brad), it read “BREAKING NEWS… DINOSAURS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED AT MATTOSAURUS’S CAVE” and once you lifted the top part … Read more
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
Circus party ideas and photos by: Courtney from Falkner, MS We celebrated our little girl’s 4th birthday “Circus” style! I like to do things big. So what better way to party than with a “Big Top” circus party theme? We held our “circus” in our church gym with over 50 people attending. To set the … Read more
For my son’s 3rd birthday I went with a construction theme because he loves dumptrucks and bulldozers. I purchased a set of construction themed scrapbook paper from Hobby Lobby when it was 50% off, for only $7 and made a lot of the decorations with that. I made invitations from the scrapbook paper and printed … Read more
3 of our 4 children have birthdays in the month of July. My own birthday falls in the same month too. Because their birthdays are so close together, my husband and I have to be cost conscience and creative with their celebrations. My sisters and I were all born in July, and I remember combining … Read more
Dinosaur birthday ideas and photos by: Bethany from Ludington, MI Here are our ideas for a Dinosaur birthday party for a 5-year-old. Invitations: I found a t-rex skeleton clipart online and put it at the top of my invite. I just made them up in Word and printed on green paper. The invite read: JACKSON … Read more
For my son’s 6th birthday, we decided to have a puppy themed party. This was inspired by the newest member of our family, Jumbo, a black Labrador puppy my boys are crazy about. The invitation was just printed on board paper with the picture of my son and some puppies including Jumbo and it read … Read more
My son wanted an all out LEGO Party for his 8th birthday and then said he wanted a cake like the Cake Boss from the TLC show. I knew there was no way I could make his kind of cake, those are some big shoes to fill, but I did the best I could by … Read more
Dinosaur party ideas and photos by: Rebecca from Ventura, CA For my son’s 7th birthday we put together a dinosaur party. I bought thin wooden Dinos in three styles. I painted them with poster paint, filled in details with black Sharpie markers and attached magnets to the back. The first Dino had all the party … Read more
Hi Everyone, my name is Marissa & I live in Australia. I am a Mum to 3 children, the youngest born in February 2011. Birthday parties are a HUGE deal to me & I love making my children’s Birthday wishes come true! As Mothers we all have a special way of showing our children how … Read more
My son Ashton was turning 6 on the 6th of January…so I wanted to plan a fun party for his special “golden” birthday. For the invitation, I used the photo editing site www.picnik.com to add the graphics to my favorite recent picture of him, then printed them out in a 5 by 7 size. We … Read more
Dog birthday party ideas and photos by: Holly from Middleburg Hts., Ohio Jaret was turning six and really wanted a “Dog Birthday Party”. He chose “The Dog Collection”. I made the invitations myself by downloading some pictures off the internet of the dogs! He chose his favorites and I incorporated them into the invitation. I … Read more
Our daughter was about 2.5 years old when my husband started watching Star Wars with her, thus began her obsession with Star Wars and the many things that come along with that. Her 4th Birthday was coming up fast, and when I asked her what she wanted, I knew the answer before she even told … Read more
For our kids 7th and 9th birthdays we had a carnival for each of them and did it on a budget! I can’t afford to spend a lot of money on birthday parties but I still want them to be spectacular so for our carnival I made almost all the games. I estimate the party … Read more
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
My daughter is very much a princess & the idea of a fairy princess party for her 8th bday was an easy decision to make! The 1st thing we had to decide on was the invitations. I designed & ordered my invitations online. They were pink & I had my daughter color a pic of … Read more
We couldn’t wait to celebrate our daughter Jordan turning 2 years old. We decided to have a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme party since Jordan loves Mickey and Minnie Mouse. We invited around 60 people (adults and children). Invitations were sent 6 weeks in advance and had the outline of Minnie Mouse’s face and ears, but … Read more
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
For my daughter’s 2nd birthday, we threw her an Abby Cadabby party. Her favorite character on Sesame Street is Abby. I began practicing to hand-draw the birthday cake a few months before the party. Heres the Abby Cadabby cake and how I made… I searched for Abby Cadabby party favors from our local Factory Card … Read more
Dora the Explorer birthday party ideas and photos by: Christy from Lake Stevens, WA My daughter is turning 2 years old and she loves Dora the Explorer. I didn’t want to break the bank for her party but I did want to make her happy. So I devised the following scheme for a Dora the … Read more
For my daughters 2nd birthday she wanted to do Little Einsteins. I figured it would be easy to find party supplies, but I was wrong. I ordered what I could then made the rest. For the Center Pieces I printed out some Little Einstein Clip art, cut it out. Glued it to a stick then … Read more
For our Princess 6th Birthday Party, I hired a princess bouncy castle with a slide. This was my daughters last party so I wanted to go out with a bang! I had a large 8 man tent set up in the garden all done out in balloons where I sat and did face painting for … Read more