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
Ducky party ideas and photos by: Laura from Mobile, AL We had a bubble maker going and had it outside on the back patio. So our guests would know we were back there we cut out duck feet prints out of orange poster board (mommy duck size and baby duck size) and taped them to … Read more
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
Easter party ideas and photos by: Deepika from Mumbai, India For my daughter’s 3rd birthday, I decided to have a rabbit themed party as it was falling around Easter (My daughters birthday is on 15th April). Space being a constraint in Bombay, I had to have the party indoors. Here are my Easter party ideas. … 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
Fear Factor Party ideas and photos by: Sandra from Peoria, IL My boys wanted a Fear Factor party for their birthday last year. I made the invites on our computer. The basic yellow and black from the Fear Factor logo, some clip art and all the important party info. The first game we played was … Read more
Birthdays are HUGE in our family. My husband’s mom always made hand-made themed cakes for each of the 3 kids. So, when we started to have kids, it has been fun to keep up the traditions. Our son Jacob turned 5 on Mother’s Day this year. His parties are always on a different weekend because … Read more
First birthday ideas and photos by: Elad from Israel There are already a bunch of great 1st birthday ideas on this site. For our latest first birthday for Noa, I came up with a few new first birthday ideas while planning the party. 1st birthday parties are a challenge, primarily because the guests are usually … 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
Halloween party ideas and photos by: Trinity from North Richland Hills, TX This was my daughter Piper’s 2nd birthday party which we combined with Daddy’s. Both are in October. Piper was dressed up as a kitty while all the family also dressed for the occasion also! Even great grandma was Bozo! We started with homemade … Read more
Where do I begin? In the beginning there was Peyton and Carson, twin boys, and from the beginning all I could dream about after their birth was really cool birthday parties. I’ve always enjoyed decorating for holidays, arts and crafts, so what a better way to fulfill my artistic need than to do it through … Read more
Each birthday invitee was also given an Angry Bird Mask! I simply purchased black masks at the craft store and hot-glued trimmed pieces of foam.
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
I purchased dessert plates in all the M&M colors. I used my computer to print out 40 M’s in the M&M font and glued them to the plate. Yes, I printed and cut out all 40 of them! I glued several of them to dowels rods and stuck them along side our drive way so … Read more
Olivia was in love with the new Princess and the Frog movie, and she asked me to plan a Princess and the Frog party for her third birthday. As we were inviting close family and friends there were only a couple of children attending, so I wanted to make sure everyone was comfortable and happy. … Read more
The first thing we did for the party was separate the party-goers into groups of two. Each group was given the same supplies—at least one empty toilet paper roll, at least one empty egg carton, at least one shoe box and a roll of duct tape and a roll of masking tape. They were given … Read more
For my daughter’s seventh birthday, she was very big into My Little Pony. Not only did she have every one available at that time, which has now been five years, but she also had all of mine from the eighties! To plan her party, we decided on a crafting pony themed party at a local … Read more
First, the FOOD. Of course, if you know Princess and the Frog, you know it is set in New Orleans. So, we had to make muffalettas (which are enormous, loaf sized cold cut sandwiches). To keep the kids happy, we made various tiny po?boys out of miniature buns. I made a ton of deep fried … Read more
If there is one thing that little girls [dream] of, it is being a [bride]. I know I did as a child and my daughter was no different and either were her friends. Being able to dress like a princess and [marry Prince Charming] were the stories of childhood and it was this that formed … Read more
Then I had about 4 other games and a few tucked aside in case one of them did not go off so well. I bought a LEGO for each child to work on and then take home. The one I bought was about $5. Atlantis jet ski guy. I had each child get a partner, … Read more