We did a Harry Potter party for my daughter Bridget’s 6th Birthday. She is a huge fan of the Harry Potter books and movies. Hogwarts School Harry Potter Invitations The invitations were acceptance letters to Hogwarts School of Magic and Wizardry. We used the Hogwarts Wizard font found on-line at http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org We customized each invitations … Read more
I did the Coolest Circus Themed Party for my daughter’s 5th Birthday. I tried to bring the theme into many details throughout the party: Balloons: They were set all over the backyard into groups of 3 balloons – red, yellow and blue (Primary Circus Colors) Piñata: I used a circus Elephant for the Pinata….is was … Read more
My son was turning 6 and he always loved Space Shuttles and planets. At the same time, we saw in the news that NASA’s space shuttle launch on July 8 was the beginning of NASA’s last space mission; it was the last launch of the Atlantis. We thought what a great way to celebrate with … Read more
For my oldest’s 3rd birthday he chose a ‘dinosaur’ theme. What a fun theme to put together! I’m big on the little details so there was a lot of work that went into his party. For the invitations I chose a T Rex image since that is his favorite dino. I used clip art images … Read more
We created an Island Party theme for my daughter Keiran’s 5th birthday. First, when the kids arrived they made hibiscus flower hair clips from tissue paper. Here’s how you create them: cut the paper into squares about 4 inches x 4 inches, stack 10 or so pieces together, accordion fold the stack, wrap a pipe … Read more
My two year old son loves M&Ms so we decided to have an M&M themed birthday party. I wanted to keep it simple but cute and colorful. After deciding on this theme, I went online to see what M&M themed birthday items I could find. I found almost nothing. So, my creative mind kicked in. … Read more
My son Luke wanted a Scooby-Doo themed party for his fourth birthday. At the time he was really into the Scooby-Doo movie called “Pirates Ahoy!”, so we decided to make it a ghost pirate mystery. The party took place in the Athens Little Playhouse, which is a children’s theater in Athens, Ga. The lady who … Read more
A couple of months before my son turned 2 we decided to do a Firefighter theme! I usually choose my kids theme’s based on what they like at the time and the cake. When I was little, the only birthday I remember was my fourth. My mom bought me a Cinderella cake. It had the … Read more
When my grandson Cruz was turning 4 years old, he told us he wanted to have a “hunting” birthday party. At first, we were puzzled how to accomplish a hunting party for a child. We decided to go whimsical and also incorporate a little education in the process. For the invitations, my daughter took Cruz’s … Read more
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
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
This coolest Spongebob party was for my grandson who turned 3. We had a friend of the family become a clown who blew up balloon animals then later was Spongebob, he was the best! He had all the kids dancing! My shy grandson who now is 4 (and soon to be 5) is still talking … Read more
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
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
My seven year-old Daughter is obsessed with everything girly! We were running out of ideas – we have done cooking parties, gymnastics/dance parties and even did a “drive-in” theatre party complete with popcorn, cotton candy and hot dog machines. She just LOVES getting her nails done, so we decided this year we would do a … Read more
My son decided he wanted to have an underwater shark attack birthday party for his fifth birthday. I took the idea and ran with it. Homemade Shark Invitations I made homemade invitations (from construction paper) I cut out a shark mouth from blue and added teeth, I put a fish inside the mouth with all … 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
I used this websites free Dinosaur pictures to create a dinosaur party games for our 5 year old. Triceratops Dinosaur Homemade Pinata I made a dinosaur pinata with a balloon, cardboard boxes and paper mache. I didn’t use crepe paper as I didn’t have time so I just painted it. For the horns I used … Read more
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
On Nate’s 3rd Birthday, we celebrated with a Sesame Street themed party. This was the second year for our Sesame friends, so I had some ideas of things to do, though almost all were different from those of the year prior. I like to save money and do most everything myself. It is much more … Read more
My daughter turned 7 last year! Since she is a real girly girl, deciding to throw her a Spa Party was not a hard decision! We started off my making the invitations. I attached a JPG of what it looked it. She insisted on added the part about no moms or boys allowed! Haha. We … Read more
My son decided he wanted his third birthday party to by dinosaur themed. Honestly I wasn’t thrilled when I heard this because it didn’t sound fun to me, but after some thought it turned out great. For decorations I bought some from Party America. They were really nice neutral color scheme. My favorite thing I … 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
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