Theme: Wild Safari

Have wild fun with a jungle safari party at home or a nearby park, and you can even host a party at the zoo for a feel of the real thing!

Invitations for a Wild Safari party include:

*Personalised jugnle animal invitation

*Drawing or photo of favourite jungle animal

*Drawing or photo of safari jeep

Decorations for a Wild Safari party include:

*Personalised safari banner

*Plastic or stuffed jungle animal toys

*Animal balloons and safari coloured balloons

*Green streamers

*Real greeneries (e.g. real ivy, vines, palm)

Games & activities for a Wild Safari party include:

*Jungle book or tarzan movies

*Barrell of monkeys game

*Pin the tail on a safari animal

*Animal pinata

Arts & Crafts ideas for a Wild Safari party include:

*Animal masks

*Animal scene murals

*Animal modeling clay

Foods for a Wild Safari party include:

*Animal shaped cakes

*Animal cupcakes

*Animal crackers

Party Favoursfor a Wild Safari party include:

*Safari favor box

*Plastic or stuffed jungle animals

*Animals balloon

*Toy binoculars

*Finger puppets

Theme : Princess

Celebrate like royalty with a Princess Party. The Party can have a general old-world, magical theme or can be based on the life and times or your child's favourite fairy tale Princess, such as Cinderella or Snow White.

Invitations for a Princess Party include:

*invitations rolled and tied with ribbon like a scroll
*with drawing of a castle
*with drawing of a tiara



Decorations :

*personalized party banners
*balloon, streamers, and confetti in the royal colors such as yellow, blue & gold
*drawing or posters of dragons or unicorns

Games and Activities :

*dress-up
*pin the horn on the unicorn
*quest (scavenger hunt) or treasure hunt
*coin toss (gold plastic coin chocolates)
*favourite princess movie (Cinderella, the Princess Bride, etc)
*dragon pinata

Arts and Crafts :

*decorate a castle (assemble large cardboards boxes into a castle shape and let guests decorate with paint, markers, fabric stripsm ribbon and garland)
*make magic wands
*modeling clay or pipecleaner unicorns
*design a personal coat of arms

Favors :



*princess favor set
*tiara
*magic stones or crystals
*fairy wands
*blowing bubbles
*hair accessories
*stickers

Theme : Wizard

A Wizard Party is a great birthday party theme for a Harry Potter fan. Have your child held you design invitations, decorations, and activities that tie-in with the Harry Potter stories. Or take your child back to the days of King Arthur's Court and the most famous wizard of all... Merlin!

A wizard party is also great fun for Halloween... magical, but not too scary.

Invitations for a Wizard Party include :

• rolled and tied with a ribbon like a scroll
• in the shape of a wizards hat with a drawing of a castle

Decorations :

• blue and white balloons with silver stars
• blue and purple table cloths with silver and gold plates and utensils
• star confetti

Games and Activities :

• wizard hat pinata
• guess how many jelly beans in a jar (winner takes home jar and jelly beans)
• treasure hunt for potion ingredients
• pin the horn on the unicorn
• fortune telling
• obstacle course

* if your budget permits, hire a wizard to perform magic tricks (be specific that you want a Merlin/Harry Potter type wizard, not a magician in a black top hat or a clown who performs magic tricks)

Arts and crafts :

• draw, decorate and name owls
• scratch art
• decorate magic wands (start with wooden or plastic sticks and add ribbon/stickers, etc)
• modeling clay - magical creatures
• beading - magic charm necklaces

Favors :

• glow in the dark stars
• spinning tops
• magic stones
• blowing bubbles
• glow putty
• magic tricks

Theme : Pirates of the Caribbean

Have a Pirate Party at home, nearby park, or local beach.

Invitations for a Pirate Party include:

• treasure map with X marks the spot
• message in bottle
• drawing of treasure
• enclose a plastic or chocolate gold coin and a few rhinestone "jewels"

Decorations :

• personalized pirate banner
• treasure map
• treasure chest (decorated box)
• red, blue, and metallic gold balloons

Games and Activities :

• read story to set the stage for your treasure hunt
• coin toss (gold coins in treasure chest)
• bingo
• tug of war
• walk the plank
• pinata

Arts and Crafts :

• beading
• treasure chest

Favors :

• pirate favor box
• jewelry
• coins (plastic or chocolates)
• card games
• paddle balls
• stickers
• tattoos

Theme : Music

Have a music theme party at home or nearby park. Get recommendations on children's entertainers who can entertain children in songs and musical instrument play.

Invitations for a Music Party include:

• photo or drawing of favourite musical instruments
• in shape of large music note or written on back of photo copy of sheet music

Decorations :

• personalized party banner
• display musical instruments
• large music notes

Games & Activities :

• music trivia
• musical chairs
• musical party favors
• karaoke
• dance-offs

Arts and Crafts :

• book marks in shape of instrument
• paper hats
• scratch art paper

Fun favors :

• CD if children's music
• tambourines
• harmonicas

Theme : Circus

Create a mini-circus in your home, yard or nearby park.

Invitation ideas for a Circus Party include:

• personalized circus invitation
• big top with flaps that open to reveal invitation
• clown
• Greatest Show on Earth Slogan
• have guests bring bikes, wagons, scooters, big wheel cars, etc.

Decorations :

• personalized party banners
• streamers
• balloons
• stuffed animals
• funny paper clown faces
• play tape of festive music

Games and Activities :

• guess how many jelly beans in a jar
• ball, coin or ring toss
• balloon stomp
• pin the nose on the clown or pin the trunk on the elephant
• circus parade
• jump rope games
• relay races
• teach juggling
• face painting
• giant bubbles

* if your budget permits, hire a clown.

Arts and Crafts :

• decorate birthday banner or giant card
• draw or paint a circus mural
• make paper clown hats
• modeling clay clowns
• funny pipe cleaner figures

Fun Favors :

• circus favor box
• animal crackers
• whistles
• punching balloons
• paddle balls
• blowing bubbles
• yo-yos
• funny glasses
• clown noses

Theme : Favourite Character

If your child is a big fan of a book, TV, or movie character, you can build a party theme based on the character.

The possibilities are endless, but generally fall into two categories... "the clasics" (characters that have been around for years and are likely to be around for many years to come) and the "hot trends" (characters that are sizzling hot right now).

Fun Character parties include:

• Ben 10
• Spongebob squarepants
• Dragonball
• Transformers
• Winnie the Pooh
• Sesame Street
• Mickey & Minnie Mouse
• Tarzan
• Cinderella
• Sleeping Beauty
• Snow White
• Aladdin
• Little Mermaid
• Barney
• Harry Potter
• Spiderman

Invitation Ideas :

• drawing or photo of character
• popular slogan of character
• drawing or photo of setting or home of character

Decorations :

• personalized party banners
• character theme partyware
• helium balloons
• toy versions of character
• pictures or posters of character
• props used or worn by character (e.g, Madeline's yellow hat)

Games and Activities :

• 20 questions (use topics/words associated with character)
• drawing games
• variation of duck-duck-goose (Bert-Bert-Ernie)
• games that mimic the character's activities
• pin the blank on the blank (design to fit character theme)
• ball, ring or coin toss with targets that fit character theme
• Simon says (change Simon to name of the character)

* if your budget permits, you may be able to hire an entertainer who dresses like the character.

Arts and Crafts :

• guests decorate birthday card or banner
• modeling clay or play doh to mold characters
• collage
• guests draw large mural of setting where character lives

Favors :

• plastic figures of character
• stickers of character
• character book
• pencils and eraser
• blowing bubbles

Theme : Superhero

If your child is hooked on a super hero, this can be a fun theme for a party.

Invitations for a Super Hero Party include:

• drawing or photo of favorite super hero
• superhero logo (e.g. giant S for Superhero, bat for Batman, etc)

Decorations :

• personalized party banners
• drawing or photos of superhero
• superhero toys
• streamers and balloons in superhero colors

Games and Activities :

• obstacle course
• balloon stomp
• dodge ball
• detective game or treasure hhunt
• pinata

Arts and crafts

• superhero masks or face painting
• modeling clay
• paper airplanes
• scratch art paper

Party Favors :

• toy superheros
• comic books
• stickers
• flashlights
• whistles
• small rubber balls
  

Themes: Birthday Diva

Celebrate like a celebrity with a Diva Party. The party can be generally glamourous or focus on your child's favourite singer or movie star.

Invitations for a Diva Party could include:

• Photo of your child all glamed-up with movie star glasses and a feather boa.
• Shape of a Hollywood walk of fame star with your child's name written in glitter pen.

Decorations :

• personalized party banners with your child's name and photo
• balloons, streamers, and confetti in hot pink and silver
• posters of your childs's favorite celebrities

Games and Activities :

• dress-up with a fashion show or photo shoot
• Karaoke singing
• dance lessons

Arts and Crafts :

• decorates hats or sunglasses
• decorate a picture frame
• make a collage of favorite celebrity photos

Party Favors :

• hair accessories
• movie star sunglasses
• celebrity poster
• blowing bubbles