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
Kids party ideas and photos by: Debbie from California There are so many cool kids party ideas for an army theme. Here is what we came up with for invitations: We wrote our invitations in Army slang – “Attention Marine Recruits! You are invited to Cody’s OOH-Rah 8th Marine Corps Boot Camp Birthday Party. If … Read more
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
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
My daughter wanted a Puppy Dog party for her 5th birthday. She also loves movies so I expanded. We had the party on a Saturday evening at 5pm knowing that the first hour and a half was going to be party events and the last hour and a half we’d be watching movies. We had … Read more
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
Jonah’s 1st birthday party was celebrated with a Jungle Baby theme! We had the party at his Godmother’s house and it was so great because her pool and patio area look so tropical! We decorated with adorable jungle baby first birthday plates, napkins and cups, we put soft plush jungle animals for the centerpiece on … Read more
For my daughters 4th birthday she asked for an angry bird cake. We stepped it up a bit to surpise her with an angry bird party complete with an angry bird scene made from card board boxes. Angry Bird Party Activities We bought some red and blue dodge balls from the dollar store and blew … Read more
Birthday kid party theme ideas and photos by: Rachel from River Vale, NJ My son, the animal lover, wanted his birthday kid party theme to involve animals in some way. I found a local arts and craft place by my house that had the most perfect party, although I am positive that if I had … Read more
Cowboy party ideas and photos by: Sandra from Peoria, IL When our son Karl turned 4 the only choice for a party was a cowboy party. My mom made him a vest out of cow print fabric. To complete his outfit we went to Wall-mart and got a cowboy hat, holster and guns and a … Read more
Football birthday party ideas and photos by: Jeffere from Frisco, TX Here’s another idea from this cool website – a flag football party! (If you want to see the same children a year earlier, here’s my army birthday party write-up.) The boys arrived and all tossed the football in the front yard together. Then, I … Read more
Knight party ideas and photos by: Caryn from Mackay, Australia We had a Knight birthday party for my son’s 9th birthday. On the invitations we wrote: “Calling all Knights & Wizards, a day of fun awaits you! Sir Troy is celebrating his 9th Birthday. Please join us at Spence Castle.” We had moved house a … Read more
When my husband and I found out we were having a boy, my husband insisted on a John Deere nursery for him. It seemed a natural choice to choose John Deere as the party theme for our son’s first birthday. I began planning his party about three months in advance. I found a cute slogan … 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
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
When my son Jack was turning 3 he was very into music and guitars. He was telling us he wanted to be a rock star when he grew up, so I wasn’t surprised when he wanted a rock star party. I stared by taking some pictures of him playing one of his toy guitars with … 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
1st birthdays are always exciting but a tough one to plan. Getting the adults and kids to enjoy is one thing, getting your one year old to smile through the party is another. I started planning for my boy’s 1st birthday 3 months before and boy oh boy, how rewarding it was, only my pictures … Read more
Birthday party planning ideas and photos by: Nicole from York, PA It was my son’s 2nd birthday and I wanted to do something fun birthday party planning. My 4-year-old son helped pick out the jungle animal theme. I found a huffalump shirt on ebay and we had Happy 2nd Birthday Brady personalized on it. He … Read more
Creative party theme ideas and photos by: Molly from Santa Barbara, CA My son LOVES monsters, so his 4th birthday party was a MONSTER PARTY! To create this party I needed some creative party theme ideas. Invitations: We only invited 5 children so we figured making the invitations with our son wouldn’t be TOO time … Read more
Garden party ideas and photos by: Sandra from Peoria, IL My son wanted a garden party for his 7th birthday. We found no help at any of our local stores, so we went out on our own. We made the party invitations – postcard style. The background was a photo of the grass in our … Read more