Ahoy Mateys! The invitations for the Pirate theme birthday were one of the coolest parts. I printed a picture of a treasure chest then printed my wording on a scroll. I couldn’t use a real scroll because the kids got them at school and they have a folder to bring their things home in. It … Read more
For my son’s 5th birthday party Brandon decided he wanted to have a pirate theme party. Being that Pirates of the Caribbean is his favorite movie, he dressed up like Captain Jack Sparrow. We found the accessories at Wal-Mart. He wore black pants from another pirate costume he had and a white tee shirt. The … Read more
For my son Jacob’s 7th birthday we decided to have a pirate treasure party. Ahoy Matey! Invitations We started with pirate invitations made on the computer on a scroll that read- “Ahoy Matey, you are hereby invited to walk the gangplank; Captain Morgan will be in harbor from (time) on (date) in search of a … Read more
Pirate Treasure Hunt party ideas and photos by: Janine This Treasure Hunt is taken from Janine’s Pirate Birthday Party Tale For the treasure hunt I used colors for the clues. The first one was a RED CLUE: “If you want to find the long lost treasure, follow the clues with fun and pleasure. Use the … Read more
For my son’s 7th birthday party he decided on a Pokemon party. Invitations For the invitation I used scrap booking tools and paper to create a very large pokeball invite. This is very easy to do if you have circle cutters. First I took a 12 x 12 piece of red scrapbook paper and folded … Read more
The pool party was a celebration for my son and his classmates that were graduating from preschool (4 and 5 year olds). We had the party at the very last day of school. Beach Ball Invitations The invitation for the party was a beach ball, where I wrote all the information about the party. I … Read more
I had this “Medieval-type” Princess party for my daughter Elizabeth’s first birthday because most of her child guests (cousins, brothers) were boys. I had all these princess birthday party ideas for girls but I figured the boys wouldn’t appreciate getting boas and tiaras so I incorporated the knight appeal into the party but left it … Read more
We decided to have a combination birthday party with our friends who had a little girl turning four, and our daughter was turning two. We planned the princess party to involve both boys, girls, and adult helpers due to the size of the guest list at 15 kids! So, we sent out castle invitations and … Read more
My daughter Emma had a princess birthday party for her 6th birthday. Here are the princess party ideas we came up with to make her party extra special for her! Princess Party Ideas for Invitations Two layers of cardstock: the text was printed out on the bottom layer which is the long skinny tower – … Read more
It was a Royal Celebration for all in honor of Princess Anastasia’s 4th birthday. My daughter had been asking for a “princess theme party ” since she’d blown out the candles on her 3rd birthday cake (which had been a Care Bear) and I was eager to comply with the idea and be creative. As … Read more
My daughter was turning 5 and since she loves to help me cook, she naturally loved the movie, Ratatouille. We chose to have a Ratatouille birthday party theme. The invitations I did on the computer and instead of asking them to RSVP I asked the “reservations be made” by a certain date. On our front … Read more
Robot party ideas and photos by: Emily from Durham, NC I had a hard time finding ready made Robot birthday party items, so I ended up making everything. I got the robot design from a woman online who made robot mix and match cupcakes. They were adorable and the robot was an easy design to … Read more
Invitations for this safari birthday consisted of ‘SAFARI PASSPORTS’. I bought blank cards from a stationery store and printed personal passports for all the kids. We used funny monkey photos as the passport photos. They were all asked to wear green. When they arrived they were greeted by a ‘WELCOME TO MAX’S SAFARI SIGN’. Inside … Read more
Safari birthday party ideas and photos by: Samantha from Pretoria, South Africa The Safari party was a very easy-to-do theme for my son’s 2nd birthday. I opted for e-mailer invites and was able to send nicely designed RSVP reminders etc. as well. I used a lion’s face as a cake idea and put the cake … Read more
For my son’s 1st birthday we had a Jungle Safari party. This is a good theme for any age and there are endless safari birthday party ideas to be found. Invitations I bought some invites at a dollar store with jungle safari animals on them. To personalize it I printed off the follow saying with … Read more
If you are on a budget, yet you still want to go all out for your child, then this Safari party is THE party for you! I used the Safari theme party because animals are so easy to find at almost every store. I even used old stuffed animals and hung them from the ceiling. … Read more
I knew 6 months ahead of time that I wanted to do a safari themed party for my son when he turned 2. As I started the process of safari party ideas, it kept getting more and more in depth. I wanted the party to be outside since it was the middle of September with … Read more
The invitations for The Scooby Doo birthday party were bought from a local party store. However, on the inside I wrote: “Come help us solve the mystery of the missing Scooby snacks!” The decorations were 70’s flower power cut outs (can be purchased at the party store), printed pictures of the gang from the web, … Read more
For my daughters 5th b-day we had an Under the Sea animal party. Decorations For Under the Sea decorations I put my daughters head in a mermaid picture, cut it out and put in the center of the tent (it was outside) and all around the tent were her fishy friends that came. I used … Read more
For my only child Elijah’s first birthday I decided fairly early on that I wanted to have a theme party. I was unsure what exactly until we went on a holiday to the Gold Coast in Queensland and visited Sea World. They also have a Sesame Street Beach show and a Sesame Street themed amusement … Read more
Zaden had a great shark party for his 5th birthday celebration. I made the invitations using a shark photo I found on the internet. I printed out the 4 inch square shark pictures on cardstock then pasted them to a 6 inch square card. On the outside it read “Splish! Splash! It’s a birthday bash!” … Read more
Slumber party ideas and photos by: Amy from Blair, NE Our invitations were mini pillows “stuffed” with the information of the party! For activities we made a foam craft picture frame that said “Slumber Party Fun” and I took a digital picture, copied it off and sent it home with each girl. I also got … Read more
Snowman party ideas and photos by: Rikelle from Chandler, AZ We live in Arizona and don’t get any snow. My daughter wanted to build a snowman so we thought a snowman party without the snow would be fun. This would also work great for a Christmas in July party. We did this for my daughters … Read more
My son Zachary turned 3 and wanted a space party. Blast Off We sent out the invitations made on black construction paper, foam rocket stickers from the dollar store with the window punched out and his picture inside. I also used markers to draw stars. The front said “Zachary is blasting into the world of … Read more