Willy Wonka party ideas and photos by: Laura from Spring Lake, MI When my 3-year old decided that he wanted a Willy Wonka party I thought I was getting away easy! Then I realized that Willy Wonka was a popular movie but not a popular birthday theme! The one thing I knew from the beginning … Read more
Winnie the Pooh party ideas and photos by: Margaret from Farmington Hills, MI My son Michael’s birthday was coming up March 29, the year was 2004, and he wanted to have a Pooh Party for his 2nd birthday. So right away, I thought about the big blank wall with the slanted ceiling we have in … Read more
WWE Wrestling party ideas and photos submitted by: Nanette from Oakley, CA Are you ready to rumble! My son is a huge World Wrestling Fan. For his 6th birthday we had a WWE wrestling party. It was probably one of the funniest yet! We had 8 boys ages 4-6. We did this party in January … Read more
Yugioh party ideas and photos by: Lydia from Patterson, CA My son and I had a lot of Big-Kids meals at Burger King when they had Yugioh figurines. We kept the pyramid boxes that the figures came in as well as the activity sheets. We used the pyramid boxes for goody bags and the activity … Read more
Madagascar birthday ideas and photos by: Becky from Catonsville, MD For my daughter’s sixth birthday party she wanted a Madagascar birthday so both girls and boys could come. I told her that was very nice of her to do something that boys would like too then she says “And you can make it look like … Read more
Teddy Bear party ideas and photos by: Tracy from Hope Mills, NC We decided to have a Teddy Bear Party for our son Chance’s 1st Birthday. I made the invitations out of cardstock that I purchased at the craft store. I just layered the paper on the front and inside. I used a teddy stamp … Read more
Train birthday party ideas and photos by: Rachel from Rexburg, ID To be honest, being a first birthday party, we went for SIMPLE with our train party! I sent out little tri-fold invites with a train car on each fold (here is a sample of our invites…). We just had a family party since we … 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
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
Barnyard birthday party ideas and photos by: Silvia from Miami, Florida At our barnyard party we had pony rides for the kids. The decorations were all made by me! Bandannas everywhere! The linens were bandannas sewn together. The centerpieces were real corn in buckets. I went to the nearest farm and they sold me the … Read more
Circus theme party ideas and photos by: Allyson from Lafayette, LA For my daughter Amelia’s third birthday we had a circus birthday. Amelia wanted a merry-go-round cake. The circus cake was Duncan Hines chocolate with Wilton Butter cream Frosting recipe. The party colors were red, blue and yellow. The bottom tier of the cake was … Read more
Fire Fighter party ideas and photos by: Teresa from Malden, MA Since every time the engines leave the firehouse my son goes crazy, we decided to have a fire fighter party for his 2nd birthday. For invitations we sent out postcards, on the front we took pictures of a small fireman statue and sign, then … Read more
Kids birthday party theme ideas and photos by: April from Cypress I threw this party together at the last minute so bare with me but I must say it went great! The kids birthday party theme was monster trucks so I made a monster truck cake to slightly resemble the obstacle course we did. It … 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
I tend to go a little over the top with birthday parties. It drives my husband insane and every year he begs me to tone and it down and not spend a fortune on the kids birthday parties. This year I managed to make both of us happy. First, I invited almost everyone using facebook. … 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
Each year I host a week long Grandma Camp for my grandchildren. A recent theme was “It’s About Time – A time travel adventure”. One of the stops along the time line was in Prehistoric times. Dino and Cavemen Activities We were met by a Mama Cave Woman who along with her adopted dinosaur baby … Read more
Basketball party ideas and photos by: Maha from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia My 11 year old son wanted a basketball themed party. I printed out basketball invitations from this site and personalized them. I got favor bags from the dollar store and printed out basketball pictures and stuck them all over. I filled them with candy … Read more