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 wanted an airplane/soldier bday party for his 4th bday. I was inspired by ideas found online & in magazines, using several of them for his special day. I love hosting parties esp. themed ones. This was so much fun to put together & execute. Enlistment Orders for Army Invitations American Heroes invitations were … Read more
My 2 kids love Jake and the Neverland Pirates and since they haven’t marketed any of their things yet, I decided to have a generic pirate party for them. I sent e-vites with the pirate theme, then went to a local party store to find my other goodies (and Walmart too). Our party was for … Read more
Hi Everyone, my name is Marissa & I live in Australia. I am a Mum to 3 children, the youngest born in February 2011. Birthday parties are a HUGE deal to me & I love making my children’s Birthday wishes come true! As Mothers we all have a special way of showing our children how … Read more
For my sons birthday we decided to go with a farm theme since he was really into tractors and farm animals. We decorated the house with farm themed balloons, streamers, and I printed some farm themed pictures off from the computer. I found some really cute farm themed coloring pages for the kids to color. … Read more
My oldest child just turned eight in May and we had a Phineas and Ferb birthday party to celebrate. As our party guests arrived, we had the Phineas and Ferb soundtrack playing and played Freeze Dance. That is where you let everybody dance and then you turn the music off unexpectedly and everyone has to … Read more
We couldn’t wait to celebrate our daughter Jordan turning 2 years old. We decided to have a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme party since Jordan loves Mickey and Minnie Mouse. We invited around 60 people (adults and children). Invitations were sent 6 weeks in advance and had the outline of Minnie Mouse’s face and ears, but … Read more
I wanted to do something very special for my son this year so I went all out and surprised him with a Bootcamp Birthday party. Homemade WW2 Draft Card Invitations I created the invitations and fashioned them after actual WW2 draft cards, they actually turned out awesome, everyone thought I had them done professionally. I … Read more
Birthday party theme ideas and photos by: Margaret from Farmington Hills, MI For my son’s birthday, he wanted a Pirate party. There are a few good birthday party theme ideas for invitations; what I did was printed them on an almost yellowish type of paper (so it would look old…without having to soak in coffee … Read more
Dinosaur birthday ideas and photos by: Bethany from Ludington, MI Here are our ideas for a Dinosaur birthday party for a 5-year-old. Invitations: I found a t-rex skeleton clipart online and put it at the top of my invite. I just made them up in Word and printed on green paper. The invite read: JACKSON … Read more
Halloween party ideas and photos by: Trinity from North Richland Hills, TX This was my daughter Piper’s 2nd birthday party which we combined with Daddy’s. Both are in October. Piper was dressed up as a kitty while all the family also dressed for the occasion also! Even great grandma was Bozo! We started with homemade … Read more
For my daughters 2nd birthday she wanted to do Little Einsteins. I figured it would be easy to find party supplies, but I was wrong. I ordered what I could then made the rest. For the Center Pieces I printed out some Little Einstein Clip art, cut it out. Glued it to a stick then … Read more
My son wanted something different for his 7th birthday, so we decided to do a magic party. I didn’t want to have to cleanup after 24 kids at my house, so we had it at our local country club. We invited kids from school AND kids from his afterschool day care. Our invitations were made … Read more
Our daughter was about 2.5 years old when my husband started watching Star Wars with her, thus began her obsession with Star Wars and the many things that come along with that. Her 4th Birthday was coming up fast, and when I asked her what she wanted, I knew the answer before she even told … Read more
My son is one of the biggest Disney Cars fans. He wanted a Cars 2 party, before the movie was even out. So I had to find out as much as I could about Cars 2 from websites. I researched facts about each new car so that he could have a great time at his … Read more
My daughter who was turning 3 wanted Dinosaurs as her theme. It was very difficult finding “girly” dinosaur party stuff so I had to make almost all of it. Dino-Dig in Sand Activity I knew I wanted a dig so I was in search for bones. Thankfully I have a rancher friend who found me … Read more
The idea for my nieces 5th birthday party all stemmed from the Disney Princess Castle Cake she wanted from a shop. The shop quoted £175 and I told my sister I could do one for her and make it more personal. My niece just loves the Disney Princess’s and has a lot of their merchandise … Read more
SPONGEBOB PARTY INVITATIONS: I Googled Spongebob pictures for ideas on how to create my son’s birthday invitations. I found the ones I liked and saved them in ‘My Pictures’ on my computer. I pulled up Microsoft Publisher and created an invitation that looked like a concert ticket. It was measured about 4 x 8 to … Read more