For my daughter’s 11th Coolest Sleepover Mall Birthday Party, I invited some of her friends over. For the invitations, I went to greetingsisland.com. I put a sign that says V.I.P. Entrance to the (HER NAME) Mall. There were some stores, a food court, a movie theater, and a salon/spa. Since I wanted it realistic, and … Read more
For my daughter’s 2nd Birthday we choose an Elmo Sesame Street themed birthday. The invites we choose to use smilebox we used a balloon blast invitation. The Cake and Cupcakes: I mad an Abby cake (used the Wilton 3d teddy bear mold), and made cupcakes to look like Elmo & cookie monster. Decor: We bought … Read more
After watching Kung Fu Panda 2, my daughter was very excited about having a KungFu Panda party. Keeping her happy and working within our very limited budget gave us a very homemade yet exciting party for her friends from school. It also gave us lots of fun “projects” for the week leading up to the … Read more
My son wanted an all out LEGO Party for his 8th birthday and then said he wanted a cake like the Cake Boss from the TLC show. I knew there was no way I could make his kind of cake, those are some big shoes to fill, but I did the best I could by … Read more
My son Jake is a fan of anything that rolls. For his fourth birthday, he wanted a monster truck party. We decided our main colors would be green and brown. We alternated plates, napkins, and cups in these two colors. His invitations were handmade using 5 X 7 card stock cut into the shape of … Read more
Airplane birthday ideas and photos by: Caroline from Scarsdale, NY My airplane party was a simple party for a 2 year old that was mostly adults! I had airplanes hanging from the ceiling, an airport on the floor (mat with runways and 6 wooden airplanes), streamers framing the doorways/windows and on the chandelier, airplane coloring … Read more
Carnival party ideas and photos by: Heather from East China, MI For my son’s third birthday we had a carnival party theme. I mixed ideas that I got from this site with my own. Invitations: I printed 3 to a page on red cardstock and cut the corner to look like an oversized ticket that … Read more
Dora party ideas and photos by: Maha I did a princess Dora birthday party for my 5 year old who just couldn’t make up her mind about the theme! It took place in her pre-school. This way all the kids are there and the teachers helped me out. She wanted Dora one second and a … Read more
Hawaiin Luau party ideas and photos by: Sandra from Preoria, IL My son wanted a Hawaiian Luau party for his 9th birthday. We made our Luau invitations on our computer. I found a photo of a volcano for the background and added some clip art around it. For the luau decorations I hung paper parrots … Read more
When I gear up to plan my children’s birthday parties, I like to start really early. I’m a planner and enjoy getting all my plans/thoughts on paper and as time goes on I can pick up things that I know I will need. I always start with the theme and build from there. For my … Read more
My sweet girlie wanted a Candyland birthday party and we pulled out all the stops. Candy doubled as decor, snacks and party favors. The colors were bright and festive. Additional decorations included candy topiary, candy wreaths, banners and colorful balloons. Children received a lollipop shaped invitation and arrived to a wagon load of Candy Land … Read more
This party was thrown for a 1 year old. Because we don’t have many friends with babies; it turned into a very cool summer bash for my two older kid’s aged 5 & 12. I believe this party can be thrown for a child of any age. I even used the theme for my baby … Read more
When my son’s 1st Birthday was approaching I started to think about how I was going to celebrate this important event and the first thing that popped into my head was of course a big party. I wanted to choose a theme for the party. It was too soon for a cartoons character theme because … Read more
Birthdays are HUGE in our family. My husband’s mom always made hand-made themed cakes for each of the 3 kids. So, when we started to have kids, it has been fun to keep up the traditions. Our son Jacob turned 5 on Mother’s Day this year. His parties are always on a different weekend because … Read more
Our son is a car enthusiast. For his fifth birthday, we decided to have a race themed party. We had already done one for his first birthday and a monster truck for his fourth, so we wanted this to be different. We opted for a party at a friend’s place. We had a drag racing … Read more
Animal Safari party ideas and photos by: Rikelle from Chandler, AZ My son is obsessed with elephants. We decided to throw him an safari party that would take him on an elephant expedition. Many of the ideas I found right here on this site. Safari invitation: I cut a 12×12 piece of black cardstock into … Read more
Cars birthday party ideas and photos by: Min from Brigham City, UT I created the invite for the Cars party from a picture I had on my computer and the simple art software I had. The party was in our backyard and for all our family so I had to make it fun for a … Read more
Dora the Explorer birthday party ideas and photos by: Christy from Lake Stevens, WA My daughter is turning 2 years old and she loves Dora the Explorer. I didn’t want to break the bank for her party but I did want to make her happy. So I devised the following scheme for a Dora the … Read more
Hawaiian party ideas and photos by: Odena from South Hamilton, MA My daughter was turning three and I wanted to have a fun party atmosphere so I decided on a Hawaiian Party. We sent out invitations that I made on the computer. We put a picture of a Luau girl on the front. We had … Read more
If your daughter is like mine then Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place is all you hear about. Unfortunately, not many parties with this theme are on the internet yet. There are a few places where you can order supplies online, but a trip to my local party store left me empty handed with character merchandise. … Read more
Kamaree, the birthday Princess, was really excited about the Fairy from the Unicorn Meadow coming to her party. Some of the children dressed up in princess and fairy costumes in anticipation. The outdoor unicorn moonwalk party was canceled because of inclement weather. We decorated in-doors with an all-inclusive unicorn themed party package order from a … Read more
My son loves pixar cars especially “Mater Tall Tales” and we decided to throw a special 6th Birthday Party. I found the perfect invitation at hallmark “mater the greater”. We personalized with my son’s picture and in the back the party information. For decorations I printed traffic signs and checkered flags. Also at the dollar … Read more
My son was turning 10 years old. Our family had really gotten into doing parties by now. It was like a contest, who could do better party. My son’s birthday is Oct 29th and I thought a Haunted House Birthday Party would be fun. I spent probably two years preparing for this party. INVITES were … Read more
Because we call our youngest daughter our little Bea, we decided to throw her a bumblebee birthday party when she turned one. My sister and I bought yellow card and the printed the invitations in black ink with a garden font from fonts.com. We punched holes in the top of the card and threaded polka … Read more