Louw turned 3 and we had a Jungle Party. Jungle Decoration Washing Line We decorated the washing line with long branches from the garden, green streamers and lots of balloons. Animal face masks were hanged between the branches as if they were little animals hiding in trees. Kids had to try and find them and … Read more
For my twin boys’ 1st b-day party we had a construction theme party. I found invites, dump truck plates and napkins and a few signs online and then paired it with caution tape, tagging tape (instead of streamers) hard hats, surveyors vests and other road construction items I bought online. Games and Decorations Miniature marking … Read more
We have boy/girl twins who were turning eight and wanted a party that would accommodate all their friends and ideas. So, we took the book series “The Magic Tree House” that all the kids are reading and used this as inspiration. It was a rainy day, so we had to stay indoors. Making the Magic … Read more
Since both my middle and youngest sons’ birthdays are in May and they shared the same Mario obsession we decided to have a Mario birthday party for both of them together. Mario Birthday Party Invitations Ben (turning 7) wanted to help make his invitation. Step by step we made the Mario party invitation together using … Read more
Finding the perfect birthday party theme for a particular child tends to be more art than science, but our Kingdom Festival for my five-year old son Davis turned out better than he would have ever dreamed. The thrills we receive as parents in seeing the beaming grin on our child’s face throughout the party and … Read more
Out of all the many party theme ideas to choose from, we decided to have a pirate party for my son Dylan’s 6th birthday. Invitations We used recycled water bottles to hold the invitations we made. The invitations were made using my computer (I used Old English Text font for the invite but I did … Read more
I have a son who has a birthday around Halloween so we always like to have party themes that are spooky and fun. Here’s our Mad Scientist Party themes and ideas. This was a party for nine 9 year olds. Invitations I took the labels off of plastic water bottles. I cut a small slit … Read more
For my sons 6th birthday we had a Pirate Party. For party decorations I had black plates and napkins, lots of Halloween skeleton stuff (his birthday is in November so I got deals on it). I got these cups with skeletons on them (which the kids got to take home). I made the hats with … Read more
Here’s Ryan’s Pirate Birthday Party (5 years old )! Let me first say, I got a great deal of my ideas from this website. Thanks! Our pirate invitation was a map, with the edges burned and rolled up and placed inside of a plastic Coke bottle. On the outside of the bottle, I stuck a … Read more
Here’s my son’s 7th birthday party. Enjoy our pirate birthday party ideas for your next party! Invitations For the invitations I soaked paper in coffee, dried them in the microwave, printed out the info onto the dry paper, burned the edges then painted cooking oil on them and let them dry. The end result looked … Read more
For my son, Joshua’s sixth birthday he had a Pirate party that was inspired by Pirate of the Caribbean. We had his birthday at a park beside the beach so I could do a treasure hunt and have the kids dig for treasure in the sand. Costumes For the Pirate of the Caribbean costumes I … Read more
My son’s birthday is in the summer so he already had some ideas about what he wanted to do (water gun fight, pool and slip and slide). I wanted a theme that would tie in to all of that and give the kids something to do besides just swimming. A pirates birthday seemed to be … 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
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
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