Jonah’s 1st birthday party was celebrated with a Jungle Baby theme! We had the party at his Godmother’s house and it was so great because her pool and patio area look so tropical! We decorated with adorable jungle baby first birthday plates, napkins and cups, we put soft plush jungle animals for the centerpiece on … 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
Fear Factor Party ideas and photos by: Sandra from Peoria, IL My boys wanted a Fear Factor party for their birthday last year. I made the invites on our computer. The basic yellow and black from the Fear Factor logo, some clip art and all the important party info. The first game we played was … 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
Boot Camp party ideas and photos by: April from Lexington, KY For my son Colby’s 5th birthday party he wanted to have an Army themed party. We went all out by transforming our backyard into an Army Soldier Boot Camp to make his party unforgettable. For the invitations of the boot camp party my husband … 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
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
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
Fire Truck birthday party ideas and photos by: Sandra from Berryville, VA My son’s 3rd birthday theme was a firefighter’s party. We started with specialty themed firefighter invitations that I bought off eBay. I printed them at home. Next I purchased a bunch of firefighter themed goodies from eBay and Oriental trading. I also ordered … Read more
When my grandson Cruz was turning 4 years old, he told us he wanted to have a “hunting” birthday party. At first, we were puzzled how to accomplish a hunting party for a child. We decided to go whimsical and also incorporate a little education in the process. For the invitations, my daughter took Cruz’s … 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
Football birthday party ideas and photos by: Jeffere from Frisco, TX Here’s another idea from this cool website – a flag football party! (If you want to see the same children a year earlier, here’s my army birthday party write-up.) The boys arrived and all tossed the football in the front yard together. Then, I … Read more
My Son was turning 9 years old and really wanted to have a big birthday bash. We had around 15 kids total attending this party. We went with the royal knight party theme. I ordered online plastic swords, goblets for the king (my son), a king’s crown and robe. I sent out online invitations to … Read more
Castle Birthday party ideas and photos by: Wendy from Sacramento, CA For the Castle Birthday Party I made three particle board castle walls as you can see in the pictures. Each wall was made up of individual bricks of Styrofoam I cut to size (I used a paper stencil I made). The bricks were varying … Read more
Garden party ideas and photos by: Sandra from Peoria, IL My son wanted a garden party for his 7th birthday. We found no help at any of our local stores, so we went out on our own. We made the party invitations – postcard style. The background was a photo of the grass in our … 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
Pirate 1st birthday party ideas and photos by: Angelica from San Diego, CA About two months before Sebastian’s Pirate 1st Birthday Party, I bought a child penguin tail tuxedo for $3.00 at the Salvation Army thrift store, along with a bag of gold military buttons for 25 cents, gold color trim for 25 cents, white … Read more
Child party ideas and photos by: Robin from Wilmington, NC I had the idea to “PArtY it forward” for my son’s second birthday party in June. I searched for different child party ideas and this is what I did. We had a Clifford themed party and instead of presents each guest was asked to bring … Read more
Harry Potter party ideas and photos by: Lydia from Patterson, CA My son and I spent a whole year planning his Harry Potter birthday party, picking up items for goody bags, plates, decorations etc., from clearance bins and dollar stores and making some of our own decorations and treats. We also purchased the Harry Potter … Read more
My son’s 8th birthday was a young Jedi training Star Wars party. Since it was August, we enjoyed most of the party outdoors! As the boys arrived, each received a homemade light saber (half a pool noodle with a duct tape handle) to decorate using permanent markers. They were then taken outside to practice their … 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
Childrens birthday party ideas and photos by: Christy from Cedar Rapids, IA We had this pirate party twice now. Once it was very hot and we had 30 kids (my favorite one of the two). The other was 5 kids and nice out (harder to keep entertained). Out of all the childrens birthday party ideas … 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
My 7 year old son wanted an Avatar Last Airbender Birthday Party. The movie had just come out and so there weren’t many ideas out yet. We found a great picture on the internet to use as the invitations and then put our information on it. The decorations were pretty basic. We had red, yellow, … Read more