Indoor birthday games and parties….. (this tag stands for “Indoor Parties” and “Indoor Games”)
My daughter Natalie loves Disney Princess’ so when it came time to plan her 4th Disney Princess Tea birthday party there was no doubt on what she wanted. For our invitations we printed out a message in old english on some pink card stock. It read “You are cordially invited to attend a royal tea … Read more
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
I wanted to have a Fairy Party for my daughter’s first birthday, but strangely, most of our family and friends have boys. So, my husband suggested we have a Fairy Tale party instead (still with a Fairy flavor to it). I chose lavender, baby pink and white for the colors. My daughter was dressed up … Read more
Invitations For my daughter’s 6th birthday party on July 3rd 2005 we had a girls slumber party. She invited 7 friends to sleep under the stars at Camp Jade. The invitations were blue cardstock which read “Jade is turning six years old. Please come celebrate with slumber party games under the stars at Camp Jade”. … 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
A Movie themed party lets kids become actors in their very own film. The birthday child chooses which script to produce then casts their birthday guests in their roles. They arrive in costume, have make-up applied, collect the props, then the Director calls “Quiet on the Set!” Next using the movie script they shoot the … 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 are the pirate party ideas from my daughter’s 18th this year. All the props were made especially for the party and most of our village attended. Invitations The invites read: Ahoy Matey!! Whether Ye be a land-lubber or a salty sea-dog, Ye be invited to MissCatherine’s 18th fancy dress birthday party, The crew be … Read more
Ahoy Mateys! The invitations for the Pirate theme birthday were one of the coolest parts. I printed a picture of a treasure chest then printed my wording on a scroll. I couldn’t use a real scroll because the kids got them at school and they have a folder to bring their things home in. It … 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
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
I had this “Medieval-type” Princess party for my daughter Elizabeth’s first birthday because most of her child guests (cousins, brothers) were boys. I had all these princess birthday party ideas for girls but I figured the boys wouldn’t appreciate getting boas and tiaras so I incorporated the knight appeal into the party but left it … Read more
We decided to have a combination birthday party with our friends who had a little girl turning four, and our daughter was turning two. We planned the princess party to involve both boys, girls, and adult helpers due to the size of the guest list at 15 kids! So, we sent out castle invitations and … Read more
My daughter Emma had a princess birthday party for her 6th birthday. Here are the princess party ideas we came up with to make her party extra special for her! Princess Party Ideas for Invitations Two layers of cardstock: the text was printed out on the bottom layer which is the long skinny tower – … Read more
It was a Royal Celebration for all in honor of Princess Anastasia’s 4th birthday. My daughter had been asking for a “princess theme party ” since she’d blown out the candles on her 3rd birthday cake (which had been a Care Bear) and I was eager to comply with the idea and be creative. As … Read more
My daughter was turning 5 and since she loves to help me cook, she naturally loved the movie, Ratatouille. We chose to have a Ratatouille birthday party theme. The invitations I did on the computer and instead of asking them to RSVP I asked the “reservations be made” by a certain date. On our front … 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
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
The invitations for The Scooby Doo birthday party were bought from a local party store. However, on the inside I wrote: “Come help us solve the mystery of the missing Scooby snacks!” The decorations were 70’s flower power cut outs (can be purchased at the party store), printed pictures of the gang from the web, … Read more