Kids Birthday Party Ideas

Kids Birthday Party Invitations - Let's Get Creative

So, how’s your kid’s party planning coming along?

By now you should have decided upon the date, time and the location of the party. You should also have decided upon a theme for the party and finalised the guest list.

The next step in your party planning is to decide about the party invitations. The invitations should fit the theme of the party and should contain all the details about the party.

You can find a list of these details in the 3 Tips for Party Invitation Planning as well as information on when you should send out the invitations.

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How Do I Decide on a Theme for my Child's Birthday Party

Discuss party themes your birthday child… You may often think that a theme is not necessary for a birthday party, but without a theme you will find it much more difficult to plan the party. When you are working with a theme, ideas for invitations, decorations, food, games and activities and even the party favors will fall in place automatically. One thought leads to another and before you know it, you will have the whole party planned.

If your child is still a toddler, you can really pick a theme from things that your toddler likes in this age. At age 2 my granddaughter’s favorite DVD movie was Finding Nemo, so when her mother and I planned her birthday party, it was only natural to use this theme and build the whole party around it – from the invitations right down to a swimming pool filled with floating Finding Nemo characters.

A good plan for older kids is to let them write down a few of their favorite ideas and you can suggest a few. Let them help by writing down each idea on individual pieces of paper and then you both can write down what will be needed for the themes – decorations, food, birthday cake, what kind of games would be played, party favors that will compliment the theme, the location where the party can be held.

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Kid's Birthday Party Planning Tips: How Many Guests Should I Invite?

Further to the previous post (link opens in a new window) about 3 tips for the time, guestlist and location of your child’s birthday party, let’s take a more in-depth look at the guest list.

One thing you should do is to decide how many children you are able to handle and then use a little bit of psycology to get the upper hand… sneaky? Yes, I know, but sometimes necessary.

Talk to your child and explain to him that he can only invite a certain number of friends (be wise and give him the least amount of kids you can handle comfortably.)