Do something that is close to heart

The best way to put together a memorable 3 year old birthday get-together experience is to do something related to your child’s interest. One of the biggest difficulties in organizing a birthday party for a kid is that the parents quite often try to integrate adult birthday party ideas. It should be taken into consideration that a child’s mindset is different from the adult’s mindset, so it is better to choose ideas that are favorable to kids and not to the adults.

Try to know from your kid

Try to read your child’s mind. Try to know about your child’s preferred comic strip characters, dream jobs, and other fantasies. Your child will be highly surprised if you throw a pirate themed birthday and will be thrilled to know that you remember that he dreams to be a pirate.

Match your home décor with the theme

Another important aspect that should be considered while arranging a 3 year old birthday party is that your home décor should match up to the theme. A 3 year old kid is creative, and is enjoying the best years of life, so organize a well planned theme party, with masks and toys. Shop for all the toy stores around for perfect accessories and home decor which can balance the selected theme. For instance if you have chosen a pirate themed celebration, then buy stuffed parrots as return gifts. You can also buy eye patches and decorate your home with ship, water, and artificial trees all around.

Add fun and games

Your 3 year old kid birthday party is incomplete without games and excitement. Children like to indulge themselves in games in their birthday celebrations. For example for a party based on the princess theme, the children can indulge in hunt for treasure around the house to search for of unicorns and princess glass slippers and tiaras.

You can make your kid birthday worth remembering with a little sensitivity and a sincere effort. Your child has all the right to have a good time on his third birthday party. So help him out in making this an awesome experience for him

Fun Packed 3^rd Birthday Parties

You can arrange a fun packed 3^rd birthday party for your kid even though it is very exhausting for the parent to keep up with these little devils. But you can make this occasion as thrilling as possible without over-doing it for your kid.

There is no need to go over-board. There are 4 must things for your 3 year old kid.

(1) Invite friends

(2) Family

(3) Presents

(4) and, most importantly the cake.

The following are some of the inexpensive yet innovative ideas to make the birthday party for your 3 year old worth a while.

3 Most Inexpensive Birthday Party Ideas

• Finger Painting – Children love being imaginative and spending time outdoors. If we coordinate these two activities together by organizing a “finger painting party” outside where children can paint on paper and cardboard it would be great fun for them.
• Outdoor Play – Children can unload trucks on the sand, construct castles out of sands, and release some amount of energy. These fun ideas are amazing for three year olds.
• Costume Contest – You can organize a costume party for the little princess. You can make them wear your old clothes and perhaps a little bit of make-up.

A happening party is not dependent on how much you spend but it depends on how you can make this event thrilling and unforgettable for your little kid.

Free birthday Party Invitations

Once you have chalked out the date and birthday party theme and it’s time to send out those invitations to the invitee. But an innovative way of announcing the party would be to construct an invitation web page Instead of penning out all invitations and distributing them out. The web page will include all details relating to the party like the date of the party, party theme, dress code and venue. You can also add images and photographs of your child.

A Birthday Ball Dance party for the Princess

1. Try to give a royal treatment to your birthday girl on her birthday. Send invitations to all the invitees about her birthday ball. Try to indulge your little princess as well as her guests in makeovers and make them watch movies such as Cinderella and Snow White. Arrange for a decorated throne for your little daughter and make her feel the guest of honor and make her wear a plastic tiara to give a princess look. The guests can be served crown cookies, sandwiches and cake. You can also lease a blow up castle for bouncing purposes which will add to some additional amount of fun and frolic.

Dolls Tea Party

2. You can make your little princess have tea with her friends dressed up as dolls on her birthday. The favorable dress code can be floral dresses and floppy hats. The guests can be told to bring their favorite dolls. The party venue can be outside in an open space with flower bouquets and neutral tablecloths on the table to match up to the theme. The guest cans be served sandwiches and cupcakes along with the iced tea. You can also provide food to the dolls brought by the guests.

Ballerina Birthday Bash

3. You can have a ballet-themed birthday celebration for the young girl. You can buy accessories required by a ballerina & make the guests wear tutus and ballet shoes. There should be enough space where girls can dance wearing lovely attire in ballet soundtracks. Hiring a ballet dancer will help since she can give lessons to the invitees. A good décor and good food will add to the party.

Hula Girl Birthday

Hawaii theme can be created on your child’s birthday. Though Hawaii may be miles away but that theme can be created at your house with plastic palm trees and flowers. The guests can also join in hula dance. Water slides and kiddy pools for kids can further add to the party. The entire venue can be decorated with paper flip-flops and sand art crafts.

Butterfly Garden Birthday Party

4. Since butterflies are adored by young girls for their bright colors and so it can be a creative birthday party theme. A painter can be hired for painting the picture of butterfly on the face of the invitees. The venue can be completely decorated using flowers & butterfly birthday cakes.

4th Birthday Present Ideas

Searching a gift for your  4 year old kid is quite a difficult task since it is an age when a child becomes very inquisitive & inquiring. At this stage they love to play. So you need to buy from a wide collection of toys and other gifts available that not only challenge them but also offer them hours of inspiring fun.

Thomas Tank Engine

1. Wooden Thomas Tank Engine train can be an ideal gift for a little boy. The child can be imaginative and he can imagine that he is commanding the Tank engine. Even gifts like Thomas the Tank Engine DVDs or may be a series of Thomas and Friends books written by Rev. W. V. Awdry, can be gifted which is considered a staple of every childhood literature since it was introduced in the 1940s. The set of train may include hand-made engines, railway tracks etc, made of wood.

My Little Pony

2. My Little Pony can be an ideal gift for a girl since she can pet, comb and even style, with all kinds of accessories. There are a lot of Little Pony products, available right from puzzles, books games to room decorations. Even girls love horses just like the way boys love trains and dinosaurs.

Board Games

3. A four year old kid can try for simple board games. There are lots of options available like traditional standbys Chutes, Ladders and Candy land. All these games are quite and also teach children about numbering and counting. Another good game that can be played is Dinosaur Monopoly. It is a simple form of game meant for young children.  

Legos

4. A 4 year Boy and girl generally leave the phase of wooden-block sand venture into something tougher. Legos are basically a natural succession. These help the kid to build creativity and help them stay pre occupied for a longer period of time.  Other good games include Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys.

Books

5. At the age of 4, Boys and girls learn to read books. The kids prefer 2 types of books like picture books having simple words and story books that you want your kid to read, such as Berenstain Bears, Dr. Seuss and Arnold Lobel’s The Small Pig. There are also habitual story books such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs and Sleeping Beauty.

Date, Location and Time

1. Before initiating everything else just fix the date. This is necessary if your child’s actual birthday party cannot be arranged on the same day as his birthday. The time for the party is vital, as your 2-year-old toddler still takes short naps. If possible organize the party during the mid-morning or mid to late afternoon hours when your toddler does not sleep. Try to avoid early afternoon, since children sleep around the lunch time. Try and choose backyard venues or large open area as this will help the kids to run and play.

Theme

2. The theme of your birthday party is significant since you need to include the theme into the design of the invitation card also. Choose the theme that best suits your 2-year-old, such as his favorite cartoon character. Then use that theme in the invitations. If your child loves an admired cartoon character or even a stuffed toy like a dog, then choose a card keeping that in mind. Also, you can make homemade invitation cards that are simple yet attractive.

Style of Invitation and Color

3. Choose your own style of invitation. Birthday Invitation cards are basically folded cards which you can send as a postcard type invitation. You can also print out birthday invitations on a complete sheet of paper, with borders and images around. Then you can fold it and put inside an envelope with an attractive sticker to close the envelope. But make sure that the birthday invitation card matches the color of the theme that you have chosen.

Important Information

4. Beside the date, time and location of the birthday party, add other information that is important for the parents. Give details about whether the parents need to drop off their child or stay back. Provide the guests all the vital details they need to know so that they turn up at your birthday party all prepared to have fun.

When to Mail Invitations and RSVP

5. Mail your birthday invitations to the invitee two weeks in advance. This will provide the kids parents to ensure and verify their work schedule and RSVP. Include a RSVP date to your birthday invitation which will enable you to have an idea about how many people to plan for.

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Princess Party Invitations:

Princess party invitations could include pictures of glass princess slippers, castles and knights on royal horses. Make sure the cards look special by using stylish fonts, calligraphy, glitter inks and
colored ribbons and flags. Mention the arrival and departure, date and venue clearly in the invitations. You can mention the dress code for the princess party as well. You can tie up the invitations with a bow like they did it in the olden days for all official parties.

Princess Party Decorations:

Decorate the entrance of your house with flags, shields and red carpets to make it a grand entrance.

Royal ball:

You can create a royal ball in your living room where you can decorate it with pink truffles and drape the tulles in the ceiling to create a canopy. This will give the look of a small dancing space for children
to dance in. You can also drape the chairs with pink ribbons and colorful bows.

Royal entrance:

Using a chalk you can draw princess characters on the driveway eg: snow white and Cinderella.
At the entrance you can write “enter the castle” here or “welcome to the kingdom”. You can have cutouts of court attendants and the dwarfs prepared and place them at the entrance. These will form the welcoming party for the guests. When each guest arrives their names can be announced in the background as in royal courts.

Ok now that the guests have arrived and we are all set we need to make sure that each guest receives personal attention and leaves the party with fond memories. We will discuss this in PART II of the article.

The Princess Party – Part II

Now that the guests have arrived at the princess party let’s make the evening a delightful one for them. The best way to do this is to arrange some games which they will enjoy. Here are some beautiful ideas.

Wishing well or fountain:

Place a small wishing well somewhere in the party. Give each guest a penny and ask them to wish something before dropping the penny into the well. Tell her that at night fall her wish will come true. You can then add gift boxes inside so that when each guest leaves they can pull out the gifts from the well.

Ice Drop:

Kids are divided into two teams and given 2 toothpicks and two bowls. In one bowl ice cubes are kept. The two bowls are placed at a distance on a table. Each person has to run from the start point bowl to the finish point bowl by carrying ice with toothpicks. The one who finishes first wins.

Kiss the Prince:

This is a simple kid game. The kids put on red lipstick and are blindfolded and spun around. They then try to kiss a picture of a prince. Whoever is closest wins.

Glass Slipper:

Everyone sits in a circle and passes a slipper from one person to the next (while music is playing). Someone calls time or stops the music and the person left holding the slipper is out. Continue until there is only one person left.

Besides the games the next thing you can concentrate on is the food. Make sure the food is delicious so that it can be enjoyed by the children. Some useful suggestions are Food Items

All types of breads and  platter of meats Enchanted chicken and turkey legs Cream cheese & strawberry jam sandwiches (you can shape them with star, heart, diamond etc.
Royal Salad (dried cranberries, golden raisins, cherries etc.)

Princess Party Drinks:

Apple juice
Some sort of a sherbet
Pink lemonade
Strawberry tea

Princess Party Treats:

Strawberries
Grapes
Cockies
Popcorn
At the end of the party give everyone a small return gift so that they remember the party for a long time.

Princess Party Favors:

“Love” and “Thank You” charms can be added as favors and gifts. The half diameter charms feature a hole at the top for easy attachment with ribbon. Small assorted gift packets with plastic miniature
princess dolls, wands, magical characters work well.

Now you can start planning you royal ball and don’t forget to include your prince or princess in the process.

Clown fish foam puppet

Here is another Clown. This party Clown fish we had made for  a bay area after school program. The clown fish puppet was made out of dyed polyurethane foam. I made several of them and I still have a few of these great puppets. Email me if you are interested in getting one of them. Extremely light weight, workable mouth. Enjoy!

Sami Boujja

A special “First” Birthday is a milestone in your child’s life and needs to be celebrated. Your baby is not going to remember his or her first birthday party, but they will come a point in their life when it becomes important for them to know. The celebration is equally as important for you as parents and for all of those friends and family members who will be present in your child’s life for many years to come.

Everyday of life should be a time of celebration. However, a Baby’s 1st Birthday is unique and should be celebrated accordingly. Think of it like, it is one year ago that this adored Baby was brought into your world. Of course, at a one year of age the Baby doesn’t seem to know what is happening, but it is still a time to celebrate. It is an event that you can look back on for years to come. It is as much a celebration of your achievements in the baby’s life as it is an achievement for your baby’s development. 

Here are some 1st birthday party ideas to help you better plan your kids first birthday party.

• decide early whether or not you want a particular birthday party theme. Birthday themes make it easier to shop for birthday supplies and birthday decorations. A theme will also bring a sense of harmony to the whole atmosphere. A typical baby blue for boys and pink for girls theme could do the trick. But any theme could work : Jungle party, Safari Party, princess party, pirate party, Animal party, train party, character party, just to name a few.

• You can serve cupcakes, a sheet cake or make a cake to match the party theme.

• Birthday party favors for the children that attend your kids party are great way to end your party. You can put together goodies bags that match your theme very cheaply by shopping online. A simple search under birthday party favors, party supplies, birthday decorations,kids party supplies, kids birthday, birthday theme, could turn great results.
• You can just as easily personalize your first birthday party invitations to fit your theme or style.

• choose the best children entertainer for your 1st kids Birthday party, a professional children entertainer can add a lot of value to your event and make it especially memorable.

• Pictures:

Take lots of pictures, remember this day and remember how easy and stress-free it was. As they get older they’ll have time to celebrate with big parties and actually remember them.

• Food:

Pizza is a favorite food for kids. If you want to keep this short and sweet, finger foods are perfect. Cupcakes at the end are great. Everyone gets the same portion, and your little one can be as messy as they want with their own private cake.

• Allowing your baby to open his or her presents maybe cute for 10 seconds but your guests are going to get bored very fast.

• Toddlers love their Cheerios! Put out a bowl of cheerios for the toddlers and pretzels, crackers for older kids. Placing the bowls next to chips and dip for the adults can be fun for kids! Use your judgment.

As a kids birthday party entertainer and father of four kids, my best advise for new parents who are putting on their very 1st kids birthday party is to relax during the party. You have planned your party well, you have recruited some friends and family to help organize your party. There will be a few surprises during the party, if you take it with ease. Your guests will sense that you are calm and relaxed and will automatically follow suit.

Safety Tips for Birthdays:

• Balloons, If they burst they can be inhaled and cause a child to choke.

• Hard candy, bonbons or Finger Foods like raisins, M&Ms or popcorn can cause chocking as well.

• Be careful where you put your matches or lighter for the birthday cake.

• Save any sweets until the end of the party, other wise the kids will have to run wild during the party.

Enjoy your child’s party because there will never be another “first” birthday party for your baby.

Batman kids party theme

Coolest Superhero Birthday Parties for Your kid!!
Batman is a character which every kid knows about. He is a super hero who is physically fit and mentally agile to take on all evil and evil doers in the world. He is the advocator of good. Because of this kids admire him and even impersonate him while at play. For your kids, Batman is an ideal hero. Batman uses the knowledge of science and math in his crime fighting tools and this attracts today’s kids. So it can be a very good birthday theme for the youngsters.
Because of its universal appeal the super hero batman theme is something very interesting one can have at a kid’s birthday celebration. You can make invitation cards having bat wings as the theme. You can use pen flashlights and can use it in a bat shape attaching a card with the date, time and location of the party. A Super hero Spiderman party with kids in red and blue colors can be a mind blowing idea.
The villains mostly seen in movies can also play significant characters in your kid’s birthday party. Some of the famous characters are Catwoman, Joker, Penguin, Two Face, Mr. Freeze and the Riddler and the Spiderman nemesis Green Goblin. These characters can add a lot of charm to the kid’s party.
These days the super hero theme has become very popular at birthday parties. There has been an overwhelming response for superhero party supplies. Thus a well decorated superhero party can add lots of amusement, liveliness and zeal to make the party a brilliant success.