Planning a birthday party for a loved one can be
overwhelming. The best way to make sure the birthday child
enjoys the party is to decide on a theme for the party.
Anything that the birthday boy or girl likes can provide
inspiration. It may be a favorite character from a book, a
latest movie or a cartoon. A birthday theme can also be
based on the child's current favorite sport, a book or any
other activity. Here are some of the hottest birthday
party ideas for this season.
1. Pirate Birthday Party Theme
For once in his life, every boy wants to be Captain Jack
Sparrow, put on a pirate hat, wear an eye patch, swish his
sword and find a hidden treasure! A pirate
birthday party is every boy's dream come true. Tear the
edges of aged paper to make the invitations. At the venue,
put up a cross bones and skull black flag at the entrance
and hang fish nets around the buffet. Decorate an old
cardboard box as a treasure chest and place the party favors
in it. For the cake, make a sheet cake that looks like a
treasure map. Or be creative and make a pirate hat cake.
Small telescopes, magnetic compasses, bandanas, and pirate
hats make inexpensive and great party favors. Your kid will
love you no end for throwing this amazing pirate party for
him!
2. Princess Birthday Party Theme
What better way to celebrate your princess' birthday than by
having a royal princess
birthday party. Print the royal invite on parchment like
sheets using a royal looking font for the text and decorate
the invite with stick-on jewels. Roll up the invite and use
a monogram sticker to close it or tie a bow with a pink
satin ribbon. Decorate the venue using a big cardboard box
painted as a castle. Provide a variety of beads and stones
to the guests to make their own royal bracelets and
necklaces, which they can take home as favors. A favorite
party game is to blindfold the guests and make them pin a
crown on a princess photo or painting. Tie in the princess
theme with an easy to make castle cake. Use a sheet cake and
place cupcakes on the four corners, and then place waffle
cones upside down on them to make towers of the castle.
Fruit punch and fruit kebabs are great for little princesses
to nibble on. Get an inexpensive star shaped baking mold
tray and bake star cookies for the party. So get set to give
your princess a princess birthday party she will never
forget!
3. Teen Mall Scavenger Birthday Party Theme
Teenagers just love to spend hours at the mall, and a mall
scavenger hunt party theme is the coolest birthday party
idea for a teenager. For the invite, get copies of the map
of the mall and decorate it with stick-on jewels, paper
flowers or Hannah Montana stickers. Once the guests assemble
at a restaurant at the mall, buy them take-away sodas,
ice-cream and juices and divide them in groups of 3 or 4.
Then hand over each group a sealed envelope with a list of
tasks to do. Below is a sample list of tasks for the mall
hunt.
a: List all the movies that are playing at the multiplex
theater.
b: List all stores in the mall whose name starts with the
letter 'V'.
c: Buy any item that costs less than a dollar, and is red
and has some writing or text on it.
d: Find someone who works at the mall and whose name starts
with 'S' and make them sign the task paper.
After 45 minutes, the groups have to re-assemble at the
restaurant and the group which completes the most number of
tasks correctly is the winner. Your teen will simply adore
you for coming up with such radical mall scavenger hunt birthday
ideas!
4. Casino Birthday Party Theme
Adults will love this casino themed birthday party. For the
invite, glue two playing cards on the card front and write
'Casino Night'. To decorate the venue, arrange lots of
tables and cover them with casino themed table cloths
available at party supply stores. Turn down the lights, put
on bright white string lights around the doors and windows
and your casino party is ready to rock. When the guests
arrive hand them fake money to play at the tables. Have
different tables for poker, bingo, craps, roulette and any
other casino game you want to play. Cocktails and hors
d'oeuvres are perfect for a casino party and easy for guests
to nibble on as they are winning at the tables. When guests
are ready to leave, a new deck of cards or a small board
game make great party favors. For more creative and
do-it-yourself ideas, check out the Casino
Birthday Party page at Celebrating-Birthdays.com
5. Beach Birthday Party Theme
Bring the beach to your backyard and have a beach birthday
party! Make a sand castle on the invite by using sand paper.
Glue on some seashells or seashell stickers and write the
party information on the inside. To decorate the venue, prop
up some palm leaves and coconuts at the entrance. Inside,
cover the walls with fish nets and place beach balls all
over the area. Arrange for some construction sand and have a
sand pit, and wet the sand for guests to build sand castles.
Have lots of seafood snacks, pineapple and watermelon wedges
on toothpicks, coconut flavored drinks and use parasols to
decorate the glasses. For the cake, have a beach ball shaped
cake or a fish shaped cake or just decorate a sheet cake to
look like a beach scene. Use your imagination to add as many
beach elements as possible and bring your guests in the
beach mood. Celebrating-Birthdays.com has many more ideas
for a beach
birthday party.
