Costume Birthday Parties - Come As You Aren"t!
Costume parties are the most popular type of party even for adults.
It gives people a chance to be someone else for a few hours and this gives a great sense of freedom.
Children also love to dress-up as someone else, either a famous person or, more often, a cartoon character.
A costume birthday party adds an extra dimension of excitement.
Costume parties may follow a theme such as superheroes, the Wild West, princesses, sports figures and many more.
If a theme is chosen for the party, then this should be stated in the invitation and the guests asked to dress accordingly.
A theme party is easier because all the decorations, food and activities can harmonize with the theme.
If the party is simply a costume party and the children may dress up as they like, then activities can be arranged so that each child has a chance to show-off their character or costume.
Be clear which costume each child is wearing when they arrive so their character can be announced.
Their character's name can be written with a marker on a simple diagonal ribbon for them to wear.
If the theme is Dora the Explorer, several games can be created where the children have to follow a simple map to reach a prize.
The food can have a Mexican theme with tortilla chips and coconut cookies along with the cake and ice cream.
So that everyone goes home happy, make sure that everyone gets a prize.
Peter Pan is a great party theme because it involves so many different characters, the Wild West, pirates, crocodiles, Tinkerbell, the lost boys and, of course, Peter Pan and Wendy.
Guests can be asked to come dressed as one of the characters in the story.
Options can be given in the invitations so everyone doesn't come as the same character.
Children can act out scenes from the story which can be filmed and shown while they have refreshments.
They love role-play and each child can get a copy of the CD where they are the stars.
Harry Potter is another costume party theme where the children can dress up as several different characters and act out scenes from the book to be filmed.
A good costume theme for a young boy's party is dinosaurs.
Each child can come dressed as their favorite dinosaur.
Creating a costume will be a challenge for the parents, but that's part of the fun.
The decorations can include posters printed from the computer of the different dinosaurs represented at the party.
Cake and ice cream are always the staples for any birthday party for young children and the cake decoration needs to reflect the theme of the party.
It gives people a chance to be someone else for a few hours and this gives a great sense of freedom.
Children also love to dress-up as someone else, either a famous person or, more often, a cartoon character.
A costume birthday party adds an extra dimension of excitement.
Costume parties may follow a theme such as superheroes, the Wild West, princesses, sports figures and many more.
If a theme is chosen for the party, then this should be stated in the invitation and the guests asked to dress accordingly.
A theme party is easier because all the decorations, food and activities can harmonize with the theme.
If the party is simply a costume party and the children may dress up as they like, then activities can be arranged so that each child has a chance to show-off their character or costume.
Be clear which costume each child is wearing when they arrive so their character can be announced.
Their character's name can be written with a marker on a simple diagonal ribbon for them to wear.
If the theme is Dora the Explorer, several games can be created where the children have to follow a simple map to reach a prize.
The food can have a Mexican theme with tortilla chips and coconut cookies along with the cake and ice cream.
So that everyone goes home happy, make sure that everyone gets a prize.
Peter Pan is a great party theme because it involves so many different characters, the Wild West, pirates, crocodiles, Tinkerbell, the lost boys and, of course, Peter Pan and Wendy.
Guests can be asked to come dressed as one of the characters in the story.
Options can be given in the invitations so everyone doesn't come as the same character.
Children can act out scenes from the story which can be filmed and shown while they have refreshments.
They love role-play and each child can get a copy of the CD where they are the stars.
Harry Potter is another costume party theme where the children can dress up as several different characters and act out scenes from the book to be filmed.
A good costume theme for a young boy's party is dinosaurs.
Each child can come dressed as their favorite dinosaur.
Creating a costume will be a challenge for the parents, but that's part of the fun.
The decorations can include posters printed from the computer of the different dinosaurs represented at the party.
Cake and ice cream are always the staples for any birthday party for young children and the cake decoration needs to reflect the theme of the party.