Children's Birthday Party Decorating Ideas
Decorating for a child's party can take you anywhere from themed to green. Choosing a theme can help you coordinate invitations, paper goods, a cake or cupcakes, party favors and even games or entertainment. Whatever your decorative motivation, the ultimate goal should be to have fun and make sure your child is the focus. Does this Spark an idea?
Baby's First Birthday
Your baby's first birthday party is going to be one you remember--not your baby--so keep things light and adult focused rather than hiring a band or magician.
Focus on food and table decorations. Bright colors offer simplicity and a rainbow spectrum to coordinate with. Choose red and white for example. Decorate with solid red helium balloons and white strings attached. Fill glass vases with water, add red food dye to the water, then place an arrangement of white gerbera flowers into the vase. Serve red velvet cupcakes with white frosting to keep with the red-and-white theme. It will look elegant and speak to the adults while celebrating your baby's special first birthday.
For a Boy
Dinosaurs are a big hit, and venues like a park or your back yard make for a great place to dig for bones. Around your yard, lightly cover some store-bought plastic dinosaurs for the budding paleontologists to uncover. On the birthday table, you can place a large plush dinosaur for the birthday boy with helium balloons attached. Each guest can have his own helium dinosaur balloon attached to his chair. A dinosaur cake is a great way to include your child in the planning by asking him what his favorite dinosaur is, then providing an image to the cake maker so she has a reference and can design accordingly. Dinosaur paper goods complete the theme.
For a Girl
Little girls love princesses and fairies. Instead of going over board with a character, consider something more creative that ties in with a fairy theme. Transform a room in your home or a section of your garden into a magical fairy grotto using fairy lights, flowers, butterflies and dragonflies. Fairy wands can be handed out to the guests as they arrive for added magic. Sprinkle glitter (fairy dust) on the party table and suspend a colored mosquito net or tulle so it gently drapes over the table creating a fairy lair. Attach colored silk scarves or fairy wings to branches if in your yard, or to door frames if in your home. Offer pink cupcakes and decorate with butterflies. Ask guests to come dressed as fairies.
Green Party
Planning a green party is easier than you think. Use this opportunity to decorate with biodegradable natural rubber balloons and attach using natural twine. If you want to forgo balloons, you can decorate with recyclable paper garlands, reusable bamboo plates, paper napkins made from recycled paper and biodegradable wooden utensils. Place small potted plants or herbs on the table instead of using cut flowers; these can be given as party favors to the guests at the end of the party.
Designate an area for communal drawing and give the children sidewalk chalk to do their own decorating. They can draw on a paved area of your garden, an outdoor bricked wall or a wooden tabletop. The chalk is nontoxic and washes away easily with water.
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