Outdoor themed birthday party
10 Outdoor Birthday Party Ideas with a Nature Theme
This guest post was written by Michelle McCarthy of Fresh Flowers + Spilled Milk. She is an entrepreneur, digital marketer, and mom of two. Michelle started her blog in 2019 with her sister and mom. Together, they have started a motherhood lifestyle blog and created an online printables store to help you “decorate + celebrate baby” with beautiful designs for nurseries, baby showers, and birthday parties.
With nicer weather approaching, it is the perfect opportunity to plan an outdoor birthday party with a nature theme for your kids! Combine the benefits of nature with the gathering of close family and friends, and you are sure to have a special party that will be remembered for years to come.
The greatest part about a nature-themed birthday party is that nature itself provides beautiful decor and endless entertainment – so the party planning is relatively easy. Here are 10 of the best nature-themed birthday party ideas for your family and friends to enjoy. We’ve even included sample invitation text to go along with each theme.
#1: Birdwatching
“How Time Flies! Max is Turning 4”
Birdwatching would make such a fun and unique children’s birthday party theme. For locations, we recommend a local bird/Audubon Center, a park, or simply your backyard. An easy and creative activity to incorporate would be to make your own binoculars. Just provide toilet paper rolls, glue, string, and markers/stickers. For featured foods, make bird nest treats using pretzel sticks and egg shaped candy (secure with icing). This party wouldn’t be complete without a DIY pinecone bird feeder party favor.
#2: Gardening
“A Little Dirt Never Hurt! Join us for Liam’s Garden Party”
Gardening is an educational, active, and calming activity for children. Why not turn this into a fun birthday party theme? For locations, we recommend a backyard or a local plant nursery. The kids can create their own egg carton gardens by scooping dirt and planting seeds. When the lid is closed, it retains moisture and acts as a greenhouse. Featured foods at your garden party could be dirt cups, fresh vegetables, and flower cookies/cupcakes. Since they will be taking home their egg carton gardens, you can keep the party favors simple with gardening stickers to decorate their egg carton.
#3 Animals
“Calling All Party Animals…Ansley’s Turning 3!”
There are amazing benefits for children who spend time with animals. Plan an animal birthday party at a petting zoo, local farm, or in your backyard. If you are throwing it in your backyard, try making an animal footprints sensory station by setting up hard toy animals and clay for the children to stamp the footprints into. The featured foods for this party are a fruit plate in the shape of an animal, animal cupcakes/cookies, and cheddar bunnies. Let them “adopt a party animal” on their way out by taking home a little plush friend!
#4 Camping
“Our Happy Camper is Turning 3”
Camping is an immersive nature experience that helps your children learn survival skills and disconnect from the always-on world. For a camping party, try having it at an actual campsite or in your backyard. Have a fun sleeping bag race to feed their competitive spirits and a “Happy Camper” nature scavenger hunt so they can appreciate the nature around them. Featured foods at a camping themed birthday party are s’mores and pigs in a sleeping bag (blanket). Decorate with fun tents for the children to play in and lanterns hanging from the trees. A unique party favor (that is also functional) is their own mini flashlight.
#5 Hiking
“Hike on Over to Celebrate Jaclyn’s 6th Birthday”
Hiking is an amazing way to promote exercise and encourage your children to explore the wilderness. This is a fun spin on the more popular camping birthday party theme. The locations for this party could be a hiking trail, a county park, or your backyard! This is another opportunity to do a nature scavenger hunt. For your featured food, set up a build your own trail mix bar. Similar to the camping theme, another functional party favor is a mini wooden whistle.
#6 Fairy Garden
“Celebrating a Fairy Special Girl, Charlotte”
This whimsical fairy garden birthday party theme encourages children to use their imaginations and pay attention to the details. The best locations for a fairy garden birthday are a butterfly garden or your backyard. Hit up the local craft store to set up a DIY fairy garden activity. Just get a plate, a little wooden house, beads, stones, paper butterflies, and some greenery. Featured food at a fairy garden party could be butterfly crackers, mushroom cookies, and strawberries dipped in white chocolate with shimmery sprinkles. Send them off with their fairy garden and some fairy bubbles as a party favor.
#7 Bugs
“We are Buggin’ Out for Henry’s Birthday”
Bugs are a part of nature and an important part of the ecosystem. Plus, they are fascinating and cute (at least some of them!). Throw a bug themed birthday party at the local bee center, bug zoo, park or your backyard. Do some fun bug printing in clay and use bug catching kits. There are endless ideas for bug foods, but the easiest featured food ideas for a party are ladybug strawberries (use chocolate icing), caterpillar grape skewers, dirt cups, and bee cupcakes. Give them little bug headbands as a party favor.
#8 National Parks
“You’re Invited to Madelyn’s National Park Adventure”
Since most of us can’t actually bring our friends to a national park, let’s bring the park to them! The best location for a national park themed birthday party is your own backyard. Incorporate a large Smokey the Bear pinata and make a trout fishing water hole out of a kiddie pool. There are lots of options for national park decor that look just like the signage at the actual parks. Give the kids a national park coloring book as they head out.
#9 Rocks
“Rowan rocks! Join Us to Celebrate His 5th birthday”
From an early age, there is something about rocks that is fascinating to children. Throw a rock themed birthday party in your own backyard. You can set up a DIY rock mining activity by burying rocks in a sandbox or dirt bucket, providing a little sifter and a water station to rinse them. For featured foods at this party, serve donut holes and mini chocolate bundt cakes with raspberry cream (as mini volcanos). Hand out some rock candy as a party favor to your little geologists!
#10 Picnic in the Park
“Join Us for a Picnic in the Park to Celebrate Mia”
Find a picnic table at a park and lay out some blankets for this easy birthday party theme. There may be a playground at your park, so you can just bring some trucks and shovels and make a little bubble station. In authentic picnic form, sandwiches are your main featured food. Add in a popsicle or ice cream stand to help cool the kids down from all the playing they will be doing! Let them leave with mini picnic baskets that have a little treat inside.
15 Outdoor Birthday Party Ideas for Adults 2022
Planning your birthday celebration, but tired of the basic dinners/happy hours where friends feel awkwardly obliged to pay for you? I feel that. We need birthday parties for adults to be just as creative as our parties were as kids (I once had a mermaid-themed party, a murder mystery Victorian tea party, and an Academy Awards-themed birthday party, so I know a thing or two). Victorian tea parties aside, virtually no one can resist the appeal of a good outdoor get-together. Friends, food, booze, and a breeze? Say no more.
That said, your outdoor bday soiree options obviously vary based on the climate. My birthday falls smack dab in the middle of the dog days of summer (Leo SZN, baby) so I can’t in good conscience force my friends to go on a hike in the late August heat. However! There are plenty of other ideas you can run with. Winery hopping! Tarot reading! S'mores boards! Mimosa bars! Sure, some ideas are on the fahncy side, but you can totally DIY many of these party components. If all else fails, plop on the beach with your pals for the day with a cooler of White Claws. See? It's that easy.
Whether you’re a Taurus or Sag, there’s a solid almost half of the year you can comfortably celebrate outside. Here are some fun outdoor birthday party ideas, no matter your age, vibe, or star sign.
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The Classic Pool Party
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Here's the plan: Rent an Airbnb for the night, and make sure the space is equipped with a pool. (Spoiler: This will probably have to be a more chill gathering with close-knit friends, bc many Airbnb hosts notoriously do *not* let you throw ragers these days.) Buy all of the pool floats, including a giant disco ball, and even some lil ones that let your drink float around with you. Sip, splash, repeat.
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A Vintage-Inspired Beach Bash
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First, you need to establish the vintage aesthetic with a beach umbrella, then cross your fingers for a sunny day sans wind. Invite your friends to wear cute vintage-inspired high-waisted suits with you, and there ya have it. Don't forget the necessities either: Pack an old-school picnic basket or cooler with spiked seltzers and snacks, ofc.
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Winery Trail
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A wine passport is a real thing, you guys. Find an area where there’s a cluster of wineries so you can hop around to any and all of them. Pick someone to be a DD (Mom?) or, if you’re feelin' fancy, hire a driver for the day. Most vineyards will have sit-down food options or will let you bring along a picnic, in which you must find and bring every block of cheese and tub of hummus that Trader Joe's sells.
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Fancy Garden Fete
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Dear reader, you are cordially invited to indulge your Bridgerton fantasies with high tea, tiny cakes, a ridiculous amount of flower arrangements, and a soundtrack with only violin covers of pop songs. No, guests aren't required to dress in Victorian petticoats, and yes, this party will def be the talk of the town ;).
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Witchy Tarot Party
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Scorpio bbs, this one's for you! If you're born anywhere near Halloween, you are obliged to celebrate with a very witchy, celestial party. You don't have to summon any spirits or anything, but at least partition off part of your yard with some gauzy fabric to create a separate area for the tarot reader to work their magic. Decorate with plenty of suns, moons, stars, a sh*t ton of candles, and tarot cards too.
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Classic Picnic
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Step one: Meet in a park and lay out a chic picnic blanket. Step two: Everyone brings their fave wine and cheese (there needs to be a cake for you, ofc). And voila! A classy picnic for you and your crew.
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Vino Flow
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We are not advising you to swindle your friends into a workout with you on your bday, but yoga with wine tasting is a different scenario. You can book vinyasa flow/wine tasting classes or parties through companies like Vino Vinyasa in a variety of cities. Heck, if there are no yoga/wine companies near you, you can all sign up for an outdoor group class and pop open a few bottles once savasana is through.
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Beer Garden Game Night
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If you're including everyone and their S.O. in your soiree, make it a more casual day at a beer garden and get some games going to break the ice. Many breweries and beer gardens have lawn games and board games for you to borrow, or you can bring some games from your own stash.
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Pizza Truck Party
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Pizza *is* the entire party right here. Prepare for every kind of pizza you could possibly imagine (it's bottomless!) and most pizza trucks have gelato on the menu too (*chef’s kiss*). Truly, what else could you need on your birthday other than copious amounts of carbs and cheese?
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Birthday Bonfire
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If your birthday falls during chillier months, may I interest you in a cozy, flannel-clad campfire party? S'mores charcuterie boards are an absolute must (think chocolate, candy, fruit and crackers) and spooky stories are equally as welcome. Oh, and don't you dare forget about the mulled wine.
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Floral Arranging Fest
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How adorable is a flower-arranging party?! This right here is a group activity that doesn't make a mess, and party guests get to head home with a gorgeous bouquet in hand. True, there are actual flower-arranging studios you can book for your backyard bash, but you can just as easily DIY this one with a trip to your local craft store. Provide mojitos or some kind of boozy beverage, especially for those who are ~less crafty~ than your fine self.
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Amalfi Coast Adventure
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I am fully transported to Italy rn with this coastal celebration idea. Admittedly, lemons are super trendy at the moment, so now is the time to embrace all things citrus. Whip up some delicious lemon pasta from our birthday dinners menu, pair it with a spritz from our selection of party cocktails, and finish your birthday dinner off with some ice cold—you guessed it—limoncello.
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Backyard Bottomless Brunch
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Okay, so you don't have to splurge on a prosecco truck, but it will provide you with free IG content so you're absolutely getting your money's worth. Boozy brunching on a budget? Pick up a few bottles of champagne and an array of juices to create your very own mimosa bar. Throw in some bagels, a couple of muffins, and you have yourself a bottomless brunch from the comfort of home.
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Birthday Booze Cruise
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Take your birthday to the high seas this year. You can book a scenic water cruise in most major cities that aren't landlocked—many have apps and booze on deck, but some (er, the best ones) are BYOB. Dress the part with a sailor hat, and you're ready for an unforgettable themed party.
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Private Chef'd Dinner al Fresco
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For *big* birthdays, you need to go all out. And by all out, I mean hire a private chef to cook a glorious meal for you and all of your closest friends. Your only job is to set up a chic tablescape and solidify your guest list. HBD to you, indeed.
Mara Santilli Mara is a freelance writer and editor specializing in culture, politics, wellness, and the intersection between them, whose print and digital work has appeared in Marie Claire, Women’s Health, Cosmopolitan, Airbnb Mag, Prevention, and more.
We celebrate a birthday in nature: simple ideas for a family holiday | Holiday again!
Ideas for celebrating a birthday in nature should be significantly different from all other options for celebrating, that's for sure.
I tried to collect all the most interesting things so that you can choose the right ideas for your holiday.
Solving the most important issue. Which? This is a question of who exactly organizes everything and a birthday in nature will turn out to be really memorable.
OPTION 1:
we do everything ourselvesOPTION 2:
we order a holiday with a field trip
Option 1: We do everything ourselves!
Until the end of the article there will be ideas for those who are ready to arrange a memorable holiday for their loved ones. To be honest, it’s not so easy, you need a clear preparation plan and lists of necessary things, otherwise you can forget the essentials in the pre-holiday bustle.
Treat!
1. Take ready-made food so that guests can calmly wait for hot food
This is advice from years of picnic experience. People usually come to nature in the morning, few people have time to have breakfast, and even the road is long... coals flare up, meat is fried too long, etc.
What you can take as a morning buffet:
• ready-made sandwiches
• pasties with savory and sweet fillings
• spring rolls
• pieces of fried meat in breadcrumbs or round flat patties (good for making hamburgers)
• fresh and salted vegetables
• washed fruits
• tea, coffee, juices
2. For the grill menu
Of course, on a birthday in nature, you want to see such treats that do not happen during home feasts.
There are so many marinade recipes that I won't dare to describe them here, I'll just remind you what can be cooked on the grill.
• meat skewers
• chicken skewers (by the way, there is a charming children's recipe without vinegar, and the semi-finished product can be made at home and heated on a fire right in foil. Children always want everything quickly)
• fish on a grill
• seafood
• baked vegetables (zucchini, zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers)
• you can cook fish soup or meat sauce with herbs in a pot
• pilaf
3.
Don't forget: • drinking water in small bottles
• juices
• bread, rolls, biscuits
• ketchup and mustard
• salt, sugar, spices
• disposable dishes and tablecloths
• good knives, ladle, skimmer
• corkscrew
• wet wipes •
• silicone trash bags
gloves to wash your hands less often
• set of skewers and grate
• folding brazier, charcoal
• quick lighter
• disposable foil trays for ready-made shish kebabs and vegetables
• folding furniture or inflatable chairs
• Raincoats
• Spare clothes for children
• Mosquito repellent
• Rolls of foil and cling film to cover products from flies and wasps
• First aid kit with plaster, peroxide, painkillers
• Compact tent (if they do not start playing in it children, you can put all the bags, packages and backpacks in the tent, which always spoil the natural landscape with their appearance and spoil all the photos)
We decorate the cottage (clearing, gazebo)!
There are ready-made paper decorations that can be turned into balloons, stars and pompoms in a couple of seconds.
Finished paper decorations
Here's the thing. All these decorations are quite LARGE and not much is needed to decorate a room. The price is very cozy, they are sold folded and very easy to fold, in just a couple of seconds. Evaluate my work, I devoted a separate article to each type of decoration:
Here is a selection of articles with examples:
An article on how to hang and combine accordion balls with it (many examples).
I wrote more about ready-made paper pompoms in this article.
Buy pom-poms in different colors HERE.
Examples of solid star decoration.
Multi-colored paper pompoms-tassels are also a great decoration, see pictures
What a beauty, look!
Buy Here.
Do you know what forfeits are? These are fans for decoration. Love!
Buy a set of forfeits in different sizes and colors HERE.
Entertaining guests!
Now we are talking about a family holiday, but there may be options here:
- adults of different generations from 18 to 90 years old gathered
- there are many young families with small children from 1 to 9 years old at the festival
- families with children from 1 to 17 years old came to visit you
- there are no small children, but there are teenagers aged 12-17 who are bored in an adult company
Agree, in each of these cases the program should be different.
Free scenarios for children and teenagers
- Here is a list of competitions for children from 1 to 13 years old.
- Complete scripts for children's quests (especially the cottage quest "The Cave of Three Parrots" is suitable)
- Compilation of prizes for participation in competitions
- Competitions for 12-14 years old
- Board games: high-quality cards for the games Crocodile, Mafia, Alias, Svintus, etc.
Ready-made scenarios with printed task cards
Very interesting sets for children and teenagers with quests "in a box" are now on sale. The bottom line is that you only need to read the instructions and come up with a place where you can hide the gift. Everything else children find in the set. Here is an example of such a quest.
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All together: 2 to 92
The most difficult case, the tasks for such a company are the most difficult to come up with.
If you feel like grown-ups want to have fun with their kids, here are a few time-tested amusements. Yes, you will need to buy something, but then you will use the most successful props for many, many more years.
- If there is a place for outdoor games, there are always those who want to for volleyball, badminton and frisbee , do not forget to throw balls, rackets and flying saucers into your backpack. Often there are no clearings for such fun, you need something less active, read on!
- Fanta . Just like that, people also start dancing and begin to read funny poems, but in fantasies there are very unexpected ones. Naturally, you also buy all sorts of funny little things and say the phrase “I will give this prize to phantom number ... 5!”. In the second half of the party, for some reason, everyone is amused even by the very wording of the task, and even the execution - even more so. Books with tear-off phantoms are sold in bookstores.
These forfeits can be downloaded simply and quickly 5 minutes before the holiday
- Limbo . A fun dance game with a stick held horizontally by two assistants at a height of 1.5 meters. The dancers go through the first circle under the stick, line up for the next circle. Just lower the stick 10 cm below ...
- Dance Battle . Here the most difficult thing is the choice of music. With the Internet, there are no such difficulties, but in nature for such a competition, you need to pre-record fragments of famous dance melodies on a disk: lambada, dance of little swans, lezginka, duck dance, tango, hip-hop, macarena, rock and roll, etc. d.
- You can take an interesting and fun scenario with family games . For example, on our site there is a “Film! Movie! Movie!"
- Darts . If it is very difficult to draw men into all the previous entertainments, then, having seen darts, they immediately leave the place at the festive table and line up with darts. There are quite affordable options. Hang on a tree and compete! By the way, darts can be replaced with Ring Thrower , that's fun too! Take a look at game "Gorodki" . All sets are on sale, just don't forget!
- Face painting, Poois and Indians . If a birthday party takes place in nature during the hot season, divide the guests into two teams and arrange a body art show. children are generally delighted with the idea that you can paint not only part of the face, as at all other holidays, but the WHOLE BODY! On adults, too, finds a multi-colored passion. It would be nice to prepare small accessories - feathers, Hawaiian flower beads, paper ribbon skirts, bracelets, thin plastic masks and funny glasses. Get your camera ready, these are memorable shots!
- Team games. To be honest, if no one has experience with such games, everything is not very interesting. A good presenter knows how to make “candy” out of the most banal task. Just in case, let me remind you about tug of war and running in bags.
- Relays. In nature, you can drag water in ladles and pour it into a jar, carry bagels on your head while running with obstacles, “string” all team members on a string, inflate or pop balloons at speed, etc.
- Competition of strong men . It's very easy to do, and the hype around the prize 5-liter barrel of beer is always very big. It must be held at arm's length for as long as possible. You can replace the "barrel" with arm wrestling.
- Lantern launcher, cold fountain, crackers . A birthday celebration in nature should also have a beautiful ending. Launching Chinese lanterns is a very beautiful tradition. The main thing is to do everything right, it will fly beautifully and there will be no accidental fires. There are no "contraindications" for cold fotans. It's just silvery splashes in honor of the birthday boy!
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Birthday in nature: ideas , competitions, menu
You have decided to celebrate your birthday or name day of someone close or dear in nature. Fresh air, new experiences - all this is great, but you still need to think through a lot of little things so that your holiday is a success.
Contents
- How to celebrate a birthday in nature?
- Scenario of a birthday party in nature
- How not to get bored at a birthday party in nature? Ideas, contests
- What mobile birthday contests in nature can be held?
- Menu for a birthday in nature
- Drinks suitable for nature
How to celebrate a birthday in nature?
To begin with, it is necessary to provide everyone with chairs, albeit improvised, for example, in the form of logs or stumps, it is not so simple.
What to stock:
Tissues and garbage bags are always needed in the woods or on the beach. Stock up on them so you don't have to save. You need to take plain clean water, five liters. It is useful for washing hands. Take a tray so as not to put kebab skewers on the ground. And of course matches, a knife and coals.
How to entertain your guests:
It is very important for any party not to let guests overeat. This will lead to fatigue and a sleepy mood.
There may be problems with making fire. After all, what is a holiday in nature without a barbecue or at least sausages strung on sticks and smoked over a fire? It is often forbidden to make fires in parks and forests. This is understandable. Fires in our forests happen almost every year.
If you decide to celebrate your birthday this way, don't forget to take all the rubbish with you. Especially one that cannot be recycled naturally. The sight of a forest clearing littered with plastic bottles and plastic bags is very upsetting. Remember - "Take care of nature - your mother!"? This slogan has not been canceled!
The best way to go out into nature to celebrate a birthday is to go to a dacha or a country house. Here and convenience at hand. After all, even at the simplest dacha there is already water, and some furniture, electricity. With the choice of a place for a fire will not be a problem. If you don’t have your own cottage yet, you can rent a house.
For those who don't like to just eat, drink and celebrate something, here are some birthday ideas in nature.
- play paintball (airsoft or any other kind of "war"). A well-organized game will make you run and think about how to defeat your opponent.
- visit Norwegian Rope Park. An unforgettable experience for guests is guaranteed!
- You can get a lot of impressions from participating in an original photo shoot, for example, dressing up as cowboys, Indians and other mummers
- good entertainment is a trip to some animals, for example, to an ostrich farm.
For those who are on a tight budget and are not ready to pay for entertainment, you can remember the good old birthday games in nature:
- bouncers,
- volleyball,
- various team competitions such as running in bags and jumping on one leg.
Celebrate your birthday in nature cheerfully and actively, and then this day will become an unforgettable holiday!
Scenario for a birthday in nature
If you decide to spend your birthday in nature, or any other holiday, a couple of tips will come in handy.
Let's start with congratulations. A gift can be presented in an original way. (an article in the topic - How to give gifts beautifully) It is necessary to wrap all the goodness in a bag or paper and put it in the sand under some kind of umbrella or bench, you can hang it on a Christmas tree. Basically, it would be hard to find. After that, you need to make a cardboard treasure map and cut it into pieces and lay it out at the place of celebration. The task of the birthday boy and his guests is to draw up a map and find gifts on it. Such a fun start will help lift your spirits.
When the gifts have been handed over, you can cook barbecue and feast . Get water and a tray in advance so that you don’t climb the bags with dirty hands later. Identify the trash can and begin to relax yourself.
When you see that everyone has had a bite to eat, raise the guests from the fifth point and make them do something.
For example, you can play the most cheerful and active guest: Invite him to play the game "sand mountains". Tell him to lie down on his stomach and remember how many sacks of sand you put on his back. Constantly say different numbers to bring him down. When the mountain reaches an impressive size, pull back his swimming trunks and move a pile of sand there. Usually after that, with screams and swimming trunks full of sand, he will chase after his friend who played him. In most cases, this amuses all the guests, including the one played.
You can sit down at the table again. Come up with some more entertainment and competitions and when possible, give people the opportunity to move around.
We wish you happy holidays. We hope this scenario will help you have a fun birthday.
How not to get bored at a birthday party in nature? Ideas, competitions
Having decided to celebrate a birthday in nature, be sure to think in advance not only of the holiday menu, but also how to diversify such an event so that it does not turn into banal gatherings. Birthday contests in nature will help you with this.
In our opinion, priority should be given to mobile competitions . Still, the more actively a person moves, being in the fresh air, the better he feels. Here, the main thing is not to overdo it. Especially for those who spend most of their lives in the office. Give the muscles a load - the next day you will move with difficulty. This accumulated lactic acid in the body will remind you of itself.
So let's imagine that it's summer outside. There is no sweltering heat yet, and the air is clean, transparent and filled with lilac aromas. To organize competitions in nature , you should prepare for them in advance. After all, props may be needed for their successful implementation!
The first version of the competition - different types of racing . To do this, you need to split into two teams and choose a leader. The task of the latter is not as simple as it might seem at first glance.
What the leader does:
- He gives the command “On the start!” and monitors its implementation.
- Monitors compliance with the rules during the match.
- And, of course, it captures the moment the participants cross the finish line.
What mobile birthday contests can be held in nature?
Set up your usual sack run . True, for such a run it is worth finding bulky canvas bags, which is currently not too easy. Perhaps only children will be able to compete in the synthetic bags that are familiar to these times.
If you don't want to look for bags - buy balloons .
- Competitors hold a ball between their legs.
- The goal is to jump the intended route without releasing the ball.
For those who consider such a task to be simple, it is possible to allow a collision of opponents on the way back. The probability of maintaining equilibrium in this case is reduced. It is important that the participants have approximately the same weight categories.
Did you find a pair of skipping ropes in the house? We jump the planned route through the rope. Here you can come up with many options for jumping - on the right foot, on the left foot, on two legs (like a bunny), back to front.
Don't feel like preparing for competitions at all, but do you really want to take part in them? Use improvised materials. For example, between the legs you can hold the sticks found in the neighboring forest . The task is the same as in previous competitions - to go through the planned route without dropping the stick. If you add a rule to this fun that allows you to pass the wand to another participant without the help of hands, then the fountain of fun is guaranteed!
The next variant of mobile competitions is scammers.
- Good for gatherings in the woods where there are a lot of cones.
- You can divide into two teams, or you can arrange individual "shooting" with cones into a tree.
- For example, everyone gets 10 cones.
- Whoever scores the most number of times with an accurate hit on the target is declared the winner.
- If there are several winners, then you can continue the competition between them.
Did someone accidentally take out a soccer ball to nature? A wonderful occasion to arrange a funny football.
- Participants are divided into two teams.
- In each team, pairs are formed that stand sideways to each other, and then they are tied so that the right leg of one will be pressed against the left leg of the other.
- Now you need to score the ball into the opponents' goal!
This is only a small part of birthday contests in nature . They are not that hard to organize. The main thing is that the company is selected cheerful!
Menu for a birthday in nature
After a barbecue in nature, you don’t want anything anymore and it rarely comes to desserts. Although, if children go to nature, then it is unlikely that they will be able to save on sweets.
Drinks suitable for outdoors
The choice of drinks is determined depending on the season and the composition of the guests.
In the cold season, you want to keep warm. Therefore, the degree of alcohol should be sufficient to compensate for the air temperature. And for a non-alcoholic holiday, you should plan hot tea.
Naturally, in the heat, completely different priorities. Demand for cold beer and dry wines is on the rise. Chilled juices and lemonades diverge with a bang.
For children, the number of sugary soft drinks should be twice as much as for the same size group of adults.
Salads
You can do without salads in nature. But there is a danger that guests will starve while waiting for the barbecue to cook. Therefore, it is still worth taking a couple of light salads with you.
Fresh vegetables
Nowadays, fresh cucumbers and tomatoes can be found almost at any time of the year. Yes, these products are tastier in season. In my opinion, cucumbers, even in winter, are quite edible. Therefore, they should be on the menu for a birthday in nature, whenever it takes place.
But it is sometimes wiser to refuse tomatoes. Often, in early spring, they have no taste or aroma at all. Replace them with radishes, you won't regret it!
And don't forget the greens! Especially about green onions. It goes very well with barbecue, and just as a snack in nature it has a special appeal.
Bread
Now many people limit themselves to the use of bread. But in the fresh air, appetite increases even for those who eat very little in ordinary life. And if you offer guests fresh pita bread instead of bread, then they will surely not resist your offer.
Lavash comes in many varieties. Pita bread is ideally combined with shish kebab. I don't know what it's called correctly. But I think you can guess what I'm talking about. The main thing is that these cakes are fresh. Then they have a unique flavor. And how cool it is to crunch with a fried crust of pita bread!
Sauces
When planning a menu for a birthday in nature, do not forget to bring sauces with you. It can be various ketchups and adjikas, both home-made and store-bought.