Summer birthday ideas
20+ Summer Birthday Party Ideas for Adults and Kids
With warm weather and a birthday approaching, it’s time to start planning the ultimate summer birthday party. If it’s for an adult, that might mean an outdoor barbecue with friends or a day spent wine tasting. For kids, maybe it’s a day at the water park. But if you’re not totally sure exactly what theme you want for your celebration, we’re here to help. Make sure to check out all our summer birthday party ideas below for adults, children, and toddlers. And once you’ve picked the right party theme, make sure to order your birthday invitations get the party started.
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- What To Do For A Summer Birthday
- Summer Birthday Party Ideas For Adults
- Fun Summer Party Ideas For Kids
- Summer Birthday Party Ideas For Toddlers
What To Do For A Summer Birthday
Ready to start your party planning? If so, make sure to have a time, date and location in mind, as well as your chosen theme. Need help picking a summer birthday destination? Then check out our resource on where to have a birthday party. Once you have those important details figured out, you can get started on the other things, such as ordering your summer party invitations, making a guest list, and buying birthday gifts. Additionally, don’t forget to plan your party decor, entertainment, and food and drink menu. For more specific tips, visit our resource on how to plan a birthday party.
Summer Birthday Party Ideas For Adults
Looking for the right theme for your adults-only summer party? Whether you like smaller gathering of friends and family or big birthday blow-outs, there’s sure to be a theme below that fits you perfectly. Get started reading to find your top pick.
1. Sparkler Party
Break out the sparklers for this fun evening summer birthday. And don’t forget, champagne and sparklers go together like summer weather and outdoor birthdays. Just make sure that you stay away from any fire hazards while you’re celebrating.
2. Boat Night
Nothing says “summer birthday” like a sunset or evening cruise with your besties. Stock the wine bar and head out to sea for a party like no other. Just remember to drink responsible and stay safe while aboard.
3. Wine Tasting Party
If there’s nothing you’d rather do with your summer than spend it wine tasting with friends, then a wine tasting birthday party might be the right choice for you. Head to your local wineries for some outdoor tastings or plan a trip to wine country.
4. Color Party
Celebrate the vibrant colors of summer (and your birthday) by throwing a color party. Buy plenty of color powder in advance and tell guests to come in clothes they don’t mind getting messy. This is a great party theme for fun photo ops.
5. Outdoor Picnic
For a relaxing and tasty summer birthday party, invite your loved ones to a scenic picnic. Make all your favorite foods or ask guests to potluck. Then make sure to pack some delicious wine (or beer) for a toast.
6. Summer Tropics Party
This tropical theme makes for a summer party classic. Fill your party decor with pineapples, pink flamingos, and plenty of fruit flavored drinks. This theme also tacks on perfectly to a planned pool party.
7. Campfire Celebration
Looking for a fun evening theme for your summer birthday? If so, host a campfire. Besides creating an extra special birthday s’mores bar, you can ask friends to bring their favorite brews and instruments to play some live music.
8. Rooftop Summer Party
If you have access to a (safe) rooftop with a view, consider throwing a rooftop birthday party. Watch the sunset with friends, play music through the night, or even put up a screen for a cool movie night.
Fun Summer Party Ideas For Kids
If you’re planning a kids birthday party this summer and don’t know what to do yet, look for inspiration with the ideas below. Not only are the following themes kid friendly, they’re also fun for the parents.
9. Day at the Fair
If you don’t want to head to the park or host out of your backyard, consider taking the kids to the local fair. With plenty of food, rides, and games, there’s entertainment to last them all day long. Just make sure you plan for parent chaperones to keep everyone safe.
10. Backyard Camp Party
Set up a mini campgrounds in your backyard complete with tents, s’mores, and plenty of outdoor activities. And for an extra special treat, end the kids party with a movie marathon on an outdoor screen.
11. Day at the Park
Take the kids to the local park and let them use up some of that abundant summer energy. Local parks are perfect ways to give your party plenty of space, and they often come with designated spaces for barbecues and picnics.
12. Color Tag
Ask parents to bring their kids dressed in mess-friendly clothes, and move your nice backyard furniture out of the way. Give the kids their own set of kid friendly color paint powder and let them have fun “tagging” each other with their colors, until everyone comes out looking like a (messy) rainbow.
13. Day at the Water Park
Take the birthday kid and their closest friends at the local water park for the day. Not only will it give them the chance to cool off in the summer heat, they’re sure to have a blast with all the water rides and amusement park food.
14. Backyard Bounce House
Bring a bounce house or inflatable obstacle course into your backyard for some high-flying fun. Along with a food table or party menu to keep their energy levels up, you may also want to provide some outdoor fun to keep them cool with things like sprinklers or water balloons.
15. Pirate Party
This theme lets you take full advantage of a fun costume party. Ask guests to come dressed up and plan treasure scavenger hunts, pirate water balloon fights, and plenty of free play time. For an imaginative touch, have plenty of markers, tape, and cardboard boxes available and let the kids build their own pirate ship.
16. Tropical Pool Party
Throw a tropical pool party for your fun loving birthday kid. Along with plenty of decorative pool floaties such as inflatable flamingos, you should also create a tropical snack bar. Tasty treats might include fruit punch, watermelon bites, and even pineapple fried rice. Other party additions may include flower leis, tiki torches, and Hawaiian music.
Summer Birthday Party Ideas For Toddlers
Looking for a summer birthday theme that’s child-proof and picture perfect? Then checkout our ideas below. They’ll keep the little ones safe while they have fun celebrating in the sun.
17. Bubble Party
Bubble parties are picture perfect and easy to put together. Decorate your party space with plenty of balloons and leave out lots of different shapes and sizes of bubble blowers. Just make sure to check the weather beforehand to make sure the bubbles won’t be too quickly blown away.
18. Ice Cream Bar
Everyone loves ice cream, but few love it as much as the little ones. Throw your toddlers the ultimate ice cream birthday party this summer by including a fully stocked dessert bar. This may include sundae toppings, different types of popsicles, or even an ice cream truck.
19. Face Paint Party
Lions, and tigers, and– butterflies? Let loose the wild ones with a face paint party. Whatever animal a child picks, they’re sure to love spending this summer birthday party in the land of the wild things.
20. Taste of Summer Celebration
With the arrival of the warm weather, a whole new menu of tasty treats becomes available. Celebrate the coming of the summer flavors with a toddler taste of summer celebration. Include treats like watermelons, popsicles, summer salads, seasonal pies or jams, and anything else you’d like to feature.
21. Magic Forest Party
A magic forest party is the perfect way to celebrate a toddler’s birthday in the warm summer months. The adorable decor paired with an outdoors setting means that your pictures will come out beautifully, so don’t forget to bring a camera.
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15 Summer Birthday Party Ideas for the Best Celebration Ever
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Summer always feels like a party—with Fourth of July and Labor Day celebrations galore. So if you’re a Gemini, Cancer, Leo, or Virgo, you need to get creative with your summer birthday party ideas so they stand out from the rest of the get-togethers. (We know your friends will come anyway, but it never hurts to mix things up now, does it?)
The thing about a birthday shindig is that it should reflect your personality in some way, shape, or form—after all, it’s the one day of the year that’s 100% about you. When it comes down to it, who you’re with is way more important than what you’re doing… but if you can do something awesome together, it’s a win-win.
We swear these 15 summer birthday party ideas are just that—and more. See some of our favorite out-of-the-box options, and then grab your best friend for a little planning.
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There’s nothing chicer—or more fun—than a quirky Mad Hatter–themed tea party. The thing is, no one wants to be sipping on hot beverages in 80-degree heat, so this is where the twist comes in. To go along with the season, serve several varieties of iced tea instead of hot, all pre-brewed in labeled Mason jar dispensers. (P.S.: Don’t forget a boozy option or two.) Set up a spread of all your favorite tea party treats, including scones and clotted cream, mini cucumber sandwiches, and tiny jam tarts to keep guests full before you blow out the candles.
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Deck yourself out in your finest summer attire and have a champagne toast with all your favorite people on deck. If your friends seem up to it, you can do a full dinner cruise, but we think cocktails are a bit more low-key, and it ensures that there’s room for plus-ones. Word to the wise: If you wear a dress, make sure it’s long so you’re not tugging it down all night in the wind.
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You learn early on when you celebrate your birthday in the summer that friends tend to escape to the beach on weekends (they often set out as early as Thursday night). Make sure you can get everyone together by having a relaxing dinner on the Tuesday or Wednesday of your birthday week. You may have to plan it a bit later on in the night—remember, most people will have work—but it will still be a special time to reminisce about the past year and think about the one to come.
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It’s time to get your wine tasting on with your besties, and one vineyard just won’t do. Plan a tour de vin complete with several stops and lunch at one (some wineries even offer brick oven pizza… yum). To make sure everyone can have fun, hire a driver or charter a bus. Now go have your grape escape.
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Summer means sangria, since all the best fruit is in season. Have friends over on the patio, rooftop, or even by the pool to sip the chilled beverages (it just needs to be alfresco). Since you’re the birthday girl, pick your favorite fruit-and-wine fusions, whip up a few pitchers, and designate a friend to play bartender if you need refills later in the night.
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Light a bonfire on the beach or in your backyard and have your friends gather around. You can provide the drinks and s'mores, and if you have a musically inclined friend, maybe they can strum a few chords. This chill, low-pressure summer party idea allows for casual attire and minimal set-up.
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Either go out to brunch or host your own in the backyard. You can play chef and cook everything yourself or get the meal catered. Just don't forget the mimosas! Make them in multiple flavors like passion fruit or blood orange.
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The weather is great, so pack up for a weekend trip with your friends. Head to the beach or wine country—wherever fun is guaranteed to be had. Your birthday is a great excuse to get everyone out of town.
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Hit every bar downtown by coming up with your own bar crawl. No coats are necessary, so why not hop from place to place? You can also create a game for each stop, where the person with the most points at the end wins a prize.
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Whip up all different flavors of margaritas for this tropical affair. We're talking strawberry, peach, mango, and more. And don't forget to make some frozen and others on the rocks. If you want to go all out, hang a piñata from a tree, too.
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Transform your home into the desert for a Coachella themed party. Have everyone dress in their best festival gear and play this year's lineup over the speakers. Keep the decor boho-chic with cactuses and dreamcatchers throughout.
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Nothing screams summer quite like a backyard barbeque. So grill up some burgers, chicken, corn, and more, and make sure there's plenty of seating in your yard for all of your guests.
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Make like America's most festive state and throw a luau party. Get your guests leis made of real flowers and serve drinks out of pineapples. The more greenery and tropical fruits, the better.
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Set out lots of blankets in your yard or at a local park for a picnic party. Don't forget a picnic basket filled with all the goods, so you can lounge around all day with your friends.
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If the sweltering sun has you feeling some type of way, rebel with an indoor winter-themed party. Crank up the AC and serve spiked hot cocoa along with all of your favorite comfort foods. Plus, you'll majorly save on decor—just bring out all of your Christmas decorations for the day.
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15 options: where to celebrate a child's birthday | Holiday again!
The ideas for this collection are borrowed from acquaintances and friends, read on the forums of parents, taken from numerous letters from the organizers of the holidays that come to my mail.
If I forgot something, please add it in the comments, let the children of the whole country be satisfied and happy :-).
1. Sports birthday
For such a case, a group of children with adults is supposed to go to a special club. nine0003
LaserLand are multifunctional game centers in the largest shopping and entertainment centers throughout Moscow. A set of the most popular activities allows you to quickly decide on the organization of the holiday.
• Laser fights
• Pixel mini golf
• 8 lane bowling
• Virtual reality
• Slot machines
• Space cafe
Learn more about LaserLand.
Laser tag
There will also be shooting to kill, only you need to shoot with an infrared beam at a sensor located in a bandage on the opponent's head. A safe military-tactical game is a favorite of children's holidays for children 10-15 years old. nine0011 Here is a detailed description of the program at the Legion laser tag club.
Curling
After the 2014 Olympics, another surge of interest in this sport. Children will pick up shoes, instruct, tell the rules of the game. If you have 2 teams of 4 people, go ahead! There are many clubs, but it is better to rent tracks in advance at a convenient time.
Bowling
An excellent option for a child's birthday when there are many children with a big difference in age among those invited. Bowling is perfect for a mixed company of adults and children. nine0003
Paintball
Oh… There will be a lot of impressions. It's really scary, although it's just bright paint flying at you, not a bullet. There are special programs for children's holidays in the clubs, it will not be boring. By the way, girls are also happy to participate in such a war.
As a rule, in all establishments you will be offered a cafe or a separate room to deliciously celebrate your birthday.
3. Party with hosts or animators
Here it happens like this:
- You choose the theme of the holiday (we have a much wider choice of standard pirates and princesses). We have a lot of funny characters in high-quality costumes, only professional actors.
- Select the number of actors. Of course, one can do it, but if you invite two, in addition to competitions, you can count on a mini-performance, as the characters will exchange remarks. Everything happens much more interesting, without pauses and hitches (one animator will need to disappear from time to time and prepare another prop). nine0045
- Animators arrive 30 minutes before the start of the holiday, call up their parents. it is better to change clothes with neighbors, but if this is not possible, the actor should be quietly let into the apartment, given the opportunity to prepare. In a few minutes, he will already ring loudly at the door in the form of Spider-Man.
Of course, it's always good to have enough free space in the party room. Competitions will be more diverse, children will be more active, parents will be calmer :-). If this is not the case, there are special scenarios for small apartments, in which, in addition to comic contests, there will be a creative master class and interesting board games. nine0003
I will immediately offer our services if you are in Moscow:
Here are programs for children from 5 to 10 years old.
Here are programs for 10-15 year olds
4. Play Center (all at once)
This is a whole play town under one roof, in which different entertainment areas are combined into a single space, but at the same time each group of adults and children can enjoy their own holiday.
For example, ExitGames entertainment center.
These are quests, hide and seek in the dark, laser tag, climbing walls, virtual attractions, pools with balls for kids, creative zones, photons and tables for tea drinking. Certainly convenient. How many games you book and for how long is up to you. Comfortable and really festive. nine0003
5. Cafe with an animator
In this case, the emphasis is on a feast, which is diluted with games and competitions with an actor. It is convenient if the cafe has a games room. Usually we book a table next to such a room to watch the children.
Minus: there are a lot of strangers in the cafe. It happens that other people's children participate in competitions and ask for prizes :-). What is there to do? Don't drive them away? All visitors to the cafe have the right to use the game room.
For children 9-11 years old, you can organize a culinary master class right in the cafe. My daughter and her friends made pizza, brought boxes to their parents as a gift.
6. Exit quest (host with props comes to you)
Insanely interesting birthday… I would recommend quests for ages from 10 to 15 years old.
Outdoor quests can be organized at home, in a cafe, in the courtyard of a house or school, in a children's club, in a nearby park, in nature, in special decorations.
A detective, historical or fantasy story is being played, in which each participant has his own role and task. The game involves professional actors who appear at the most unexpected moment and throw new clues, ideas and "artifacts" to the children. nine0003
Here is a description of outdoor interactive quests for children and teenagers, but there are many stories.
7. Quest rooms (props built into the walls)
This place is specially equipped for small groups of children. 2-5 people can enter one room, but, as a rule, there are several such rooms. You can bring 15-20 children at once, everyone will be able to play by dividing into teams. Children under 12 enter the rooms accompanied by adults.
Here are the quests on Sukharevskaya (two variants of Jumanji, two variants of Hogwarts, Minions)
Quest battles near the subway Akademicheskaya (for teens from 12 years old)
All the props are built into the walls, you need to get out of the rooms in 60 minutes ...
8. Photo party in a photo studio
More suitable for teenage girls who love to pose and change images. Gather a few girlfriends with outfits, bring them to a professional studio, let them play photo models.
A photo party is held by three people - a presenter, a make-up artist-hairdresser and a photographer. We can come to your home or rent a beautiful photo studio for a holiday. nine0003
Here are more details about the photo party.
9. Everyone cares (literally)
This is a musical-rhythmic game. A team-building program, during which you need to enter into a single rhythm of your team, master many small noise instruments (percussion), learn your part on the darbuka drum and in the finale unite into a single orchestra.
Read more about the drum festival here.
10. Creating a cartoon and other workshops
Great idea! I often hear rave reviews, with pleasure I recommend for a children's birthday to all parents. nine0003
Here are the details about such a multi-party
Where to conduct the master class:
- master class can be held at home (need a free large table)
- in cafe
- in kids club
- in a special room equipped for creative workshops (outdoor event)
What else happens?
There is painting of gingerbread, making chocolates, molding from sugar mastic. In total - 30 options, you will find to your liking. nine0003
Among the creative workshops, I will highlight painting glass, stones, ceramics and wooden toys, painting T-shirts, soap making and making gel candles, painting with sand in a bottle and decorating Venetian masks, pottery, lampwork, marzipan figurines, making jewelry. Everything is very interesting, souvenirs remain as a keepsake.
Here is a description of several mother classes.
11. Birthday party at the culinary studio
A wonderful and emotional celebration during which the children prepare treats for themselves under the guidance of a great chef. It's fun, delicious and very photogenic. nine0003
I described such a holiday in detail here (studio near the metro in 1905).
12. For "little Einsteins"
Thanks to the organizers of the holidays for the opportunity to "touch" science with their hands. In every major city in Russia there are museums that offer children an interactive study of objects and phenomena.
"Museum Adventures" is arranged by estate museums, art galleries, historical, geological, zoological and paleontological museums, theaters, planetariums, oceanariums.
This is not an easy excursion! This is a performance with the participation of actors and guests, in which you need to look for and hide copies of the exhibits, solve mysteries, conduct experiments and make discoveries.
If you have invited 5-6 children to your child's birthday, this is ideal, as large groups in this format of the holiday are not welcome.
By the way, you can choose a whole tour with games and competitions. Something like that… In the footsteps of Moscow Ghosts…
I recommend to see “12 Museums of Moscow where you can celebrate a child's birthday”. nine0003
Here is a quest in the Darwin Museum (a game without a leader - all tasks on your mobile device in a special program).
13. Quest in Crocus City Oceanarium
This is a program for children aged 6-10, which takes place in the magnificent Crocus City Oceanarium. There you need to buy an entrance ticket to the general exposition (“Sea Inhabitants”, “Rivers and Lakes”, “Jungle”), but in addition to the tour there will also be an exciting and informative quest.
Description here.
14. Rope course
Large parks have prepared obstacle courses for individual and team competitions. Of course, this is only suitable for the spring-summer season. Very fun and reckless, at the end of the holiday - pleasant fatigue and a lot of impressions.
In Panda Park, for example, there are programs with animators in costumes who organize an interesting competition program on rope structures.
15. Interactive science show
It's not just spectacular and spectacular! These are real physical and chemical experiments that clearly demonstrate the properties of objects and the essence of phenomena! nine0003
Children will control lightning, experiment with nitrogen, dry ice and carbon dioxide. Everything is absolutely safe and insanely interesting! I have no doubt that adults will also discover a lot of new things.
Here are more details about the science show for children
17. Fitness club
There is one subtlety. You will only be allowed to hold a children's sports party in a fitness club if one of the parents has an annual subscription. The animator will be in sportswear, and the competitions are all "Olympic". Often part of the holiday takes place in the children's pool, which all children are madly in love with. The program is not just fun, but also health-improving. Great! nine0003
18. Water park
All children love water rides, so a birthday party in the water park is a real holiday. The program with animators, as a rule, does not take much time (15-30 minutes), it is paid separately from entrance tickets.
I think that the water park is most suitable for a small group of children and adults. Better, let everyone be with their mothers, otherwise you yourself will have to dry the long hair of each girlfriend with a hair dryer :-).
You can feed guests only in the “wet” cafe of the water park, but there is something to it, you must agree. nine0003
19. Let's go to the children's club
It makes no sense to describe any one children's club now, since in every district of the city there are excellent establishments equipped for holidays. The animators in the clubs are full-time, so collect the reviews of moms from neighboring yards to know who to choose.
In addition, you can order a show of giant soap bubbles (always very impressive), chemical experiments or a magician.
The kids club gives quite a lot of pluses:
- large room
- holiday decorations will cost less than
- there is a wardrobe
- comfortable seats "in the auditorium" for parents
- sound and lighting equipment
- often "dry pool", soft constructor, children's tents and trampolines
- cleaning after the holiday is not your concern
Minus: you can only offer your own sandwiches with juice or a sweet table as a treat. It is impossible to arrange a full-fledged festive dinner in such a club. nine0003
20. Can we do everything ourselves?
Organizing a children's birthday on their own is devoted to a huge number of articles on this site .
Collections of competitions and my scenarios are collected HERE
Even more ideas for organizing a home party HERE (room decoration, table decoration, recipes for children's holiday dishes, games, contests, prize ideas, examples of scenarios sent by readers).
If your mom, dad or grandma has the inner spirit, artistry and design skills, you will definitely do the best job. This is especially true for children under 4 years of age. nine0003
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Vasha Irina Panasyan
How we will celebrate: 6 interesting ideas for a children's birthday which should be followed in order to give the child a welcome holiday.
Don't judge from the height of your age, try to look at things through the eyes of kids! Prefer quality over quantity and don't try to get too many friends. nine0003Standard rule: the number of guests equals the child's age +1. Limit the holiday time to 2-3 hours. Take care of treats in advance, a birthday cake and sweets, water and fruit juices. Children do not need too much glitter and tricks for the holiday. A few simple ideas and a variety of games are enough.
Costume ball
As you know, children love to dress up. To be convinced of this, it is enough to find the baby in the living room in mom's shoes or dad's shoes, with mom's bag on his shoulder and glasses put on his nose. And if these clown numbers can make us adults laugh, why not try to organize a costume ball? A few days before the party, rummage through your closets and pull out fabrics, out-of-fashion dresses, hats, accessories that could help guests turn into a pirate, a cook, or even a dad or mom - why not? nine0003
Don't spend a few hours buying expensive new suits. Children will have just as much fun if they tie a bright scarf around their heads or wear a large white shirt instead of a dress. If necessary, buy a few inexpensive accessories. But makeup, on the contrary, should be of high quality. A drop of imagination - and it's in the bag! You can easily line your eyes, draw a shaggy beard or vampire teeth - whatever you are asked. In this case, it is better to prepare children for the holiday together: one dresses, the other paints. Then we start the game and offer the children situations in which they can play the roles of their favorite characters. nine0003
Treasure hunt…
Which of us didn't go treasure hunting at least once in our childhood? Be sure, and your children will be delighted with such a game. But keep in mind, treasure hunting requires space, otherwise everyone will have to stagnate in one place. If there is a garden or park near your house, and if there is enough time and the weather allows, you can go there.
The game begins with a card or an anonymous message that you give to the child. This is the starting point, from which the children move on to the next one, where they will find another clue, and so on until they find the treasure box. In an old tin or wooden box, you can put "jewels" - gifts wrapped in bright paper for each child and sweets. Riddles, puzzles, charades, puzzles... you will need to prepare all the steps, remembering that they must be adapted to the age of the children. To make the game even more interesting, you can invite little explorers to take the names of famous treasure hunters or detectives and give them items that will help them in their search: a magnifying glass, small plastic tweezers, a spatula, a flashlight. They will be proud that everyone is responsible for something specific. And you are required to come up with a story and riddles that children will need to solve in order to reach the goal ...
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Surprise!
At children's birthday parties, as a rule, raffles of small gifts for guests are also a great success. The well-known classic version of the prize draw: prizes wrapped in beautiful paper are hung on strings, and blindfolded children take turns cutting them off. Whoever cut the bundle, he got such a prize. The number of prizes must be greater than the participants in the draw, so that the last one also has plenty to choose from. nine0003
Cooking Studio
Tastes awaken from a very young age: why not use your birthday to play and cook together? When guests arrive, put an apron (or large napkin) on each child and distribute plastic cutlery. Cooking games are plentiful: for example, you can blindfold children in turn and let them smell different foods - fruits, chocolate, or even spices - vanilla or herbs.
The game is based on the same principle when we offer kids to guess the product according to taste. Try to choose foods that are known to children and those that they love, for example, Nutella, jam, ice cream, banana, orange, apple, etc. Then you can invite them to make their own fruit skewers (each strings those fruits on a skewer favorites: apples, grapes, pineapple…). It is good to add candied fruits or dried fruits to them. The holiday is a great occasion to give children a taste of exotic fruits that may not be familiar to them, such as mangoes. nine0003
You can try to make a salty version of these kebabs - from cubes of cheese, vegetables, mini sausages, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella balls ... Another great idea is dragee beads! Oh, and don't forget to prepare a small cardboard box ahead of time for each child so they can take home some of what they have prepared. After all, he will be very happy and proud to share this with his family.
“I want to bake a cake in the form of a castle with a tower”
“We live in an ordinary apartment, and my son’s birthday is in winter. It is not easy to be indoors when the number of invited children is 8-10 and most of them are boys. Two weeks before the holiday, we make invitations together and distribute them in kindergarten to those who want to come. On a birthday, we hang balloons and homemade decorations in the apartment. Be sure to bake a cake (this year I will bake a cake in the shape of a castle with a tower!). I also plan a few games in advance to reassure the guys a little: the Internet is full of interesting ideas. nine0293
Milena, mother of 6-year-old Lesha and 2-year-old Masha
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And there will be dancing!
A simple solution for the little ones is to organize at short intervals what everyone really likes - dancing: jumping, clapping, spinning, sitting down, swaying ... Then we sit on the carpet or pillows to relax and catch our breath. At this time, you can invite children to listen to the sounds of nature: rain, birdsong, the sound of the sea, asking them what they hear. Then we move on to active exercises: we jump, somersault on the carpet, walk along the bench, maintaining balance, climb through the tunnel .