photo by Alessandro Paiva |
Outdoors
- Park/playground: bring balls, Frisbees, and other outdoor games
- Water party: play with water balloons, water guns/squirt bottles (check the dollar store!), or slip n' slides
- Pool party
- Scavenger hunt
- Relay races
- Bubbles: they make great favors too!
- Treats: decorate cupcakes, build your own ice cream sundae, or make edible jewelry out of candy and cereal
- Movie and popcorn
- Games: musical chairs, pin the tail (handmade), pinata (homemade), Twister, video games, charades, Pictionary
- Dancing: teach classic dances like the Hokey Pokey for toddlers and the Electric Slide or Macarena for older kids
- Balloons: use them for popping games for older kids and favors for younger ones; you can also find balloon decorating kits at some dollar stores
- Costumes: have each child decorate their own superhero mask or cape, silly hat, or princess crown
- Crafts: make jewelry, decorate treat bags with stickers
- Face painting: You can find a cheap kit at Walmart
2 comments:
I think the most successful birthday party I've hosted involved white-washing a board and letting the kids paint it. (Of course, I also cut it out to look like a space ship, but I think the kids would have loves it even if I hadn't.)
we always were blessed to stretch the dollars yet have a fun party for you kids
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