Much of the fun of arranging a party for your kids lies in the planning and the anticipation. Choosing a theme for the party with your child can be a major part of that. Many parents get nervous of basing the party colse to a specific theme but having a clear focus can legitimately make life a lot easier. A good theme can be the hook colse to which you can plan all else along with invitations, decorations, costumes, games, party food and party bags / favors. That said many kids parties do seem to stick to a few tried and tested themes with pirates, princesses, fairies, superheroes and trains well to the fore
Your child may have a good idea of the sort of thing they would like and its leading that they should have something that appeals. You can try to give a steer here but sometimes its nice to allow them to be a puny wacky. Most kids have a good sense of the surreal (just look at their photo books and dvds) and most themes can be legitimately adapted to incorporate all the key features of a good party.
YO GABBA GABBA PARTY DECORATIONS
In fact one of the best parties we ever put on for our daughter was "Crazy Carrots". To this day I don't know where she got the idea, but we went with it and had real fun. Carrot shaped invitations were sent out and everybody had to bring a carrot to the party (which were used in one of the games). There were lots of pass the carrot games and races, and things to do with rabbits along with a Grandad in a very fetching bunny outfit.
All the family helpers had home-made carrot necklaces on and we'd made some carrot name badges for all the guests. At Teatime we had brilliant carrot shaped cookies and cup cakes with puny iced carrots on them. My daughter wore a crown decorated with card carrots as she blew out her candles. We ended up doing a Carrot version of the Okey Cokey which is now universally known in the neighbourhood as that Crazy Carrot Song!
The Crazy Carrot theme had started off seeming legitimately weird and difficult, but ended up being one of those great easy fun ideas that was time well spent with family and friends. So when Choosing a theme for your next kids party why not think outside the box a bit. A bit of enthusiasm and a few good ideas are all it takes to turn a distinct theme into a real winner.
Kids Party Themes - How We Had a Lot of Fun With Some Crazy Carrots YO GABBA GABBA PARTY DECORATIONS
0 comments:
Post a Comment