A little planning, a few inexpensive supplies and an event location (hosting a party at home or in the park is free) are all that's needed to pull off an affair to remember.
Make Your Own Pizza Party
Specialty pizza parlors charge an arm and a leg for pizza-making party packages, but recreating the experience at home is easy and cost effective. Set the mood by setting up tables covered with red and white checkered tablecloths for workstations and giving each guest a paper chef's hat. Kids' chef hats can be purchased online at GrowingCooks.com for as little as .29 cents each.
Provide each child with a mini pre-made pizza crust, pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese and an assortment of popular pizza toppings like pepperoni, sausage, Canadian bacon and black olives to create their very own culinary masterpiece. Finished pizza creations can be heated up in the microwave for a party lunch or sent home to eat later.
Old School Games Party
Get back to basics by reviving traditional birthday party games from mom and dad's past. Kids today are used to all the bells and whistles provided by places like Chuck E. Cheese, and have never experienced the simple joy of party standards. So serve some cake and punch and play games like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, Musical Chairs, Hot Potato, Pass the Parcel and Cotton Ball Scoop. Traditional party supplies like hats and blowers can purchased at local dollar stores.
Backyard Camp-out Party
Little adventurers will get a kick out of camping in their own backyard with friends. Pitch a few tents out back and instruct party-goers to arrive with sleeping bags and flashlights in tow. Hot dogs and s'mores make for great camping food, and a scavenger hunt and playing travel board games are the perfect entertainment. Before falling asleep under the stars, end the night by telling silly stories around a campfire or lantern.
Make Your Own Sundae Party
Everybody screams for ice cream! The only thing more fun than eating ice cream is making a personalized ice cream concoction. Bring the excitement of ice cream parlors like Coldstone Creamery home for a fraction of the cost. Kids will have blast celebrating their next birthday by making sundaes with all the toppings.
Purchase a few gallons of popular ice cream flavors like vanilla, chocolate and strawberry and all the fixings – whipped cream, cherries, sprinkles, hot fudge and even candy. Set up a long table and send party-goers down assembly line-style to make their own tasty sundae. End the day by treating birthday guests to a special party favor: a cake ice cream cone filled with candy.
Whichever theme the birthday boy or girl chooses, the party is certain to be a hit and be easy on mom and dad's bank account. What could be better! For more party themes read Kids' Birthday Party Ideas on Suite 101.
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