Dora Birthday Party: The Invitations that Will Excite the Invitees to Start Their Adventure

Invitations are a very crucial part of any party. Your invite will set the expectations of the guests and therefore, needs a special attention. An ideal invitation should match with the theme of the party, thereby reflecting your plans. For your kid’s Dora party, here are some ideas for making the invites.

Store-bought invites:

If you are hard-pressed with time or do not want to take the stress of designing the invites, the store-bought ones are always there for your rescue. Dora is a famous character and therefore, Dora birthday party supplies including the invites are available with almost all party supplies stores. These invitations are pretty good and will fulfill your needs.

Map-Style Invitations:

They are an excellent fit for this adventurous theme. The character Dora is always on an exploration and uses maps to locate places and get directions. If you have some knowledge of designing, you can make your own map-styled invitation in your PC or else just use a brown cardstock to take print out of a map of your city or many be region. On the reverse side of it, draw a small portion of the map that specifically gives the details of your neighborhood along with your party details. Roll them up into tubes, tie a purple ribbon, and hand-deliver them.

A Spanish pocket dictionary invite:

Every Dora fan knows the importance of a Spanish dictionary and would be extremely delighted to receive one. Write your party details on the first page of the invite and giftwrap it. Although this will be an expensive invite, you will realize its significance when you will see the kids using Spanish at your party. To compensate, you may cut down your party favor budget.

Dora the Explorer CD

Make a CD of a few episodes of Dora that you think the kids would have missed due to their exams or any other reason. Spray paint a paper CD cover with purple paint and allow it to dry. After the paint has dried, write your party details on it using a black marker pen and insert the CD into the cover and voila! Your invite is ready.

If you like these ideas, keep reading this blog for many other useful Dora birthday party ideas.  

Spiderman Party Favors That Will Give a Perfect End to Your Web-Slinging Party

Perhaps the scariest part of organizing a party is deciding upon the favors. You want to give away something unique and attractive but after spending so much on the party, you will never have a good budget for buying them. I have seen people keeping a dedicated budget for the favors; however, they always cut it short later on, due to overspending in other essentials. Such situations are unavoidable and the best way to handle them is to buy favors that match your budget as well as meet the expectations of your guests. The standard inexpensive items such as masks, blowouts, stickers, etc. have always been a great addition but choosing something else will give you an edge over others. Here are some party favor ideas that can fit in your Spidermanbirthday theme party.

Spiderman Comic Book

Let your kids enjoy your party hangover by reading a book on their favorite superhero. The parents would love this idea, as most of them want to avoid the same old stuffs that the kids get at almost all birthdays. This educational and entertaining favor would get a lot of appreciation. To make your guests feel valued, include a thank you note inside the book or buy customizable bookmarks, write your thank you message on it, and put it in the favor bag.

A can of Silly strings

Even though you don’t want a mess, kids are fond playing with silly string, making it too difficult to resist. This inexpensive game matches your Spiderman party theme and therefore, is a good choice. While including the can in your favor bags, attach a tag to it mentioning the famous Spiderman statement ‘great power comes with great responsibility’ along with a request to use it carefully so that they don’t mistakenly direct it in someone’s eye.

Water bottles and Sippy cups

The little heroes get thirsty after a lot of adventure. They have to run around the house, study hard and play till exhausted. To keep them hydrated, give them Spiderman theme water bottles. For toddlers, you can buy the Sippy cups. Since Spiderman is a very popular character, you will easily get these Spidermanparty supplies at any nearby store. If you don’t find them easily, buy the solid colored ones in blue. Spray paint some portion of these blue cups and bottle with black color to make it match the theme. Paste a Spiderman sticker after the paint dries and yippee, your Spiderman party favor is ready. The sticker won’t last long but the color combination will still be there to remind the supermen about the fun time they had at your party.

You can also consider the Spiderman theme school supplies but I guess most kids have them. If you like these ideas, keep reading this blog for more interesting spiderman birthday ideas. 

How to Do Some Spidery Decorations for a Spiderman Birthday Theme Party

You rarely hear someone praising his/her rival openly, in front of everyone. Here, in this post, I am discussing about a cobweb wall idea that my competitor Alan had used for planning a Spiderman birthday theme party. I really appreciate this but feel that it can be polished slightly to add real Spiderman fun to the party. Here are some ideas that you can use if you are planning a party on this superhero theme.

• The party that Alan planned, had a cobweb wall. When the kids entered the party area, they were surprised to see a whole wall covered with spider web. This huge web was made of black wool. The cotton balls, artificial snow sprays, and the plastic spiders, gave it a realistic look. Alan was so creative that he actually made his client tore the web from one corner so that it looks natural.
• I would suggest that if you are using this idea, do not leave the wall blank. Rather, use a butcher paper to create a city scene and paste it on the wall. When done, it will look as if the entire city is covered by the cobweb.
• You can also place a large cutout of Spiderman near the wall and connect the wool (that you will use to weave the web) to the center of the palm so that it will make the guests feel as if Spiderman wove it.
• Instead of the city scene, you can paste the images of the Spiderman villains such as the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, the Sandman, the Venom, etc. on the wall and cover them with cobweb. Place the Spiderman cutout as mentioned above to create a scene that depicts that the superhero is fighting with all these bad men.
• Instead of the Spiderman cutout, you can use your child’s paper cutout. Make your little hero wear a Spiderman costume, click his picture, take a large printout of it. Paste it on a cardboard and cut it through the edges of your child’s image to separate the background. Your child’s life-size cutout is ready.

These Spiderman party ideas can give an exciting beginning to your party.  

Pinkeriffic Invitation Ideas for Your Daughter’s Pink Party!

The Pinkalicious birthday theme has been very famous among young girls, who love pink, pink, and more of pink. Every little girl dreams of hosting this girly party. In the last 10 years, I have organized more than 60 such parties and have always wondered why girls just love this crazy little character to be the theme of their party. Perhaps, they visualize themselves as Pinkalicious, a girl who loves to relish cupcakes. I have compiled a list of few awesome invitation ideas that will help you to give a good start to your celebrations. I have not included the very common ones such as the store-made invites or the cupcake shaped invites.

A Pinkalicious book cover invitation:

Scan the cover of the book and customize it, if you feel the need. Take few color printouts and write your party details on their reverse side. You can also print your party details instead of handwriting it. If you are short of time and cannot work on anything else, this is an excellent idea for you. Just take your child’s book, scan it, take printouts, and you are done.

Book invites: 

Although most of my clients had rejected this idea due to budget issues, they surely appreciated this out-of-the-box Pinkalicious party idea. Some of them used this idea for thanking the guests.

Cupcake invites:

I am not talking about the paper cutouts but the real yummy pink cupcakes. Why not bake some of them at home and pack them in a pink paper box having your birthday message written on it? Hand-deliver them and make the girls go nuts with the thought of having some more yummy cakes at your party. You might feel that this is a good idea for party favors but I would recommend this for invitations. The standard formats have become very expected and common. Let’s bring some change and surprise the guests.

Pinkalicious Balloon Invites:

I have suggested a lot of balloon invitation ideas to my clients and, believe me, everyone liked it, and used it. Buy some Pinkalicious themed latex balloon and inflate them. Write your party details on a pink paper and fold it into a tube shape so that it can be inserted into the balloon along with some confetti. Hand-deliver this and see the girls jumping out of excitement.

If you like these ideas, keep visiting this blog for more suggestions on Pinkalicious party supplies, decoration, party favors, etc.  

Hooray! It’s a Mickey Mouse Theme Party

Ever since Daniel returned from his friend Martha’s Minnie party, he was stuck upon the idea of hosting a Mickey Mouse celebration for his young brother Charlie’s 1^st birthday. I never wanted this overly commercial theme but since Daniel and all other kids we know love the Mickey Minnie couple, I accepted my son’s request. I cannot share the pictures with you as my camera’s memory card got corrupt but here are the details of how I hosted a party on the Mickey Mouse theme.

• I kept the invitations simple. I bought some blank invitation cards and printed my son Charlie’s picture with a Mickey Mouse on one half part of it. On the other half, I wrote my invitation message ‘Hey ya everybody! The cute little mouseketeer Charlie is turning one. Please join us to celebrate this occasion’. The party details followed the message.
• My brother bought a Mickey Mouse air walker that we used for front door decoration as well as for photo prop. He also shared with me some Mickey Mouse Party Ideas that really helped me to plan my party.
• Since I was completely involved in taking care of Charlie, his dad did the decoration. It was simple but attractive. We used a lot of Mickey Mouse Mylar balloons along with solid balloons of red, black, blue and yellow colors. For the party table, I bought a plain yellow colored plastic over and pasted 2 large sized Mickey stickers on the front corners. I also used a readymade themed happy birthday banner for party table decoration.
  
  
  
• The Mickey Mouse 1st Birthday Party Supplies that I bought from an online store really helped me to create the party atmosphere we wanted.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The food was simple; pizza, burger, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, chocolate drink, and of course, the yummy cupcakes.
• Since we had invited kids between 1 and 4 years, we used candies, cookies, and bounce balls.

Charlie was not very interested in the celebration but enjoyed seeing so many people in his house. Daniel had more fun than he had on his own birthday and I was delighted to see him so much involved in his brother’s party.  

Princess Party Ideas that Will Unquestionably Entice Your Guests

If you have a daughter, you will not be able to avoid hosting a princess party for long. Sooner or later, she will demand this and even though you find this theme very common, you will not be able to deny her. After all, she fascinates to become a princess and would love the idea of becoming one on her birthday. Being a mother, you would want her party to be the best and unique. Here are some out-of-the-box Princess Party Ideas that you can use to throw an outstanding party for her.

The drawbridge and the castle entrance:

No princess party would be complete without castles; therefore, transform your house into a palace. Use some door-sized cardboard and paint them black. Sprinkle some glitters on them to give it a rusty-iron look. Place them along with a rope from your driveway to your entry to give it the look of a drawbridge.

Take a large-size cardboard from refrigerator or other appliance boxes and cut it in the shape of a castle. At the middle of the castle, make a doorway for the girls to enter. Make sure that the doorway is at a medium height so that even adults can conveniently enter by bending slightly. Paint the castle with pink, purple and blue colors and place a signboard stating ‘welcome to (your daughter’s name) castle’. These admirable PrettyPrincess Party Decorations will captivate the little princesses and will excite them to enter the party venue.

Red carpet entry:

Buy a roll of red plastic sheeting and roll it down the entry door to the party area. The young princesses would love to walk on the red carpet. Moreover, it will give a royal look to your party.

Canopy decoration:

To complete the royal look of your daughter’s castle, create a canopy at the party area. For this, you have to attach large rolls of tulle with the ceiling at the center of the area and then attach the other end of the fabric to each corner of the room. Fill the blank area of the ceiling with Christmas light to add more brightness to the party. Your canopy is ready. This is one of the best decorating ideas for Pretty Princess Party Themes.

Flower decoration:

Give your party a royal look by having lots of fresh flower decoration. You can use flowers for making centerpieces; give each girl a rose to put it on their hairs, etc. An innovative flower decoration idea would be to find vines with flowers and wrap them around objects such as the chairs, the table, the corner pieces, etc. It will be a little difficult to find such a vine. You can actually take a normal vine and attach flowers to them using tape.

Unique decoration along with the required pretty princess party supplies will help you thrown a magical party for your young princess. 

Birthday Banners: It’s More Important than You Actually Thought

Among all birthday party supplies that you use to bring the festive mood to your party, birthday banners& garlands are often the most crucial ones; however, most people don’t realize their significance. These inexpensive decorations actually fill a lot of empty space of your party area thereby giving it a marvelous look. Whether the celebrant is a kid or an adult, no party can ever be complete without a banner. In my eight years of experience in event planning, I have never seen a birthday where garlands and banners were not used.

There are many people do not give much importance to these supplies. They just prefer a simple happy birthday banner. However, there are many others, who are very specific about this and want it to match the party theme. I remember Sara, one of my clients, wanted a solar system party to educate her son. She was so creative that she designed a solar system using card stock, wrote her little chap’s name on the planets and used it as a banner. Sara, I admire you for this.

With time, people are getting more and more creative in choosing these hangings. To cater to this growing demand, many party supplies stores have started selling themed banners in different materials such as paper, foil, etc. While paper banners are commonly used as hanging, the foil ones are excellent for using as a photo prop along with captivating the audience. These are also available in all themes you want. For your daughter’s princess birthday, make all the little princess stand in front of the Pretty Princess Foil Banner and take lots of pictures having a tiara in the pink background. The best part of using foil or even paper banner is that they will not cost you a fortune; however, will add pizzazz to your party. Check out the prices and designs that are available with any online store such as Mybirthdaysupplies and see how affordable it can be to decorate your party.