Planning a children’s birthday party can be a lot of fun, but it can also be very stressful! Using a theme for the party and organising all of the activities, food and decorations around that theme can make things easier by giving focus to your planning.

By using sources such as the internet and libraries it should be easy to come up with plenty of ideas to include in your theme party including party invitations, party food, party games and entertainment, party decorations and fancy dress costume ideas.

Here are some ideas for kids birthday party themes:

Fairies
A perfect theme for a little girl’s party as fairies are all the rage for this demographic. You can have fairy costumes, fairy cakes, fairy bread and make glittery magic wands. Send out invitations sprinkled with glitter (fairy dust).

Pirates
Most suited for boys there are many things you can do for a pirate theme such as pirate costumes, eye patches, cutlasses (cardboard). You can do treasure hunt for a treasure chest with gold foil chocolate coins. Decorate the venue like a pirate ship.

Zoo Party
Suitable for both boys and girls, make invitations with zoo animals on them. Kids can come dressed as their favourite animal.

Castles and Dragons
Kids could can come dressed as dragons, princes or princesses and knights. Have a castle birthday cake. Make cut out castle pieces from large cardboard boxes as decorations. Pin the tail on the dragon.

Wizards and Witches
Decorate with bats, spiders, webs, witches brooms, pumpkins, black cats etc. Kids can dress up as wizards or witches. Have gruesome themed food. Do apple bobbing in a cauldron.

Space
Have a night time party and set up a telescope and binoculars. Hang up stars, moons, planets. Play games about planets, astronomical facts. Have a space ship building challenge. Have food in the shape of planets, stars etc and intergalactic punch. Children could dress as astronauts or even aliens.

A child’s party is an exciting event and also a daunting one! However there are hire companies who can keep your children fed and entertained, and save you precious time in the process. If you just want to get out of the house and have someone else take on all the work of the party, there are many venues that host fun kid’s parties and you won’t have to do the cleaning up afterwards.

There are also plenty of ways to keep the kids entertained at home. A bouncy castle is always a popular choice and a magic show can make for a memorable birthday. If you just want someone to provide food and equipment, there are companies that can provide you with everything you need.