Kingston Children Parties

Children are always interested in the latest and most popular new cartoon on television or the latest movies. Then of course there are always the good old superheroes like Superman and Batman. Girls love fairies, princesses, and Barbie is a firm favourite. A theme party can also be based upon your child’s favourite singer or actor or maybe they would rather have an animal-themed party or a character out of a favourite night-time storybook.

The best way is to discuss party themes with your birthday child… Although a theme is not always necessary, without a theme you will find it much more difficult to plan the party. When you are working with a theme, ideas for invitations, decorations, food, games and activities and even the party favors will fall in place automatically. One thought leads to another and before you know it, you (and your child) will have the whole party planned.

If your child is still a toddler, you can really pick a theme from things that your toddler likes in this age. At age 2 my granddaughter’s favorite DVD was Finding Nemo, so when her mother and I planned her birthday party, it was only natural to use this theme and build the whole party around it – from the invitations that were in the form of the little fish, right down to a swimming pool filled with floating Finding Nemo characters.

If your kids are older, let them write down a few of their favorite ideas and you can suggest a few. Let them help by writing down each idea on individual pieces of paper and then you both can write down what will be needed for the themes – decorations, food, birthday cake, what kind of games would be played, party favors that will compliment the theme, the location where the party can be held.

After writing down all the basic things, go over each theme again and let your child pick about three themes. Base your decision on your budget, ease of pulling it off, as well as your child’s enthusiasm, within reason of course. From the top three picks, take another look at the supplies you will need to pull it off as well as the location of the party and see if there is anything that cannot be accommodated.

If all of them are within your budget and capability range, you can give your child one of two options; they can pick their favorite out of the three or you can throw them in a hat and let them pick that way. Once the decision is made, it needs to be final so make sure you are capable of pulling off any of the three given choices.

A word of caution here… Don’t try to keep up with neighbours or friends as regarding themes and the cost and size of a party. Do what you (and your kid) feel is the right and fun thing to do. If you cannot afford the services of a professional entertainer, ask family or friends if they are able to do it, and if not, just forget about it and find something else to entertain the guests with.

If your child cannot decide on a specific theme, you can just decorate the entire house with one color and make that the theme of the birthday party. All it really takes is a little creativity on your side to make your son or daughter’s birthday party the coolest event of the year.