A lot of children love circus clowns and want birthday parties with that crafted theme. After all, these clowns are fun and funny and kids think they’re great. If your child is about to have a birthday party, and they like clowns, then you can deck out the occasion to represent this love. Your child will definitely appreciate the gesture and their friends will surely want to come over for other parties again and again.
The main theme with circus clowns and the crafts for them is the actual clowns themselves. It can be really expensive to hire a real clown for your party, but that doesn’t mean that you have to change the theme altogether. You can add the clown motif to nearly every aspect of the party.
Decoration crafts lend themselves nicely to the theme of circus clowns. You could cut out different colors and shapes of construction paper and assemble them to look like clown faces. These clown faces can then be put on walls and tables to add a decorative and fun motif to the party.
The cake can also have a crafted essence of circus clowns. You could make a cake that is in the shape of a clown’s head. The red clown nose could be made of a donut hole that is covered in frosting and placed in the center of the cake. Your child will love all the effort that you put into their party and they will surely love all that you have done for them.
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Plan A Great Kids Treasure Hunt Party!
Kids parties have become the latest craze, and coming up with unique and fun themes and activities for children’s birthday parties and other events can be daunting. More and more parents are faced with the need to find new and creative ways to entertain throngs of classmates, neighborhood friends, and siblings of various ages.
One simple, low-cost, and very popular way to entertain children at any kind of celebration or gathering, indoors or out, is with a good old-fashioned treasure hunt. A treasure hunt is the one party game that truly promotes interaction, naturally evokes squeals of excitement, and leaves your party guests with lasting memories of their adventurous day at your child’s party.
What if your child doesn’t want a pirate-themed party? No problem! Treasure hunts aren’t just for pirates. Tradition has dictated that pirates are the great treasure hunters, but the fact of the matter is treasure hunts are loved by boys, girls, and grown-ups alike, and make a great addition to any party theme. Treasure hunts can be simply adapted with a storyline and a variety of decorations to fit into any party theme. This is the one area of planning where your child might already have a very clear idea of what they would like, and it would be wise to involve them in this decision, as it makes the party their own.
To adapt a treasure hunt for a princess-themed party, for example, you might announce that someone has stolen the princess’s jewels, and whoever finds them by following the clues will be rewarded with a share of the loot. You place a jewelry box overflowing with plastic beads, candy necklaces and rings, and other gem-like treats in the center of the party table, and have someone sneak the treasure away during the party before making the announcement. Other themes and decorations might revolve around the latest TV cartoon characters, superheroes, pop idols, a holiday, or your child might want to create their own theme.
That being said, be careful not to fall into the parent trap of spending a small fortune buying themed party goods. Consider purchasing just a few themed bright and colorful decorations and/or centerpieces, and then either complement them with less expensive coordinating party supplies and decorations, or make your own — there are plenty of great fun ways to put you and your child’s artistic talent to work to customize your party.
Some crafty ideas kids may love making or having at their party include authentic-looking weathered pirate treasure maps, princess crowns and jewelry, spyglasses made from paper towel rolls, pinatas (handmade or bought), cardboard hooks inserted into the bottom of styrofoam cups to wear on their hands like Captain Hook, paper or felt decorated pirate hats, and bejeweled and personalized loot bags, to name only a few.
Although it requires some time, creativity, and resources, you can make and stage your own treasure hunt game to play as a group or competitively in teams. Design and hide 10 clever clues that lead players step-by-step from one clue to the next, hidden amongst common objects, to ultimately discover the hidden treasure, which might be sacks of “loot” consisting of candy such as chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil, or party favors, toys, and other items valuable to children.
Alternatively, if you’re short on time, money, and party ideas like many busy parents and party planners, online sites such as Treasure-Adventure.com offer affordable complete treasure hunts with pre-made custom clues full of rhymes and riddles that kids love to solve, the design of which can be the most time-consuming and difficult part of preparing a treasure hunt.
Use creativity to build your party further around the hunt for a truly fantastic and memorable party that your child and his or her guests will talk about long after the party is over. Although the treasure hunt will likely be the main attraction since it is the most action-packed and engaging, don’t necessarily limit other activities that might complement the hunt such as a cannonball toss using bean bags or water balloons, “Walk the Plank” using a shallow pool full of plastic alligators and snakes, pan for gold using gold spray-painted rock nuggets, dress in costumes, hold a peg-leg relay, make a castle or pirate ship out of an appliance box, play “Blackbeard says,” etc. — the sky is the limit!
Treasure hunts are also not just limited to children or birthday parties, but are perfect for family fun night, slumber parties, classroom parties, picnics, and other group events. Treasure hunts bring parties alive with hours of challenging and fun entertainment, with the thrill of the hunt along with the solving of puzzles often being the most enjoyable and memorable part of the day. And don’t think you can’t top your last party. By using a variety of themes, new treasure hunt clues and decorations, and a little creativity, you can throw many more successful and unique parties for years to come that never go out of style.
“If you’re up to the challenge, spyglass and compass in hand, yer prize is in sight, so let the adventure begin!”
To purchase inexpensive ready-to-play treasure hunt games online and find more valuable information on treasure hunt party planning, visit Treasure-Adventure.com online at http://www.treasure-adventure.com. Games come with complete hiding guides to help you coordinate and pull off the perfect hunt and bring your party to life, come in a variety of themes such as for outdoor and classroom events, and the Treasure-Adventure.com web site also offers party supplies, free downloadable kids activities and games, party and craft ideas such as how to make an authentic looking pirate map, treasure hunting tips, and legends of lost treasure.
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Pirate Party For Kids Party Themes
Ahoy ye little party scallywags! Look no further to find all the best Pirate party tips and ideas from the party experts. Transform your house or party room into a Pirate ship or treasure island for a Pirate party theme that will be remembered by all your little buccaneers. Read our Pirate party theme tips and ideas.
Pirate party invitations
Make your own Pirate treasure map invitation with your house marked with a cross, then stain it with a tea bag and leave it to dry. Roll the invite into a scroll and tie up with red ribbon before you hand these out. You could make your own Pirate Jolly Roger flag invitation with black paper and a white scull and cross bone. Whatever you do, make them really special by using a calligraphy font, silver pens and glitter glue. There are also lots of great Pirate party invitations you can buy which will add that special touch.
Pirate party decorations
Use a Pirate party lawn sign and bunting to set the scene as the Pirate party guests arrive. Decide on your theme, will it be a tropical island or a Pirate galleon ship setting? A Pirate ship setting can be created using barrels and old rope as decor. Bunting strung from each corner of the room about mid way up and meeting on the ceiling in the middle will give a Pirate ship rigging and sail effect. But by far the easiest Pirate party decoration is the tropical island.
The tropical island can incorporate tropical jungle decorations and a seaside theme which gives you much more scope for your party decorating. To create a jungle back drop, card scene setters are perfect for £9.99, but lots of green paper garlands are also very effective in creating a jungle effect. Blue organza is perfect for the sea, for example drape it over your curtain rail and pin fish decorations and swirly blue garlands over it for your ocean back drop. Lots of yellow paper garlands scattered on the floor are perfect for sand.
Party balloons are a wonderful way of decorating a room. Mix up a selection of plain blue and red balloons with Pirate printed balloons. Use ribbon to tie these onto the backs of chairs and let a few hang free from the ceiling to fill the blank spaces. Create balloon archways, clusters and columns to fill the party venue corners.
Pirate party food ideas
1. Serve catch of the day
Pirates love seafood so why don’t you serve fish & chips for your party tea. A home made and healthier option could be oven chips and fish fingers. Place them into a Pirate food tray to serve hot.
2. Pirate themed party food
Label ordinary party food as Pirate themes. For example Golden scampi and fish nuggets can be labeled ‘Pirates gold’, sandwich quarters propped onto their sides ‘Pirate sails’, round cheesy garlic bread or small cheesy pizzas ‘Pirate islands’, sausages on sticks with tomato sauce ‘captain hooks fingers’, Cheese and pineapple ‘tropical Pirate kebabs’, corn chips ‘shark fins’, meatballs ‘cannon balls’.
3. Pirate food ideas
Buried treasure jelly pudding
Green jelly, chocolate ice cream, jelly worms, meringue bones and chocolate coins at the bottom.
Green sea Pirate ships
Place stuffed potato skins on top of a sea of Guacamole. Wrap white labels around cocktail sticks and cut into sail shapes for mini sails.
Pirate sea broth Pirate party drink
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Pirate party table
Gold cutlery, red spotty bowls, Pirate confetti, chocolate money with a few palm tree table centres will dress up any Pirate party table. Add some shells and you have the perfect tropical feast. Pirate themed serving bowls and platters are also a fun way to accessorize a Pirate party table. Arrange savoury treats and cupcakes on red, blue or black tiered cake stands or give your little Pirates their own Pirate galleon food tray to fill with their own party food.
Pirate party games & activities
For outdoor Pirate parties use sand pits and paddling pools to create your seaside setting.
Pirate party games
We have put together 8 Pirate party games for you.
1. Buried bounty treasure hunt
Organise a fun treasure hunt and let the Pirates loose on your trail. Hand everyone a treasure bag and hide the bounty (jewels or chocolate money) around the room or garden. The Pirate who collects the most is the winner! Or ask the children to hunt for their party bag – label each bag with the childs name before hand.
2. pin the eye patch on the Pirate
Traditional party games are always popular. Instead of pin the tail on the donkey draw a simple round Pirate face and ask the children to pin the eye patch on the Pirate.
3. Pirate pinata
Chose a Pirate shaped pinata such as a Pirate ship or treasure chest.
4. Pirate name game
At the start of the party get each child to make up a silly Pirate name. Put all the names in a bag and ask each child to pick one out. Get some Pirate name stickers and give each child their new silly Pirate name. The child must be called by their Pirate name for the rest of the party.
5. Peg leg hopping game
A twist on the traditional musical statues. When the music stops the children have to balance on one leg.
6. flapping fish
Before the party, cut out a large fish shape from lightweight paper for each party guest. At the party lay the fish in a row. Each child has to fan their fish across the room to a finishing line.
7. Captain commands memory game
When the music stops the captain (you) shouts a command to the children as to which part of the room they should run to. Port (left), Starboard (right), Bow (front), Stern (back). Of course these are the official nautical terms for the sides of a ship and are very hard to remember- enter fun and confusion!. This is fast and tricky and therefore best for older children.
8. Pirate battle ships
Create two teams, name each ‘Pirate crew’ aptly and set them an obstacle course to race for their Pirate treasure. Use various sports day style games such as sack race, tug o war, under the net, limbo etc
Pirate party bag
Every little Pirate needs to go home with a bag full of booty. A treasure chest party box or gift cup is a fun alternative to party bags and can be filled with anything from Pirate stationary, Pirate chocolates, jewels, Pirate bubbles and stretchy skeletons. A shaped foil balloon tied to a bag of chocolate money is another creative alternative to the traditional party bag.
Pirate fancy dress
When the party guests arrive hand out some Pirate eye patches to get them in the Pirate party mood. You could ask your party guests to come dressed up in Pirate fancy dress costumes – very easy to do- ask them to wear stripey t-shirts and shorts with a bandanna.
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Birthday Party Theme For Boys Birthday Party
Deciding on a birthday party theme for boys can sometimes be a challenge as kids get older. It is important to get your kid involved in the selection of a birthday party theme and the choosing of games, if any. Remember that older kids enjoy winning prizes as well as younger kids, so try and think of some activities that the kids can undertake in order to win prizes.
All young boys love to imagine that they are a superhero. One of the most popular superheroes is Batman. In this article, I will give you some tips on how you can organize a Batman Themed birthday party. Note that with this idea you can also plan for other characters like Superman, Mr. Incredible or Wolverine.
First, let’s take a look at Batman theme.
Send out Batman invitation cards to all of your kid’s birthday party guests. You could even ask them to come dressed as Batman, Robin, The Joker, Batwoman, etc., if they wish to.
However, if the guests do not arrive in Batman fancy dress, then you can issue each guest with a Batman Mask.
Whatever theme you choose to use for your kid’s birthday party, then be sure to use the same theme all the way through the party.
Begin by sending Batman invitation cards to your kid’s guests. Get your kid involved in writing the invitations. The guest kids will see that the invitation is personally from your kid.
It is also a very good idea to purchase a Batman door cover, so that when your kid’s guests arrive, they feel that they really are entering a world of Batman.
For food and drink purposes, do get Batman plates, napkins, cups, bowls, table cover, whistles and crackers. You can find them in a number of party and gifts shops.
As with any birthday party, it is important to give party bags or party boxes containing small gifts for your kid’s guests. Some of these gifts could include:
- Batman 3D glasses
- Batman balloons
- Batman stickers
- Batman figurines
- Batman keychains
- Batman tattoos
You can also choose to decorate the house with Batman banners and balloons.
And most importantly, DO NOT forget the birthday cake! Every birthday kid wants a birthday cake, no matter what age they are. So continue with the birthday party theme and purchase a Batman decorated cake. Oh yes, don’t forget the candles, it wouldn’t be a birthday cake without them.
To entertain the kids whilst at your kid’s birthday party, you can select certain games. But a couple of games, to continue with the theme of Batman would be a batman Batmobile Pinata or Batman punch balls. The kids will certainly have great fun with these two games however they choose to play them.
And last, but certainly not least, send out Batman thank you cards to all of the guests that were present at your kid’s birthday party. Again get your kid involved in writing them. These will certainly remind all of the guests what a wonderful birthday party they had with a Batman theme.
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Birthday Party Games for Boys
Boys are rambunctious and like to play hard. Some favorite party games that we have found our boys like. You can modify the rules of the games if you want, just have lots of fun!
Water gun fights
This is like the classic cowboys and Indians game. Boys are split up into teams and armed with squirt guns. The object is to drench the opposing team. No hostages, just full on war. You may want to make sure that they bring extra clothes or only play this game on hot summer games. There are all sorts of water guns available, even the dollar stores have several shapes and sizes available.
Three Legged Race
With this game it is important the boys are close to the same size or one could drag and injure the other. Little boys may want to accompany an adult. Pair up the boys into teams of two. Tie the right leg to the left leg of your teams. The goal is to run together, as a unit, and finish the race first. You can make this interesting by making it an obstacle course or you can have a straightforward race from point A to point B.
War
The boys all have a gun and holster, or a sword and holster, and they play war. I encourage the children not to point their weapons at each other but to pretend to shoot at the feet of their victims and make them dance for you. Imagination usually takes control of the boys and they find a way of becoming super heroes, cowboys, bad guys, whatever their group seems to need and they act out what they can imagine.
Pirate
Boys can dress up in pirate costumes and reenact their favorite pirate movie. From treasure hunts to dueling the games are only limited by your imagination…or the imagination of the children.
Spoon race
It takes a spoon and either an orange, an apple, a tomato, a small ball, or an egg to play this game. The players all have a spoon held in their teeth and they pass the item from one another touching nothing with your hands. The item is supposed to make it to the end without falling but with younger children this may prove to be difficult.
A twist on this game is the players can place the item on the spoon then place their hands behind their backs and run to the finish line without dropping the item.
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You Can Make Party Invitations
Homemade invitations are fun and easy. Once you begin to investigate the process you will see it’s really easy to do with all the help you can find on the Internet. All you need are some invitation making instructions and a little creative thinking.
The first time your guests hear about your party will be when they get your party invitations. Why not make your invites with a personal touch? Homemade invitations are a good way to show your invited guests your party theme and get them excited. Everyone loves a party! Everyone will be surprised at how creative you are too.
Look online at some free clip art. You can find some that will fit your party theme to a “T”. You can design your invitation and print it out on colored paper. Here are some fun homemade invitation ideas for you to look over:
Pirate party…a skull and cross bones or a treasure map marked with an X Princess party…A beautiful tiara or a picture of your little girl wearing a crown Monster Truck party…Monster truck pictures, what else? Karaoke party…Get musical notes and a picture of a microphone Casino party…Find dice, a roulette table or hearts, spades, diamonds and clubs Cowboy/Cowgirl party…Find some horse or cowboy clip art Tinkerbell party…Find Tinkerbell clip art Mickey Mouse party…Get clip art of Mickey and all his friends
These are just the icing on the cake when it comes to all the wonderful ideas you can get online at a party web site. Look at some of the ideas and the directions you will need to make party invitations and it will all come together for you. It’s easy…It’s fun…and that is what your party is all about.
You will need some paper with a design on it or colored paper, some clip art and a printer. If you don’t have a printer you can use some stickers, pictures to decorate your homemade invites. Glitter or confetti can add a little fun to your homemade invitations too. You need not spend a lot of money on your invites…save your party budget for bigger and better things.
Once you see how easy it is to make party invitations you won’t ever want to spend money on buying them again. It’s a great way to get the entire family excited about your party theme too. Wait till you hear all the wonderful card decorating ideas your kids come up with. It’s going to amaze you. So put all your heads together…It’s time to make invitations!
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3 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas That Make Lifelong Memories
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The Toddlers Unforgettable Pirate Party: Arrghh
With very few supplies one can make a wonderful Pirate party for the children to enjoy and most likely, the parents will actually have more fun than the children by watching the entertaining imaginations unfold. The imagination of younger children never ceases to amaze a parent. The fewer things they have, it seems, the more creative they become. That is why the underlying rule to a children’s party is to provide only the necessities, allowing the child to work his growing imagination and at the same time, save on the parents pocketbook. Here are some great tips to have an awesome pirate party without spending an arm… and in the case of a unfortunate pirate, a leg as well.
The first question one needs to ask is what they feel makes a pirate look like a pirate. Simply make a list of what you feel completes the look: a wooden leg, a sword, a toucan, an eye patch, a missing tooth, a hook for a hand, pearly necklaces. The list could go on forever. Choose three or four key items that you would be able to supply the children with. The more creative you get, the cheaper this is likely to be.
To remain money smart, make use of resources that are available to you. The cheapest and most affordable resource (free) that is easy to come by is cardboard boxes. Breaking them down and using them for just about anything is somewhat time consuming but also fun when the kids are involved. It is entirely possible to make swords or eye patches out of cardboard boxes. Make a pattern, trace it on and cut out. For the pirates wooden leg you may be able to split the inside of a paper towel roll and place that around a child’s calf. A toucan could actually be a sticker or pinned on cut out as well.
In today’s society, children aren’t always enticed to think on their own. No matter what you try or how much you decide to spend, remember to keep the kids involved and they will have a blast.
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Treasure Chest – It’s Pirate’s Loot!
Especially since the appearance of “Pirates of the Caribbean” in general and Dead Man’s Chest in particular, pirate movies, and a full treasure chest, are especially popular. Everyone knows that when it comes to parties, there are several important components.
Important components for a successful party:
• Fun theme everyone enjoys
• Fun theme related activities
• Fun Food and Drinks
• Fun Treats
When choosing a theme, be sure it is age appropriate and enjoyable. Fun treats and fun theme related activities often go hand in hand. Anytime you can include a fun activity with a treat to take home from the party, it is a sure bet the participants will enjoy the toy even more. Fun food and drinks tend to increase in complexity with the age of the participants, but simplicity is normally the key to great food and drinks.
If you choose to have a Pirate party, sea water punch and food from the sea are good choices. Simple fish sticks and fries can be served in a large, flat shell. Sea water punch is easy to make using simple lemon lime powdered drink mix, especially if you add a couple of gummy worms to each glass.
A fun activity would be a treasure hunt. Each person could find a small treasure chest filled with treats like candies, pencils, eye patches, stickers, etc. Or treats and treasures could be located in a huge chest for game and activity winners to choose a prize upon successful completion of an activity. Just keep with the treasure chest theme, keep things age appropriate, and make sure each and every guest gets a chance to claim their prize from the treasure chest, and your pirates of the Caribbean treasure chest party is sure to be a success!
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