Help in Planning a Child's
Birthday Party
Are you tired of the same old birthday parties at fast
food restaurants every year? Are you ready for some new
ideas? Let's see what resources we can find on the
Internet for getting help in planning a new and exciting
birthday party for your child.
We'll begin at Disney's Family.com site, which offers
resources galore for planning birthday parties. You'll
learn how to host a Puppy Party, a Mermaid Party, or a
Spy Party, complete with inexpensive ideas for
invitations, decorations, welcoming activities, games,
food, goodie bags, and even thank-you notes. Discover
how to have theme-related parties for one-to-three-year-
olds, or learn how to put together the world's greatest
goodie bags. The site offers photo ideas, tips on
birthday manners, and ten party-planning pitfalls.
At Holidays, Birthday Parties & Celebrations, you'll
learn that your three areas of focus for planning a
birthday party are crafts, food, and games/activities.
The site offers several tips and fact sheets for hosting
successful parties, in topics such as Guidelines for
Age-Appropriate Birthday Parties and Birthday Parties
Needn't Drive You Bonkers.
More ideas for theme-related parties can be found at
Boardman's Birthday Party Ideas. At a Bug Party, you'll
make a caterpillar cake and go on a bug hunt. At a
Backwards Party, the kids will come dressed backwards,
and you'll print out a banner to read backwards. The
ideas at this site are really cute! http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5631/
If you need some craft ideas for your birthday party,
visit Kids Crafts Bulletin Board. Post a note to the
board asking for advice, or look through the messages to
see if any of the ideas appeal to you.
Maybe you don't have time to dash all over town looking
for invitations, favors, and party hats. If so, stop by
Birthday USA where you can order everything you need to
have your party. The site offers over 50 different party
theme packages, from Dress Up Minnie to Jungle Fun. You
can even download a free birthday planner at the site.
20 Fun Things to do with your Kids offers some adorable
birthday party ideas, such as Paper Bag Guess, where
kids try to guess what's inside a paper bag, or a Jelly
Bean Hunt.
At the Party Planner, you'll learn ideas for
age-specific parties, recipes for fun party food such as
ice cream clowns, directions for making piņatas, and
even a birthday party checklist.
Pillsbury offers some wonderful mealtime ideas for a
Children's Birthday Party, such as Crescent Dogs or
Corn-on-the-Cob Pops. Or, if your child loves pizza,
you'll find some unusual pizza recipes, like Fanciful
Fruit Pizza. http://www.pillsbury.com/
Robin Nobles is a freelance writer whose articles on
surfing the Web are published in six newspapers
regularly. She also writes articles about the Web and
Internet in publications such as Internet Newsroom,
InfoAlert, WebVantage, CompuNotes, ChipNET, The Sunshine
Post, Bridges Initiatives, and more. She can be reached
at robin@robinsnest.com or through her website: Robin's
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