Edit 26/8 - Lego & Pirate now complete - Next Theme Princess
Do you dread those immortal words "Mummy, I want a real live pony parade at my Birthday Party this year"? I know I do!! That was one of the least weird & wonderful ideas my youngest has come up, last year I kid you not, she had a frog themed party complete with frog spawn (passion fruit) & pond water to drink (lemonade), still at least it gave me the chance to do my world famous Kermit the Frog impression. Anyway, I digress, I thought it might be a nice idea to do a Kid's Party thread, where we could all share tips, any offers we find, party themes, food ideas & anything else that could help make a party easier (I know I age about 10 yrs after each one we have & my poor husband usually ends up giving handfuls of money out to get the kids off his back, quite literally the last 2 years as he spent hours giving kids piggy back rides around the hall).
This is a work in progress, so PLEASE bear with me, keep checking back as I'll add things in as we go along inc Pirate / Princess themes PLEASE feel free to SHARE too!
The kids in my family (big & small) love Lego, I don't so much, I swear standing barefoot on lego is worse than childbirth! Anyway, thought I'd kick off with a Lego theme, feel free to post any of your own ideas / pics!
Love This Lego Construction Theme for the Party Table
Don't think it would cost the earth to do a version of it - found a few of the items needed at quite decent prices, will pop links under the pic, hope they help
Such a clever idea to make the cake plate out of lego, think it would make a fab centre piece for a table, would really brighten it up.
Another simple idea for the table, buy some yellow plastic/paper cups & draw on features in marker pen to create lego heads.
I'm sure most will have enough Lego Bricks to make the Plate Stand & the Cutlery Holder below, but just in case, Amazon have a couple of sets on offer at the moment HERE & HERE
What better to keep your cutlery in than a Lego cutlery holder - could be kept in use after the party to hold pens / pencils
Pick up some yellow balloons like these HERE & a black marker pen to make your own lego head balloons - use as decor during the party & send each kid home with one
wishihadadonkey
29 Jul 161#5
Lego Crayons - was thinking what you could pop in a lego themed party bag, so had a browse & came across these Lego Mini figure & Brick Crayons (if you don't fancy making your own, I've found some ready made ones & other lego themed party bag fillers, I will pop links to them at the bottom of this post)
Remove paper wrappers from crayons, break into small pieces & pop individual colours into the tin foil trays.
Boil some water & pour into saucepan, place 1 tin foil tray in pan & simmer gently until crayons are melted. Take foil tray out of pan, put to one side to allow to cool slightly & repeat with another colour.
When crayon mix is cooler but still runny, pour into moulds, allow to set, when set remove from moulds.
You could buy some cellophane bags Like These to pop them in & jazz up with some ribbon around the top.
You could make chocolate ones too for the party table / party bag (do the choc ones first before the crayons) by following the same method as above.
When you've finished making those, how about making Lego party bags? Thought these looked really fab, you can pick up the bags in different primary colours quite cheaply from Amazon & ebay . Then just using something like card, cut out circles & stick on.
You could do something similar to create hanging decorations, using different sizes of coloured card, adding circles & then hang from the ceiling as below
Love the idea of using something like plastic/paper tablecloths pinned to a wall with paper plates stuck to them to create a brick like backdrop. If you had some leftover wallpaper, you could paint the back of that & stick on plates to create the same effect. Poundland sell tablecloths with plates, napkins & cutlery to match HERE
Visit Lego.com for FREE Printable Posters to decorate the Party Room, you need to go on each product range's page, then click the activities tab to see what's available in each theme
Use the Lego Minifigure Head Template HERE to create individual wall art or a hanging banner, you could even use them on a Lego themed activity table & get the kids to decorate them.
Other ideas for an activity table could include, colouring pages (lots on lego.com link), create your own minifigure using the printable template HERE.
Maybe have a make your own mask section & use the following printable Lego Movie ones
Pile a bundle of blocks in the middle or a table or on the floor & use Lego Challenge cards to get the kids to create something, give them a time & brick limit to make things more interesting. I'll pop a link to the ones in the pic that are FREE to print, but they are quite basic, so you'll probably want to create your own
Buy some Play-doh or soft dough & some of these fab lego themed cookie cutters for an activity table or use the cutters to make some lego themed cookies & get the kids to decorate them with icing / frosting & other food decorations
wishihadadonkey
29 Jul 16#7
I try to avoid the camera at all times (the truth hurts!) but if your kids are like mine, they're not exactly camera shy, so thought the idea of a photo booth or photo opportunity at a party would be a fab idea. You could even email the results to parents for them to print off at home, or if you were very organised you could print them off at the party & pop a photo in each kids party bag.
Places like The Cartridge Shop often have offers like this one 240g 10x15cm Glossy Photo Paper x 50 BUY 1 GET 1 FREE for £3.99 & if you use voucher code GOOGLE10, you'll get an exta 10% off making it £3.59 delivered. If that voucher expires, check HERE for more. The Cartridge People often have similar offers on & their current voucher codes can be found HERE.
I'm not very good at drawing, but I think most people could attempt to make the photo cut out below with reasonable success & who cares if it's a bit wonky, the kids will be having too much fun to care!
You could use the free printable minifigure head HERE, draw on some expressions, add a stick & use them as photo booth props like the ones below
This photo opportunity using a poster looks a great idea, there a few on this link that may help, though I think you'd have to enlarge them somehow Free Printable Posters
I searched all over for a Lego Cardboard Cut Out or Scene Setter & couldn't find one, but did come across this fab Construction Photo Prop at Tesco Direct for £7.49 HERE, thought it could be adapted for a lego theme.
Tesco Direct have quite a large selection in different themes, link to ALL HERE
wishihadadonkey
29 Jul 16#8
Party Food
Have been wondering how people make the lego brick type cakes, so did a quick search & came across a couple of ideas, the first makes the studs on top out of cupcakes cut in half & the other popular method uses round double tier biscuits like oreos.
Other cakes I've seen include bricks made out of fondant icing & I came across this tutorial that I thought may help
Opening post
Do you dread those immortal words "Mummy, I want a real live pony parade at my Birthday Party this year"? I know I do!! That was one of the least weird & wonderful ideas my youngest has come up, last year I kid you not, she had a frog themed party complete with frog spawn (passion fruit) & pond water to drink (lemonade), still at least it gave me the chance to do my world famous Kermit the Frog impression. Anyway, I digress, I thought it might be a nice idea to do a Kid's Party thread, where we could all share tips, any offers we find, party themes, food ideas & anything else that could help make a party easier (I know I age about 10 yrs after each one we have & my poor husband usually ends up giving handfuls of money out to get the kids off his back, quite literally the last 2 years as he spent hours giving kids piggy back rides around the hall).
This is a work in progress, so PLEASE bear with me, keep checking back as I'll add things in as we go along inc Pirate / Princess themes PLEASE feel free to SHARE too!
All comments (64)
Aldi have Packs of 10 Pirate / Fairy / Celebration Themed Party Invites / Party Bags / Party Hats & more inc Paperchains / Banners for 79p each
Plan ahead, places like Ali Express can be great to pick up cheap party decor ie Minion Balloon 65 x 92cm Blow Up Self-Sealing & Reusable Party Decoration 81p Del
4 for 3 on selected Party Tableware @ Tesco Direct + a Huge Range of Party Items HERE
Tesco Grocery have a 5 for 4 offer on selected party items instore / grocery delivery
Wilko has a good range of inexpensive party items including my fave game Pin the tail on the donkey for £1
Disney Jake and The Never Land Pirates Ultimate Party Kit for 16 £5.94 @ Argos Ebay Thanks to racha27
Princess Party Pack for 16 Guests now £5.99 C+C @ Argos
Pirate Party Pack for 16 Guests now £5.99 C+C @ Argos
Solid Colours Complete Party Kit in Hot Pink now £5.99 C+C @ Argos
Dinosauras Party Pack for 16 Guests was £14.99 now £8.99 @ Argos
JCB Digger Party Pack for 16 Guests was £19.99 now £8.99 @ Argos
Disney Frozen Olaf Party Kit for 16 Guests was £19.99 now £9.99
Disney Mickey Party Time Ultimate Party Kit for 16 Guests was £19.99 now £11.99 - Minnie Version now £12.99
Zebra Party Kit for 16 now £4.99 @ Argos
Paw Patrol Complete Party Supplies Kit For 16 £10.63 Del @ Amazon (sold by House of Party)
Dunelm have some cheap party bits
Party Bag Fillers / Decor
Asda have a small offer of 4 Packs for £5 on Party Fillers inc
Pack of 8 Gold Medals
Pack of 8 Test Tube Bubbles
Pack of 8 Water Pistols
32 Piece Bubble Fun Set £3 @ Asda
72 Gold Pirate Coins (6 Bags Of 12) - Plastic Treasure £2.15 Del @ Ebay
&2 Temp Pirate Tattoos £1.65 del @ Ebay
6 Pirate Telescopes £2.15 Del
The Seller for the above items has lots of different party good for really decent prices, some are postage free some are 66p, may be worth asking if they'll combine postage if you buy a few items
Pack of 8 Whirl-A-Copters Party Bag Filler was £5.89 now £1.49 @ Argos
Pack of 8 Disney Frozen Masks was £4.89 now £1.99
Disney Frozen Party Favours - 48 Piece Set was £9.79 now £5.99
Dinosaurs - 8 Pack of Party Fillers was £5.99 now £2.99
Pack of 8 Magic Springs was £5.99 now £2.99
Pack of 8 Wind Up Toys was £5.89 now £2.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pack of 8 Assorted Masks was £4.99 now £2.99
48 Piece Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Party Favours was £9.79 now £3.99 @ Argos
Pack of 12 Party Masks - Minions was £5.99 now £2.99
Pack of 8 Paddle Ball Sets was £5.89 now £3.49
Peppa Pig and Friends Masks - 12 Pack was £5.99 now £3.99
Avengers Age of Ultron Masks - 12 Pack was £5.99 now £3.99
Avengers 48 Piece Party Favours Pack was £9.79 now £5.99 C+C @ Argos
Disney Frozen Pull String Pinata - Olaf was £12.99 now £5.99 Also Elsa & Anna Same Price
Butterfly Pinata was £8.99 now £5.99
Marvel Avengers Assemble Pull String Pinata was £12.99 now £6.99 - Ultimate Spiderman Version Same Price
64 Piece Pirate Party Favours was £11.99 now £6.99 @ Argos
55 Piece Generic Party Favours was £11.99 now £6.99
88 Piece Princess Party Favours now £9.99
Play-Doh Classic Colours 4 Pack £2.99 Split Pack to pop in Party Bags
Chad Valley Cloth Activity Books Set of 3 was £6.99 now £1.79 Split pack to pop into party bags - ideal for younger kids
Chad Valley My 1st 10 Pack of Books £9.99 or 2 for £15 Mix n Match Split to pop into party bags - could be bought in the 2 for £15 offer with; Disney Tsum Tsum - 8 Pack or Play-Doh Stamp and Create Set and again split the packs to pop in as party bag fillers or even game prizes
Baker Ross have a large range of party bag fillers / party activities they usually have Voucher Codes available HERE
as do Yellowmoon & they sometimes have discount vouchers too HERE
24 Flying Glider Planes £2.30 Del @ Amazon (sold by Zuvo)
Pack of 20 x Yellow Stretchy Smiley Men £1.85 del at Amazon (ToyWarehouseUK.)
Pack of 24 Party Bubbles £2.98 del @ Amazon (Ed's Party Pieces)
Pack of 12 Mini Touchable Childrens Party Bubbles £1.98 del @ Amazon (New-Sales) or Pack of 48 for £4.99 HERE
15 X Mixed Colour Jet Bouncy Balls £1.63 Del @ Amazon ( Top Deals 4 You - UK)
Pack Of 12 Flip Flop Note Pads £1.45 Del @ Amazon ( Discount Party Warehouse Ltd)
12 Stretchy Snakes - Assorted Colours £1.99 Del @ Amazon (Bargain-Base)
8 Pullback Cars £1.99 Del @ Amazon (Ed's Party Pieces)
12 Window Walker Bugs £2.80 Del @ Amazon (SLJ_PARTY_BAGS)
[url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/24-Kids-Super-Hero-Tattoos/dp/B00G7KM4ZG]24 Kids Super Hero Tattoos £1.02 Del @
Groupon can be very good for cheap Party Packages; some of their current offers include;
Soft Play Party for Ten Kids at Gioco Play Centre St Helens (55% Off) - £49 thanks to eddie151
Kids Soft Play Party For Ten Kids from £39 at Cheeky Cherubs Soft Play and Learning Centre Thanks to melly6969
Two-hour boat hire for up to 10 people for £49
£34.95 for a Party for Up to 10 Kids with 100 Paint Balls Each & Light Lunch at Paintball Networks
Football or Tennis Party for Up to 20 Children at Super Sport £49
Pop Star Recording Party For Up to Five Children or Adults for £29 at Mad Media
Princess Pamper Party For Up To Ten Children £69
Trampoline Party for Ten Kids at Boing Zone Trampoline Park Cannock from £130
Plus lots more across the country - remember to check for any Groupon Discount Vouchers HERE
McDonald's Birthday Adventures start from just £5.99 per child
Most Soft Play Centres offer party packages, so check your local to see what they have on offer as well as some national chains.
Wacky Warehouse Offer a variety of Party Packages as do Brewers Fayre & Gambado's Soft Play
My kids recently attended a Crazy Golf Party & they loved it, there are lot's of places across the country that offer them ie
Here , Here & Here
Ever Thought of a Trampoline Party? Lots of local centres & national ones offer party packages like Oxygen Free Jumping & Jump Nation
Have a Wild Side? Lots of zoos offer Party Package Deals ie;
Chester Zoo
Battersea Park Zoo
Newquay Zoo
Colchester Zoo
Dudley Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo
Exmoor Zoo
Dartmoor Zoo
Blackpool Zoo
Welsh Mountain Zoo
Bristol Zoo
Drusillas + Many More
Thought these could be either split to pop into party packs or would be useful for activity tables.
Pack of 40 Crayola Twistables was £10 now £5 at Tesco Direct or Tesco Grocery
Pack of 50 Crayola Supertips was £9 now £4.50 at Tesco Direct or Tesco Grocery Thanks to fingermouse27
Tubs of Pavement Chalks 80p at The Works thanks to Cranklebody
Lots of Free Printable Colouring Sheets Inc Disney - approx 10,000 ideal for general or themed activity tables
Free Printable Lego Minifigure Colouring Sheet
Free Colouring Sheets to Print inc Elmer
Free Printable Playmobil Colouring Sheets
Free Printable Frozen Colouring Pages
Free Disney Colouring Pages inc BFG / Finding Dory
Free Zootropolis Colouring Pages
Free Gruffalo Activities / Colouring Pages to Print
24 x Ice Princess Snow Queen Temporary Tattoos £1.17 Del
Punch Balloons with Elastic (PK20) £1.77 Del @ Amazon (Lizzy Outlet)
12 Folding Paper Fans - Pretty Chinese Designs £2.49 Del @ Amazon (SLJ_PARTY_BAGS)
12 Pack of 12 Animal Stickers £1.20 Del @ Amazon ( WowTastic UK)
12 Jungle Wild Animal Theme Pencils with Erasers £2.41 Del @ Amazon (UK + DIRECT)
Pack of 12 Jungle Theme Mini Spiral Notebooks £2.99 Del @ Amazon (Express Goods UK)
12 jungle animal temperary transfer tattoos 96p Del @ Amazon (SLJ_PARTY_BAGS
18 Novelty Pencil Erasers in the shape of a Lego Brick £2.40 Del @ Ebay
6 Novelty Pencil sharpeners in the shape of a Lego Brick £2.50 Del @ Ebay
Lego Minifigure Soaps £2.20 for 6, £3.20 for 12, £5.25 for 24 del @ Ebay
Pack of 5 Lego Minifigure Keyrings £6.95 del @ Ebay
25 Crayon Lego Men £5.50 Del @ Ebay Seller has other amounts too from 12 to 200
Pack of 4 - Colour Brick Block Rubber Bracelets £3.60 Del @ Ebay
Pack of 10 LEGO Brick Keyrings £7.95 Del @ Ebay
Love This Lego Construction Theme for the Party Table
Don't think it would cost the earth to do a version of it - found a few of the items needed at quite decent prices, will pop links under the pic, hope they help
Soft Yellow Plastic Tablecloth, 9ft x 4.5ft £1.85 Del @ Amazon (Ed's Party Pieces
Orange Football Cones - Pack of 8 £2 at Wilko
12 pack of yellow construction party hats £8.99 @ Amazon
Hobbycraft do a really good range of Primary Colour Tableware inc 18 piece plastic cutlery sets for £1
Such a clever idea to make the cake plate out of lego, think it would make a fab centre piece for a table, would really brighten it up.
Another simple idea for the table, buy some yellow plastic/paper cups & draw on features in marker pen to create lego heads.
Yellow Paper Cups
I'm sure most will have enough Lego Bricks to make the Plate Stand & the Cutlery Holder below, but just in case, Amazon have a couple of sets on offer at the moment HERE & HERE
What better to keep your cutlery in than a Lego cutlery holder - could be kept in use after the party to hold pens / pencils
Pick up some yellow balloons like these HERE & a black marker pen to make your own lego head balloons - use as decor during the party & send each kid home with one
You will need moulds, something like these Building Bricks Style Ice / Chocolate Moulds X 3 or Mini figure shape ice tray & Building Bricks Mold Tin foil pie trays, crayons & a saucepan. ( Pack of 24 Crayola Crayons £1 @ Tesco HERE
Remove paper wrappers from crayons, break into small pieces & pop individual colours into the tin foil trays.
Boil some water & pour into saucepan, place 1 tin foil tray in pan & simmer gently until crayons are melted. Take foil tray out of pan, put to one side to allow to cool slightly & repeat with another colour.
When crayon mix is cooler but still runny, pour into moulds, allow to set, when set remove from moulds.
You could buy some cellophane bags Like These to pop them in & jazz up with some ribbon around the top.
You could make chocolate ones too for the party table / party bag (do the choc ones first before the crayons) by following the same method as above.
When you've finished making those, how about making Lego party bags? Thought these looked really fab, you can pick up the bags in different primary colours quite cheaply from Amazon & ebay . Then just using something like card, cut out circles & stick on.
You could do something similar to create hanging decorations, using different sizes of coloured card, adding circles & then hang from the ceiling as below
FREE Printable LEGO Building Block Birthday Banner
Or make your own to match the hanging decorations
Party Bag Fillers
18 Novelty Pencil Erasers in the shape of a Lego Brick £2.40 Del @ Ebay
6 Novelty Pencil sharpeners in the shape of a Lego Brick £2.50 Del @ Ebay
Lego Minifigure Soaps £2.20 for 6, £3.20 for 12, £5.25 for 24 del @ Ebay
Pack of 5 Lego Minifigure Keyrings £6.95 del @ Ebay
25 Crayon Lego Men £5.50 Del @ Ebay Seller has other amounts too from 12 to 200
Pack of 4 - Colour Brick Block Rubber Bracelets £3.60 Del @ Ebay
Pack of 10 LEGO Brick Keyrings £7.95 Del @ Ebay
Visit Lego.com for FREE Printable Posters to decorate the Party Room, you need to go on each product range's page, then click the activities tab to see what's available in each theme
Use the Lego Minifigure Head Template HERE to create individual wall art or a hanging banner, you could even use them on a Lego themed activity table & get the kids to decorate them.
Other ideas for an activity table could include, colouring pages (lots on lego.com link), create your own minifigure using the printable template HERE.
Maybe have a make your own mask section & use the following printable Lego Movie ones
Emmet
Bad_Cop
Good Cop
Benny
President Business
Superman
Wonder Woman
Wyldstyle
Batman
Vitruvius
More Masks to Print Here
Pile a bundle of blocks in the middle or a table or on the floor & use Lego Challenge cards to get the kids to create something, give them a time & brick limit to make things more interesting. I'll pop a link to the ones in the pic that are FREE to print, but they are quite basic, so you'll probably want to create your own
LINK
Buy some Play-doh or soft dough & some of these fab lego themed cookie cutters for an activity table or use the cutters to make some lego themed cookies & get the kids to decorate them with icing / frosting & other food decorations
Places like The Cartridge Shop often have offers like this one 240g 10x15cm Glossy Photo Paper x 50 BUY 1 GET 1 FREE for £3.99 & if you use voucher code GOOGLE10, you'll get an exta 10% off making it £3.59 delivered. If that voucher expires, check HERE for more.
The Cartridge People often have similar offers on & their current voucher codes can be found HERE.
I'm not very good at drawing, but I think most people could attempt to make the photo cut out below with reasonable success & who cares if it's a bit wonky, the kids will be having too much fun to care!
You could use the free printable minifigure head HERE, draw on some expressions, add a stick & use them as photo booth props like the ones below
Use these Free Printables HERE & HERE to create these
This photo opportunity using a poster looks a great idea, there a few on this link that may help, though I think you'd have to enlarge them somehow Free Printable Posters
I searched all over for a Lego Cardboard Cut Out or Scene Setter & couldn't find one, but did come across this fab Construction Photo Prop at Tesco Direct for £7.49 HERE, thought it could be adapted for a lego theme.
You can buy a slightly large version HERE
Tesco Direct have quite a large selection in different themes, link to ALL HERE
Have been wondering how people make the lego brick type cakes, so did a quick search & came across a couple of ideas, the first makes the studs on top out of cupcakes cut in half & the other popular method uses round double tier biscuits like oreos.
Other cakes I've seen include bricks made out of fondant icing & I came across this tutorial that I thought may help
Love the way this cake has the minifigures holding the candles, such a clever idea, if the child was slightly older you could add to the wow factor by using indoor sparklers (obviously under adult supervision). Similar candles can be found HERE, HERE - inc in Tesco 5 for 4 promo until October & HERE
Or you could buy this fab set of 3 Large Silicone Minifigure Cake Molds for £8.99 Del @ Amazon
There is even some fab Lego Wrapping Ribbon 2m x 22mm LEGO GROSGRAIN RIBBON FOR CAKE'S £1.47 Del @ Amazon
Lego Minifigure Set of 2 Cookie Cutters £2.99 Del @ Ebay Seller has others too & gives 5% discount when you buy 2 or more
Lego Head Cookie Cutter £2.59 del @ Ebay
Lego Man Cookie Cutter £2.79 del @ Ebay
Lego Mini Figures Set of 4, Batman, Yoda, Lego Man & Darth Vader Cookie Cutters £3.49 del @ Ebay
Lego Head Set of 2 £2.99 del @ ebay