# 6. Crafty Party Theme Ideas

• Invitations: Get creative with your invitations so guests can get a hint of what they will be doing on the day.
• Decorations: Bunting, balloons, craft station with everything needed for the crafts they will be doing.
• Costumes/Party Wear: Easy to wash clothes as it could get messy and maybe aprons.
• Party Food: cup-cakes decorated in the theme of the craft, melted chocolate and marshmallows and fruit for dipping, veggies and dips, popcorn, which you could add colour or caramel to!
• Party Games: The craft activity should be the party game. You could do clay modelling, make slime, create lava lamps, decorate aprons, t-shirts, bags or other fabric items, model with jumping clay, make jewellery, make salt dough to shape, bake and decorate, make their own play dough, do some science experiments, decoupage an item, pottery painting or get more inspiration here – Easy Craft Ideas & 10 Creative Kids Party Activities that Are Perfect for Loot Bags & Crafts for Kids Perfect for Parties & Easy Sewing Projects for kids & 20 Homemade Christmas Decorations.
• Party Bags: Each child can bring home their creations, little pots of play dough, gel pens, markers or crayons. And you could make honeycomb with them that they then take home to eat later.

# 7. Blockbuster Movie Party Theme Ideas

• Invitations: Pick the movie you are going to use as the theme for your party and create invitations from images on the internet. Or create a cinema ticket with the name of the film on it.
• Decorations: Movie posters, balloons or memorabilia from the movie of your choice.
• Costumes/Party Wear: Have each child come as their favourite character from the movie.
• Party Food: Choose your movie theme and create food based on that theme. We have some ideas to inspire you for BFG, Kung Fu Panda, Star Wars, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Frozen.
• Party Games: Create games from the movie that inspired your party (check out the links above). These could include a quiz on the movie, decorating cupcakes or cookies using the movie as a theme, Karaoke competition using songs from the movie, treasure hunt using clues based on the movie and of course watch the movie!
• Party Bags: Memorabilia from the movie, pick and mix sweet in candy striped bags.

# 8. Board Games Party Theme Ideas

• Invitations: Your invitations could invite guests to come for a marathon board game session or you could send a board game player piece to each guest as an invitation.
• Decorations: Theme your decorations around your board games. Print images of the games and hang them up. You could also have giant jenga, giant connect 4 and outdoor chess set, twister or other games set up that work as both decorations and entertainment.
• Costumes/Party Wear: You could ask guests to dress as a character from their favrouite board game.
• Party Food: Food should be board game themed. So smarties for ludo pieces, alphabet crackers or sweets, be creative!
• Party Games: Pick a selection of age appropriate board games that the kids can play in groups or all together. Some suggestions would be Pictureka for ages 6+ and  an infinite number (within reason!) of players, The Game of Life for ages 6+ and up to 8 players, Dobble for ages 6+ and up to 8 players, Cranium or Cranium Junior for ages 5+ and up to 8 players, Camel Up for ages 8+ and up to 8 players, Head Bands ages 4+ as many players as you wish, Moustache Smash for ages 7+ and up to 6 players, Monopoly, there are many versions available. Usually suitable for ages 7+ and you can usually have up to 8 players.  Shout for ages 8+ and as many players as you can fit around the table! Cluedo for a classic who done it party game. There are many different versions available ususally for players aged 9+ and up to 6 players. Trivia Pursuit, again there are different versions available to suit most ages from 5+ and an infinite number of players. And finally Scrabble again their are junior versions available making it suitable for ages 5+ and unlimited players.
• Party Bags: Travel version of a board game, mini jigsaw, mini puzzle book.

# 9. Treasure Hunt Party Theme Ideas

• Invitations: You could create invitations from a rolled up treasure map with x marks the spot (your home or venue), as the place to assemble. Roll it up like a scroll for extra authenticity. Or if you are not going for a pirate treasure hunt theme, send a cryptic rhyme as your invitation.
• Decorations: Safari hats, magnifiying glasses, print outs of famous explorers and a giant treasure map.Or go for a pirate theme and have treasure chests and pirate maps.
• Costumes/Party Wear: Ask guests to come as super sleuths or pirates depending on theme of your treasure hunt.
• Party Food: Cupcakes or biscuits with cryptic writing or question marks, alphabet sweets, edible paper, crossbones bread, make bread dough and shape into crossbones, homemade pizza and let each child put their own ‘treasure’ on it before baking.
• Party Games: Depending on the age of your guests you could hide treasure around the house, garden or party venue and get the kids to search for clues until they find the hidden treasure. Or you could have a scavenger hunt. For older children, you could pick local landmarks and create a series of rhymes or questions that they need to solve to find out where the treasure is. As hiding clues at local landmarks may not work, make the 1st letter of each answer spell out where the treasure is hidden. Ultimately the treasure could be back at your home or venue or you could send them to an ice-cream shop, café or restaurant for a treat tea that you have paid for in advance. Most towns and cities have monuments with names and dates or a verse of poetry that you can base your questions on. Or ask what can you see or what can you do/play at that spot type questions. Not only will guests have loads of fun trying to figure out where the treasure is, they may also lean more about their town or city. Be creative! Finally teens or older kids could go Geocaching.
• Party Bags: Use brown paper bags for your party bags and draw a treasure map on them. Inside you could add a magnifying glass or binoculars, deerstalker hats, a book with some local history, puzzle books, notebook and pens or pirate hats and eye patches.

# 10. Army/Camouflage Party Party Theme Ideas

• Invitations: Create your invitations on camouflage card and maybe call them draft notices – your mission should you choose to accept it private (child’s name) is to report to base camp (your home address) for active duty on (date) at 15.00 hours. RSVP to Sergant (your name and number).and add details of the party.
• Decorations: Camouflage nets, green, brown and black balloons, target sheets and flags.
• Costumes/Party Wear: Army fatigues, camouflage tops and combat pants, green and black tops and bottoms.Faces should be painted with green, black or brown stripes.
• Party Food: Invite guests into the mess tent for the party food of camouflage cup cakes, iced in greens and browns and tans, sausages and beans, bombs in sauce aka meatballs in tomato sauce or chilli and rice. You could serve food in ‘mess tins’ which could be foil trays usually used for baking.
• Party Games: Make army tags from silver cardboard or cardboard covered with tinfoil. Add a sequence of numbers as their special id. Get the guests to make paper planes and race them. Create an Obstacle Course, probably better if you can make it outside, but if the weather does not permit, you will need a large room. Play Capture the Flag, Get the guests to work in groups to erect tents, Have a tattoo parlour where guests can get temporary army tattoos. And at the end of party, just before everyone goes home, you could fill bombs (mini black water balloons) and have a water fight. Make sure kids have clean clothes packed before you start!
• Party Bags: Mini tanks or a pack of soldiers, water pistols, water canteens, army badge, green army hat, dog tags (your could make these from silver card or cardboard covered in tinfoil with serial numbers on them), binoculars, green or brown bandana,

Do you have any suggestions for party themes for a child’s birthday? Share them in the comments below.