08/10/2022
Birthday party preparation - top tips
For anyone that is in the middle of birthday party planning, you will know all too well how daunting it can be to organise all the little details, where to order decorations, and how do you do a balloon garland…
I’ve put together some tips to help navigate and take out some of that stress, add some magic, along with some great suppliers.
Picking a theme
This year our theme came together quite easily as we were on holidays in the beautiful Yamba – which I strongly recommend for a family holiday with little ones! The place we stayed at catered for toddlers and kids, hands down are going again next year. But that can be another blog.
We were playing in the kids pool and Isla had seen a big blow up flamingo pool toy over in the adults pool, and she asked “What is that?”, I said, “It’s a Flamingo!” She looked at me and said “MeCow”, I replied to correct her, “no, Flamingo”, with her response more adamant “Me-Cow” - you can see where this is going, an almost two year old determined she is correct. So her party theme was born.
We were lucky that flamingo themes are so in right now, and of course since they are pink it was easy to match the decorations to the theme.
When you pick a theme, you want to make sure you can cater to that theme, or at least the colour palette in your decorations. Also grab inspiration from other parties you have been to during the year.
Some easy ways to decide on a theme:
The popular choice: like us, what is your little one interested, or infatuated in
Trendy: what is the going trend that a lot of the party suppliers could cater for
Instagram worth: I love getting inspiration from Pinterest or Instagram for the perfect party idea, and just how well it can be pulled together
What has been done: if you’re lucky to have all the other birthday parties before yours – see what you like best from this years’ parties.
Entertainment
You will want to think about booking entertainment early to ensure they are available for the date. I haven’t been to many parties where I have thought – wow that entertainer was great.
The idea of getting entertainers is so they kids have lots to do and you can chat amongst yourselves, but that isn’t the reality. I have found that all parents tend to stand around and watch as well, why wouldn’t you though, it is super cute to watch the little ones interact.
The best party entertainment we have been to would have been one from my Mothers’ group, she hired Einsteinz music, not sure if they do parties but my friend knew them well. They were amazing, got all the kids involved, I would highly recommend them.
For our party, we ended up turning our backyard into a little play/ obstacle course, which the kids just loved and ran around from one activity to another, we put out blankets and chairs for parents, it was a nice little picnic vibe.
We had a jumping castle from Kmart (only $49 and could fit 3 kids at a time), Isla loves it, we blow it up each weekend so getting a lot of ongoing use. We also had a little slide, a little plastic pool we put sand in for a sandpit and a ballpit.
