Fun Themes For Children's Birthday Parties

Children enjoy playing make believe. They can become anything their imaginations let them think up.

Make believe activities are a good way for children to exercise their creative faculties and allows them to maximize their capacities for creation and discovery  It is, for this reason that themed birthday parties are such a huge hit among children.

It doesn't matter what kind of party you're intending to throw. Any child's party may be celebrated with a theme. In fact, you don't really need to have a particular occasion to be able to host a themed party. If it's your child's enjoyment that's on your mind, you can have a themed party every day for the rest of month, if your budget and energies permit it.

Themes are not exactly gender exclusive. However, there are certain children's birthday party themes that fit girls only or boys only. For example, fairy themes, Disney princess themes and sweet sixteens are exclusively for girls. On the other hand, dinosaurs, trucks, super hero, and aliens tend to be more exclusive to boys.

Other interesting children's birthday party themes include slumber sleepover, circus, under the sea, indian themes, cowboys, TV/Movie character themes (Buzz Lightyear, Scooby Doo, Hannah Montana, etc), outer space, farm animal themes, Star Wars, and others. You can mix and match popular themes if you want.

For a themed party to be successful, the kinds of food you serve, the games you play and the favors you give out should be consistent with your theme.

Hence, if you've decided on a fairy princess party, your food should include things like dainty-looking cupcakes with fairy dust toppings, and your giveaway bags should have princess prints on them. The same goes for cowgirl themes.

You can ask your guests to wear costumes that coincide with your chosen theme to make the event more interesting. If you're not really into costumes and find preparing for this a little tedious, you can ask your guests to bring something or wear something that would reflect the theme.

As the host of the party, of course, your child should be in costume. It's their day, after all, and you want to make the pictures stand out and be memorable. Your baby celebrates his or her birthday only once a year, so why not go all out and make their day extra special?