For my daughter’s first birthday we threw her a Sesame Street themed party. This was the first children’s party I had ever planned. I wanted the party to be unique so I spent time working on personal touches that I hoped our guests would both notice and appreciate. There are many of ways to add some creativity to a birthday party beyond an awesome cake. A great cake is still a must have! Below are some of the party details I used for our Sesame Street themed party and can be applied to any party theme with some creativity.
1. INVITATIONS
Not only do birthday invitations provide your guests with all of the essential party information they help to set the theme of the party. Party stores offer a large variety of themed party invitations and etsy is also a great resource to find themed invitations that are unique. If you can't find what you are looking for, create your own! We made our own Abby Cadabby invitations for our Sesame Street birthday party.
2. ACTIVITY TABLES
We invited family and friends to celebrate with us, many who
had children. I wanted to ensure that there were activities available for the
children to participate in that were fun but yet not structured. Children were
free to roam the activity tables while the adults mingled. Each table had a sign to give a clue of the type of activity. The activity tables
were a huge success! Children were kept busy and enjoyed taking home some of
the activities they worked on. Below is a list and description of the Sesame
Street themed activity tables.
Cookie’s D’oh
This
activity table was composed of Play D’oh and accessories such as molds, presses, rollers and cutters.
Colour Me Elmo
Crayons and a variety of colouring sheets were available on this table.
Super (Grover) Crafts
For this table I had a variety of craft material available for the kids to
create their own works of art. The table included markers, stickers, buttons,
glue sticks, craft foam cut outs, and construction paper.
Magical Loops
Here children were able to make their own necklaces out of fruit loops.
3. CANDY BUFFET
Who doesn’t love candy? I created a miniature Hooper’s Store
filled with Sesame Street themed candy. I also provided small plastic bags to
place the candy in. Our guests were able to choose from the following candy:- Slimy worms (gummy worms)
- Dorothy fish (Swedish fish)
- Broken Keys (sour keys)
- Bird Eggs (mini eggs)
- Radar Bears (gummy bears)
4. MUSIC VIDEOS
Sesame Street has some great songs and celebrity song
parodies. We used the videos from these songs as background party music that
kids could dance and sing along to.
5. LOOT BAGS
Using coloured paper bags, I glued on eyes, noses and mouths
to created Sesame Street character loot bags. Each loot bag was filled with fun
summer items (sidewalk chalk, bubbles) and sesame street themed items (rubber
ducky, gold fish crackers, stickers). To close each bag I created a Sesame
Street sign that had the words “Thank You” on it.
6. TABLE CENTRE PIECES
Each table had 3 miniature Sesame Street tissue pom pom characters
and helium balloons. For the tissue pom pom characters I used colours tissue
paper and cut out eyes, noses and mouths (same cut outs as for the loot bags).
Many of our table centre pieces were also taken home as loot by the children
who attended.
7. THANK YOU CARDS
Don't forget to thank all of your guests for attending and taking the time to celebrate your child's birthday. We created our thank you cards before the party and got the birthday girl to give them out as our guests were leaving.
It took time to finish all of the party details but
well worth the effort. We have great friends and family who helped tremendously
on the day of the party. Hope these ideas help to inspire and bring some
uniqueness to your own themed birthday party.
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