The best party options for kids

Parties for children can become the brightest event for both children and adults who organize and participate in the holiday. Moreover, now there may be more reasons to arrange such a celebration than immediately comes to mind. Birthday is not the only reason for a party. To celebrate the beginning or end of summer, the closing of the bathing season, to celebrate the holidays or to spend them: there are really many reasons to arrange a holiday. And even more topics that will become its main idea.

As a rule, today children attend birthdays every now and then, but their theme is quite predictable. Something original is already a rarity to meet.

Pirate parties are not new, but of all the very popular theme parties, they are the most interesting, and it is almost impossible to get tired of such a hooligan theme. Both boys and girls love this theme.

What can be at a pirate party:

• design in a nautical style with the attributes of a ship and sea romance;
• playlist of the most dashing pirate songs;
• beautiful photo zone;
• naughty contests;
• treats from the menu, which will be entirely nautical names;
• competition for the best thematic costume.

This topic is deeper than pirate. The design plays a special role here. White and blue tones are present in everything.

Sea Party Ideas:

• quest "Secrets of the Ocean";
• decorations from shells and blue and white satin ribbons;
• the main guest (possibly the host) is Neptune;
• seafood dishes;
• holiday of the mermaids.

If boys and girls 8-10 years old are offered several topics for a party, most of them will immediately blurt out: "Choose a spy." The structure of such a holiday will certainly include a quest, during which all the guys will have to try themselves in the roles of either detectives or spies. They will have to solve ciphers, examine strange footprints under a magnifying glass, go through puzzles and other fascinating intellectual tests.

There are many types of spy parties. It can be a retro holiday in the style of the heroes of Arthur Conan Doyle, or something more modern, with superheroes and gadgets-assistants.

And modern children also want to play cowboys, so parents can go to the organization of a mini-western. The design here also decides a lot: if you watch the film "The Man from Boulevard des Capucines", you can get a lot of ideas.

The scenario can be built on the principle of rivalry between two teams. Competitions can be made as follows: which team will dance the country better, who will be the most accurate shooter (balls on the banks), who will throw the lasso better, who will walk along the log (over the abyss) and others like that.

The beauty of this party is that it can be turned into a modern version of a masquerade ball. Each guest can dress up as one of the heroes of the Marvel Universe. The main action of the party will be a demonstration of the superpowers of the guys.

What superhero party contests can be:

• find the most accurate;
• find someone who knows how to solve encryption better than others;
• identify the most dexterous;
• to identify who will show themselves better in a pillow fight;
• find the best connoisseur of the world of superheroes;
• determine who will cope with the search task.

And although adults of such a subject may be afraid, the children themselves will surely be delighted. Although especially active parents can surprise children by choosing appropriate outfits and learning, for example, the famous dance "Thriller" from the hit of the same name by Michael Jackson.

Such a hooligan party requires an entourage in a theme: very scary sweets, terrifying design, contests that tickle your nerves. To be disenchanted and become normal people again, all participants need to pass a series of tests. After they have been properly completed, access to the "cocktail of reincarnation" is given, under which ordinary lemonade can be hidden. After that, the zombieland is declared disenchanted, and the heroes are just having fun at the disco.

The theme of space has attracted people for more than one century, and with the latest achievements of Elon Musk, it acquires new relevance.

Space party is:

• unusual space food;
• the arrival of newcomers to the holiday who will want to test earthlings;
• a quest on knowledge of elementary astronomy;
• learning a funny alien song;
• finding a new planet and coming up with a name for it;
• rocket modeling (template and components are made by adults in advance);
• launching a Chinese flashlight (like hello to Elon Musk's companions).

If a child is interested in such a topic, you can arrange a military program. It can take place in the form of simple army exercises, or better, in the form of a covert operation.It's great to spend such an evening on the street. You can tie the topic of orienteering to this.

Children's parties can be completely devoted to music. For example, when the school year is also over at a music school, a child and his friends at school can be pleased with such a themed party.

And this is a fertile topic when entertainment must be combined with the study of something important. In this way, children can be introduced to both their own national culture and the national culture of other peoples. A party assumes the presence of food inherent in a particular cuisine of the world, costumes, some stylized traditions and rituals.

A birthday or other holiday is held in the style of some well-known favorite cartoon.

Most often these are cartoons:

• "Fixies";
• "Barboskins";
• "Masha and the Bear";
• "SpongeBob";
• "Smeshariki" and "Malyshariki";
• "Mimimishki";
• Three Cats;
• "Luntik";
• "Bob the Builder" and others.

Such a party is great for the theme of the beginning of summer. It is a celebration with colorful striped decorations that make everyone have fun. Usually preschoolers like these holidays. By the way, you can associate the party with the topic of studying flowers and their features.

Any violation of the rules delights the guys. Everyone comes to the hat party in unthinkable headdresses, to the cat party - with ears and tails painted like cats' faces, and to the pajama party - in the outfit that usually accompanies children only at night.

The pajama party plays with the theme of the holidays: you can skip wearing your school uniform, you can sleep longer, be lazy and have fun. A competition for the most memorable pajamas is a must. As well as a prerequisite for the presence of pajamas for adults.

Very often, for a child's birthday, guests come, who are in a lot: some in ball gowns, others in shorts-T-shirts. To remove this confusion, you need to announce the dress code in advance. And it will become the backbone of the party.

By the way, such ideas come to mind not only for boys. Competitions are invented right away: to mint a ball, score a penalty, answer questions about knowledge of football affairs, and finally arrange a mini-match for 2 teams. It's cool to time such a holiday to the end of the football season in the country or the European Championship or the World Cup.

The ethnic variety is probably the most beloved on this topic. The design itself is already impressive for the guys: what are only feather crowns and war paint.

All kinds of mustaches are in the theme of this holiday.Drawn, glued, cardboard mustache on a stick - whatever you like. But absolutely every party guest should have a mustache, gender and age do not matter. Usually this in itself is very funny and cheers everyone up.

Each invitee should have an element with a neon effect in his appearance: a bracelet, a hoop, inserts on clothes. You can buy neon sticks or glowing balloons in advance.

Young people are especially attracted to freelance artists. Therefore, they will like an evening where everyone can feel like that kind of person.

In terms of a party, it can be:

• exhibition of creative works;
• performance;
• body art;
• master classes;
• free microphone.

It can be a blogging holiday for girls who are addicted to writing beauty posts or want to learn how to do it. For older girls, this is a fun way to share experiences.

This collection contains 10 contests that are suitable for different party themes.

• A message for you. On a flat surface (a bench, for example) there are bright jars under the numbers. There are as many jars as there are party participants. Each participant pulls out a number from the hat, from which he understands which jar is intended for him. He goes to her, opens, and there is a package with a message. This message contains a task that matches the theme of the party. Several jars may contain surprises. For example, just a candy with the words "Eat me" or a pop-up devil on a spring.
• Chamomile with tasks. Suitable for the heroes of the party, no matter how old they are. If these are preschoolers who cannot yet read, adults will help them read the assignment. Chamomile can be made large, tall. Each child tears off his petal and completes the assigned task. As a reward for doing it, he may be given another petal, colored. As a result, you can attach prize petals to the "plucked" chamomile and you will get a seven-flowered flower. As soon as it is formed, you can ask everyone to make a wish - it will definitely come true.
• Who am I? A hoop is put on the participant, to which a card with a word is attached. For example - "elephant". This means that he is an elephant, and everyone knows this except him. You can't tell with words. You can use gestures or drawing. It can be drawn, but with one condition - with the left hand (for right-handers) or with closed eyes.
• Happy sailing! This is not a competition, but a small and touching entertainment for children. If the party is outdoors with a pond or inflatable pool, this is great. The guys should sit down at the table. Everyone is given a pre-folded paper boat, they can write a name on it, decorate with some symbols. But they will have to be sealed with transparent tape so that they do not get wet. Or the guys themselves fold their boats from durable colored paper under the guidance of an adult. Then they go to the reservoir and launch boats into the water. At this moment, you can make a wish. If it's in the evening, you can arrange candlesticks with candles or hang a garland near the reservoir. By the way, this is a good ending to the party.
• Magic suitcase. This is not necessarily a real suitcase, it can also be a decorated box. The bottom line is that the guys have to find it themselves (by a quest, for example). In the box are old letters, signed with address.Each guest of the party gets his own letter. The guys open them and read messages from superheroes, cartoon characters and so on. The younger the children, the more their delight will be.
• Find all the yolks. For both home and street parties, this task is suitable. On the territory of the holiday you need to hide the "yolks" - containers from kinder surprises. Inside these yellow things are parts of the message. The guys are told that there should be 10 of them, for example. They look for them, find them, bring them and put them in one designated place. Then they are given a limited time, for example, 5 minutes, to open all the "yolks" and put the sentences on the notes into one coherent message text. It will be something about the party, to summarize. If they did it, the main victory was won. The prize can be real kinder surprises.
• Emoticons. In advance, you need to print large emoticons in the form of cards on paper. The team should quickly show a smiley to the presenter in response to his reply. Show participants in turn. The presenter gives out various remarks related to the theme of the evening, mostly humorous. The faster the competition goes, the more children make mistakes and show the inappropriate smiley, which causes everyone to have fun.
• Something is wrong here. If the party is outside, you can do the following: take toys and place them in illogical places. For example, put a rubber frog on a tree, put a teddy bear on a bedspread to sunbathe, and a Barbie doll in a burrow. Small children will be happy to look for toys, then come up with more suitable places for them.
• The magician tree. If the party is outdoors, you can tie bright satin ribbons with small notes to a tree or bush. The notes contain magical questions that the guests of the party will not easily answer. It can be encryption, attentiveness questions, various puzzles.
• Card in tinsel. If the party takes place in the format of a home quest, its finale may be as follows. Children get to the box of paper tinsel. They dump the contents onto the floor and search the tinsel for fragments of the map. They make up the found fragments into one whole. The map shows the apartment and the red dot in it is the place where the treasure is hidden (prizes for the party participants).

A script is a structure, a detailed plan, according to which the holiday unfolds. It's always easier to do something well organized with him.

Here is an example of a basic scenario plan.

1. Meeting with guests. You can give everyone who comes to sign the rules of the evening. They should be funny: for example, address the cat to you, examine all strangers through a magnifying glass, choose a funny hat for yourself (they will be offered).
2. Warm up. It can be an incendiary zumba with an instructor (even online it is possible) or learning some viral song for the evening.
3. A treat. You can come up with a menu with funny names of dishes, you can arrange a buffet table, a candy bar. Children will be happy to eat salad in tartlets or pizza cut into irregularly shaped pieces.
4. Competitive program. It should be clearly structured. All competitions are tests, united by a common goal. With each competition, the guys are moving towards this goal, and this should be clear. Either they see a table with the set points, or the magic vessel is filled with crystals (as soon as it is filled to the top, they won), or something else.
5. Recreation. Competitions should alternate with time for communication and fun, but not so much that children completely forget about the program. Rest time depends on the age of the children, their ability to be distracted and concentrate again.
6. Overall victory. The party should have a climax. This is either winning the quest or finding the treasure. At a birthday party, this is often taking out the cake.
7. Reflection. It must be done. This is a touching, lyrical moment of the evening where the guys have to respond to the events of the party. You can pass some magic ball in a circle and share your impressions with it, you can hold hands and sing your favorite song. You can start a Chinese flashlight with the guys.
8. Prizes for everyone. Every child should get away with something from the party. These can be originally packaged sweets or small prizes won in contests or the lottery. And, of course, every guest should have a photo from the holiday after a while (it is also possible in electronic form).

Successful ideas and their successful implementation!

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