Help in Planning a Child's Birthday Party
- Let's see what resources we can find on the Internet for getting
help in planning a new and exciting birthday party for your child...
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By
Robin Nobles
Are you
tired of the same old birthday parties at fast food restaurants every
year? Are you ready for some new ideas? Let's see what resources
we can find on the Internet for getting help in planning a new and
exciting birthday party for your child.
We'll begin at Disney's Family.com site, which offers resources
galore for planning birthday parties. You'll learn how to host a
Puppy Party, a Mermaid Party, or a Spy Party, complete with inexpensive
ideas for invitations, decorations, welcoming activities, games,
food, goodie bags, and even thank-you notes. Discover how to have
theme-related parties for one-to-three-year-olds, or learn how to
put together the world's greatest goodie bags. The site offers photo
ideas, tips on birthday manners, and ten party-planning pitfalls.
http://family.disney.com/Categories/Activities/ Features/family_0000_01/dony/Parties/Parties.html
At Holidays, Birthday Parties & Celebrations, you'll learn
that your three areas of focus for planning a birthday party are
crafts, food, and games/activities. The sites offers several tip
and fact sheets for hosting successful parties, in topics such as
Guidelines for Age- Appropriate Birthday Parties and Birthday Parties
Needn't Drive You Bonkers.
http://www.parenting-qa.com/cgi-
bin/members/detail/holidaysbirthdaypartiescelebrations/birthdayparties
/
More ideas for theme-related parties can be found at Boardman's
Birthday Party Ideas. At a Bug Party, you'll make a caterpillar
cake and go on a bug hunt. At a Backwards Party, the kids will come
dressed backwards, and you'll print out a banner to read backwards.
The ideas at this site are really cute!
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5631/
If you need some craft ideas for your birthday party, visit
Kids Crafts Bulletin Board. Post a note to the board asking for
advice, or look through the messages to see if any of the ideas
appeal to you.
http://www.wwvisions.com/craftbb/kids.html/
Maybe you don't have time to dash all over town looking for
invitations, favors, and party hats. If so, stop by Birthday
USA where you can order everything you need to have your party.
The site offers over 50 different party theme packages, from Dress
Up Minnie to Jungle Fun. You can even download a free birthday planner
at the site.
http://www.birthdayusa.com/
20 Fun Things to do with your Kids offers some adorable birthday
party ideas, such as Paper Bag Guess, where kids try to guess
what's inside a paper bag, or a Jelly Bean Hunt.
http://www.waidsoft.com/funkids.html
At the Party Planner, you'll learn ideas for age-specific
parties, recipes for fun party food such as ice cream clowns, directions
for making piņatas, and even a birthday party checklist.
http://www.lfpress.com/partyplanner/Default.htm
Pillsbury offers some wonderful mealtime ideas for a Children's
Birthday Party, such as Crescent Dogs or Corn-on-the-Cob Pops.
Or, if your child loves pizza, you'll find some unusual pizza recipes,
like Fanciful Fruit Pizza.
http://www.pillsbury.com/seasons/casual/mouse.html
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Robin Nobles
is a freelance writer whose articles on surfing the Web are published
in six newspapers regularly. She also writes articles about the
Web and Internet in publications such as Internet Newsroom, InfoAlert,
WebVantage, CompuNotes, ChipNET, The Sunshine Post, Bridges Initiatives,
and more. She can be reached at
robin@robinsnest.com or through her website:
Robin's Nest for Writers and Web Surfers - http://www.robinsnest.com/
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