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If you’re planning a kids Xmas Party, you’ll need to make sure that you’ve got Xmas party invitations, decorations, foods and beverages as well as xmas party games and even music. Here are a few ideas for planning a xmas party
Xmas Party Invitations
- Use green construction paper to make an xmas tree invitation that opens in the center. Just fold a piece of construction paper in half, then open it up and fold each half inward. Lay a Christmas tree stencil on top of the paper or draw your own
- Make a snowman invitation by cutting a snowman from card stock and writing the pertinent party information on the backside.
- Make a Christmas stocking with a real pocket that opens. Write the party info on a cut-out candy cane and stick it in the pocket for a 3d xmas party invitation
Xmas Party Decorations
- Soak horse chestnuts in water and string them up for an old-fashioned nut garland.
- collect fresh scented pine branches and needles from the Xmas tree lot and use them in potpourri blends or sprinkle them on the tables for decoration
- Re-purpose tree decorations to make an Xmas centerpiece
- Remove all the pictures from your walls and wrap them in gift wrap, with a ribbon.
- use twinkling white lights as interior decor, not just on the tree, for a magical feel.
For more artsy Xmas activities, check ArtsyFartsyFamily.com
Xmas Party Foods
- Christmas sugar cookies make excellent party decor
- Star fruit looks pretty and Christmas-y, if you have access to it.
- Divinity or Russian Tea Cakes look like snowballs
- A sprig of rosemary on top of savory dishes looks Christmas-y, especially when paired with fresh cranberries
- Traditional holiday foods like Turkey and stuffing are favorites during the holidays. Serve them at your Xmas party to share the seasonw ith everyone
Xmas Party Games
- A marshmallow snowball fight is fun for kids and grown-ups.
- Have a build-an-igloo contest with toothpicks and marshmallows. Kids can work in teams or individually
- A pin-the-star-on-the-tree poster makes a fun game for smaller kids
Xmas Party Good Deeds
- Consider asking each guest to bring a gift for a family you’re sponsoring
- A white-elephant gift exchange is also fun. Make sure each guest brings something they already have at home, or something that costs less than $5
  
I am so proud of myself- I made the coolest balloon archway for the entrance to the bubble party. I had a lot of clear balloons floating around everywhere, and I made giant play bubble wands with cardboard (it was so easy) the kids had a great time. I thought it was going to be easy to figure out, i had some nylon ribbon and I was just tying the balloons to it, but they were awkward and didn’t sit right and it was taking forever because I was using directions I’d found on like wikiHow or something. So then I downloaded the Balloon Decor Secrets ebook and it was so much easier. Plus, she has so many ideas for different balloon things you can make. The book is intended to help you make a business of balloon things. i imagine if you already had a catering company or a florist company, adding balloon stuff would be a good way to make more money with catering or with flower arrangements- wedding planning, party planning, etc. But the eBook is priced low enough that even I (the lady with 6 kids) could afford it.
Did you know there’s an actual “pirate party” in politics? yeah- that’s boring, sorry we’re talking about a Pirate birthday party now. Specifically, pirate party decorations. For a pirate party, a Jolly Roger flag flying on a ship’s mast, some some old wooden signs pointing to the Caribbean or a banner over the drive saying “landlubber beware” make great decorations. You can cover the party table in black or red and accent with streamers, balloons and confetti. If your really ambitious you can create a pirate ship out of some large appliance boxes for a special play area just for the party.
Can I confess. I’m not really the party planner, it’s my second daughter. When she was 8 she planned the most adorable birthday party all by herself. I was working way too many hours and simply didn’t have the time, energy or temperament to help her out. It wasn’t a great time in my mommy-life, I missed the kids so much.
That’s another story.
Anyway, she planned a party called “Camp Basement.”
She reconstructed our basement to look like a campground. She used several blue blankets to make a river. She borrowed several fake Christmas trees to make a forest (and hide the “basement stuff) and placed stuffed animals all over the place. There were beavers building a dam of blocks, birds in the trees, raccoons hiding under the bbq (yep- she brought the BBQ downstairs) they had beverages in the cooler and even clouds in the sky. She pitched a tent and placed a room heater into a circle of stones for a firepit.
As if all of this wasn’t cool enough, she made each of her friends a “Camp Basement” Tshirt to wear for the party. She pulled a few solid colored shirts from her own collection and wrote on them with permanent Sharpie markers.
They ate hot dogs & chips, then s’mores, they told ghost stories around the campfire and sang camp songs.
It was an amazing party, and she was so proud. So was I 
 Pirate Flag from Decorating Ideas for a Pirate Party
You can convert your entire house or rented party room into a pirate ship, a tropical island or a pirate’s treasure cave. Find pirate party decorations in your community and online. Consider buying or making a pirate centerpiece, decorating your own pirate cake and renting pirate party decor.
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Make fairy party decorations.
You can make paper flower streamers and it’s so easy. Picture a giant Hawaiian lei, strung up from the ceiling, trailing down chairs, they’re beautiful.
These worked well for our Tinker bell party, but would also do well with a Hawaiian Luau, or a tropical party, a Secret Garden party, even a Barbie or Dora the Explorer party.
Cut several 6 inch circles from a stack of colorful tissue paper.
Pinch together the center of the circle, and staple. Then, snip into the “petals” about 1/2-1 inch deep and then “wrinkle” the petals. That’s all there is to it. To string them up, thread a needle with fishing line and “sew” them together, use a knot at the bast of each flower 9wrapped around the staple) for stability. They can be close together or far apart. I liked mine with about 10 inches between the flowers because I hung them with white Christmas lights and green ivy. I also added ribbon to the ends of them. The gola was a wild and messy look that’s part cartoon magic and part nature.
A carnival theme is popular for birthdays
Carnival Party Invitations
make it look like a carnival flyer using a desktop publishing program
send them “tickets” to your carnival party
Carnival Party Foods
cotton candy
popcorn
funnel cakes
deep fried anything
corn dogs
corn on the cob
hamburgers
frozen bananas
Carnival Party Decorations
use cotton candy bags to cover the wall so it looks like a cotton candy stand
use a roll of red butcher paper and make it look like curtains
make a “big top” with red and white streamers
Homemade Carnival Party Games
ring toss
pop bottle bowling
dart throwing
bean bag tossing games
throwing ping pong balls into fishbowls
basketball
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