Ideas for 5th birthday.

[caidan]

Looking for a birthday theme or idea for a place to go for a 5 year old girl birthday. Party is end of October so I need to get planning. I am at a complete loss for ideas.

Also needed themes for 1 year old girl, early December party. Thanks in advance

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Do you have a pumpkin patch in your area? A lot of the time they have lots of fun kid activiies.

[ryry]

The 5th birthdays we've attended this summer have had a 'mermaid' theme and a 'bug' theme. I'm kind of hoping DD1 will agree to a Pajamas and Pancakes party for her 5th…we've done big parties with her class the past couple of years and I think a smaller party would be a nice change this year…and who doesn't love pancakes?

Or if you're looking for somewhere to go, how about a dance studio or craft place? Paint your own pottery? DD1 would also love to have a gymnastics party.

For the first birthday, I like the Winter "One"derland theme. There's a million ideas for that on Pinterest. We did a ladybug theme for DD2's first birthday, and went themeless for DD1's, but used lots of bright colors.

[abs]

DD turns 5 in November. We will most likely be doing a gymnastics party.

[dcrunnergirl52]

DD and DS1 just turned 5 in August, and we had their party at Little Gym. It's so easy, and the kids had a great time. And, you get to go home to a clean house after.

[zarapipe]

We did an art party and it was a hit. We had a face painter, a piñata and the girls decorated paper bags, and canvases to paint (each had a 8x10 canvas and we had paint and brushes on tables).

[soso]

Are you in the south? We have an Oct B day and are doing the ants go marching 5x5 / picnic theme and are renting a pavilion at a park / playground.   Really just a cookout with cupcakes. 

[doctorsbaby]

We just did a paint your own pottery party for DD 5th birthday. She loved it and I got really good feedback from all the parents.

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If you're really not into themes, it's okay to just do "birthday" - balloons, streamers, cake. My kids adore rainbow sprinkles, so I do something like this:


And then go to a Dollar Store and pick out one thing to give out as favours (construction vehicles, hot wheels, cool books, whatever catches my eye). Done. 

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For DD1's 5th birthday we went to Build-a-Bear and it was great! We had 10 of her friends (both genders) come and we set a price limit that each kid could spend. We chose $25 per kid and anything above that was paid by the parents. You could set any price you want and they have animals for a little as $10 a piece. The employees explained this ahead of time to the parents so the were sure to keep the price below $25, which is very easy to do, if they didn't want to pay. We went on a Friday morning at 10am and pretty much had the place to ourselves. They assigned two employees to our party and they walked the kids through each step. I had a 12-day-old baby when we did this and it was a life-saver to not have to do any planning on my own.

Benefits-
1. The animal they choose is an awesome party favor for each of the kids.
2. You can't have food so all I did was order a dozen cupcakes from a local bakery and had them individually wrapped. They kids took one on their way out and we sand "Happy Birthday" and took pictures before everyone left.
3. I didn't have to clean my house, buy or use decorations, get or make food, plan party games, etc.
4. Total for everything, including cupcakes was about $275 for 11 kids and, as someone who isn't really in to birthdays, I will say it was some of the best money I have ever spent.
5. We had a freak rain storm on the same day and it didn't effect our party in the slightest because we were inside the mall.

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Sept 10, 2015 12:38:20 GMT -5 minniemouse said:

Dd will be 6 in October. Her party will be at the YMCA adventure room this year (our Y is brand new, this room is awesome).
In the past we have done at home parties, chuck e cheese, and the pumpkin farm. Last year for her 5th we did a pajama party at home. Kids wore pj's, they decorated pillow cases, played games and watched some of a movie. It was from 5-8pm. The parents dropped off, went out to dinner, and picked up the kids in time for bed They loved it.

I want to get my friends to start doing that just for the Friday nights out! Best party ever, right there. 

[imojoebunny]

For DD's 5th birthday, we did a bird watching party. Everyone got a small bird identification book, and we went on a bird hunt down our dead end street. Depending on where you live, you might have real birds, but if those are lacking, you can post pictures of birds on telephone poles or in the neighbors yards who are willing, that can be seen from the street. Then they played, had cake and ice cream, then painted small pre-primed bird houses as the art project. I do drop off parties and hire a teen to help me, since I have a younger son and DH is often not home. Little kids love teens.

We have also done a shopping party, where everyone got a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar, then we went to 5 close by neighbors houses (with permission), each with their front stoop set up with a little "shop". Everyone got a bag to put their "purchases" in and had to give me the right coin (they helped each other with this). Then they came back to our house and played with their "goods".

We did a tour at a local cemetery (Oakland, which is more of a tourist attraction than a creepy cemetery). It was super fun and not expensive at all. They gave us a place to serve cake and ice cream after, and the tour had a costumed leader who told kid friendly stories. You may not have a place like this, but you probably have a historic place of a similar nature. The cemetery people really got into it, since no child had ever had a party there. They even gave DD a present from their gift shop. The cake had oreo "toomstones" The party favors were Monstarz.

We have also done a science party for DS's birthday, but the girls loved it too. I bought a book of fun science projects, and the ingredients for 5 or 6 projects, and let them have at it. Stuff like Mentos and soda (explosion), vinegar and baking soda, give each kid their own containers of both and let them have at it in the driveway. Mixing colored water with syringes from medicine you can get at a pharmacy for free. Microwave Ivory soap, and a couple of others I had to help with/ demonstrate, but they liked the hands on ones best.

All were cheap and easy. I highly recommend drop off. It saves a ton of money, since no parents to feed, and the kids behave much better without mom around.

[minzy]

For the October one, is some kind of Halloween costume party out? As a parent, I'd be glad to get some more use out of a costume. Could they bob for apples, paint faces, dance to the monster mash, do the limbo under a witches' broomstick, go through an obstacle course/haunted house? As a kid, I remember dry ice and feeling spaghetti and grapes ("brain and eyes"), though I was older than five.

[lilles]

For DD2's 5th bday we had her party at a yoga studio. All the kids loved it amd we had pizza and cake after the yoga class.