Kids Birthday Party Guide

A few big blown up beach balls, plastic containers with plastic spoons so they can make music, tunnels that can be made out of cardboard boxes decorated with wrapping paper are next to irresistible for a one year old to crawl through.

Poster board and washable finger paints are also a great activity and cereal can be used to dump back and forth between plastic containers.

The Land Before Time is a big hit with a five-year-old crowd whereas Dinosaurs are a huge hit for 8 year old boys but varied from The Land Before Time theme.

Older boys want the realistic looking dinosaurs and both are easy to accessorize for. The Land Before Time theme can have a non-stop showing of the Land Before Time series while the home or even backyard is decorated in a prehistoric theme.

There is a lot of Land Before Time toys available on the market that can help decorate or more then likely, if your child is a huge fan you already have a good number of them saving you from decoration cost.

You can use papier mache to design huge boulders and even prehistoric looking trees. Use a large box from an appliance store to make a prehistoric cave.

The possibilities are endless if you just give it a little thought. Some of the same ideas can be incorporated into an 8 year olds dinosaur theme.

Birthday party food does not need to be elaborate, just kid friendly and in some cases, such as for toddlers, age appropriate.

Sure-fire wins in most every age group are pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers, and tacos. Now the theme of your party will play a role on what foods you may serve but does not need to dictate it.

For a Hawaiian luau theme, you may choose to serve traditional Hawaiian foods, however you could get by having Hawaiian pizza (Canadian bacon and pineapple) as a dish.

Snacks and Dips

Not everyone is going to want to dive into it necessarily, but it sets the base allowing you to also throw in a few cheese or pepperoni pizzas. They will remember the Hawaiian pizza offered for sure which saves the theme.

Vegetable trays can be good as long as they are served with a dip and fresh fruits are always great. If you go with hot dogs, make sure to have all the trimmings; throw in a few bags of chips and you are good to go.

Be careful of the mini sandwiches, although they are cute, after 10 minutes in the air, they start to dry out, and kids will turn their noses up at them.

So unless you are able to keep them fresh and soft, you probably should rethink that choice. Chicken wings, pizza rolls, mini corndogs, chicken fingers, meatballs, and little sausages also make great snack type foods.

Children are going to want to eat as they are creatures of habit. It does not necessarily mean they are hungry, but if it is out there, they are going to eat it.

They probably will not recall everything they ate as they will not be as concerned about the food as they will be about the action, so do not stress too much over preparing a reward-winning feast as they will be just as thrilled with a bag of chips and a dip. In addition, remember, there is still the cake and ice cream.

Depending on the children's ages at the party and your child's wishes, you may choose to do cupcakes and save the birthday cake for a family birthday dinner. Cupcakes are quicker and easier to serve and more times than not will be fully eaten.

Cupcakes are much easier for children especially under the age of six. When it comes to the ice cream, stick to the basics, chocolate and vanilla.

It will save many headaches in trying to figure out who wants what. Remember, a happy host makes for happy children.

What can be more enjoyable than a kiddie party?

All those fun foods, party hats and mascots that make children's parties so much fun!

But the fun aggrandizes the moment everyone starts with the games!

Read up and get some ideas so the next time you throw a party for your five-year-old, it will be a blast!

Limbo.

An upbeat music, a limbo stick and the kids just go together. The limbo master must keep his body from sticking to the stick while he is limbo-ing.

Balloon Target

This is fun because upon blowing up a balloon, the kid allows it to deflate and hit a target!

Blind Cow

This is like a guessing game wherein within a circle, the kids listen to a bell and find out where it is.

Charades

Let the kids act out the names of cartoon characters, persons or animals and make sure they don't talk!

Copycat

This is one silly game as the children simply copy each other's movements.

Creepy Crawlies

This is another guessing game in which a kid acts out a kind of insect and everyone guesses what insect it is.

Dress Up Relay

This is a relay race where the kids get to dress up in hilarious clothes and race against each other to the finish line.

Freeze Tag

This is a game of tag when the kid does not move or is "frozen" in his place.

What are the best games for these cute kiddie parties?

Ha Ha Ha

The rule of this game is simple: laugh until everyone does!

Heads Up Seven Up

This is a guessing game intended for huge groups of kids.

Hide and Seek

Who does not know how to play this game? Kids love hiding and having someone seek for them!

I Love

This game solicits "aww" because the kids are asked to think of all the things they love.

Kick The Can

This game is a fusion of hide-and-seek and tag.

Mother May I

This is the game for kids where they ask their "mother" to take funny steps before they get tagged.

Pinata Party

Every kid loves a pinata party! They just have to break the pinata open to get all those candies inside.

Sock Mania

This is where kids put as many socks as possible on one foot.

Make sure every kid plays these games and the party will surely get a hundred times better and crazier!