Birthday Party Tips & Advice

Look for unique and interesting invitation ideas. You can find a number of ways to make birthday party invitations yourself and enjoy a personal touch that a store-bought invite simply cannot copy.

For a First Birthday, take advantage of the momentous last year of ‘firsts’. Find pictures of their first crawl, their first bite of solid foods and more to piece together for a collage invitation that will have everyone ‘ooh’-ing and ‘ahh’-ing. Another cute idea is to paint the bottom of their feet with washable paint to slap on a piece of white paper. Once it dries, write the party information within the colorful footprints on paper and send it off to the guests for a one-of-a-kind invitation unlike any other.

Build pop-up cards with cut out pictures from magazines that your child has cut out. Each invitation will have a different look and you can make a great art adventure with your birthday invitations this way. Rather than just buying the store-bought variety, having your child cut out favorite pictures gives a much more personal (and fun!) way to invite his or her guests to the party.

Find more artistic ideas that will fit the theme of your party. Having a jungle party? Why not draw a large tree and have a monkey made out of popsicle sticks and toothpicks hanging from a branch for a 3D look that the guests will love to see and touch? If you plan on having a magician at your party, cut out a top hat from black construction paper with a slit near the bottom of the hat and hide a white bunny on the backside with its tail sticking out. Let the guests pull the tail to pull out the bunny (pulling the rabbit out of the hat) to read the information on the invitation!