Kids Party Tips

It doesn't seem so long ago when my son was mad on Barnie, Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank Engine - so much so that it was easy to choose his 2nd birthday theme (Barnie) and his 3rd birthday theme (Thomas). But then he hit 4 and Thomas and his friends were apparantly not so cool anymore and things got a bit more specific (e.g. Speed Racer for 4th birthday)!

All kids have their individual likes and dislikes but following are some aged based suggestions for popular and easy themes to do for boys birthday parties:

1st birthday - let's face it most 1 year olds don't really have that much of a definitive personality and likes or dislikes yet so generic themes are usually the go, e.g. 1st birthday boy, blue, animals, winnie the pooh, etc.

2nd & 3rd birthdays - by 2 most kids have started showing an interest in favourite characters in books, kids tv shows, etc. e.g. Bob the Builder, Thomas the Tank Engine, Elmo/Sesame Street, The Wiggles, cars, trucks, animals, etc.

4th birthday - this is usually the age kids really start to get into birthday parties, fun themes include pirates, dinasours, cars, superheros, disco, etc.

5th birthday - similar to 4th birthday with some added generic ones such as sports and space or more specific superhero types such as Ben 10, Transformers, etc.

6th - 8th birthdays - a bit more adventurous, e.g. spooky/scarey themes, rock star, Harry Potter, Knights, Cowboys, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles plus the favourite sports, super heroes, etc. still 

Our most popular boys party themes for 2009 were Ben 10 and Cars with Ben 10 still proving popular in 2010, along with Superheroes.

For more party theme ideas and themed kids party supplies go to Kids Party Themes and if you have some great ideas and samples of themed parties you have done, we'd love you to post them.