For A Very Special Birthday Girl
Sometimes coming up with the perfect birthday party can be rather tricky and a
mission. Themed or not themed? How many people? Where and when? Present ideas?
Food? And let's not forget the party games and prizes.
Recently my daughter turned 10 and we organized a rock star party. Although
there was a fair amount of work involved for the ideas we wanted, it was well
worth it. The smiles and laughter proved that. We chose Rock Star Theme, had
approximately 30 Guests and decided to have it at home. Rock Star Theme is fun,
and easy for everyone to come up with a costume.
Our Party games:
Hula Hoop Shimmy
This is like musical chairs but with a Hula Hoop instead.
Aim of the game is to make sure you pass the hoop onto the next player before
the music stops. If it lands on you, then you are out. Everyone must start of
standing in a big circle, holding hands. You can use body parts to help pass
the hoop over but you must not let go of both your neighbours hands. This one is
a little challenging so suggestion would be ages 8 and up.
Air Guitar Race
All Rock Stars should know how to Air Guitar! This is not a race against time or to be the first person
over the time. It is giving the best show to your audience and show them how
much you can rock that guitar. Have everyone stand in an area spread out, and
then set a time limit. Turn on a song and away you go. Let the judges decide.
We used some other family members to be the judges.
Taste the rainbow
Aim of the game is to move the lollies from one bowl to another using a straw. Lollies such as mini gob stoppers, MnMs, and skittles are perfect and not too heavy for the kids. We used teams of 2 with 50 Gobstoppers in each bowl. Moving it from one bowl to the other and then back for the winning team. While 50 seems a lot, it wasn’t considering it only takes a second to move the lolly into another bowl.
Limbo
Aim of the game is to get under the stick without
touching it whilst bending backwards. No hands and no body parts apart from
your feet can be touching the ground. How low can you go!
Hop and Pop
Aim of the game is to protect your balloon while trying
to pop other people’s balloons. This is a good game to wear the kids out, or
have some adult time. They can only use their hands and to keep too fair as in
different height children, they have to hold their balloon at their chest with
one arm as in a football. Our kids chose to play this game over and over. All
you need is balloons.
Our Costumes
We didn’t go all out and buy any pre made costumes but
instead decided to hunt through our cupboards and go op shopping. Since it was
only going to be worn once, seemed silly to go all out and spend heaps of
money. So instead it cost me about 20 dollars total for everyone’s costumes.
We had Rock Stars from all era's, Security, and Paparazzi.
Our Decorations
Decorations are very important for a themed party, especially a Rock Star Party. We had
the usual, balloons, streamers, and signs but we also added records, silver
balls (made up from foam balls spray painted silver) signs, a disco floor, and
a Rock Star Dressing Room which had bracelets, hair spray, rings, and costumes
for the kids to play with and wear. Most
of these I picked up from a second hand shop for very cheap, and it made such a
difference to the look of the party.
We had a red carpet leading up to the front door
entrance, to which our “Security Staff” had clipboards and checked if the
guests were on the V.I.P List. It was adorable and the Guests loved it.
On the tables we built food stands made out of plastic champagne
glasses and old records. Gluing them together so the held light things such as
Fairy Bread.
Our Food and Yummies!
We set everything up on a table and used a bed netting to
cover it. Not only did it look great, but also helped keep the flies away. We
tried to keep things simple so it was easy to prepare and wouldn’t end up with too
much left over food.
I also bought a large pack of Pop Tops for the children
to drink and put them in ice buckets around the food table so they could help
themselves.
Fairy Bread
Marshmallows dipped in white melted chocolate covered in
sprinkles.
Gummy Bears served in little red plastic shot glasses
Chicken Wings
Biscuits and Dip
Mixed bowl of Lollies
Chips
Donuts
Cabana and Cheese
The Birthday Cake
And the Goodies bag given out at the end of the party.
Our Extras
I placed a Best Dressed Vote Jar on the table with a
little notepad and pen and over the duration of the party everyone voted for
the person they thought put in the most effort. Nice to be rewarded for going
in costume rather than being slack.
We made V.I.P Necklaces to hand out to the guests as they
walked through the door, all part of the day.
I bought a large piece of cardboard and hung it up with
the title Autographs, so people could sign it and leave a message for the
birthday girl.
I made up signs such as V.I.P Check in this way,
Security, Disco Dance Floor, Rock Star Dressing
Rooms, Ladies and Men’s Rooms
and This way to the Main Stage, just to add a bit of extra to the feel.
We made up prizes for each game with each bag containing
lollies. We chose the lollies to be the same ones that were on the table
though, so no child felt like they were missing out.
Tips
Try and have an extra party game aside in case they games
don’t go for as long as you expect.
Allow for guests that won’t be able to attend, so it doesn’t
matter if you end up inviting a few extras.
Try and involve the Adults in some things. Makes the
party more fun for everyone and keeps them entertained. Things such as Judging,
music changer and such are easy.
Start preparing for the party as early as you can. Keep a
spare box somewhere and just add bits and pieces over time. That way the cost
of the party won’t be so much in one hit, and you get more ideas as you go
along.
But most of all Have Fun!
