Party themes
Pick a theme and the afternoon is half planned. Each one gives you the games worth running and the order to run them in, food that survives an hour on a table, decorations you can make in an evening out of paper and the recycling, and a printable invitation to send out. No party pack required.
Every theme
Ask the birthday child first — they always know. Then take the games, the food and the decorations from here.
Party Theme5 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
An art party built around old shirts, cheap paint and a plan for the mess — painting games, edible palettes, a gallery wall the kids make themselves, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A Barbie-inspired party built around a pink dress-up runway, glam games and a sparkly palette anyone can pull together — no licensed party pack required.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A Bluey-inspired party built around backyard games, a blue-and-orange palette and the kind of made-up-on-the-spot play the show is known for — no licensed party pack required.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A backyard campout built from bedsheet tents and flashlight games — s'mores, a scavenger hunt in the dark, a rainy-day backup plan, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 4 food ideas · 4 decor ideas
A circus party built as a home carnival midway — ring toss, popcorn, a strongman photo op, and a printable big-top invitation to send out.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 4 food ideas · 4 decor ideas
A Cocomelon-inspired first or second birthday, built around a short singalong-style party a toddler can actually follow — simple games, primary colors, and food scaled for small hands.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 4 food ideas · 4 decor ideas
A construction party run on cardboard and caution tape — a demolition zone, a hard-hat relay, gravel-and-dirt snacks, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A backyard ranch party built around bandanas and a wanted-poster photo corner — roping games, campfire beans, hay-bale seating, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A dinosaur party you can run out of the recycling bin and the backyard — excavation games, a volcano cake that behaves, footprint decor, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 4 food ideas · 4 decor ideas
A knights-and-dragons party built around a cardboard castle fort, safe foam swords, treasure guarding games, and a printable dragon invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 4 food ideas · 4 decor ideas
A tiny woodland fairy party — a garden hunt, mushroom-and-moss decor, a no-glitter policy that actually works, and a printable invitation to send out.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 4 food ideas · 4 decor ideas
A farm party built on animals kids already know — duck-duck-goose, a potato-sack race, a farm-stand snack table, and a printable barnyard invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A Frozen-inspired ice-princess party built around a cardboard ice castle, snowflake games and a silver-and-blue palette — no licensed party pack required.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A learn-a-trick magic party where every kid goes home able to fool their family — magic-word games, a mystery-box food table, a top-hat photo corner, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A mermaid party built around the costume, not the ocean floor — a fabric tail you can make in an afternoon, shell games, pearl snacks, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A Mickey Mouse-inspired party built around clubhouse games, a red-black-and-yellow palette and simple music-and-mystery play — no licensed party pack required.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A Minecraft-inspired party built around building, digging and crafting games, a gray-and-green blocky palette, and food cut into cubes — no licensed party pack required.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 4 food ideas · 4 decor ideas
A Moana-inspired party built around beach and backyard games, a turquoise-and-coral palette and an ocean-voyager story your kid gets to lead — no licensed party pack required.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A Paw Patrol-inspired rescue-pup party built around a cardboard fire truck, badge-shaped snacks and backyard rescue missions — no licensed party pack required.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A pirate party built around one real treasure hunt — a cardboard ship, a treasure map you draw yourself, gold-coin snacks, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A Pokemon-inspired party built around catch-and-battle backyard games, a red-and-white palette and a grassy hunt for creatures — no licensed party pack required.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A princess party built from paper crowns and a bedsheet castle rather than a rented ballgown — royal games, jeweled snacks, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 4 food ideas · 4 decor ideas
A race car party built around checkered flags, a cardboard pit lane and games with a real finish line — plus a printable race invitation to send out.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 4 food ideas · 4 decor ideas
A rainbow party built on color, not cost — dye-your-own snacks, a streamer arch, a scavenger hunt sorted by shade, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A cardboard-box robot party where the costume is the whole craft project — robot-voice games, silver snacks, an assembly-line photo booth, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A safari party built as a real expedition through the yard — toilet-roll binoculars, an animal trail hunt, watering-hole snacks, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme5 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A mad-scientist lab party built from goggles, food coloring and a volcano that behaves — fizzing experiments, glow-in-the-dark games, slime you make together, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 4 food ideas · 4 decor ideas
A Sonic-inspired party built around speed and racing games, a blue-and-gold palette and a chalk race track anyone can draw — no licensed party pack required.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A space party built around a real countdown and liftoff — a cardboard rocket, moon-rock snacks, a galaxy backdrop from black balloons, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A Spiderman-inspired hero-training party built around obstacle courses, a homemade web backdrop and red-and-blue snacks — no licensed party pack required.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 4 food ideas · 4 decor ideas
A backyard field day — team colors, relay races, a medal ceremony from the craft drawer, and a printable invitation to send out to every young athlete.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A Super Mario-inspired party built around a coin-block piñata, level-up obstacle courses and a green-pipe backdrop — no licensed party pack required.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A superhero party built around inventing your own hero rather than renting a costume — training-course games, power-up snacks, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme4 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A backyard tea party where the teddy bears get their own seats — pinky-out manners played for laughs, tiny sandwiches, a mismatched-china table, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
An under the sea party without a single costume required — jellyfish games, crab-claw snacks, a bubble-wrap wall, and a printable invitation any kid can send.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
A unicorn party built mostly from paper, balloons and a glue stick — rainbow games, cloud-dip snacks, a horn you cut yourself, and a printable invitation to send out.
Chanel Hoole
Party Theme6 games · 5 food ideas · 5 decor ideas
An arcade-and-pixel party built around real-life levels instead of any one game — boss-battle challenges, 8-bit snacks, a level-up point system, and a printable invitation.
Chanel Hoole
Beyond the theme
A theme is the easy half. Running five games for a dozen children while also hosting is the other half — here's where to go when you'd rather someone else did it.
A character performer arrives in costume, runs the themed games and holds a room of over-excited guests together for a full hour.
Browse charactersFull rules, safe setup and the variations that keep every age group in the game — the library every theme page picks from.
See the gamesVetted, insured local acts with real availability and upfront pricing — magicians, face painters, balloon artists and characters.
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