The Professional Party Planner’s Guide to Children’s Parties

Planning a birthday party for children is always fun; children have such amazing imaginations and sense of fun that they are both fun and easy to plan a birthday party for. If you are tasked with planning a birthday party for your child, take the opportunity to have some fun with ideas and plan the best party you can. You can bet that your child, and all of their friends, will love you for making the extra effort.

The first consideration for any child’s birthday party is to understand that the goal of the entire day, and event itself, is to make your child feel like they are king or queen for the day. The day is all about them feeling special and nothing more. The most successful child’s party is one where the child is happy, their friends and family are happy, and no one ends up crying.

The second consideration for a child’s birthday party is what the child wants to have as a theme. If you sit down your child and ask them you might be pleasantly surprised at the simple wishes they give you. Many children want only very basic things such as a particular color or special food choice. Take your queues from your child and try to develop a party around their wishes which fits into your ability and budget.

If you will be having a party where your guests are very young, you will need more adults present to help you. You cannot be in all places at all times, and by having other people at the party things will go much smoother and with much less stress. If the parents ask if they can stay for the party you want to invite them to do just that. You will need the help and you might even make some new friends in the process!

If you will be inviting the children who your child goes to school with, you need to either invite the entire class, or plan on distributing your invitations outside of school. This rule is meant to keep from hurting children’s feelings and is generally in effect as most schools.

Before the party discuss manners with your child. Explain to them about duplicate or unwanted gifts and other times when it is appropriate to use good manners. Also, insist, gently, that guests use their best manners as well while they are in your home. This will make the day go much better for everyone.

Planning crafts or games for a young child’s party is essential. There is nothing worse than ten young kids with nothing to do. They will whine, fight and tear apart your house in no time flat. By keeping them occupied everyone will have a much better time. However, it is always good to plan extra activities just incase something doesn’t go as well as you planned it to be. This way, you can switch to doing something else without too much hassle or complaint.

It is also important to remember that a child’s birthday party doesn’t have to last all afternoon. A simple party which lasts two hours or so is plenty long enough, by this time the guests will likely be getting cranky and restless and you can send them on their way home.