Decorating For a Birthday Party With Mini Lights

You're planning another birthday party. You've been to the party stores and the department stores for paper decorations. The cake is ordered and the invitations have been sent. However, something is missing. The paper decorations alone just don't seem to be enough. Why not bring a fun, festive and unique flair to your birthday party by decorating with mini Christmas lights? These easy to install light sets are the perfect addition to any party decor.

Decorating for birthday parties doesn't have to be typical or boring any longer. Use your imagination to utilize Christmas lights in every way possible for your next birthday party. Here are a few ideas for incorporating mini lights into your birthday party decorations.

Does your daughter love to dress up and pretend she is a princess? Throw her a princess birthday party. Decorate the doorways with pink and white tulle. Then, intertwine pink mini lights around the tulle to outline the doorway. Continue the theme into the party room. Use the same idea to decorate the front of the buffet table and cake table. The gift table would look beautiful with pink and clear sets swagged around it against a pink tablecloth. Drape pink mini lights from the ceiling of the party room to add more color. Or, it would be simple to alternate crepe paper and mini lights across the ceiling.

Boys love pirates! Purchase or make a large treasure chest. Decorate it with orange or clear mini lights. Fill it with fake gems and treasures. Perhaps include the game prizes in here too. Are you really creative? Make a cardboard pirate ship in the front yard and deck it out with clear mini lights. This would be especially fantastic for an evening birthday party!

For a fiesta themed birthday party, decorate with our multi colored lights. Birthday parties for younger children aren't the same without a pinata. Create a circle on the ceiling with festive colored lights like red, yellow and teal lights and then hang the pinata right in the middle of the circle.

Hang a curtain of multi color lights in the doorway where the children walk into the party room. Place a few blow-up cactus plants around the party room and use either multi or clear sets to wrap the cactus and pool some lights at the bottom of the pot. (Green also works great for this!)

A Sweet 16 birthday party isn't complete without pink and purple mini lights decorating the doorways, windows, food table, and even the sidewalks leading into your home or into the party room. Create the number "16″ on a wall with a couple of sets. Perhaps put pictures of the teen growing up in and around the lit up number.

Decorating for birthday parties for people turning 40, 50 and older sometimes seem to always focus on black items. Why not approach those milestone birthdays a bit differently? Instead of "grieving" the birthday age, celebrate it! Use multi color mini lights or several individual strands of colored mini lights to decorate the party room.

Perhaps you've chosen antiques for your party theme. If your party area is large enough, bring in antique props, like red wagons and wooden wheelbarrows. The red wagons would look fantastic outlined or draped with red or clear twinkle lights. The wooden wheelbarrows would be so pretty decorated with clear lights. Use old-fashioned lamps on the food and dinner tables. Surround each one with battery operated mini lights for a beautiful effect.

Decorating for birthday parties with mini lights is a great way to create a party atmosphere that is a step above the others!

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Bolt Birthday Party Supplies For a "Dog-Gone-Good" Birthday

Want to start your child's birthday party off right? Of course. So, let Bolt, The Lightning Dog come to your rescue. Bolt is always up for adventure just like your child! You can display that heroic, cheerful spirit with Bolt birthday party supplies that feature Bolt and all his pals.

Start off your celebration using Bolt birthday invitations. Each guest will want to attend when he or she sees the image of this super-hero dog on the card. He barks and all the kids come running, ready to enjoy the party.

With everyone there you can make sure the party room is ready for them with some Bolt decorations. The Bolt Deluxe Pack makes that an easy task. It offers a complete birthday party in one easy-to-open package. With plates, cups, forks, and spoons, every hungry guest has all he needs to enjoy the party food and drink.

It also includes decorative curling ribbon, two colors of crepe paper rolls, Mylar balloons, and much more to make decorating in true Bolt style simple. It holds candles, a tablecloth, and - better grab this before your boy or girl does - a Bolt centerpiece.

If you want you can purchase all these separately. Stock up on all the Bolt 9" dinner plates, divided 10" 'Doggie Bowls', or the terrific Bolt 9oz drinking cups you need. Be sure to include the Bolt napkins showing the happy face of everyone's favorite super-hero dog.

Your birthday boy or girl is the center of attention at the party. But please your guests with Bolt Favor Boxes and they'll be talking about your party long afterward. The gift boxes sport the cheerful blue background and yellow stars that are Bolt's trademark. Naturally, every child won't want to wait to find out what's inside.

And what is inside? There are tons of 'doggie treats' for all your little howling hounds. There are jumbo-sized Dog Bone crayons and a washable lightning bolt tattoo so each guest can be a super hero, too. There's a fun sticker sheet and a Bolt Bounce Ball to take home.

You can arrange them next to the plates on a Bolt tablecloth and set a Bolt Blowout on the other side. Put the Bolt Hats on the plate and you are ready for any pack of hungry hounds. Let them dig into that cake, but be careful that no one eats the Bolt Cake Topper!

After the birthday is over you can express your appreciation with Bolt "Thank You" notes. All that hard work of yours made for a great celebration, but you'll want to thank all the guests for their thoughtful gifts and great company. That's what makes for a truly Bolt-sized extravaganza.

So, follow Bolt to the birthday party and prepare to howl at the moon. Everyone will follow your scent to the greatest celebration ever!

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Groovy Birthday Party Ideas for Pre-teens

Your daughter will love these groovy birthday party ideas for her next party. A Groovy/Flower Power party theme offers lots of fun decorating, craft, and games ideas that girls will totally dig.

Have fun creating hip Peace and Love posters with your daughter prior to your party. Create door "beads" by hanging long strips of alternating crepe paper from the doorways. You can also look for the real thing from online auction sites. If you have lava lamps, place those throughout the room. Creating a tie dye tablecloth from an old sheet will also give your party an authentic feel. Don't forget to have Beatles music playing as your guests arrive.

Have the kids make their own tie dye tee shirts or headbands. You can have the girls bring an old white tee shirt or you can buy simple white headbands from any drug store. Make sure you perform this task outside or at least somewhere well covered with newspaper.

Another craft idea that girls love is creating groovy lamp shades. Buy simple and inexpensive solid color lamp shades. Purchase fun beaded ribbon and decorations from a craft store. Have the girls paint the lamp shade and then add funky beaded trim to the bottom of the shade. Decorate the rest of the shade with glitter, jewels, pom poms, etc. Make sure to buy non-flammable glue and paints. Both the tie dye shirts/headbands and lamp shade make terrific party favors.

For a fun party game, have the girls create hip outfits from the 1960's. Check out second hand stores to see what treasures you can find including: platform shoes, head bands, bell bottom pants, mini-skirts, beads, macramé purses or belts. You can always ask your mom and mother-in-law what they've saved from their 'Peace and Love' days. You never know what you'll discover. Style the girls' hair in braids and/or headbands and put on a fashion show that would have made Sony and Cher proud.

If you have extra time and the girls have extra energy, create a relay race with this clothing. Divide the girls into two equal teams. The first two girls on separate teams will start by donning the clothes and running across to their teammates. They will remove the clothes and the first teammate on the new side will don the clothing and run back until all team members have had their turn. Whichever team finishes first, wins.

For a fun cake idea, make a simple circle cake. Decorate with bright yellow frosting and add black eyes and smiley face for a flashback to the 60's smiley face. You can also create a cake with Yin and Yang symbols or one with the Peace symbol.

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A Super Mario Bros Birthday Party - Games and Fun For Everyone

Mario Bros. Party Ideas are so popular right now. What is it with the Super Mario Bros? My kids are just crazy about them, so crazy in fact, that they want to have a Super Mario Bros. Birthday Party. Of course, being the wonderful Mom I am, I said Yes!

Now I am on a hunt to find the party supplies I need. I want a party pack that has just about everything I need in it already. I think they call it the Ultimate...well, that's the one I want. This party is going to be the Ultimate in my house this year, so I may as well make it good.

I hate to admit it, but even I play the Mario Bros. video games when everyone else is at school or work. Don't tell them, though. I don't want anyone else to know. I play on an old Nintendo game console I have. It is hooked up to the TV in my bedroom. I only have a couple games for it, but they are the only games I want. I have Jaws...remember that one? I have Super Mario Bros. and I have Centipede. I also have the roller ball attachment to use when I play Centipede. So, there you have it, the secret confessions of a video game addicted mother. Who also happens to be planning a Super Mario Bros. birthday party.

Back to party planning. I have my party guest list already and know that there will be about 14 kids at this party. I just counted the supplies in my Ultimate party pack and realized I will have to order two of them. It's okay though. I still want to do all my party supply shopping in one quick swoop and that is why I am just going to order two of the Ultimate Super Mario Bros. party packages. I might have some duplicate items, but if there are some unopened left overs I can re-sell them on Ebay. Someone will scoop them up if I under price them. This way someone gets a bargain and I get a little bit of my money back instead of letting the extra items just sit here until I throw them out.

I will need some games, so I figured I would fill up some 16 oz soda bottles with sand and paint them in bright colors. Add a big ball for the kids to roll and I just made a Super Mario Bros. Bowling set. The kids will love this and I can make two or three of them the way we go through those 16 ounce sodas. I always have lots of empties in my recycling bin. Bowling is a great outdoor party game for the kids. I can even make it an outdoor relay game. That makes it a little bit more exciting. We can have the kids form two teams, The Marios and The Luigis. Each team has to line up at the start line and one player at a time has to run across the yard to the bowling set. Roll the bowling ball at the colored pins. My husband will have to be at the bowling pin area with my sister. It will be their job to count the pins knocked down by each team and reset the pins for the next player. The team that knocks down the most pins will be the winner!

I think I will make everyone at the party should have a Mario mustache. I can paint them on as the kids arrive. I think that will make for some hilarious party pictures! There are some really gentle face paints you can buy that are safe for kids and I think the kids will get a real kick out of this face painting idea. I might even give myself one.

I think I am having more fun planning this Super Mario Bros. birthday party than the kids are going to have at it...and they are going to have a blast.

Back to my Super Mario Bros. Party supplies. I will get plates, cups, forks, spoons, napkins, a tablecloth, latex and mylar balloons, ribbons, streamers, dessert plates, thank you notes, confetti and candles plus some activity placemats. And that is only the beginning. I will also get party favor boxes that are decorated with Super Mario Bros. designs and the favors to put in them. The favors are Super Mario Bros. notepad, sticker sheets, temporary tattoos, crayons, noise putty and a glow star. My Ultimate party box also has a pinata with the fillers to put in it, some Super Mario sports bottles, sour candy in mushroom shaped candy tins. I would say that is everything I will need. In fact, I may have an extra pinata and some filler for Ebay.

Now for a few more game ideas. How about an outdoor three legged race. Let's see if the Marios or the Luigis win this relay race. I like relay races and I think the kids do too. There are also games like Mario Says or Pin the Mustache on the Mario Bros. or even a Mario version of Charades you can arrange for the kids.

I am going to save the favor boxes for the end of the party and let the kids go home with them. This way everyone will be in a good mood and they won't be able to wait til they get home to check out the party favors. Of course, I am going to send home the Mario Bros. sports cups with each child too. Now I better start my party shopping so I can get this party plan moving.

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