A child's birthday is probably one ofthe brightest, most cheerful and sometimes tiring holidays for parents. A bunch of kids, noise, laughter, running around, have you already imagined this atmosphere? On the one hand, it sounds tempting, on the other hand, you need to plan and think through the holiday well so that the children do not arrange an apocalypse in your home, but are busy, interested and happy. And remember, every adult is a big child at heart, so do not worry too much, but enjoy and rejoice at the holiday together with your baby. So how to spend a child's birthday at home? Entertainment can be very different. And they depend on the age of your baby and his hobbies. Well, the fact that you can arrange a holiday at home no worse than in a cafe or entertainment center should not raise any doubts in you. The main thing here is imagination, thoughtfulness of the event, a good script, suitable decorations, mood and delicious food.
Let's get to the organization
The first thing to do is to find out,how many guests are expected at the birthday party, and think about the most optimal reorganization of your home. To make the children comfortable, allocate the largest room for them and try to free it up as much as possible, let the table at which the children will sit be small, something like a buffet, but there will be enough space for games. Children are very active and they will probably get bored an hour after they sit down at the table. So you should be prepared for this moment in order to prevent discord in their orderly ranks. We will talk about treats for the kids later, by the way, various competitions and games can also be associated with them, but this is at the end.
We make an apartment
Once you understand who the main ones will becharacters at the party, you need to decide on the style and design of the apartment. In terms of design and decorations, you do not need to save at all. After all, the right style and colors will create a unique atmosphere of fun and joy right at the entrance. And so that it is not trivially boring with only balloons and a poster "Happy Birthday", consider the following options. Firstly, you can decorate the apartment in a certain style and even arrange a costume party. Remember or ask your child about his favorite cartoons, movie characters. If these are pirates, you can print or draw invitations with a pirate flag yourself, which the child will hand out at school or kindergarten. Buy black scarves and tie them in a pirate style to all the boys who come, arrange toy fencing. And if he is a fan of Shrek, then add everything green, stick frogs everywhere, come up with contests for knowledge of the cartoon. And give prizes (for winning contests) with the main characters, fortunately, Donkey from Shrek can be found in any toy store. If your children are already 7-8 years old, you can experiment a little by buying a can of green hair dye. It washes off in one go and was invented specifically for such occasions. Then the birthday will become even more like a cartoon. When creating decorations, do not be afraid to turn on your imagination at full power. You can write the characters on pieces of paper in advance (Donkey, Cat or Fiona) and, when the children pull out their character, give them the appropriate uniform. If you are arranging a birthday for a girl, and she really loves Ariel, decorate the room with toy fish, add orange and red, for girls you can buy or make toy beads from shells or underwater pearls in advance, buy an orange wig and a bright shiny blue-green T-shirt for your daughter. You can attach a piece of Whatman paper near the entrance to the apartment and hang markers so that everyone who comes can draw or write a birthday wish for your child as a keepsake. And lastly, don't forget about the background music, focusing on the children's tastes. Don't be afraid of anything, try and create. Children will be very comfortable and interested in your beautiful castle or pirate's lair, the photos will be bright, and all children will remember this birthday for a long time.
Consider the program
Let's move on directly to the holiday program.Here you can give free rein to your imagination or remember competitions from your childhood. Surely some interesting moments will come to mind: competitions, games, contests, riddles. You can also consult with the birthday boy or girl, perhaps he or she will also give you a couple of ideas. Let's look at several options:
- Bear inside the jar - you need to give guests a certain number of cubs of jelly and let them throw their special jar, the one who has more hits wins.
- If your child is a fan of Harry Potter, you canto arrange a kind of game in Quidditch. To do this, you need to buy two packets of soap bubbles, one ordinary, the second with a secret - not bursting soap bubbles. Who will manage to catch more not bursting bubbles, the snitch, he won. Each winner is entitled to a prize.
- Well, the third option called "Researcher": inflate balloons, give out to children and mark time. Let them paint music on a ball of animals, who settled on his ball more animals, he won.
Holiday dinner
As for the festive dinner, you canDon't worry too much. Most likely, all the guests at your party have a terrible sweet tooth, so the main thing for them is that there are more candies, cakes, chocolate and pies on the table. Well, you can dilute this sweet kingdom with fruit salads and a milkshake. A couple of fish or chicken salads and a hot dish with a piece of meat will give strength to the little rascals for games. And at the end of the dinner, do not forget about the classic Happy Birthday with festive candles on the cake. In the process of destroying your culinary delights, pay special attention to the birthday boy, toasts, poems, congratulations with gifts will please him and lift his spirits for the whole day.
If the child is very small ...
Of course, it's much easier with older children.come up with entertainment, prizes, and festive dishes. But how to spend a three-year-old's birthday at home, and at the same time not let the guests get bored? Or, on the contrary, not let the apartment turn into chaos? After all, at this age, children are very active, active, already beginning to remember, understand, evaluate. But don't worry, you will succeed. You can involve the parents of your child's friends and organize team games, let them have fun too. Here are a couple of entertainment ideas for younger children. You can organize an animal relay race, and crawl on their haunches, like dogs or kittens, whoever crawls faster wins. You can dance together to the music from a children's fairy tale, or learn a poem for the birthday boy together. You can solve riddles or read an interesting fairy tale to the kids, thought out in advance. And during the reading, organize role-playing games. Sports or logic games are also suitable. For example, who will run to the appointed place faster on one leg or who will jump higher. Who will build a tower of blocks or a construction set faster. At the age of three or four, children love team games and understand each other very well, even if they still do not speak well. And finally, very important notes. Thinking about how to celebrate a child's birthday at home, and working out the details of the holiday, contact the parents of your guests in advance, discuss how long this or that child will stay with you, at what time he or she will be picked up. And also ask if anyone has any food allergies or contraindications. After all, on this day you are responsible for them. Whatever the holiday, do not forget that your guests are children. Therefore, be prepared for surprises, someone may fall and cry, someone may get offended and stamp their foot. Or maybe everything will go "without a hitch." In any case, you are arranging this holiday for your beloved child, if he is happy, then you are happy too. And how could he not like it with such a good organization, thought out and composed by his beloved mother? Do not doubt that this joyful event will be discussed for a long time in the school corridors or on the kindergarten playground.
