5 Top Tips For Planning A Children’s Birthday Party

Organising a birthday party for your child can be a tricky task at the best of times. Throw in a pandemic and a raft of social distancing rules that rip out many of the usual pages of the party-planning rulebook, and you’re potentially left with a disappointed kid… unless you find some creative workarounds.

Fortunately, in our digital age, it’s not too difficult to find those workarounds – and make your child’s birthday party one they will remember for truly exciting reasons. 

Put you and your child’s other parent at the forefront 

You will inevitably have to explain to your little one – in terms that don’t scare them – why the household won’t be able to invite friends and relatives over for their birthday party this year. However, one silver lining is that your kid is likely to rejoice in the opportunity to spend more time with their parents. 

Children see their parents as their idols. So, you shouldn’t be afraid to make you and their other parent a main feature of the upcoming celebrations. 

Get the decorations ready 

While you might already have a fair few decorations packed away in a box from previous birthdays, you should still rummage through that box well in advance to see whether you’re missing anything crucial. 

Then, if any vital decorations are absent, you should waste little time sourcing them. You could order them from a specialist online provider of party supplies – such as GO International, which can even provide balloons wholesale in boxes. 

Bake the food – but not the cake – ahead of time 

What food would you like to have served at the party? As advised in this Evening Standard article, you should prepare food that can stay fresh for a while, like chocolate cornflake clusters – as it would be ideal for you to make much of the required food well before the party.

Although those people can’t quite be there in person, they can still pop up on live video, even just to say “happy birthday”. You could get in touch with the parents of your child’s friends and see if these friends could similarly use a live video platform like Skype to greet the birthday boy or girl. 

Find some games your kids could play at home 

Fortunately, it’s not too difficult to find suitable games online. However, the games don’t have to be of the digital type. Traditional favourites like musical chairs and pass the parcel can work well – as can, if you’ve got a good supply of Lego in your home, Lego challenges where you see what your child can build from Lego in a given period of time.