Your Birthday Party Checklist

Planning a child’s birthday party can be a lot of fun. There are so many options out there that it can be overwhelming at first. When planning a kids birthday party, we suggest starting with a checklist. At Rainbow Skateland, we think that a party checklist can make the planning much smoother.

Location

Perhaps the most important element in planning a birthday party is choosing the location. At Rainbow Skateland, we make that part as easy as possible.  Location is an easy one to check off the list when it comes to hosting a party at Rainbow Skateland!

Themes Make a Difference

The next thing on your checklist should be determining a theme. Before anything can be made or bought you have to decide what the theme of your child’s party will be. For a child’s first birthday, parents tend to rely mostly on a color theme and the number “1.” As kids get older they start to like certain characters or TV shows. If they are old enough to tell you what they like that’s great, but if not, then just choose a theme based off of their favorite toy or cartoon.

Examples of themes by age:

• Ages 2-4: Pirates, princesses, dinosaurs, Elmo, Sesame Street, tea party
• Ages 5-7: Harry Potter, pizza, circus, dress up, cars,
• Ages 8-10: roller skating, movies, academic interests

Decorations

After determining a theme, decorations for the party should be next. You can choose to buy decorations from a party store or you can make your own. You can find so many cool decoration ideas online at Pinterest and other creative sites. Making your own decorations is a fun idea because often times kids can join in and help make some of the decorations for their party. Outside decorations are permitted at Playland Skate Center, so live up the theme!

DIY Decoration Ideas:

• Balloon animals
• Tissue paper pom poms
• DIY pin the (tail, bow, wheel, etc.) on the (character of choice)
• Character center pieces
• Pictures

And after checking everything off on your party list the only thing left to do is HAVE FUN!!! And of course, we can’t think of any more fun than roller skating with your child at Rainbow Skateland while you celebrate their special day!