5 year old boy's birthday party ideas?

Question

My son's birthday is so close to the time school starts that I want his birthday to be extra special. since he has invited 10 friends and that is not including his cousins and other family members. I need some ideas and types of places that they would enjoy. ANY IDEAS?!?!?!

Answer 1

If you have enough room stay at your house. You can play fun games, one that I used to like was having two suitcases and have a relay race with two teams to see who can put on all the clothes the fastest, pin the tail on the donkey and games like that. Something traditional. I always loved parties at home everyone is very comfortable. Make a sundae bar for dessert kids love to add toppings to there own ice cream!

Answer 2

That's too many guests. 1 guest per year of age is a good rule - guests include cousins etc.

However, since you have a guest list of over 20...I hope you have a fat wallet if you want to go to the local movies or the mall's arcade etc.

OK that said, here are things that little boys like. Adults and princesses might not be all that thrilled about creepy crawlies etc. but this is your little boy's thing - not yours.

How about looking to your local state/national park for a guided nature walk. Talk to the ranger for a guided "flashlight" tour held at dusk - dark. You can see a lot more fun stuff at night - bugs, crawlies, hear owls, etc. Much better than a movie - it's for real.

or if you want this during the day - Maybe there's a stream tour - hunting crawdads and salamanders etc. and then going fishing for a couple of hours (make sure you ask about licensure) The National Park Service sponsors an Urban Fishing program - that may be available to you.

Then everyone comes back to the pavillion you've reserved for weenies and s'mores.

Maybe there's a living history museum near you - where your little boys can shovel out a stall and milk a cow and do stuff that boys did back in the old days. Often, for a fee, you can schedule a party there - with old fashioned games - pin the tail on the donkey or marbles etc. again what kids did before Nintendo.

Answer 3

Well, you said it's a "boy" and he's about "5"...since you didn't clarify whether he's turning 5...or turning 6. Either way, keep it simple and customized!!!

As a father of two boys who attend a school with many other kids that nearly all have "something special" for their birthdays...some examples have been: a hosted Karate class at a local dojo, a football session at the local park hosted by some of the local college teams players (run through drills, etc), laser tag, parties at the local bowling alley and of course, swimming pool parties are great hits!!!

Swimming pool parties are always lots of fun for the kids. They can be at your place or a local community spot, have squirt guns, noodles,... lots of "floatie" stuff, and nearly all of this is pretty cheap stuff you can usually find at Walmart, Target or a local dollar store. You can order pizza (cheese only & pepperoni only) pretty cheaply from Little Caesars or "etc"...as well as the traditonal Cake & Ice Cream event!!!

You didn't mention a budget, or what part of the country (state, etc would have been helpful) you are in...but these are some "general" ideas.

Answer 4

how about a Pirate themed party, those have been big lately with the pirates of the Carribean thing being so huge...My stepson's mom did a fantastic pirate party for him, with dress up clothes, a treasure hunt and a craft where they made eye patches and some pirate themed party foods, I think she found a lot of the stuff online at

http://www.itsapartyfullife.com/pirate_party

It was fantastic!

another good birthday website is

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/cartoons/zoo.html

They have a ton of printable crafts, colouring pages and cake templates for parties...

I made a hello kitty cake from a template from this site and people ask me to make HK cakes all the time now! A boy would probably not want one of those but I made my son a Mystery Machine cake when he had a Scooby Doo party and it was a big hit!

Answer 5

My grandson is now 6 and still to this day talks about the Safari Birthday Party he had at age 4 !! All the children got safari hats with their names on them. Games included Monkey Face Toss w/little bean bags, zoo animal pinatas, & pin the tail on the Zebra !! Snacks were Ants on a Log (peanut butter filled or perhaps cream cheese filled) celery sticks with raisins on top, gummy worm chocolate pudding cups sprinkled with a dirt looking crumb concoction, and a cake in the shape of a snake covered in green icing. His Mom & Dad both wore safari atire and showed off a pet snake for petting entertainment ( small and harmless ) You know how enquisitive little boys are !!

Answer 6

A Gymnastic's club....they do parties. If you want to stay at home...do a pinata and buy a bunch of sundae toppings and make an ice cream sundae bar and let them make their own sundae's. I did that once and they had sooo much fun!!! Hope this helps!

Answer 7

There is always Chuckie Cheeses! lol

You could also go to a local park that has playground equipment. The kids could run around (with supervision) there are tables etc, for a cake and food. You could buy water balloons, silly string, etc and let them have great fun (and you have minimal clean up).

Sometimes the simplest thing is the best with kids. ;)

Answer 8

make cupcakes, but dont add the frosting, lay out a whole bunch toppings and frosting on the table and let the kids go to town. you will be surprised what kind of ideas these kids come up with

Toppings
Nuts
Sprinkles
Gummy worms
M&Ms
Shock Tarts.
and much much more.

Answer 9

How about miniature golf or bowling? Or maybe gymnastics. My daughter just had her 5th b-day party at The Little Gym and they do everything for you - they cut your cake, make your present thank you list, load the presents into your car and do all of the activities. All I had to do was bring the cake! It was awesome and my nephews had a BLAST!

Answer 10

Chuckee Cheese or Happy Joes... Kids will enjoy it and they love pizza.

Good Luck
sew