Birthday Party Ideas for 6 Year Old Girl

[Daphnesmate]

DD's birthday is at the end of September (fast approaching) - she will be 6. We are thinking of holding a small birthday party at home with 9 friends invited (mostly girls but a few boys).

I am looking for a theme that isn't super heros/pirates/princesses and some ideas for games etc./activities/crafts around this - I don't mind drafting in a party entertainer of some description if necessary. We have a reasonably large garden but I am concerned about the weather being a bit volatile.
Any ideas please?

Anyone creative out there with some ideas please?

What about hiring one of those clay craft places that come and they make a wee clay animal or something? Have cupcake decorating station all set up and they can do their own cupcakes. Hire in some girls from local tech to do pamper party.

Marquee in the garden to cover all eventualities?

‘Great Birthday Bake Off’? Basically just get them to do a few easy baking themed activities like making simple biscuits, practicing piping on stencils, making fondant flowers, or decorating fairy cakes. They could do it outside on wallpapering tables or similar and the oven bit could be done separately inside.

‘Pizza Party’ as above basically but with pizzas.

Borrow a projector and screen a film onto a sheet with popcorn and snacks?

I've done a decorate plant pots party as suggested by someone on here! Fake tattoos, ceramic markers, glue plus sequins, buttons etc.

When they finished they could make flowers: tissue paper, straws, a flower making kit. If you've printer you could take a photo do they can make a flower with them as the centre piece.

As a party favour, i gave a packet of seeds and filled the plant pot with enough individually wrapped chocolate squares that their fliers stood up.

Else: slime and let them take it home.

Something else that was very successful for one of DS's parties was a huge piece of card, felt pens, stickers and got the party kids to decorate it with the theme of the party.

Cookery party?

www.smartraspberry.com/parties/party-enquiries/

Traditional party?

Musical chairs or bumps
Pin the tail on donkey
Pass the parcel
Etc

Decorate a t shirt or tote bag they can take home with them?

I was thinking traditional with a bit of biscuit/cake decorating thrown in plus a possible treasure hunt outside. Parties usually last about 2 hours don't they - it is quite a while to keep dcs entertained with games that don't really last very long.

I did a party at home for my DS's 6th birthday last month. Got lucky with the weather so managed to do it all outside, though could just about have managed indoors.

It was based loosely around the Disney Coco film. So a Coco cake, tableware, music. A token nod to a Mexican/ Day of the Dead theme for the games - pin the smile on the skeleton, pinata, limbo. Otherwise just the usual party games - pass the parcel, musical bumps, duck duck goose.

It was two hours long and that worked fine. First fifteen minutes just running round excitedly till everyone arrived. An hour of party games. Half an hour for party tea. Last fifteen minutes for pinata and birthday cake.

Hi Superking, that's what I'm looking for a bit of a theme because dd loves dressing up, we haven't seen Disney Coco but this sounds like something a bit different to the usual superheros/princesses/pirates.

My DD had a Mickey/Minnie Mouse themed party at around that age.

From a theme point of view, try not to involve kids coming in costume as that puts added pressure on parents.

I have 4dc born in 4 different seasons. We have had a magician, bouncy castle, make your own pizza party(I made the dough beforehand and had the toppings in different bowls). Cupcake decorating (made queen cakes or buy from shop), have different bowls with toppings. Pass the parcel with a little present in each layer(no goodie bags that party). Nail varnish party, I painted them myself, had a dotting tool. Musical statues, musical chairs, twister.

I would usually have party from 12-2 and feed them sausage, nuggets and chips. For one it save the parents having to feed kids lunch and 2 it'll take another half hour up of time including the cake. Just don't put too much food on as kids don't each too much at parties.

I see what you mean JLo and actually it would make a refreshing change for the children to wear what they want to wear (all the parties dd has been to recently have been fancy dress). Perhaps the theme would be a traditional birthday party - I can vaguely remember them. Tempted to look up a magician though - dd was on a about genies aka shimmer and shine at one point.