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Kids Party Ideas
                                                                         Face Painting    Scavenger Hunt    Balloon Animals

If you have kids the chances are that over their lifetime year after year you will be scratching your head for ideas of what to do for their birthday party..... 

Of course you can hire entertainers, jumping castles, go to party venues or restaurants but all of these options cost a lot of money.  So we have come up with some cheaper alternatives that will ensure that your child has a fun, original and imaginative party!  Look below for a some great kids party ideas.

Face Painting                                                                                      Click Here to Learn Face Painting
Kids love having their faces painted!  So why not learn                       

how to do it yourself and create a fun atmosphere at your child's next party by painting everyone's faces!        All you have to do is grab some face paint from your local store and start painting away!  Have a look at our article below about Tips for Buying and Using Face Paints Properly - it will definitely save you time and money. 

If you want to make sure your party is a success, have a look at 'Easy Face Painting'.  Easy Face Painting provides you with a step by step guide of how to learn the skills of being a face painter and also gives you the most popular cheek painting designs to ensure your child's party is a successful face painting event!  Have a look at the Easy Face Painting site, this is a skill that you will use over and over again as a kids party idea.

Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt is a perfect activity as a  kids party idea (or adults) parties.  If you are creative you can easily write your own clues, hide prizes and make your scavenger hunt as complicated or as easy as you want. 

For those of you who need a little help with ideas and want to make sure that your scavenger hunt is successful have a look at 'The Scavenger Hunt Party Planner'.  This planner can be instantly downloaded and is a guide on how to plan and run an original and fun scavenger hunt.  It has 370 Scavenger Hunt Ideas written by a professional party planner!  The planner is suitable for any age group, any venue and any themed party.  Again, learning how to plan an original and interesting scavenger hunt will be a skill that you will use many times over!  

Balloon Art

Kids are mesmerized for hours watching someone create dogs, cats, hats and birds from balloons.  This is a great activity for kids party and can be used as a gift for each child, a fun activity or even as decorations for the party.  If you are well practiced, you can try telling a story and create animals and characters out of the balloons as they pop up in the story.  For free videos of how to learn step by step the skill of balloon art have a look at 'Balloon Twisting with Sam'.  Again, this is a skill that is easy to learn, fun and will create a fun and different atmosphere at your next party!

Kids Party Ideas for One Year Olds and Two Year Olds

There is not much you really need to do for a one year old's birthday party.  But to make it special you could get some brightly coloured helium filled balloons with long ribbons.  One year olds love to pull these balloons around and watch them float up to the roof.   Do not tie the balloon ribbon to the children.  Helium filled balloons are fun for all ages and can be a feature of any kids party.

If you have access to a brightly coloured parachute borrow or hire it and play some simple parachute games with the kids.  Here are some simple parachute games to play with very young children.

1. Sit all the children on top of the chute towards the middle with the parents around the perimeter, parents to flap the parachute  to create a wave like environment around the children.

2. Sit all the children under the parachute and parents to put the chute over their heads and sit on the chute creating a tent like environment inside where the children can crawl around.

3. Lie all the children on the ground, parents holding onto the edge of the parachute can gently lift it up and down on top of the children.

Kids Party Ideas for Three Year Olds

Give the children water bottles with a spray nozzle that they can run around and spray each other with.

Play pass the parcel, this age group will just be able to play this game but will still need a lot of supervision.

Arts and crafts, this age group loves painting, gluing, stickers and colouring in.  You could give each child a cardboard mask or hat in the shape of an animal that he or she could decorate. 

Go fishing - make some paper fish and put a paper clip on each.  Make fishing rods with a couple of sticks, string and magnets.  Let the children catch the fish with the fishing lines - they will play this for hours!

Tips for Buying And Using Face Paints Properly

1.    Make sure the package explicitly states that the paints are for painting faces and skin.

2.    Purchase only FDA-compliant Face Paints, Glitter and other supplies.

3.    Face paints are produced in an array of bright, bold colors.   Buy the brightest, boldest colors you can find.

4.    Shop for face paint kits large enough for the type of event you are painting.  The packaging will tell you how many 'faces' that particular product will paint.  If you are simply painting cheek art, most palettes will last a lot longer than the package states.

5.    If you are painting outdoors in how weather, place your face paints on ice (or a freezer block) to minimize melting.

6.    Practice often with your new Face Paints before the big event.

7.    Use separate paintbrushes for each color family of Face Paint. This will alleviate mixing colors accidentally which could make your face paints muddy or dirty.

8.    DO NOT use craft paints or acrylic paints instead of authentic face paints.  It may seem like it's not a big deal to using another type of paint, but allergic reactions can result from using something other than FACE paint.

9.    Rinse your face paint brushes and other tools with clean water after each event. Let air dry.

10.   Do not use face paints on someone with cuts, abrasions, rash or sensitive skin.  Offer to paint their arm, wrist or leg instead.

And the Last Tip for Buying and Using Face Paints:  Be Brave.  Have Fun.  Don't Worry.  Children are very forgiving and the process of having their face painted is almost as fun as the end result!

Easy Face Painting is the guide that over 1,000 first-time face painters have used to guide them through their very first face painting event.  Whether it's a birthday party, charity fundraiser, school festival or community picnic, Face Painting is a popular activity with kids of all ages and Easy Face Painting makes it, well, Easy! 

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