Awesome At Home Birthday Party Ideas For Kids
Having celebrated my kids’ birthdays both at home and at themed party places, honestly I’ve found major benefits to hosting an at home birthday party. The biggest advantage I’ve found is the cost-effectiveness of at home birthday parties, they really are more budget-friendly than renting external venues.
Also, I appreciate the ability to customize every detail of the party to ensure it aligns with my child’s likes and dislikes. From the food to the activities, when at home I am able to create a party tailored just for us 💖
The familiar surroundings at home also provide me with some comfort during crazy kid part chaos! Washrooms are easily accessible, friends and family can come over to help, I know where to find things when needed, as so one. I can even escape to a quiet place for a breather if needed 😰
And while there are many perks to hosting kids at home birthday parties, they also come with challenges. For example, space can be an issue. Inviting 10 kids over to our 1 bedroom apartment years ago was definitely an interesting experience! Cleanup responsibilities post-party can be time-consuming and honestly, quite stressful! During the party, clean-up can also take away from enjoying the experience 🧹
There’s also the potential for noise disturbances that may not sit well with neighbors, especially if the party involves lively activities…which it likely will with young ones running around!
With at home birthday parties, the stress of being the host is in itself is challenging!
Despite the cons, my preference leans heavily toward hosting birthday parties at home.
The intimate and familiar atmosphere creates lasting memories, and the ability to tailor every aspect of the celebration to my children’s liking is worth every moment of stress!
The control over the planning process, coupled with the comfort and privacy of our own space, makes at home parties our go to every year now.
One thing that had helped me create and execute successful at home birthday parties is having a strict theme along with activities to keep everyone engaged. Below, I’m sharing some ideas that may help you plan your next at home birthday party! I do help this post provides you with some party inspiration!
At Home Birthday Party Ideas
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1. Tropical Paradise
Bring on the heat and pretend Pina Coladas for this bash! Encourage your guests to wear Hawaiian shirts, floral dresses, sunglasses and sandals for a fully themed tropical paradise party.
Get inspiration for your party decor from the sunset, beach, and palm trees 🌴Consider bright yellows, oranges, greens, pinks and blues when picking party themed items.
Tropical Paradise Decoration Ideas
Featuring cute tropical birds, paper fans, and a Happy Birthday hanging banner, this set of decorations will help create a tropical paradise to your home!
This string of tiki lanterns have 6 different patterns, bringing a vibrant touch to your party! Included are 2 tiki flower lantern banners, each with 6 tiki paper lanterns and 36 flowers.
This set of decoration includes a Happy Birthday banner, a palm leaves garland, 2 foil coconut tree balloons, 2 pineapples, 12 artificial flowers, 12 cupcake toppers, and so much more!
This is the ultimate package that includes everything from plates to garlands to cutlery to balloons! Featuring leaves, birds and fruits, this decor package has all you need to transform your space into a tropical paradise!
Tropical Paradise Party Activity Ideas
Bring island fun to your at tropical paradise at home birthday party with awesome “paradise” themed games! You could set up a limbo station to see who can limbo the lowest, utilize hula hoops and see who can hoop the longest, get a game of tropical bingo going, or you could consider a paradise themed scavenger hunt too!
This Hawaiian bingo game comes equipped with everything you need for a great game of bingo! You'll get player cards, a caller's card along with leaf themed chips for marking called symbols!
Get everyone hopping and jumping in a tiki bag sack race! Each bag measures approximately 39 x 20 inches and is made of durable plastic.
Get their limbo on with this awesome 2 in 1 limbo set. First, see who can go the lowest in a limbo challenge and then let them try to knock items off of the pole in a flying disk challenge!
In this set, you will receive 12 colorful hula hoops in 3 different sizes making this a perfect set for parties that include both young and old. Featuring bright, beautiful colors and made of high quality plastic material, hula hooping is a fun addition to your tropical paradise party!
Kids love temporary tattoos and these ones will fit right into your paradise party theme! This set includes a total of 50 colorful tattoos so everyone can have one!
How many Flamingos can they find? This simple yet fun game includes a sign with built in stand along with 48 flamingo game pieces to find. Whoever finds the most wins!
2. 80s Flashback
For this at home birthday party, encourage your guests to dress to impress! Think leg warmers, side ponytails, spandex, and teal windbreakers 🥰
The 80s were full of bright colors, think pink and green neon! For decor, try to focus on these colors along with the famous 80s boom boxes and video game images 🕹️
80s Party Decoration Ideas
This awesome 80s party kit features vibrant colors straight from the 80s. With places, cutlery, napkins, banners and hanging decorations, this set will get your space ready for your 80s flashback!
This balloon kit includes an inflatable foil 22" disco ball balloon, a boom box, a mobile phone, 100 latex balloons along with other hanging decorative items!
Keep drinks accessible and cold with this inflatable boom box cooler! Measuring approximately 24 x 13 x 12 inches, it is both convenient and a perfect decorative addition to your 80s bash!
80s Party Activity Ideas
Jump right into the 80s with this accessories set. Have guests dress up in jelly bracelets, neon gloves, and headbands for a full on 80s look!
These 8 Sheets of 80s retro temporary tattoos will make a great activity. With an assortment of colorful options, everyone at the party can don one of these temporary tattoos!
This totally 1980s Bingo cards and markers comes with 18 game cards, a call sheet and 80s themed markers. Get your guests dressed up in 80s gear and let the Bingo begin!
It's back! Inspired by the 1980s classic Girl Talk game, this game will truly bring your 80s themed party to life! Spin the spinner to determine whether you will be sharing a truth or completing a dare in this awesome game!
If you have other parents coming to the party as well, they could take part in an 80s trivia game!
This game features 500 trivia questions, all about the 80s! From movies to fashion to politics and sports, this is a perfect 80s night challenge!
3. Superhero Extravaganza
For this at home birthday party, encourage guests to dress up and pretend to be superheroes! Decorate your party space with famous characters such as Spiderman and The Hulk or hang decorations with superhero sayings like “BOOM!” AND “POW!”
Some of our ideas for superhero party items are below…
Superhero Party Decoration Ideas
This set has everything you need for a true superhero party! You'll get a super hero banner, balloons, cupcake toppers, and more!
This popular decoration collection features 5 superhero balloons, 2 captain shield balloons, 2 fighter balloons, 5 pentagram balloons, 2 musical note balloons, a happy birthday banner plus more!
This package of decorations is another good choice for any superhero party. It includes a banner, tablecloth, cutlery, plates, balloons and more, all in bright and vibrant superhero colors!
Create an unforgettable superhero themed birthday party with this captivating set of party favors. With 122 pieces of superhero themed items, everyone will be having a great time! From straws to masks to gift bags to bracelets, there's so much to be had in this awesome selection!
Superhero Activities
For activities, think active and fun! Consider the “making your own superhero name” game, playing “guess the super hero” or have a popcorn station complete with superhero popcorn boxes! This ideas and more can be seen below… 🦸
Great for both young and old, this superhero bean bag toss game is sure to be enjoyed by all! The toss game banner has holes in each corner for easy hanging. The game is simple, try to toss the bean bag through the hole!
Set up a popcorn station and serve the popcorn in these fun hero themed popcorn boxes! Each box measure 5.9 inches tall and 3.1 inches wide, allowing for a good serving size. 24 popcorn boxes come in this set making this an awesome deal!
Discover your superhero name with this awesome game! Simply find the word that corresponds the letter of your first name along with the word that matches your birth month and boom! Your superhero name is born 🎉
This ultimate guessing game is sure to liven up any superhero party! To play, divide party goers into teams (or play one-on-one) and ask up to 10 questions to guess the Marvel character on the game card!
Another great idea is creating a superhero party photo booth! Simply set it up and have guests stand within the frame for pictures! This is not only fun but will also help capture lasting memories of the big event!
4. Movie Mania
For an at home birthday party with a movie theme, you can ask guests to get dressed up as their favorite movie character or provide them with fun movie themed party favors when they arrive 🎞️🎬🍿
Movie Party Decoration Ideas
This decoration set features an awesome movie theme backdrop that measures 150cmx100cm along with 5 cupcake toppers, 75 balloons, special foil balloons, an concessions banner and more!
Bring a movie atmosphere to your bash with these movie-themed hanging decorations. They can hang from windows, the ceiling, door frames and more!
This massive set includes 143 items! From balloons of various colors and shapes to backdrops and banners, this set is perfect for any movie themed party!
Lights! Camera! Action! This set has all you need for your meal including cutlery, a table cloth and plates. This set is big enough for up to 16 people!
Movie Party Activities
For activities, think awards and goodies!
These unique movie party mugshot photo booth props are sure to get attention! Great for both adults and kids, everyone will love posing with their party foul! There are 20 unique crime prompts such as "drama queen" and "award stealer!" How fun!
For your movie party, consider setting up a smores station and have guests make smores, right in your kitchen or living room! Forget the hassle of lighting a fire and the danger of open flames, this electric heater requires nothing other than an outlet and smores ingredients!
Give your guests the real Academy experience with this game. Provide each guest with a scratch off card. Once ready, guests scratch off their card to reveal what award they won. They then have to give an acceptance speech for the award! Great for all ages, this game is sure to get a good laugh! You can eve make it more realistic by giving each guest an actual award like these ones!
Set up a popcorn station and let guests eat popcorn from these awesome popcorn boxes. This set comes with 12 boxes ready for use! You could even add this popcorn seasoning and for an real movie experience add this popcorn maker!
And for the adults…
Grab the popcorn because Blockbuster is back with this party game filled with all the best movies! Shout out movie titles that match the category to win this movie themed game! A family friendly game, this is a perfect movie themed party night game 🎥
5. Crafts Galore
For this party, you can ask guests to wear comfortable clothing that can get messy. You could also provide aprons to help cover clothes during arts and crafts sessions.
Craft Party Decoration Ideas
Have a neon paint party! This dinnerware and decoration set has everything you need for a painting party! It includes a banner, plates, napkins, forks, knives, cups and a table cloth. To make this set even more awesome, it glows in the dark!
This crayon themed party pack serves up to 16 guests and includes plates, napkins, and cups, all with a cute crayon design! 🖍️
This set of decorations is perfect for any aspiring artist! It includes 16 art balloons, a banner, a cake topper, 24 cupcake toppers and more!
Craft Party Activity Ideas
Each guest can create their own bookmark with this set of 36 scratch off bookmarks! To use, just scratch the black surface with a wooden stylus to reveal a rainbow undercoating. Finished products can be used as bookmarks or ornaments!
Create your own party hats with this awesome kit that includes 24 hats that can be decorated with stickers, feathers, pompoms and more!
Another fun glow in the dark item, this awesome wooden painting craft kit will inspire creativity! The natural wood slices are smooth with a polished surface making them easy to decorate. This kit includes transfer stickers, paint and more!
This kit will allow party guests to create their own glowing sand art! The kit includes 60 bags of sand in 4 different colors, 12 bottles, funnels and sticks for creating beautiful sand art! Great for all ages and occasions too!
This paint set includes 12 mini canvases, easels and water color paints so each party guest can create their own mini masterpiece! Each set is individually wrapped so they are also great for giving away in loot bags or as gifts!
6. Ice Cream Party
Why not have an ice cream party for you next at home birthday party? It is not only a fun and colorful party idea but also a fairly easy one! Decoration theme could be pastel colors along with balloons and stickers with an ice cream theme, both of which are easy to find!
Ice Cream Party Decorations
This ice cream decorations pack includes 4 adorable ice cream balloons, multiple sprinkle balloons, long twist balloons along with a banner, cupcake toppers, and more! With cute pastel ice cream colors, this is perfect for creating an ice cream themed party!
Consider adding these 36 hanging ice cream themed party decorations that can hand from the ceiling, on walls or from door frames! Easy to assemble and hang, these are an affordable and easy decor idea!
Great for serving up to 24 guests, this set has plates, napkins, cups, forks and a banner! A total of 132 pieces are included in this ice cream party themed dinner set 🍧
This awesome ice cream back drop is printed on vinyl for prolonged use. Measuring 7x5ft, it is a perfect backdrop of an ice cream table or for photos! It can be easily folded for storage and ironed if required.
Ice Cream Party Activities
Pin the cherry on the ice cream! This fun twist on a old classic comes with a large ice cream poster, 36 cherry stickers and 2 eye masks. Everyone writes their name on a cherry and then one at a time pins their cherry on the ice cream poster while blindfolded. Whoever gets the closest wins!
Set up an ice cream table where the kids can dive into ice cream treats and make their own sundaes! This set comes with everything you need for an awesome ice cream table, including tent cards that can be customized for the ingredients you have. Consider sprinkles, mini marshmallows, sundae syrup, and anything else you think the kids will love!
This awesome "Scoop Up the Fun" bingo game has a cute design and fun playing options, great for all ice cream party attendees! Traditional numbers are replaced by ice cream flavors on this yummy take on a classic game, how adorable!
Another game to try for your at home birthday party is a candy guessing game. Fill small jars will different types of candy and have guests guess how many candies are in each jar. Such a simple game that will bring great enjoyment and discussion!
If you have decided to host your next birthday at home, I hope that this post helped spark some ideas for how to create an awesome experience for your family!
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