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BizGirl Party idea submitted by BizGirl Feb 2nd, 2008


    • Backyard Beach Carnival

    • By: Yasamin of Scottsdale, AZ

 For my brothers 10th Birthday we decided to do the "Backyard Beach Carnival". This party can be used for any age, with minor changes and can be held in someones backyard, but your backyard must be large for some of the activities planned. For INVITATIONS: The Invitations for this party can be done several different ways. One idea is the use Beach Balls (99 cents) and write in Permanent Sharpie all the information for the party. You could also do this on the computer or you could get them done at some Paper Stores. On these invitations we wrote: We Invite you to "Child's name" Backyard Beach Carnival! We checked the yellow pages and found a few Party Places and we rented A Waterslide, Sno-Cone Machine and a Dunk Tank. The price wasn't that bad. We rented those 3 things for 5 hours, for only $195.00 We also have a swimming pool in our backyard. So between swimming, dunk tanks, and water slides and a slip and slide, there was NO boredom. If you do not want to rent all these things, some other options are water balloons, you can make a lot of water balloons, and kids will love playing with them and throwing them at each other. You could also do some fun Limbo games and younger children will also enjoy musical chairs. If you don't have a swimming pool you could always rent the inflatable ones, or purchase them for about 75 dollars. For FOOD we did the usual Pizza, and some Hamburgers and Hot Dogs. For snacks we had Veggie Trays, Chips and Dip, and some Fruit Trays. And the Kids Loved it because the For Fruit we had pineapples and it totally matched the theme. For Drinks we had some Hawaiian Punch, Soda, and Lemonade. Also we had a Sno-Cone machine that we rented with tons of different flavors Sno-Cones that were a BIG HIT! For DECORATIONS: We went to our Local Party Store and purchased a lot of Hawaiian Themed decorations. We bought Yellow Balloons, Yellow Streamers, and we found some Pineapple Table Centerpieces that we purchased. There were also some big Palm Tree Inflatables that we also purchased and decorated the backyard. But since we already had so many things there really were no need for decorations. But we decided to get some just to liven things up a little more. For MUSIC: Outside we put a boom box, and we had a Hawaiian CD with Hawaiin Tunes, which we played. It really matched the whole scene that we had set up. The CAKE: The Cake that we used for this party was really great, we had purchased it from a Grocery Store. The cake had pictures of a Pineapple on it, with little seashells everywhere. Party FAVORS: Since this was a party for a boy, and only boys were invited we had a couple ideas for party favors but this is what we did. A Beach Bucket ($1.00 at Wal-mart) filled with such things as, a Shovel, Seashells, and Beach Balls. Each Party Bucket cost about 7-10 Dollars Each. A SPECIAL TOUCH: If the Party Kid is turning a special age, such as 10, or 13 or 16, ect. You can do a special thing for them that is a great touch. What my mom and I did for my brother was we scanned photographs of him from the day he was born all the way to age 10 on the computer and used a program called photoshow and made a slide show of pictures from being born to age 10. We added nice music in the background and added text to the pictures. WE showed it at the end of the party on our TV and it was a HUGE hit. My brother actually started crying and was getting kind of embarrassed. You should have seen my mom! It was a very emotional thing to see as a mom, but it's definitely an awesome touch that you could add to a party!  This was a great birthday party. Very Grand, but very FUN! It was the best birthday my brother had ever had! 

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Photo by: Silverduk Flickr 
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      By: Yasamin of Scottsdale, AZ

      For my brothers 10th Birthday we decided to do the “Backyard Beach Carnival”. This party can be used for any age, with minor changes and can be held in someones backyard, but your backyard must be large for some of the activities planned. For INVITATIONS: The Invitations for this party can be done several different ways. One idea is the use Beach Balls (99 cents) and write in Permanent Sharpie all the information for the party. You could also do this on the computer or you could get them done at some Paper Stores. On these invitations we wrote: We Invite you to “Child’s name” Backyard Beach Carnival! We checked the yellow pages and found a few Party Places and we rented A Waterslide, Sno-Cone Machine and a Dunk Tank. The price wasn’t that bad. We rented those 3 things for 5 hours, for only $195.00 We also have a swimming pool in our backyard. So between swimming, dunk tanks, and water slides and a slip and slide, there was NO boredom. If you do not want to rent all these things, some other options are water balloons, you can make a lot of water balloons, and kids will love playing with them and throwing them at each other. You could also do some fun Limbo games and younger children will also enjoy musical chairs. If you don’t have a swimming pool you could always rent the inflatable ones, or purchase them for about 75 dollars. For FOOD we did the usual Pizza, and some Hamburgers and Hot Dogs. For snacks we had Veggie Trays, Chips and Dip, and some Fruit Trays. And the Kids Loved it because the For Fruit we had pineapples and it totally matched the theme. For Drinks we had some Hawaiian Punch, Soda, and Lemonade. Also we had a Sno-Cone machine that we rented with tons of different flavors Sno-Cones that were a BIG HIT! For DECORATIONS: We went to our Local Party Store and purchased a lot of Hawaiian Themed decorations. We bought Yellow Balloons, Yellow Streamers, and we found some Pineapple Table Centerpieces that we purchased. There were also some big Palm Tree Inflatables that we also purchased and decorated the backyard. But since we already had so many things there really were no need for decorations. But we decided to get some just to liven things up a little more. For MUSIC: Outside we put a boom box, and we had a Hawaiian CD with Hawaiin Tunes, which we played. It really matched the whole scene that we had set up. The CAKE: The Cake that we used for this party was really great, we had purchased it from a Grocery Store. The cake had pictures of a Pineapple on it, with little seashells everywhere. Party FAVORS: Since this was a party for a boy, and only boys were invited we had a couple ideas for party favors but this is what we did. A Beach Bucket ($1.00 at Wal-mart) filled with such things as, a Shovel, Seashells, and Beach Balls. Each Party Bucket cost about 7-10 Dollars Each. A SPECIAL TOUCH: If the Party Kid is turning a special age, such as 10, or 13 or 16, ect. You can do a special thing for them that is a great touch. What my mom and I did for my brother was we scanned photographs of him from the day he was born all the way to age 10 on the computer and used a program called photoshow and made a slide show of pictures from being born to age 10. We added nice music in the background and added text to the pictures. WE showed it at the end of the party on our TV and it was a HUGE hit. My brother actually started crying and was getting kind of embarrassed. You should have seen my mom! It was a very emotional thing to see as a mom, but it’s definitely an awesome touch that you could add to a party!  This was a great birthday party. Very Grand, but very FUN! It was the best birthday my brother had ever had!

      Contributed by: www.birthdaypartyideas.com

      Photo by: Silverduk Flickr
      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en-us

    • Party Type: Beach party

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