Halloween Birthday Parties - How To Plan A Smashing Birthday Party For Your Young Child

Halloween birthday parties for toddlers and preschoolers are easy to plan and lots of fun for the kids

. Attendees get two festive occasions wrapped up in one and that makes it twice as fun.

The part that many parents find tricky about planning a Halloween birthday party is preventing the child from feeling his birthday celebration plays second fiddle to Halloween. That becomes a non-issue if you plan your event properly.

The best way to guarantee a successful outcome is to plan your event with the following three components in mind, listed here in order of importance:

1. It is an event for preschoolers and very young children.

Like any event designed around toddlers and preschoolers, you want to design it around their strengths and limitations. That means tailoring the event to their inquisitiveness and short attention spans.

The party itself should not run more than two hours. Plan activities in blocks of no more than twenty minutes each, limiting guests to one activity at a time. That will keep the pace lively enough to satisfy short attention spans and keep the little ones manageable.

2. A Halloween birthday party is, at its core, a birthday party.

Make sure that that message is conveyed from the start.

Invitations should state clearly that this is a birthday party and it should list the name of the guest of honor.

Avoid scheduling the party on October 31st, so your guests - and the birthday child - do not have to make a choice between attending the party or going out trick-or-treating.

The birthday cake - and there ought to be one, including candles - should be at the center of the table.

Everything else should come to a halt when it is time to gather round the birthday cake, blow out the candles and sing Happy Birthday.

This is the essence of a birthday celebration. The idea here is to keep the focus on the guest of honor whose birthday can easily get lost in the excitement of the Halloween holiday.

But once the candles are blown, and "Happy Birthday" has been sung, you are free to supplement the party with any activities you choose. Even the pickiest child will feel that he has been honored.

3. The party takes place on or near Halloween.

Use the surrounding Halloween holiday to your advantage. There is no need to search for a party theme; Halloween is your theme and appropriate decorations are everywhere.

If you have covered the first two bases, then you are free to immerse yourself into the holiday. So tell the kids AND the parents to dress in costume.

Serve Halloween themed foods (normal party food dressed up for the occasion-no need to get fancy for this age group) and plan Halloween themed music and games.

by: Ellen Zucker

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