Planning your Elmo party.

ELMO BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS
Creative party planning guide for babies and toddlers Elmo theme parties.

ELMO PARTY SUPPLIES
For easy party planning, order your Elmo party supplies from Birthday Direct.

Then use this party planning guide for ideas on games, decorations and activities. Elmo party supplies celebrate with learning fun! Your young party goers will discover what animals say, explore colors. Kids love to learn and love Elmo!
Order your Elmo party supplies here.

WHO IS ELMO?
Elmo is a 3 1/2-year-old Muppet who first appeared on Sesame Street in 1984. Recently, he has gained a lot of popularity among children and teens. He now has his own 15-minute segment in Sesame Street called Elmo’s World.

Elmo is enthusiastic, friendly, and cheerful. He has a very positive, optimistic view of himself and life. Like several other characters on Sesame Street, Elmo speaks a “monster language”.

He never uses pronouns and refers to himself and others by name: “Elmo wants to play.” Elmo is usually seen with his best friend, Zoe.

He has a pet goldfish named Dorothy. His favorite hobbies are tap dancing and playing the piano.

BIRTHDAY PARTY PLANNING TIP
ELMO PARTY FOR LITTLE KIDS

Kids that come to this birthday party will more than likely be very young. Remember to keep the first few birthday parties you celebrate short and simple.

Little kids love to just play with a few toys and will probably not remember their special first or second birthday celebrations.

That’s why taking lots of pictures and videotaping parts of the first few parties is very important. This is a great birthday party tip.

Don’t feel like you have to tape every second.. Just the highlights. You will miss out on the fun if YOU are the photographer and videographer.

Singing the Birthday Song, eating the first few bites of cake, and a shot of all the guests will be a fine memory.

DECORATIONS
Wow! The Elmo balloon selection at Birthdaydirect.com is AWESOME! Decorate with the Elmo Supershape Balloon that’s 34 inches by 16 inches.

Add matching balloons, streamers and curling ribbon that Birthdaydirect has already picked. There are also printed streamers with an Elmo design that you can hang over the party table.

Another party idea is to use a hula hoop and tape streamers to it. Hang from the ceiling over the party table. Attatch 6 balloons blown in different sizes in the middle of the hula hoop.

Order the fun Supershape Elmo holding a balloon that says Happy Birthday.Check out all their room decorations for a fantastic fun birthday party area!

Renting a room at a local recreation center is inexpensive, and you won’t have to worry about your house at all. Remember, birthdays are fun!

IMPORTANT!
YOU should have a great time at your child’s party too. This is the highlight of the year for most kids. See if you can get a best friend, grandma, or even dad to commit to helping with decorating, wiping up spills, photos, and cleanup. Birthdays should be fun.

ACTIVITIES

ELMO CRAFT IDEA:
Use construction paper or fun foam. Cut out before hand: red ovals (Elmo’s head),smaller orange round shapes (for the nose),black half cirlce shapes(Elmo’s mouth) and either very large google eyes or white circles and smaller black circles (pupils) for the eyes. Have the kids glue these all onto a blue sheet of construction paper or foam sheets to match the Elmo party plates. Put a magnet on the back. This is a fun party theme idea.

BUBBLES:
Blow lots of bubbles with some fun music.

BOUNCY BALLS:
In a large open space have a bunch of big colorful punch balls or bouncy balls that the kids can play with. These favors can also be part of their take home birthday party treat.
Remember, you and your child should have FUN at the party! Don’t get stressed!

TREAT BAG FAVORS
Birthdaydirect.com has a ton of party favors you can put in each treat bag. Stickers, zipper pulls, twisty turn toys, are all great favors for little ones, or teens!

Everbody loves ELMO! Ordering the Sesame Street Coloring Books would also be a good idea.

ELMO PARTY GAME
Play this fun game with the kids.You can order it! It’s like pin the tail on the donkey, but you are using a 12×17 inch picture of ELMO and orange noses. Give stickers, or blow outs to everyone who tries.

HOT POTATO (ELMO STYLE)
Use an Elmo doll or a Elmo balloon filled with air.Last one left gets to keep the balloon. Moms might need to help little ones. Give sticker books to those who are out.

LIMBO
Everyone has fun with this game. If you don’t want to buy an official Limbo set, you can have just as much fun holding a long stick and lowering it. Check out the selection of kids birthday party music CDs.

PINATA
These have become very popular over the past few years. You can order ones that have certain shapes, or collapsable ones from Birthdaydirect.com.

Fill with small candies and toys. Save this for the grand finale of the party.

BIRTHDAY PARTY FOOD IDEA

YOUR FOOD TABLE WILL BE THE EYE-CANDY OF THE PARTY!
There are so many fun things you will want to put on the table. Check out the fun colorful plastic ELMO plates that have 3 sections.

Little kids will love to eat out of these plates! They are dishwasher safe and the kids can take them home. There is also a cute blue 3 1/2qt. plastic bowl that you can put chips, or just about anything in.

Also sippy cups with Elmo. Fun to use after the party! Look at the yellow 11 inch hard plastic serving plate that can hold fruit, vegtables, cookies or little sandwiches. Another fun plate you can use after the party.

Order a few of the Elmo Stand-up Centerpieces. It’s printed on both sides. Set these on the table that the kids will be eating on.

CAKE- Have you checked out the awesome Elmo head cake kit? Practice making a cake long before the party so you can see what you will be getting into.

The easiest way to cut a cake is with dental floss or even fishing line. Knives cutting through icing and cake can get very messy.

If you want to forget a cake, go with easy cupcakes with fun little rings or picks that match Elmo. Birthdaydirect has a really neat cupcake holder too. You need to check it out!

JELLO JIGGLERS
are always fun and kids love them! For extra fun, slip a gummy fish in blue colored Jello Jigglers before it sets.

REMEMBER- When kids are excited they don’t eat much. Have simple fun foods. Also, we all know that sugar will get kids MORE hyper.

Unless your birthday party is in a gymnasium, or a playground, think about the foods you will be serving! Also, this party should be FUN!

Don’t make a huge ordeal over the menue. You are not putting on a wedding, it’s your kids birthday party. FUN is the key word here!

FUN SANDWICHES-Use simple shaped cookie cutters to make cute little finger sandwiches. Kids are so excited at birthday parties. Don’t expect them to eat a 3 course meal.

GOLDFISH CRACKERS are always a hit with kids.

CHICKEN NUGGETS- kids love them.

PIZZA- Do you know any kid that doesn’t like pizza? It’s a perfect party food. Have them deliver to your party.

EASY! Or…. you can make an activity and have the kids top their own personal bagels or premade pizza dough.

FRUIT- Cut in slices and put in a pretty pattern. Serve with a sweet yogurt dip.

BIRTHDAY PARTY PLANNING IDEAS
You could hire a birthday party planner to put together all your kid’s parties… But it really is not that hard to do yourself.

FUN is the key word. You know your child, and what he/she likes. Let them be the major planner. It is THEIR party. Of course setting ground rules is important.

Let your child choose the birthday party pattern. Birthdaydirect has so many kid’s favorite characters and theme party ideas. Shop with your child and let them show you their favorite ones.

Let your child pick their favorite friends to come to the party. Let them help pick the food. They will remember the planning, as much as the party, if YOU allow them to help.

Let’s start shopping for your party at BirthdayDirect.com!