Planning your Finding Nemo party.

FINDING NEMO PARTY IDEAS
Creative party planning guide for kids birthday parties.

FINDING NEMO PARTY SUPPLIES
For easy party planning, order your Finding Nemo party supplies from Birthday Direct.

Then use this party planning guide for ideas on games, decorations and activities. Finding Nemo party supplies celebrate learning and building. Kids love Nemo.
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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.

BIRTHDAY PARTY PLANNING TIP
If your kids are old enough, set out a couple of digital cameras and let them take turns photograhing the party! They will have a blast! You know how easy it is to delete bad pics.

Taking lots of pictures and videotaping parts of the party is very important. 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.

As the years go on, you may want to make a DVD with bits of each party streamed together. What fun it will be to see your child as they grow!

DECORATIONS
Did you know Birthdaydirect.com has a matching set of streamers, balloons and curling ribbon for Finding Nemo? That’s something else you don’t have to worry about.
There is a quick and easy way to transform your party area into an ocean reef scene for less than $20.00. They are called Scene Setters and just take minutes to put up.

Use lots of blue and white balloons for an ocean feel. Fill a bunch with just air and let them rest all over the floor like ocean bubbles. Order a very cool new INSIDER BALLOON that has a balloon inside of a balloon. Use this as the center of a balloon boquet that can be displayed on the food table or gift table.

Rent or buy a bubble machine.

WHERE SHOULD WE PARTY?
The perfect place to have a Nemo party would be at an indoor pool. Check out the YMCA. Renting a room at a local recreation center is inexpensive and you won’t have to worry about your house at all. Remember, birthday parties ARE fun!

ACTIVITIES

FINDING NEMO CRAFT FUN:
Make fish magnets. Use a fish shaped cookie cutter for a template. Use orange and blue foam core. Have white black and yellow stripes to glue to the fish. Add google eyes and a magnet.

BUBBLES:
Rent or buy a bubble machine.

TREASURE HUNT:
Fill a small baby pool with popcorn. Take turns blindfolding each child and letting them dig for treats and favors hidden in the popcorn pool.

NEMO PARTY GAME:
Play this fun game with the kids. It’s like pin the tail on the donkey, but use a picture of a clown fish. Make copies of it’s tail. Blindfold the child and you know the rest.

HOT POTATO (kind of):
Use a mylar Nemo balloon filled with air.Moms might need to help little ones. Give stickers 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. Tattoos make fun consolation prizes.

PINATA:
These have become very popular over the past few years. Use a Nemo pinata from Birthdaydirect.com. Fill with small candies and toys. Save this for the grand finale of the party.

BIRTHDAY PARTY FOOD IDEAS

YOUR FOOD TABLE WILL BE THE EYE-CANDY OF THE PARTY!
Let the kids snack throughout the party time. Take time out just for the cake presentation and birthday song.

Check out the fun colorful plastic Finding Nemo 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. Also sippy cups with Finding Nemo. Fun to use after the party!

CAKE- Have you checked out the awesome Nemo cake kit Birthdaydirect.com has? 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 Finding Nemo. Birthdaydirect has a really neat cupcake holder too. You need to check it out!

JELLO JIGGLERS- For extra fun, slip a gummy fish in blue colored Jello Jigglers before it sets. Use a fish shaped cookie cutter.

REMEMBER- When kids are excited they don’t eat much. Have simple fun foods. Also, remember this party idea, 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!

Keep the food FUN! You are not putting on a wedding, it’s your kids birthday party. FUN is the key word here!

FUN SANDWICHES-Use simple fish shaped cookie cutters to make cute little finger sandwiches.

GOLDFISH CRACKERS- Always a hit with kids.

PIZZA- Every kid loves pizza! The perfect party food. Just order and have it delivered. Or…. make an activity out of this and have kids make their own personal pizza from bagels or ready made pizza dough.

SWEET PRETZELS- Coat them in white chocolate and sprinkels

FRUIT-Slice and arrange in pretty designs. Serve with a yogurt dip

TREAT BAGS
Kids love stickers, blowouts,temporary tattoos, keepsake cups, rings. All of these will make a nice treat bag. Also, you might want to give each child an inflated balloon to take home.

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.

There are so many ways of having a fun birthday party full of great memories without spending alot of money . 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.

But let them choose the pattern. 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 with what kind of food should be served. They will remember the planning, as much as the party, if YOU allow them to help.

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