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Party Planning -
Kid's Party Ideas - Sesame Street Party Ideas
You can get to Sesame Street with
this Sesame Street Theme Party. It's easy to make everyone
smiles and giggles! Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster are ready
to bring smiles to your party with paper goods, favors,
decorations, piņatas, and more. Now let's get started with some tips
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Planning a party can be a difficult task but with a good
guideline you won’t skip a step! This
comprehensive party checklist will keep you organized and
more importantly, will make your party a memorable one!
About four weeks
before the party address and mail your
Sesame Invitations.
To create your own invitations
try these ideas.
Fill a
little baggie with mini Chips Ahoy™ cookies -- a big hit with
Cookie Monster, Elmo and with kids of all ages! Using Curling
Ribbon to attach a tag that says ""C" is for Cookie, and for
"Come to my 1st birthday party!"
Cut
an oval shape from red cardstock. Use glue to attach the round
orange nose to the red oval face. Then add a pair of google eyes
to complete Elmo’s face. Write your party details on the
back.
Decorating
Ideas
Outdoor decorations:
Start by attaching a bouquet of
helium-filled solid colored balloons to a light post or mailbox so there will be no mistaking where
the fun will be that day! At the top of the bouquet of balloons add a
Mylar character balloon like:
Place Big Bird's footprints
(construction paper cutouts or yellow chalk) on the driveway to
lead guests to your door.
Table decorations:
Setting a table with the party
ware, including
themed plates, cups, napkins, tablecovers & cutlery
is the fastest way to create a focal point in a room and creates
a much grander effect.
Place a
Sesame Street Centerpiece on the table.
Add a
Sesame Street Candle to the
top of the cake.
Set a
Sesame Activity Placemat at
each place setting.
Create a centerpiece using a
bunch of helium-filled
Balloons
tied with curling ribbon. Attach them to a
Elmo Balloon Weight.
Use a
Sesame Street Pinata as a centerpiece on your gift table and bring your party to
it's conclusion by letting the kid's take a turn at busting the pinata
open. I've never been to a party where the kid's didn't love this
activity. It's always a big hit!
Tie
Red Bows and
Yellow Bows to the top of each chair back. The bows
can be cut to any length and look great with tails trailing on
the floor. Make bows to hang anywhere and everywhere...chairs,
doorways, tree trunks, stair rails, deck posts, gift packages,
or table-ends
Display an Elmo Cake in the center of the food table…the children
will love the close up view!
Room Decorations:
Use all the Sesame Street toys
you already own to decorate the party space.
Place lots of letters and numbers
on the doors and walls.
Never underestimate the power of
Balloons.
Balloons are an inexpensive way to transform your party area into a
festive atmosphere in minutes. Add balloon clusters, crepe rosettes
& streamers. For ideas on making balloon decorations
click
here.
If you are feeling adventurous, create some balloon clouds using
white balloons. Tie a bunch of helium-filled balloons to the
birthday child’s chair, or tie one balloon to the back of each chair
around the birthday table. If you choose not to use helium, tie balloons
to varying lengths of curling ribbon and hang from the ceiling or from a
light fixture over the party table.
The Sesame Street Gang
Set the Scene at your next Birthday Party with our
Sesame Street Room Rolls
! Goes
great with our Sesame street Add Ons (The
Sesame Street Gang, Each pack comes with 2pcs, each 5'):
Hang a
Sesame Street Banner.
Hang a colorful
piņata (Sesame Street Pinata
,Cookie Monster Pinata or
,Elmo Pull Pinata)that
matches your theme as a decoration. Later it will become an
activity when the kids break it open.
Oscar's Trash
Toss - Place a large Trash Can next to the area where you
will be opening gifts. Tape a picture of Oscar to the front of
your trash can. Let the children feed Oscar the Grouch by
tossing a piece of wrapping paper into the trash can.
Sesame Favor Ideas:
Your guests will love
getting their hands on these fun favors. Add some of the
individual favors to
Sesame Street Loot Bags or
Hooray 4 Elmo Loot Bags and place one at each place setting. Use the
favors as prizes for your games too. Suggested favor or prize ideas:
Carnival Balloon Kit
includes (20) assorted twisty
balloons, (1) balloon pump, instructions for balloon figures,
and a party planning guide.
Elmo
Minds the Farm -
Pretend is
a favorite activity for children, so you are going to pretend that Old
McDonald has to go away for the day and that Elmo is going to mind the
farm. Start by pretending to drive to the farm. Then when you get to the
farm, Elmo is going to take a walk around the farm to see that all the
animals are happy. When you met the horse. Say, Hi, Horsey.
When the Horse answers he says " Quack, Quack! Pretend to be
puzzled and say " I thought a horse went "Neigh, Neigh"!
, Then visit the Cow. and say, "How Now, Cow". The cow says
"Oink, Oink. Continue by mixing up the animals sounds. (Pig says
"Honk", Goose says "Meow", Goat say
"Rrruff", Cat say "Baa Baa", Dog says "Cluck
Cluck", Sheep say "Buzz, Buzz", Duck says
"Ribbit", Frog says " Cock-a-doodle-doo", Turkey
says "Neigh", & etc.) Pretend to be very confused and say
"Something is really wrong here on the farm". Then pretend
that you get a letter from Old McDonald that says that the animals like
to play tricks on people. Just in case they try something funny, here is
a song to help keep track of things. Then sing "Old McDonald Had a
Farm".
Crepe
Paper Tag -
This game needs lots of room - like a backyard..
Split into two groups - each team gets their own color of crepe paper.
Tie the crepe paper around the waists of each player - like a belt.
The goal is to rip off the other teams belts before they rip off yours.
Once a player gets debelted, they sit down. The last person left
standing with his belt on wins.
Dress
Parade -
Divide
the guests into teams of 2-4 persons. Provide each team with newspaper,
crepe paper, crepe streamers,. Allow ten to fifteen minutes for the team
to make a costume on one of their team members. Them have a dress parade
and award a prize to each of the members of the winning team.
Balloon
Bounce -
Everyone lies down in a circle (heads together and feet facing out). Try
to keep a balloon up as long as possible. Start with three balloons and
see how long they can keep it going.
Pass
the Rubber Ducky -
Play
the same as "hot potato" using a ducky bean bag. Start the
music and have the kid's pass the Rubber Ducky around the circle. When
the music stops the child holding the Ducky is out. Continue until only
one child remains. Give a prize to the winner.
Balloon
Relay -
Divide your guests into two equal teams. Give each leader an inflated
Balloon
and at the start of go have him/her pass it to the person behind
him/her by passing the balloon over his/her head, the next person will
pass it along through his/her legs. Keep alternating until it gets to
the end. The team that finishes first wins.
Cookie Monster cookie decorating
activity - Use various
cookie cutters to bake sugar cookies shaped like stars, fish or
ducks. Set out small cups of colorful icing, sprinkles and
candies and let the children decorate their own cookies. The
children can eat them at the party or take the cookies home.
Party Food & Cake Ideas
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Display an Elmo Face Cake in the center of the food table. The children
will love the close up view!
There are two ways to
make your cake. Bake a round cake and two cupcakes.
Frost cakes with white frosting. Add red sprinkles to
the round cake. Place the two cupcakes above the round
cake and place two chocolate candies in the center of
the cupcake eyes. Use black string licorice to make the
mouth and orange frosting or jelly beans for the nose.
Or bake a round cake,
cover the frosting with red sprinkles, add orange jelly
beans for the nose, and two marshmallows for eyes.
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Start with
Elmo’s favorite food – pizza!
Bert
& Ernie's Fun Pizzas
1 cup pizza sauce
8 bagels, split, or 8 English muffin halves, toasted
2 cups shredded mozzarella or Cheddar cheese (8 ounces)
Assorted Toppings
Heat oven to 425 degrees.
Spread 1 tablespoon pizza sauce over each bagel half. Sprinkle each with
1 tablespoon of the cheese.
Arrange toppings on sandwiches. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Place on
ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 5 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Makes 8 servings.
Or you could serve sandwiches cut
into letter and number shapes with cookie cutters, or cut
sandwiches into the four basic shapes; circle, square, triangle,
and rectangle.
ABC BLOCK COOKIES
Bake square-shaped sugar cookies
and frost them as ABC blocks.
Cookie
Monster's Monster Cookie
Topping a
giant cookie with whipped cream, walnuts, coconut and candy makes a fun
dessert pizza!
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 package (12-ounce size) miniature semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
1 cup sweetened whipped cream
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup flaked or shredded coconut, toasted
1/2 cup candy-coated chocolate candies.
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour and
baking soda (dough will be stiff). Stir in chocolate chips.
Spread or pat dough in ungreased 12-inch pizza pan or on cookie sheet.
Bake about 15 minutes or until golden brown; cool in pan.
Just before serving, spread cookie with whipped cream. Top with walnuts,
coconut and candies. Cut into wedges. Immediately refrigerate any
remaining cookie after serving.
Makes 16 servings
Oscar's
Slushies
Cool off with these fun and fruity ice cubes.
1 envelope (2-quart size) strawberry-flavored soft drink mix
2/3 cup sugar
3 cups water
1 pint (2 cups) strawberries, stems removed, or frozen whole
strawberries
2 bottles (1 liter each) lemon-lime soda pop
Mix soft drink mix, sugar and water. Pour into divided ice-cube tray.
Place 1 whole strawberry in each cube. Freeze at least 4 hours or
overnight.
To serve, place frozen fruit cubes in glasses. Fill glasses with soda
pop.
Makes 8 servings
J-ello™ Jigglers are also a
perennial party favorite with young children. |
