Various themes for a children's party. Themed birthdays

If your child's behavior has changed in some unusual way: he has become now and then interested in the contents of your cabinets and mezzanines, began to slip you little notes with his various wishes, somehow especially interested in the contents of the refrigerator and the cherished shelf with cakes - do not worry! It's just that your child is in anticipation of an important holiday for him - his own birthday! And now he is so interested in where you hide gifts, how to surprise him on this special day, what you will set the table and what you will give him and his friends to feast on at a festive dinner.

Children love holidays very much, especially if it is their birthdays! So give your little treasure a wonderful holiday by inviting him to the magical, fabulous world of Walt Disney! Triple a Disney birthday for your child! It will be a truly unforgettable holiday and the best birthday - you'll see!

Choosing the main character

The magical world of Disney is a world of many fairy-tale characters! Some of them are more liked by boys, others by girls. Some heroes are especially loved by young children, while others are very popular with teenagers. In a word, an interesting Disney-style holiday can be arranged for children of any age, you just need to choose the right main character, and he will "tell" you the style of interior decoration, accessories, games, and even a treat!

If you are lost in the choice and do not know which character to give preference to, orient yourself according to the composition of your little guests. If it’s a girl’s birthday and a girl’s collective is more likely to gather at your party, then the theme of beautiful princesses or magical fairies will be the most suitable. If it's a boy's birthday and a noisy company of little fidgets is going to, give preference to Cars or Disney Airplanes. If a mixed company of boys and girls is present at the birthday party, then for a younger audience you can choose the characters of Winnie the Pooh, and for older children, organize a party with Mickey and Minnie. However, the theme of Mickey and Minnie is essentially universal for a children's company of any age and any composition, especially since choosing this theme, you can slightly shift the emphasis towards one of the characters.

Making invitations

After choosing your main character for the holiday, consider inviting guests. You can invite your child to make all the invitations with their own hands, or arrange a surprise and do everything yourself. In any case, do not forget about the important points that must be taken into account in the invitations: indicate the date of the holiday and the time by which the guests should gather, indicate the address and be sure to tell us about the theme of the holiday and the expected style of dress.

Remember that the theme of the holiday needs to be played up in every detail, not a single trifle should escape your attention! Therefore, the invitations should correspond to the Disney theme.

The easiest way is to choose a beautiful picture on the Internet that matches the theme of your holiday and make invitations based on it. Or you can approach this problem with imagination and make an invitation to the "Cars" holiday in the form of a tire for a wheel; An invitation to a holiday in the style of Disney princesses can be made on a dress of one of the princesses cut out from a sheet of thick cardboard, or you can make such an invitation in the form of a beautiful scroll. In general, review your chosen Disney cartoon once again, pay attention to the details and you will surely gather many interesting ideas for your holiday!

We create a holiday decor!

The creation of a Disney-themed holiday decor is an open space for your imagination! Here you can come up with many interesting solutions, pick up a huge number of accessories, prepare pleasant surprises! Really immerse your little guests in the magical world of Disney!

... Ideas for little princesses!

With a Disney princess theme, transform your apartment or home room into a real fairytale castle, where everything will match the high royal level!

Each of the Disney princesses has its own characteristics, its own color scheme, its friends, its own story - and all this is very important to play in your design.

So the colors of the Sleeping Beauty Aurora are gentle, pink. Cinderella has her own colors - soft blue, and a must-have accessory is a crystal shoe, which of course must be played up in one way or another in your holiday! Snow White's colors are bright: yellow, blue, red. And she has friends: little gnomes, who need to be given special attention in a holiday dedicated to this topic. The little mermaid Ariel is the daughter of the sea king, and various seashells will be appropriate in the design of the holiday, do not forget about her friends - Sebastian the crab and a small cheerful fish! Belle, the heroine of Beauty and the Beast, is a gentle, romantic person who dreams of adventure and loves to read. She wears a pastel yellow dress and is often depicted holding a flower.

In a word, when thinking about decorating a princess party, look at your chosen heroine and stick to the color scheme that matches her outfit, beat her friends at the party, pay attention to important accessories.

Decorative fabric will help you create suitable decorations, with which you can decorate furniture, it will also help you out if you need to hide something in the room that does not correspond to the style of the holiday. Pay attention to paper decorations! This is a very simple and convenient way to create a festive room decor. Various forfeits, pendants, garlands, paper figures will surely help you out and decorate the room. Add balloons inflated with helium and launched up to the ceiling with long curly ribbons - it's so beautiful! Choose balls according to the color corresponding to your princess and the room will sparkle with bright colors! The holiday mood will be created by itself!

Inflate with helium and collect some large balloon bouquets with Disney princess designs! You can choose beautiful, delicate one-color designs or give preference to balloons with brightly colored patterns.

Decorate the room with the appropriate toys and figures of Disney characters. Don't forget the flowers! Beautiful bouquets of flowers will be very appropriate for your holiday, especially if you decorate them with various inserts corresponding to the theme of princesses, decorative ribbons and accessories in the form of butterflies or birds.

You can serve the table with beautiful disposable tableware from the "Princess" collection. Plates, cups, napkins, tablecloth, cocktail tubes with the image of Disney princesses will be very useful! This is not only a beautiful solution for decorating a festive table, but also a practical advice for mothers, because disposable dishes do not need to be washed, in addition, they do not break and are inexpensive. You can also use it to serve common meals - very nice and convenient!

Don't forget about the seating cards and a pleasant surprise for your little guests in the form of delicious candy jelly bonbonnieres! It will be great if, for the Cinderella holiday, the bonbonnieres are made in the form of the very same crystal shoe, the dragees at the Snow White holiday can be hidden under the multi-colored caps of little gnomes. At the Ariel festival, you can put the pills in beautiful little shells. In one word - fantasize! Alternatively, choose the one that suits each of the princesses and put the dragees in fairy carriage-shaped bonbonnieres. By the way, you can also choose the colors of the dragee in accordance with the colors of your holiday! It would seem such a trifle and not even an obligatory attribute of the holiday, but how much joy will you give your little guests when each of them sees on the table a set of delicious dragees prepared especially for her!

Ideas for fun fidgets!

A holiday for boys is a completely different mood! Everything should be "serious" here: beautiful cars, bright details, simplicity and brevity! In general, the holiday should be decorated in accordance with the youthful but completely masculine character of your guests!

By the way, for a boy's holiday, we advise you to use disposable tableware with appropriate designs in your table decor. It is beautiful and perfectly matches the theme of the holiday, it is simple, practical and convenient! In addition to the usual components of the collection of disposable tableware "Cars", you can complement the table decor with funny yo-yo toys also with Wheelbarrow designs. Boys will love these toys!

Use napkins with bright patterns, including for creating decorative compositions for decorating the table. Do not forget about cocktail tubes and party caps - this accessory will not only help you decorate your table, but will also become a wonderful souvenir for your little guests from your unforgettable holiday!

Again, let your imagination run wild! Decorate your table with small wheel tires! Place Wheelbarrow toys everywhere. Pour different sauces into interesting bottle shapes and put on funny labels like "machine oil", "antifreeze", "antifreeze", etc. The boys will love it, they know it better than you!

Inflate balloons of their favorite characters with helium and tie them to the backs of chairs around the table. Or collect such balloons in large air bouquets, decorate the perimeter of your premises with them, or mark the entrance. And of course: paper garlands, holiday banners, all kinds of flags! Pay attention to the foil balloons - the figures of the Cars: they are large and bright! Inflated with helium, these balloons will be a wonderful decoration for the holiday.

For a boy's holiday, by the way, it is not at all necessary to make a traditional festive table, you can easily get by with a banquet option, on which there will simply be treats, and provide children with freedom of movement. Having correctly organized the holiday program, this solution will be the most suitable! Children will be able to play for their own pleasure, if they want to go to the "refueling".

Celebration with Mickey and Minnie Mouse!

Mickey and Minnie Mouse are Disney classics, as we said, suitable for kids' company of all ages and any cast!

Mickey Mouse's big ears will be the invariable symbol here! Use this world famous shape in everything: create bouquets of flowers in this shape, bake cookies with large "ears", perhaps you will find large "eared" plates for serving common dishes. In short, the shape of Mickey's head with big ears alone will already inform your guests about the theme of the holiday!

Table setting can also be done using beautiful disposable tableware. Please note that you can choose the tableware collection separately with Mickey or separately with Minnie Mouse, but nothing prevents you from using a combination of these two collections, offering plates and cups with Mickey for boys, and with Minnie for girls! And then there's hilarious cocktail straws, Mickey party caps, and Minnie's funny ears! All this can be used to decorate the table, and then let the children play with these accessories during the holiday, and at the end of it - take them with you as a souvenir!

To decorate the room, use multicolored balloons without a pattern or with designs by Mickey, Minnie and their friends! Just inflate the balloons, letting them go to the ceiling, or make garlands of balloons, collect them in beautiful air bouquets - it's hard to go too far with balloons at a children's party, they will be appropriate everywhere!

And you can really surprise your little guests by inviting a big walking figure Mickey or Minnie to your child's birthday! You will see how much joy you will bring this to the birthday boy and his friends! Such walking figures are inflated with helium and, thanks to the weight at their base, they move around the room from the slightest breath of wind. Children will be interested to play with their air Mickey or Minnie, take pictures with them and dance! We also add that you can also invite such large walking figures to the holiday of little princesses and to the holiday dedicated to Winnie the Pooh, because all these balloons can be easily found in Patibum stores.

And, of course, do not forget about paper decorations: garlands depicting your favorite Disney characters, multi-colored paper pendants and figures are always a simple and beautiful solution for decorating a children's party.

We come up with games!

For whatever age and composition of children you have arranged a holiday, they definitely need to be occupied with something. It is necessary to come up with fun and interesting games for children to have fun!

So, for example, for a party of little princesses, you can organize a fashion show or triple the ball! On their holiday with Cars, you can offer the boys an interesting track on which they could compete in radio control of racing cars. The main thing is that the games are correctly designed for the age group of your little guests.

Spring crackers with phantom tasks from Disney heroes can be very interesting fun! You can choose from Princesses for girls, Cars for boys or Mickey Mouse! In each cracker, children will find forfeits with interesting tasks from their favorite characters. And don't worry, the spring-loaded crackers are completely safe, they can even be clapped indoors! Such crackers work from a spring mechanism and, in addition to a cheerful fantasy, also contain multi-colored confetti.

You can also offer your little guests spring crackers with a toy! Then the children will have a double surprise: they will receive a beautiful fireworks made of colorful confetti and each of them will get their own Disney toy as a gift and as a nice souvenir from your holiday! In such crackers, toys are in special capsules, which become accessible after a special spring mechanism is triggered. You will see how much joy you will give children by inviting them to clap such crackers! And the birthday man will be delighted with the festive fireworks in his honor!

This is how he is - the magical world of Disney! It has everything: bright balloons with your favorite characters, and crackers with toys, and beautiful disposable dishes, and airy figures of popular heroes, and many, many other interesting, festive and childish things! Let your child enjoy this magical world to the fullest! Arrange a birthday for him in Disney style and this holiday will be the most fun, joyful and unforgettable for him!

Children's birthdays are the most anticipated celebrations in all families. For the birthday of their child, each parent wants to fulfill the most fabulous and cherished desires. In order for children to receive true pleasure and a lot of vivid impressions from their name days, the holiday should be decorated according to the child's favorite theme. Thematic birthdays of children allow you to plunge into a fairy tale, with the fulfillment of the most extraordinary desires.

Themed birthday is chosen:

• according to the child's interest in a favorite pastime;
• age;
• according to the scenario of your favorite fairy tale, cartoon;
• by the nature, temperament of the child.

Here you will find some suggestions for scenarios that will help you decide in what style you can celebrate, the most important family holiday is a children's birthday.

A sports birthday is an unforgettable celebration for boys. A birthday for a boy in a sporty style is one of the best ideas for naughty fidgets. All the boys are great lovers of sports, which means that it is the very place for competitions, relays, competitions.

This birthday scenario is supplemented by logical outdoor games, you can organize a game of table golf, bicycle races, power tug-of-war. The themed party has a sports treat: soccer ball cake, fruit dessert, muffins, chocolate mousse for football players.

Script of the Barboskins

Birthday in the Barboskin style - decoration of the holiday with a script based on a cartoon with a cheerful dog family Barboskin. If a child likes this cartoon, then holding a children's birthday will be a wonderful gift for him.

The walls can be decorated with characters from different cartoons: blame the Pooh, baby Ricky, fairy teddy bears.

Holiday in Madagascar

A birthday in Madagascar style is a tropical celebration with your favorite characters from this fascinating cartoon, exotic treats, interesting seafood dishes for adults, and children's fruit desserts.

Scenario Kinder surprise

A holiday in the style of Kinder surprise is decorated in red and white: balloons, pompons, garlands with thematic drawings, congratulatory banners. To decorate the festive table, you can use kinder toys, themed dishes. Ideas for entertainment programs are selected by age; guests are exposed in bright cardboard caps.

Script for girls

Birthday for a girl, you can spend in the style of the Butterfly. The holiday can be arranged both at home and outdoors. Butterflies are lightness and beauty that can be emphasized with decorated wings, magic wands. The atmosphere of a fairy garden or forest, which needs to be decorated for photo shoots, will help to arrange a birthday. Incidentally, this setting is perfect for celebrating Snow White's birthday.

You can decorate the room with bright, paper flowers, balls, a decorative rainbow (with the inscription: Happy birthday). She will emphasize the theme style of the holiday and add bright colors. Decorations can be made with your own hands or you can order ready-made sets from companies involved in the celebration of the holidays. On the festive table there should be a bright tablecloth; a flower arrangement with butterflies will serve as an ornament.

Contests, dances, games will help to celebrate a fun birthday of a child, you can hold a ball for magical fairies-butterflies. This kind of decoration is also suitable for a birthday celebration in the style of a ladybug.

Scenario for boys

A miracle holiday for a tomboy - a birthday in a karting club. This is a real celebration for kids who are fond of cars, races, which is suitable for active, agile, competitive fidgets. For toddlers, you can celebrate in Hot Wheels style.

A birthday spent on karting will allow children to become older, more responsible, more courageous for a while. An hour-long rental of a kart track will dilute the holiday with the happiness of karting. How can you forget a party like this? With the help of animators, you can organize quizzes, thematic competitions for races, games for children's recreation. The winners of the contests will receive thematic prizes and medals that will leave unforgettable childhood memories in their memory. For younger boys, you can organize a holiday with Hot Wheels, as well as in the style of Flash and Wonder Cars from your favorite animated series.

Some kart clubs offer cafes or buffet rooms for rent, where you can set a festive table or simply barbecue in nature.

Little Man Holiday Scenario

The Little man birthday party is a celebration where a little gentleman feels like an adult. It can be either his first birthday or his fifth anniversary. Waking up in the morning, the little prince finds himself in a fabulous environment:

• the playing space is full of balls;
• family and friends are wearing holiday bow ties with a mustache;
• the festive table is furnished with decorated bottles, boxes of chocolates, a birthday cake with a decorated number in the middle;
• guests in multi-colored caps;
• around posters, drawings, pictures with fairy-tale characters, congratulatory banners.

The little gentleman's holiday is filled with laughter, joy, games, dancing. This setting is perfect for a birthday - Little Prince.

Millitari style birthday script

A birthday in the style of Millitari can be celebrated both at home and in nature. Themed parties are good because they can tell children about military professions, acquaint them with military affairs.

Children are introduced to the commands in a playful way, then they are used in a speed game - it turns out to be a funny sight. A game for real scouts, develops visual memory. The birthday boy and guests are decorated with military colors. As a gift to each guest, a camouflage bandana. Themes for games in a military style are quite diverse, at the end of the game program, it would be nice to visit the shooting range.

Scientific Birthday Scenario

Birthday in a scientific style, you can have fun, interesting, learn a lot of cognitive things. At a holiday in a scientific style, you can conduct real experiments with a chemical or physical bias. A scientific birthday is always multi-emotional.

The scenario of the holiday in the circus

The holidays, held according to a scenario with a circus theme, are clowns, funny scenes, gambling. The room for the celebration should be decorated in a circus style: these are decorations, balloons, posters with clowns, bright streamers, flags, bulbs, lanterns. The holiday can be held by a real clown, who can be invited for a birthday party in the circus. Decorations can be made by yourself or you can buy ready-made sets according to the desired scenario.

Luntik-style script

Birthday can be celebrated in the style of Luntik. This is a favorite cartoon of many children. The children's room, for the holiday, should be filled with lilac, green, purple, everything should resemble a lawn: grass, flowers, strawberries, around a picture of cartoon characters, Luntik is drawn on the largest poster. The fabulous atmosphere can be diluted with soft toys, heroes of other cartoons: Carlson, Tiffany, Teddy bears.

In a fabulous atmosphere, it's not scary to spend your birthday with Baba Yaga.

Scenario of the holiday of cats

The birthday cat style is more suitable for little kids. They can be painted into kittens by drawing a mustache and nose for them. The decoration of the room consists of drawings of cat footprints, portraits of fabulous cats. At the festival of cats, there are many interesting entertaining games, gambling funny jokes, riddles, there is also a competition of cats. Cat Party is an entertainment program for toddlers.

Ice Age scenario

An Ice Age birthday is perfect for fans of this animated series. The birthday girl will meet in the costume of the famous squirrel. Games, contests, songs and dances.

The festive, winter atmosphere will be complemented by congratulatory banners, pictures with characters from the animated series, balloons, posters. On the festive table, ice cream, mousses, desserts, cocktails, birthday cake.

Paper holiday

A paper party is an original solution for holding a holiday, birthday for children, teenagers and adults. Paper fans, posters with books and magazines, garlands with flags and lanterns are made of colored paper on the walls and ceiling of the room. Around paper vases with the same flowers, balls from napkins, paper dishes.

Contests, games, competitions, music for every taste.

Birthday parties for kids, no age limit. The main thing is to be fun and interesting. For the older generation, a Rock-style birthday is suitable, for little heroes, you want a Batman-style holiday or zootopia.

Professional animators will help in choosing a scenario, scenery, and, at the request of the customer, will hold a festive show. Their arsenal is full of scenarios, both for children's home parties and outdoor fun. Attributes, decorations, all the necessary material, can also be purchased as a ready-made look. Firms offer a large selection of kits for decorating various party scenarios.

The theater, as you know, begins with a coat rack, but about a large-scale event, I would say that it begins with a clear, structured plan. I warn you right away, the posting is quite large and detailed.

My child is September. Last year, just on the eve of the children's DR, I handed over my first book "Profession - Illustrator" to print and, having reviewed a bunch of photographs of thematic birthdays, I was suddenly very scared that with the then remaining energy I would not understand the device of a party for a child.

This year I did not have any delivery of the book, but, oddly enough, the feelings were exactly the same - panic! You don't know where to start, what to grab onto and how long it takes to get ready. When you look from the outside at all this beauty for children's parties, it becomes scary that you will not be in time for anything and a complete beginner in this field.

Therefore, for a start, I calmed down - I'm not the first mother who prepares a holiday for her child - and made the simplest logical plan, based on what might be needed for a children's party:
1. Theme for the party
2. Invitations for children
3. Decorations for the room
4. Table decoration
5. Food for children / food for adults
6. Costumes
7. Games and entertainment
8. Guest gifts

For each point of the plan, except for the first, I made a table, the cells of which were named as follows:
Materials and components - What is already there - What to buy - What to do

These points in the table were applicable to almost all points in the plan. I sat down and first wrote down everything that I had in stock in order to buy what I needed. Thus, a list of what needs to be bought for the holiday, and what else needs to be done or found in the depths of the basement, was very quickly outlined.

So, in order.
1. Topic
The theme of my party was "Space". We had a choice of a party dedicated to dinosaurs or cars, but given my son's love for rockets, stars and planets, I decided that "Cosmos" was the very thing. I think that every parent knows their child perfectly and can, including having consulted with the child, decide whether he likes some pirates or astronauts anyway.

When I decided on the theme, it became clear that the main decoration and style for the whole holiday would be stars and rockets, because our son's favorite toy is still ours.

Because I am an illustrator, it was not difficult for me to draw everything I needed for myself. However, if you yourself do not know how to draw, this is not a reason for despair. On the Internet, you can always find both the necessary patterns and ready-made pictures. You don't use them for commercial purposes, so go ahead with the song.

2. Invitation
First, it was necessary to find out who the child wants to invite to the holiday and how I can contact the parents of these children. Some live in the neighborhood, and some I only meet in the kindergarten and even then every other time.

We have a great tradition in the kindergarten. At the beginning of each kindergarten year, parents are given a list with the names of children and their parents, children's birthdays and contact numbers. In addition to this list, the kids also pass the so-called friend albums to each other. As we once had desires, so German children have books in which they draw for their friends, write something about themselves, paste in their photographs, etc.

Why am I telling all this? If you do not have such a tradition, offer it in kindergarten, because after all, most of the child's friends will be from there. I asked the kid whom he wants to invite, but did not decide for myself. Of course, he wanted to invite the whole kindergarten, but we settled on the fact that only real friends should be at the party. The child agreed.

In principle, everyone advises to invite children no more than the child is turning. Those. my son is 5 years old, so it was necessary to invite 5 children. But we can't do that. In addition to friends, the child also has cousins, whom he loves and wants to see at his holiday, so we have 10 children together with the birthday boy.

First, I talked in advance (one month in advance) with all the parents of those children whom my son wanted to invite. And only after they gave their verbal consent that they would bring the child, I sat down to make invitations. At the same time, she immediately warned everyone that the holiday was for children, i.e. adults are not invited. One mother nevertheless expressed a desire to stay, I did not refuse her. Because, in principle, at the holiday we NEED other adults, with whom it is better to discuss all the details of the holiday and make them the same leaders as you are!

So, I had the exact number of children, which means I knew how much I needed to buy and spend. Many people buy standard invitation cards. It was easier for me to make my own. For invitations you need:
- blanks (cardboard boxes) for postcards
- envelopes
- paper headers "Invitation to the holiday" Cosmos "
- glue
- blanks in the form of a rocket
- inserts with text informing the following: the address of the holiday, the topic, what to bring with you, how long and how long the holiday will last, what time should parents pick up the children, a contact phone number just in case

How exactly the invitations were created can be read in the posting about them:

3. Decorations for the room
With the decorations for the room, I decided not to be too smart. All in the same table "Materials - what to buy - what is - what to do" I wrote down to myself that I want to make stars and a large rocket, decorate the hall with them. Since last holidays I have had paper garlands. For this magnificence, I just bought additional balloons.

At first, I wanted to make the party in the colors I made for the invitations: turquoise, red and yellow. But in a hobby shop, I quickly realized I had to improvise. For example, turquoise balloons or tablecloths turned out to be something unreal. So my party turned red and yellow.

In addition to the garlands and stars, I bought 2 types of balloons: red and gold. I also had a bag of colored ones, I puffed them up and hung them in the yard: the children would happily eat them later, and the red and gold beauty in the house remained untouched.

In addition to the hall, I also decorated the nursery with stars. I knew that children would still come there and spend some time there. For the same reason, the day before the holiday, I removed EVERYTHING that could be poured, broken and scattered on the uppermost shelves of the cabinets, for example, cubes, puzzles, small Lego parts, easily destructible toys and anything fragile. At the end of the party, I spent only 1.5 hours on cleaning the house, most of which was washing dishes for ... adults :-) That is, not a single toy of the child was damaged, nothing was damaged or destroyed.

4. Table decoration
In order for the table to be a successful addition to the decorations in the room, the tablecloths for the tables were bright yellow and red (a narrow strip of red paper tablecloth along a wide yellow one), golden disposable tableware and bulky straws for drinks (they are sold in our supermarket - unfold with paper balls or fruits around the tube)

I also bought paper decorations for the table. A piece is visible in the photo (I was not able to photograph the table as it looked before the guests arrived - I was running around!). I took them ready, so at least not to make them myself (there is one large rocket and 2 robots about 25 cm high in the set): Tischdeko Roboter.

I also bought special napkins with robots and missiles (The link leads to a German Amazon.)

Because I planned to do everything on sticks, i.e. small canapes, and only potatoes to serve on a common plate, I bought small skewers with different flags, including those of Germany and Europe. Ornaments for ordinary toothpicks can be made by yourself. At first I planned to stick stars on the toothpicks and stick them into cutlets and pieces of chicken - I even cut out a whole bunch, but I am a working mother, I had to greatly rationalize my free time.

5. Food for children / food for adults
The food for children needs the simplest: cutlets, sausages, fried potatoes (mixed), chopped vegetables, cheese or fruit canapes. I deliberately did not put sweets on the table, because we had games in which you could win sweets. In addition, there was a huge rocket-shaped cake (which I ordered from a bakery - I myself did not have enough to make it).

Drinks: only apple scorle (apple juice with mineral water) or mineral water.

Important! Find out before the holiday which child may be allergic to and what he can or cannot, what he drinks, whether he eats meat, etc. We had one boy - a vegetarian, another one - he drank only the water that is given from the tap. It is important to know such details so that little guests do not feel left out.

For adults, I made a small self-service buffet. I immediately threatened them that I would not have time for them, so please make sandwiches and stuff for yourself. I put cold snacks on the table: Olivier, small meatballs on skewers, fresh vegetables and fruits, sliced ​​sweet bread, several types of sauce, canapes with cheese and grapes, and sprats. When she served hot potatoes to the children, she offered it to the adults as well. No one was left hungry. I warned that the holiday is for children. No feasts and drunkenness. Only a glass of champagne as an aperitif.

6. Costumes
Designing costumes for 20 people - half of whom are adults - turned out to be a very difficult task, because I started the masquerade as the last step, and I simply ran out of budget and time. Of course, you could buy green T-shirts for aliens, or cut holes for your head in pieces of green fabric and put them like a poncho over your shoulders, but alas. I had to solve this problem with little blood - masks.

You can read more about patterns and ideas for suits in a post about them:

7. Games and entertainment
Preliminary preparation:
- make a list of all games
- schedule time for them
- compose a script by roles - who is responsible for this or that game, who prepares the scenery, what they say before and after the game
- think over what is needed for games
- remove all loose and fragile toys from the children's room
- compose or buy a CD with children's music (very important!)

Games and entertainment are the most important point of the plan after eating! I had to sweat a lot here. My sister, a social educator, who now works in a kindergarten according to the Waldorf system, helped me in planning. and she herself learned from it. I wanted to arrange a holiday from 14:00 to 18:00, to which my sister immediately told me to change my mind. 3 hours in her opinion (oh, how she was right!) Is enough above the roof.

Starting from 3 hours, we began to plan. (By the way, it is the decision of how long you want to entertain the little guests that should influence the information in the invitation: when to bring the children to the parents, and when to pick them up.)

At first, we thought of the scenario for the children's birthday as if it were happening on an unknown planet. Accordingly, we rewrote all the games - relay races, contests, jumping ropes - for alien needs. That is, for example, in playing on a spoon, they carried not eggs or potatoes, but thorny chestnuts, which we called an unknown form of life. And the aliens had to cleanse their planet from the dominance of thorny creatures - carry them on a spoon from chair to chair :-) at the last moment, the child announced that he was an astronaut, not an alien, had to quickly change plans, but it was not so scary.

We had 3 hosts: me, my husband and my sister. We distributed the games so that while one was playing with the children, the other would go and prepare the next entertainment. Therefore, in addition to the list of games, it is very important to think over the so-called "stations" - where the games will take place and what needs to be prepared for them in advance. On the day of the holiday, I put all the things for games in one place - not far from the hall, so that I could immediately start equipping the next "station" while the children were busy with another game.

So.
1) Each child who enters is immediately informed that he is an astronaut: "Welcome to our spaceship!" At the same time, I immediately gave the children masks-helmets, adjusted and buttoned on their heads (see the paragraph suits). Children have an amazing fantasy - they immediately plunge into an imaginary world, become real astronauts. In the process, of course, they were repeatedly removed from the head, but this is no longer a problem.

2) At European parties it is often customary to make a table for gifts. All new arrivals put their gifts there, and at the end of the party, the birthday party opens everything in turn and admires. In our case, such a procedure was impossible, because the kid immediately began to unpack everything. The guests were at first busy looking at and breaking gifts. Here it is important to immediately distract the children and remove the gifts away.

So. We are waiting for all guests and latecomers. The presenter addresses the children:
"Dear astronauts, we are going on a long journey, now is the time to familiarize ourselves with the route."

Children are invited to sit around the host to read books about space. For this purpose, I created a corner: I made a sofa and an armchair together, overlaid with floor pillows. On a special table I had toy robots and rockets, next to pre-prepared books about space, as well as all sorts of fantastic stories with the participation of children-astronauts.

Here I was very much saved by the fact that while my husband and I were busy in the kitchen, my sister entertained the gradually arriving children.

3) The game "Let's get to know each other." Time for a game is no more than 10-15 minutes.
Because at our party very different and sometimes not quite familiar children gathered at our party, we decided to hold a game "Let's get to know each other". This requires a ball of thread. All adults and children are in a circle (children love adult participation!).

Host: "Attention, attention! Dear astronauts! We are starting our journey! Please gather in a circle."

Children are told that they must pass the ball not just in a circle, but diagonally, crosswise - as they please. Everyone who receives a ball in their hands must introduce themselves, tell how old he is, tell which kindergarten he goes to or, in the case of adults, where and by whom he works. The leader should help shy children, tenderly ask leading questions if the child hesitates. As a result, a rather large web is formed. At the end of the game, they cheerfully offer to throw her on the floor: "Raise your hands up! Let's throw!"

When the children run away, the presenter cleans up the play area. Another presenter invites the children to the table.

4) Invitation to the table. Plan on eating for at least 25-30 minutes.
When everyone has met, it's time to eat. Be attentive to how comfortable other people's children feel with you. It is necessary that each little guest sit where he wants, so that he has his own place, his own cutlery, etc. When the children approached the table, we needed the help of all adults! Someone sat down, another brought hot potatoes and sausages, the third poured drinks for the children and helped to straighten decorative straws. At first, there was no sweet food on the table.

We put fruit and snacks after the main meal so that hungry children can eat or drink something between games.

5) Relay with chestnuts. Plan no more than 10-15 minutes - this game ends very quickly.
Remember that children need a verbal start before each play.
Host: "Attention, attention! Dear astronauts! After we have had enough food, we set off on our first mission! Alien creatures have been discovered on our planet! We need to immediately rescue them and move them from their place of arrival to a safe, warm and dry place!" "

We opened the adventure with fireworks: we had such floor fountains in number of 3 pieces. The children remembered them later than anything else. It was an exciting sight for the children. In the end, they could not remember anything else at all :-)

While the children were eating, it was necessary to prepare 4 chairs - two at the start and two at the finish, divide the lane for the relay with a rope. Divide the children into 2 teams. There are identical cups on the chairs at the start and at the finish. There are exactly as many thorny chestnuts in the cups at the start as there are children in the team. If there are not enough children, adults should be included in the game. Each team needs to be given a spoon.

The game begins with the fact that the child carries a chestnut in a spoon, carries it to a bowl at the finish line, runs back with a spoon and gives it to the next one. Friendship won! :-) The presenter announces the results at the end: "Hurray! It was difficult, but we did it! We saved all the alien creatures! We are great!"

While one presenter was engaged in the relay, the other was preparing the next attraction. Don't be afraid to let your kids run for a bit between games. For example, I have a trampoline in my yard. I put it in order before the holiday, threw in soft colored balls and told the children that this was an astronaut training station. They jumped there with joy. A friend of mine told me that she inflated a huge double mattress for children, covered it with pillows and blankets, and allowed children to jump and tumble on it - the mattress was very popular.

6) Glue the antenna - no more than 15 minutes
Remember the game, glue the tail of the donkey with your eyes closed? I made an alien out of a donkey and invited the children to glue an antenna for him.

Host: "Attention, attention! Dear astronauts! A new adventure is calling us! Our friend, a yellow alien, has lost his antenna! Without it, he cannot hear his friends and cannot find his way home. So let's help him!"

The children are shown where to glue (I glued a construction paper adhesive tape to the back of the antenna with a ring so that it sticks to the antenna itself and sticks to the drawing). Children are guided, encouraged, led in turn to glue the antenna. After the last participant, the presenter says that hurray, we helped our friend and glue him a smile instead of shaking lips. Children run away to play in the yard.

7) Cut off prizes while blindfolded - no more than 15-20 minutes
On the eve of the holiday, I wrapped 20 small prizes - sweets in colorful wrapping paper. Tied them with a ribbon. While we were gluing the antenna to the alien, other adults had already pulled the rope and began attaching prizes to it.
For this competition, you will need an eye scarf and small baby scissors.
Host: "We did a great job and deserve a reward!" The children are asked to line up one after the other, blindfolded in turn, and, with some guidance and a little help, are allowed to cut the candy. Children enjoyed playing this game in 2 rounds.

8) Who is the last - about 10-15 minutes
The traditional game of chairs. There are one fewer chairs in a circle than the participants, music is turned on. When the music dies down, you need to have time to sit on a chair. With each circle, the number of chairs becomes smaller until 2 participants and one chair remain. At first, some children get upset that they lost. It is important here that some of the adults take the losers aside and say that now we will play again and then we'll see who will be left with a nose :-)

While the children run around the chairs, we prepare a cake.

9) Cake - no more than 20 minutes
Often, when a cake with candles is brought in, people begin to sing something unintelligible, forget the words and do not get to the beat. We solved this problem with a regular children's CD with songs. One of the songs was dedicated to the birthday. This is many times better than the hackneyed "Happy bezdey tu yu" or "Let them run awkwardly", which no one knows to the end. We had: "Wie schön, dass Du geboren bist, wir hätten dich sonst sehr vermisst ..." My husband was a DJ :-) Many children and adults knew her by heart, because it is rather short, and the voice from the disc did not allow me to forget the words.

10) Battle with swords - 10 minutes
Remember the game in physical education class, who will push whom off the boom? I took two children's stands from Ikea (from which children reach the sink or toilet bowl), put them at the distance of an inflatable sword from each other, handed the children each an inflatable sword and they had to push each other off the stands with these things. These swords are soft, the stands are low - no one was hurt.

The presenter calls for the game with the words: "Attention, attention! Dear astronauts! After a hearty lunch, it's time to start training! Are there any volunteers?" Children are told what to do.

After the battle, the host announces that you can do anything you want: we have completed all the missions and returned home!

In reality, you have about 30 minutes left, which after such an intensive program begin to seem like an eternity! :-) Children scream and run, fall and fight. They are already tired, only girls are dancing to loud music, and the boys are standing on their heads.

8. Guest gifts
I really like the local tradition that gifts are given not only to birthday people, but also to their little guests. Because the children who were with us at the holiday are still small, they really liked that there was some kind of small surprise for them - not only for the hero of the occasion.

Our party was dedicated to space and rockets, and our logo was a children's branded red rocket. I first drew it in Photoshop, printed it in large quantities on thick paper, cut out and pasted it on the invitations that I have already shown here, as well as on the bags with guest gifts that the little guests, saying goodbye to the birthday boy, took home with them. It is very important that gifts are handed out to guests at the end of the holiday: so that the parents who have come to pick up the children take this property home, the children do not fight and do not lose their treasures.

What's inside and packing details, as well as tips, see the link:

That's all, actually. The eyes are afraid, but the hands are doing. Because I am a working person, the precise planning of the holiday helped me a lot. It is better to start preparing the evening in advance. For a month, almost every day after work, I did not sit down for 20-30 minutes to cut and glue the decorations, create masks, think over the details of the holiday. During the break, I ran to the store to buy some things and at each visit to the supermarket I collected all sorts of small things for decoration or for guest gifts. Before the holiday, at least there was no need to think about it.

My tables marked "what is - what to buy - what to do" made my work very easy, because thanks to them I had clear instructions on what to buy and what had not yet been created.

Kids love to have fun, they love it when the house is full of guests. And how great it is to receive unexpected gifts! And getting ready for the holiday is so interesting: after all, you and your sister need to come up with new funny contests, learn a song, help your mother prepare goodies for the party. A holiday is a lot of positive emotions. Are there really so many of them in the lives of your children? Tell me that there are no special occasions foreseen in the near future? It doesn't matter at all. There would be a desire to give children joy. Alternatively, arrange themed children's parties.

Many parents find it easier to get their kids involved with play when a companion is around. However, when there is not one friend, but there are many of them, and suddenly it turns out that you have a whole company in front of you, it happens that even quite experienced, reasonable parents panic.
Whether you have to save neighborhood kids from the rain, or have you invited children on purpose - whether they are your child's regular playmates, birthday guests, or casual pals - in this article you will find a set of a wide variety of activities designed to entertain this team. Have fun yourself, watching how different children are, even of the same age, and listen to what they talk about among themselves.

Do not forget that children have short attention and cannot sit in one place for a long time. However, in order not to overwhelm children with overactive activity, try to plan activities in such a way that energy-intensive games alternate with calm ones. And if it turns out that some game is not going, leave it. Don't force a child who comes to visit you to do something just because you think the idea is good. In each group of children, children have different levels of development. Some of them may remain interested in the proposed activities for a long time, while others quickly become restless. Give them a chance to retire and do something else.

If you are inviting guests for your child, then structure their entertainment program so that it is not overwhelmed and the children are not overexcited. One of our acquaintances mother determined the number of guests by the number of years of her child. However, it sometimes seems more appropriate to invite an entire class so that no one feels offended. If there are many children, you can pre-arrange the time of their stay. One and a half to two hours is quite enough for a festive joint pastime of young children. When a company of children gathers, you need to try to make them have fun. For your child, this is a chance to become a star, a center of attention for a while. On his birthday, he feels himself the most important, gets the largest piece of cake and sits on the most beautiful chair.

Politeness should not be forgotten, of course, but other kids will have theirs when their day comes. If you're overly anxious and anxious, your child may become nervous too and feel out of place. It does not matter at all whether the rules of the game are fully observed, whether the entire program is executed, or something of what was planned did not take place. If there is no clutter and quarrels, and the children are really passionate about something, we can assume that the children's party went well.

Themed children's parties: tips for organizing

The first thing to do is to come up with a theme for the children's party (Disney Party, Pirate Party, Ethnic Party, "Jolly Africa", etc.).

Decide exactly where the holiday will take place (it is better to arrange them not in a city apartment, but in the country, or rent a children's cafe).

Schedule the entertainment program carefully.

Send out invitations (arrange them yourself together with the child in the style of the holiday theme) and assignments to guests.

Think over a children's menu (include more fruits, sweets and drinks).

Prepare many inexpensive original souvenirs (some of them are also quite capable of making for children under your guidance)

Themed children's parties: interesting ideas

Children's curiosity knows no boundaries, the flexible mind of a child is open to knowledge. In order to help the children plunge into a new world for them in a playful way, themed children's parties have been invented.

The organization of children's parties dedicated to a specific topic can be roughly divided into three parts:

Educational part;

Game part;

Rewarding (distribution of gifts).

Adults should take care to combine cognition with play. How can I do that? To begin with, we decide on the theme of the children's holiday. The narrower it is, the better.

Let's say your child has difficulties in school with geography or history. In order to awaken his interest in a particular country, arrange for him and his friends a children's party dedicated, for example, to Italy.

Get creative: come up with interesting tasks with your child and distribute them to the children invited to the Italian party in advance. It is clear that all the games at the festival must somehow overlap with Italy.

Treasure searches can be organized. To do this, divide the children into two teams, for each make a map, where the names of Italian cities and rivers will be encrypted. Of course, the prizes should be some Italian souvenirs (postcards with city views, key rings, CD with songs).

Search for treasure in the house.
You can entrust this important task as one kid or a whole company. The treasure is hiding in the house, the goal is to find it. True, there are some age restrictions.
The search for the treasure should be limited to the places permitted for "rummaging". You can hang signs in the house, hide several small treasures. How much joy will it be for a kid who from time to time will stumble upon a “forgotten bunny” or “abandoned by Santa Claus”, or even “hidden by robbers” candy, a toy in a beautiful package, a box with a surprise somewhere among toys, books.

Travel to the North Pole
Those who read "Tsvetik-Seven-Tsvetik" or stories about Volodya Ulyanov in childhood do not need to be told how to organize such trips. You can play with both one child and several (a group, of course, is more fun). Ride on anything, even on chairs.
Come up with an interesting adventure route and tell it like a fairy tale. On the way, offer the children tasks - for example, to escape from the clutches of the robbers, you need to guess the riddle. Songs will brighten up a long journey. On the way, you may come across valuable finds - an "ice floe" with a bag of sweets that sailed away from Santa Claus, a treat in the Ice Palace, etc.
Such fabulous journeys can be made to Lapland, to the penguins in Antarctica, to visit the Umka bear, to the fairy forest and so on.

Home theater
Organize a small show with your baby and his friends, or the whole family. Let the pets take part too! The most interesting thing is not even going on stage - but funny rehearsals.

Fun quiz
Prepare questions and riddles depending on the age of the kids. And don't forget about the prizes - every little polymath should get them!

Invite each team to play scenes from famous films and cartoons. Opponents will guess the name of the film, which was motivated by the impromptu. Come up with an interesting quiz, a competition of drawings, poems - in short, implement any ideas that will captivate children and will not let them get bored. The main thing is that all the guests of the thematic children's holiday are involved.

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It is important for girls that the holiday is truly magical and fabulous! Decide in advance where the party will take place. Of course, it's easier to spend your birthday in a children's cafe with artists and contests. In Moscow, interesting programs are offered by the cafe "House of the Orange Cow" "Ogo-Gorod". But, if you do not have such an opportunity, do not be discouraged, all the same can be arranged at home!

Invitations!
Take a piece of fabric, cut out an invitation in the form of a dress or the hero of your favorite fairy tale.

Alice in Wonderland
A fascinating journey into a fairy tale. Alice and Rabbit got lost and ended up on their birthday. The girls will have to help their favorite heroes return to the fairyland. To do this, they draw magic cards and perform tasks encrypted in them. You can come up with a holiday scenario based on another fairy tale that the birthday boy loves!

Open the "Castle"
One participant ("castle") is selected, who stands in a circle and closes his eyes. The rest choose a leader, after whom they will repeat the movements to the music. In order for the "lock" to open, he needs to guess who everyone is repeating the movements behind.

Tea drinking at the March rabbit
Cups are placed in a circle - there are one fewer of them than the participants in the game. Music plays, and as soon as it stops, children should have time to grab a cup. Whoever does not get the cup is eliminated from the game. Another cup is removed and the music plays. The winner is the one with the last cup.

Croquet
Arcs are placed in a row (at home, for example, chairs can be used). Children take a bat and hit the ball. Task: launch the ball so that it goes directly under all the arcs without hitting them.

Makeup
It's no secret that girls really like to make up. You can invite a specialist - a make-up artist, or you can draw beautiful figures on your face using your mother’s cosmetics and a regular brush at home.

Have a fashion show.
Prepare jewelry, hats, glasses, scarves. Let the girls dress up and then organize a catwalk. Take pictures of women of fashion, and then be sure to send all the photos.

Cool guys

Boys love action! Let them turn into pirates or robbers during the holiday!

Pirate Party. Yo-ho-ho, salute to the captain!
A brave team of pirates sets out in search of the treasure under the leadership of the captain - the hero of the occasion. The guys decipher the map and complete difficult tasks, and two experienced pirates help them!
The invitation is a bag, and inside are golden chocolate coins!

Obstacle course
A chain is stretched over the heads of the participants. All pirates stand on one side of the chain and, at the command of the leader, run across to the other side without hitting the chain. During the game, the leader gradually lowers the chain until the participants in the game have to crawl under it. Whoever touches the chain is out of the game.

Treasure map
The children are invited to piece together a real treasure map. You can use any drawing, cut it into pieces in advance and invite the children to assemble.

Tug of war
The pirates are divided into two teams, stand on opposite sides of the rope and pull it towards themselves. The team that pulled the rope to its side with the other team wins.

Cannonball (bouncers)
A traditional outdoor game, but instead of a ball, a large ball (cannonball) is used, which is more convenient indoors. The most agile and agile pirate wins.

Throw a "Cowboy Party" for the boys!
Invite the children to travel to the Wild West, where exciting contests, sports competitions, challenging and challenging tasks await them!

Miracle island

There are no outside observers at this holiday, all children are active participants!

Robinson Crusoe and Friday
A real Robinsonian party on a wild island! The cheerful native Friday and the kind Robinson will teach children to dance African dances, handle a spear, fish, hunt wild goats, and fight harmful mosquitoes. They will teach you everything that is simply necessary in order to survive on a desert island!

Dance with friday
Dancing is an integral part of any party. Charming Friday invites children to learn her favorite "Tumba-yumba". To cheerful African music, the children repeat her dance after the native.

"Flippers"
The participants are divided into two teams. Take turns putting on fins and running in them to the chair in front and back. The fastest team wins.

"Mosquitoes"
The guys are divided into two teams. Each team is given the same number of balloons (mosquitoes). For a certain time, while the music is playing, the participants in the game need to throw balls at another team. The team with the fewest balls wins the mosquitoes.

Ideas for the Miracle Island Party!
Binoculars. Take two pieces of corrugated cardboard, glue animal figures and feathers on top, roll, glue.

A skirt for a native! You will need crepe paper, string, and scissors.

Snake cake! Make a shape from the dough, prepare a cream, add green food coloring to it. Decorate the snake with whipped cream and place on top of green coconut flakes.

5 more ideas for children's parties

Children's social event

Where: at home.

Props: masquerade costumes of fairy-tale princes and beautiful ladies, fans and children's unbreakable "porcelain" or "crystal", discs with classical music, ceremonial liveries for parents.

Scenario: the kids go to the court ball. For one evening, adults will become the servants of their little masters and will be in charge of changing dishes, and one of the older children or one of the parents will teach the little ones old dances, retell funny fragments of history and give a lesson in good manners.

"Star Wars"

Where: at the children's bowling alley or sports club.

Props: costumes of space travelers, "space food", invitations with rockets and stars.

Scenario: A bowling tournament involves competition. To diversify it, tell the kids that you are in a spaceship, and the pins on the track are alien ships. Only balls of war shells and an accurate sight can destroy enemy missiles.

"Lunch with your favorite toy"

Where: at a fast food restaurant (McDonald's, Rostix).

Props: favorite toys of your child and his guests.

Scenario: In fast food restaurants, birthdays follow the usual pattern: Coca-Cola and burgers, clowns, brightly colored caps and a birthday cake. Add your own flavor to this script. Ask your toddler's guests to bring a favorite toy with them to the party. In the intervals between standard contests, when the playing children need to be calmed down a little, put them at the table and ask everyone to tell about their companion.

"The last Hero"

Where: at the kids' club or entertainment center.

Props: tropical fruits, natives masks and make-up, any attributes from the robinson's arsenal, a protective totem.

Scenario: Design an obstacle course based on the rides or playgrounds of the kids club. Conduct contests for "survival" - the loser must leave the game and become a spectator, and the winner can receive a protective totem ... Imagine about the Robinsons and the last heroes, your children will definitely appreciate and remember this!

"Roadside Picnic"

Where: outdoors, in the forest, at their summer cottage.

Props: sausages on skewers, disposable dishes, a picnic blanket and thick cushions for sitting on the grass.

Scenario: Invite the children to play a real adult party: let themselves (under your supervision) grill kebabs, make toasts, tell each other funny stories. And if they get bored, have street contests in your stock.

Getting ready for the holiday

Preparation in 2 weeks

Invite guests so they can plan ahead. Inform the parents of the invited children about the start and end time of the party. The party for preschoolers should last no longer than 2-3 hours, otherwise the children will get tired.
-Plan a festive program, menu and apartment decoration. Make a list of what to buy for the holiday.
-Consider who will help you during the holiday. There must be one adult for every five children invited.

For 1 week

Call all the invitees again.
-If you are going to order a birthday cake, do so now.
-Buy drinks and food that does not spoil (cookies, sweets, chips).
-Buy everything you need to decorate your apartment: balloons, flags.

For 1 day

Talk with your child about how to behave at the holiday: meet and see off guests, thank for gifts, etc.
-Decorate the apartment.
-Establish order.
-Consider where and what the kids will play and equip the play areas.
-Prepare your camera, camera, film, spare batteries.

During the holiday

15 minutes. Prepare toys, puzzles, pencils and paper to keep the first children busy. Children can get bored waiting for the rest.
-15 minutes. Organize outdoor games so that the guys can run and jump.
-15 minutes. Now you can play something calm - guess riddles, puzzles, draw or play.
-20 minutes. Time to try the treat.
-20 minutes. Organize contests and give each participant a small prize.
-10 minutes. Show guests off and thank them again for their gifts.

GAMES

"Ha ha ha"
This is a very simple game and, most importantly, no one loses. The players' job is not to laugh. Children sit or stand in a circle, and one of the players says, as seriously as possible: "Ha!" The next one says: "Ha-ha!", The third: - "Ha-ha-ha!", And so on. Anyone who utters the wrong amount of "Ha" or laughs - is eliminated from the game. The game continues, and those who have been eliminated try to do everything to make the remaining players laugh (just without touching them). Whoever has the last laugh wins.

Birthday song
When guests come to someone for their birthday, they must sing a song for the birthday person. For example, "The Song of Gena Crocodile", which begins with the words: Let the pedestrians run awkwardly ... ". Show how this song would sound if you came to congratulate the birthday boy ...

- kindergarten choir,
- the choir of the armored division,
- a choir of labor veterans,
- the choir of the theological seminary.

Whose ball is bigger?
Participants receive balloons and, on command, begin to inflate them with their mouths. The one who bursts the ball is eliminated from the game. The winner is the one who inflated the largest balloon in terms of volume.

"Fish", "beast", "bird"
The players are seated at the sides of the room. They choose the driver. He walks past them, repeating three words: "Fish", "beast", "bird ...". Suddenly stopping in front of someone, he says loudly one of these words, for example, "bird." The player must immediately name a bird. You cannot hesitate and name those fish, animals, birds that someone has already named. Anyone who gape or answered incorrectly pays a fant, and then “redeems” him (reads poetry, sings a song, dances, shows tricks, etc.).

"Magic box"

Take a small box and place a toy or other prize in it. Put this box in a larger box, and a larger box in one that is even larger. The larger the number of boxes, the more interesting it is to play. Children sit in a circle and pass the box to each other, while music is playing. When the music stops, the one holding the magic box opens one of them, the first. The one of the players who is lucky and he opens the last box with the prize - takes the prize for himself.

Make a movie
Organize a children's party with video filming. Divide them into groups of four to six depending on the number of children; assign each group to write a script and assign roles for the next shooting.

We advise you to have on hand a lot of all kinds of rags suitable for dressing: old hats, long scarves or scraps of fabric, the remains of carnival costumes and a whole staff of "animals". Brooms can come in handy, as well as shaving brushes.

Give the children fifteen to twenty minutes to cook. Then have each group take turns putting on a show for the others while you film. You can show a movie over dessert (and if you don't have a camera, forget about these video tips and call the show a theater).

Commercial approach
A more concise and shorter version of this game can be proposed. For each group to make a homemade script, and then let the children “shoot” the ad.

Concert hour
If your group has large children, consider organizing a concert. Let them decide for themselves where the stage will be and how to make the curtain, help each one come up with a number. Some children love a solo performance - to sing a song, dance, read a riddle or some funny story. Other group performances, say juggling balls as a team, presenting something funny, or singing together. You can take part in this concert as an entertainer, announcing each number and urging the audience to applaud the performers more amicably.

A train
The more children participate in this game, the better. Form your team in single file, and have each child hold on to the elbows in front. The first child will be a train driver. He is driving the train. When the train starts to move, the driver hums "Oooo". When he rings twice, the train must stop. The driver also decides in which direction the train will go and how it will go - jumping on two or one legs, running or something else. Children can take turns as train drivers. If the group of children is big enough, it is better to make two trains.

Freeze-Otomri
Let the children run around the yard or room. Tell them to all move in some way: jumping, bending over, jumping on one leg, pushing each other, etc. They need to continue their movements until you shout: "Freeze!" Children should freeze and stand motionless until you give the command: "Otomri!" To maintain interest in the game, shout your "Freeze!" at different intervals. If one of the children cannot stand the state of immobility, do not exclude him from the game, just observe how many children can withstand all the signals of "freeze"; maybe all but one or two can withstand.

Fun competitions
If you have a group of children, arrange an unusual competition. For example, you can organize an "elephant race" (children will stomp like elephants and waving their arms like a trunk) or a competition, jumping like a kangaroo, moving like a turtle (on all fours, as if they have a shell on their backs), or you can run backwards or in a "bundle" two by two. Let the children try to come up with options for such competitions themselves.

Siamese twins
Being Siamese twins is very difficult, because there are only two hands for two people. Try to see this for yourself: hug your friend so that the right hand of one and the left hand of the other are free, and in this position, follow the steps:

- thread the needle;
- light a candle with matches;
- cut a circle out of paper with scissors;
- tie a lace on the boot;
- lock the rod in a ballpoint pen.

Rope fences
Here's an easy way to organize a fun skill game. On an area covered with soft grass, place two chairs or two other sufficiently stable objects and tie a rope to them so that it hangs freely between them a few centimeters from the ground. Let the children, imagining themselves as racehorses, jump over the obstacle. They must jump over the rope without touching it.

You can increase the height by placing the chairs further apart. When the rope hangs too high and it is difficult for the child to jump over it, let him try to crawl under the rope without touching it. Move the chairs closer together and the rope will be lower. Let the children decide for themselves whether they want to jump over or crawl under the rope.

Who is stronger?
Take a strong rope, tie the ends with a strong knot. This will create a large rope ring. Two participants in the competition, being inside the rope ring, stretch it in different directions, winding the rope under the shoulder blades and grabbing it with both hands. A line is drawn in the middle between them. At the signal, both, backing up, try to pull each other over the line.

Defeat three
Two ropes of the same size and thickness, 2.5-3 meters each, are tied in the middle so as to get four identical ends. Four guys are competing, each takes his own end of the rope, pulls it, it turns out a "cross". About two meters away from each player, a prize is placed on the floor. On command, participants pull on their end of the rope, trying to be the first to grab the prize.

Children's holiday with "Olympic competitions"
On the birthday of older children, you can play in the "station". To do this, organize yourself to help several adults, each of whom, sitting at some distance from each other, should be a "station" where the child needs to show some of his abilities. Give each child a scoring card, and let them, as they go from station to station, receive points for completing various tasks. Most of the assignments are likely to require physical dexterity, but it is good to include challenges that require focused attention. Points must be awarded for both participation and victories; naturally, the level of rewards should be different.

"Hunt" for a coin
Take a few small coins and scatter them around the yard or, if it is more convenient for some reason, in the house. Depending on the age of the children, you can hide coins in more or less difficult places to find. Give the children some time to “hunt” for coins. Let them keep the found coins.

For older children, you can tell how many coins are hidden. Let them count how many coins they have already found, and continue the "hunt" until they find everything.

Search - you will find
Children choose a driver. They show him an object that he will have to look for. When the driver leaves the room, the guys hide the object. After that, the name of the driver is called. Children are singing a song. When the presenter approaches the hidden object, the children sing louder, and when he moves away, the singing becomes quieter. When the item is found, the driver himself chooses the next driver. The item that is hidden and the song is better to change each time.

Jump like a ball
Here's a good way to get kids to be relaxed and relaxed while remaining under adult supervision. Invite the children to fantasize by imagining themselves as some inanimate object that they see in front of them. Start with, say, a hair tie: first pull the elastic, then let it return to its original shape, stretch it hard, throw it in the air and let it fall. Have the children try to repeat the movements of the rubber band.

Then you can move on to a ball, clockwork toy, a skein of rope, etc. If, after playing for a while, their energy has not diminished, invite them to come up with who else they would like to become: rockets, robots, snowballs, sparklers, etc.

Funny face
To prepare for this game, first cut a large oval out of the flannel. Stick it onto a Whatman paper or a large piece of heavy, dark paper. Draw hair around the oval and attach a bow tie at the bottom. Then cut out the eyes, nose, ears and mouth from the multi-colored flannel. If you wish, you can cut out more eyebrows, pipe and hat.

Tape a piece of flannel oval paper to the wall at the level of your child's eyes. In turn, blindfold the children, and have them attach some part of the face to the oval. The flannel should stick to the flannel by itself, but you can use the Velcro tabs on the back of the "face" if necessary. A funny face, which will be obtained as a result of this procedure, will certainly cause a lot of laughter.

When the game is over, leave this face hanging on the wall. Perhaps some of the children would like to continue the experiment.

Catching a fish
Ask your child to help you prepare for this game. Your kid can cut the simplest fish shapes out of multi-colored thick paper. On each fish, write a letter so that one or more simple words could be composed of different letters on the fish. Attach a paper clip to each fish, and then put all the fish in the bucket.

Now take a small twig or stick and attach a string to one end with a small magnet at the end. Let each child take turns catching a fish, and you will see if they can form words from the letters on the caught fish.

Bubble
Usually, children's fun can be organized from what is at hand. But if you know in advance that you have to entertain a group of children, go to a store that sells all sorts of things and buy a special jar for blowing bubbles. One such jar contains real magic - children's laughter and happiness.

How to save soap
An agitated child with a full can of suds in their hands may accidentally splash it out. Open all jars and pour half of the liquid from each into a jug (or some other container). If the jar is tipped over, then all is not lost, and, besides, when the children have finished their soapy entertainment, you can fill the jars for future use, for the next time.

Bubbles are especially good if you need to keep kids of all ages busy. Even teenagers enjoy them.

Depending on what you blow into, bubbles of various sizes are formed. Very small bubbles fly out of plastic straws dipped in soapy water. Plastic jar lids with a hole in the middle blow out more bubbles. If the “tool” you have chosen is too large for a jar of foam, pour the soap solution into a bowl and lower your “tool” there, then remove it with tongs, shake it, and you will see how huge and iridescent bubbles you get.

Homemade lotto
This game is good for any company. Playing it - whether it be two kids or ten - will be the same fun for everyone. Have some cards ready in advance. On each card, draw eight or nine squares, and in each one write a different letter (or number, from one to nine). All cards must be different. Then prepare many small cards with one of the letters or numbers inscribed in the squares of the large cards.

Give each player eight to nine buttons, bottle caps, pieces of foil, or other small items to use as tokens. You or one of the children will be the leader. Take one of the small cards with a letter or number (of course, they should all be shuffled and face down) and name it. If you want, you can pick it up and show it to the children. If they find the same letter or number on their card with squares, they will put on this square a button or something else chosen for this. The child who has covered all the squares shouts "Victory!" - He won.

Living Letters
If it seems to you that it is time to warm up, try playing "living letters". Write several uppercase block letters (for example: A, G, E, I, L, M, etc.), one on each sheet of paper. All children should lie down on the floor. One of them pulls out a piece of paper with a letter, and then he must put the children in such a way as to compose this letter.

Ball rolling
Sit with the children on the floor in a circle with your legs wide apart. Give one of the kids a big ball. The child should roll it (with his hands) directly at the feet of the other child. He rolls the ball to the third kid, etc. Explain to the children that the purpose of this game is to keep the ball in constant motion.

Nursery rhyme charades
Sing or read a few nursery rhymes. Then help the children to portray the poems they like in their faces. Let each child whisper to you which rhyme he has chosen. Then you and your child try to act out in faces what the verse says. And other children should guess which rhyme you showed them.

Older children can be given different clothes, rags and all sorts of other things, so that they can dress of their own choice and depict their favorite fairy tale in costumes.

Dancing animals
Play music for the children - classical, pop, rock, whatever you like - so they can dance to it. Have the little ones move to the beat of the music.

Invite the children to portray an animal dancing to the music. They can waddle like a duck, stomp like an elephant, tread softly like a cat, move quickly like a mouse, step majestically like a tiger, frolic like a dog.

Apple dance
Several couples are dancing. Each pair presses a large apple with their foreheads. If the apple falls, the pair is eliminated from the competition. The most agile win. Do not forget to wash the apples again after the competition.

"Boogie Woogie"
It's not even a dance, but rather a game. In it, all movements correspond to the spoken words. The guys stand in a circle facing the center.

"Right hand forward,
And then her back,
And again her forward,
And shake it a little.

We're boogie-woogie
Turning in a circle.
And clap our hands like this:
clap clap!

Boogie woogie - okay! (movement to the center
circle).
Boogie woogie - okay! (come back)".

In the future, only the words change in the dance-game:

"Left hand forward ..."
"Right foot forward ..."
"Left ear forward ..."
"Right shoulder forward ..." etc.

Exotic dances
For some reason, it is believed that dancing must be done standing on two legs. Can't you dance lying down or sitting down? Try to make sure it’s not less interesting, and in some ways more difficult. Perform a dance without getting up from your chair ...

- lambada;
- twist;
- hip-hop;
- break;
- macarena.

And if there is a fashion to perform pair dances standing back to back? Do back to back dances such as ...

- waltz;
- tango;
- square dance.

Musical chairs

It's such an old game that grandparents and even great-grandparents can remember playing it. Place a row of chairs, changing their direction each time. There should be one fewer chairs than children. Beat the drum or put on a record (recording) with suitable music, and have the children run around the chairs. When the music stops, the children must have time to take a seat.

A child who does not have time to sit on a chair is eliminated from the game. One chair must also be removed, and the chairs must be removed until there is only one child left. Vary the time during which you play music. When most of the children are out of the game, you can speed it up, if you like.

Who quickly
2 chairs are placed with their backs to each other at a distance of about 2 meters. A rope is stretched under the chairs, its ends are between the feet of the children sitting on the chair. Tied in the middle of the rope is a bag of nuts (sweets, cookies). At the command of the leader, those sitting on the chair must jump up, run around the circle of chairs, sit on their own and, grabbing the rope, pull up the prize, which goes to the one who can do it first.

Tree man
Let the kids who fill your house turn into trees. Tell the children which parts of the tree correspond to body parts. Legs can be roots, body - trunk, arms - branches, fingers - leaves.

You can portray any natural phenomenon, and children must react to it. You can be wind, sun, or rain. And from time to time you depict a forester with an ax in his hands, who is about to cut down a tree. When you shout "Log!", Stopping in front of some "tree", this "tree" should fall.

We tell fairy tales
By telling a story, you can captivate not only one child, but the whole company. But this can be done in different ways: either simply read an interesting fairy tale to children, showing pictures, or read, having agreed with the children that they will accompany your reading with different sounds corresponding to the events of the fairy tale. Or you can play a fairy tale, and then the kids will "go" with you to the jungle, or you will discover the Wild West. With young children, you can simply sing songs from a fairy tale. With a group of children, you can play such a scene as, for example, "The Big Turtle and the Hare":

Once upon a time there lived a hare - this is such an animal like a rabbit (put your index fingers above your head, depicting the ears of a hare), and a big-big turtle - like a small one, but very large (bend your arms and get down on all fours).

The hare ran very, very fast. (Bend your arms and quickly move your fists forward one at a time.)

And the turtle ran very, very slowly. (Slowly, take turns moving your bent arms with your fists forward.)

Once a hare said to a turtle: "Let's run a race!" (Place your hands as a mouthpiece, as if imitating a sports team.)

Reade set Go! (Place your index finger and thumb in the "gun up" position; at the word "march," turn your hand with your index finger forward.)

Here is a hare running. (Use your fists quickly.)

And here is a turtle crawling. (Use your fists slowly.)

Suddenly the hare stopped. He looked around, but did not see the large turtle. (Place your hand over your forehead, as if trying to see where the turtle is.)

And the hare decided to take a nap under the tree. (Close your eyes and pretend to sleep, you can even snore.)

And suddenly ... he woke up. He said: “I forgot about the competition! I better hurry up! " (Use your fists quickly.)

And the big turtle, meanwhile, never stopped, kept going forward. (Use your fists slowly.)

The big turtle won the competition and came in first. (Clasp your arms above your head like champions do.)

The hare was terribly angry. (Make an angry face and put your hands on your hips.)

And the big turtle was very happy. (Proud, smiling face.)

You can tell the tale again by asking the children questions, and they must answer and show with movements what is happening.

"Murder in the Dark"
This Agatha Christie-style detective game can be very entertaining for a group of five or more primary school children.

Write the words "detective", "victim" and "murderer" on the pieces of paper and fold these pieces of paper. Add to them the same size. Then everyone has to pull a piece of paper. The child, who got to be a "detective", leaves the room, turning off the light.

Everyone else walks around the room back and forth, a “murder” occurs, and the “victim” quickly falls to the floor, while the “killer” does not show any signs that it was he who committed the crime. The "detective" returns, turns on the light and asks questions, while observing the expressions and behavior of those present; he must guess who the killer is in five minutes.

Continue the game until all the children have been "detective" at least once.

Fashion show
Of course, we are against any gender stereotypes. Naturally, girls should be able to roller skate, play basketball, and not just mess around with all sorts of bowler pots and do needlework. However, experience shows that little girls are especially fond of dressing up.

Put all sorts of old dresses in a large box. Add high-heeled shoes and colorful scarves. Don't forget capes and shirts, hats, ties, jackets and purses. Let each child choose an outfit of their choice - elegant-classic or avant-garde.

It would be good if there was an adult “assistant” who would help tie bows and put on high-heeled shoes for girls. Or maybe you would like to have another make-up "assistant".

Now put on a fashion parade and have each child proflate along the path while you comment on their appearance and outfit. Here we again return to the usual stereotypes. Girls will be especially pleased to hear that they are gorgeous in all outfits and that they move gracefully.

When Suzie K. shows off her most dazzling outfit ever, the commentator should start by paying tribute to her football or piano skills. Pay attention to the grace with which Susie moves in any outfit. Or imagine Linda Lou popping out in your gold high-heeled shoes and leopard-print bathrobe.

Here you can improvise something like this: “Linda Lu is as dazzling today in a fluttering leopard robe as she is in her blue jeans on the sports field, where she is admired for her best results in running. Today Linda changed her Adidas for gold shoes, but tomorrow you can see her running to school again at full speed. It's Linda Lou! An interesting and elegant girl, a real girl. "

Jumping in a bag
Traditionally, this game requires a bag, but if you don't have bags on hand, old pillowcases can replace them.

If your team has several children, then organize a competition. For a certain time, each child must jump or walk (with his feet in a bag) from one place to another. Then let him try the same thing with one leg in the bag.

Complicated version
If children can easily cope with such jumps and they like outdoor games, let them try to be on the "three" legs. To do this, two boys need to stand side by side, facing one side, and you tie their legs, which are next to each other. Then they must walk the distance on "three" legs.

Tickler fish
If you have enough children to form a circle, you can give them a large sheet and start playing. Children hold the sheet at waist level and gently shake it to form "waves."

One child has to crawl under the sheet on all fours and tickle the ankle of some other child. While the child-fish “swims” under the sheet, he holds one finger-“fin” raised, by the movement of which the children determine where the fish is heading.

Whom the fish tickles, he himself turns into a fish, raises his "fin" and goes under the "water" to look for his prey in order to tickle it.

And the unnecessary will become necessary
For the first time, we watched the bewitching of all kinds of junk at the Boston Children's Museum, where one rainy day our children played for many hours in a row with all kinds of discarded rubbish. If you can't go to Boston, don't be upset.

Collect your own junk: cardboard rolls of toilet paper, pieces of wood, something shiny, pieces of white foam used to pack fragile items, jar lids, lollipop sticks and popsicles, in short, all sorts of little things that could be in your house ... Put all this stuff in a box and one day, when your child and his friends are bored and they start pestering you with the question: "What are we going to do?" - take out this box and say: "Come on, children, make me something extraordinary and interesting out of this." If you have older children, save them some bigger junk: broken chairs, remnants of building materials, etc. If workers are doing something somewhere near your house, ask them not to throw out the things they don't need it will come in handy for your kids.

Hoop games
The hula-hoop is a wonderful invention that confirms the theory that everything brilliant is very simple. It can be rotated around the waist, but can also be used in throwing. Place the hoop on the ground, and inside it draw numbered circles in each circle, as you would on a target. Then, throw the ball at the target. You can jump in and out of a circle, or you can twist a hoop around your arm. From games in which the hoop does not need to be twisted, we like this one: tie the hoop to a tree branch so that it hangs from it. Then move away from the hoop and throw the ball at it. You can throw ping-pong balls and plastic balls (these are the safest and most reliable balls), but tennis balls are also suitable. Inflatable balls are also quite good for this.

Have a parade
Children love parades!
Give them some time to prepare. First, you will need musical instruments for the parade march. Of course, the child can work hard and make a drum, but some children may prefer to put peas in a metal can and make a noise by shaking the can, or string saucepans or something like that. You need to have a few bells, saucepan lids and whistles so that all this is ready by the beginning of the parade. (If you give these "musical instruments" to children too early, you will get a headache.)

It is necessary to consider what banners and flags the children will carry during their parade, as well as paper hats that the children must make themselves. You can tie long pieces of bright fabrics or scarves to the ruler, they will flutter, decorating the parade. It is very good if you prepare some kind of marching music in advance, but maybe the children themselves will want to suggest music for the march.

The reason for the parade
Perhaps the children will want to march for a reason, but for some reason. In this case, appropriate slogans can be made for them. You can start the parade in the courtyard, and then, if your neighbors are in a complacent mood, go out and walk the block, beating off a step, and at the end of the parade it is good to have a snack.

An original children's party that combines learning, games and festive treats is suitable for a child of any age.

You will be rewarded with ringing laughter and children's gratitude!

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Anyone who at least once in his life has been organizing a children's thematic holiday knows what a responsible and troublesome business it is. The success of the entire event largely depends on the correct choice of topic. If it is relevant, corresponds to the age and interests of the children, then they will not only light up at the holiday itself, but will also plunge into the preparatory turmoil with enthusiasm.

Disney theme is played up in accessories, colors, holiday treats

Types of themed holidays

Children's parties have their own specifics; conditionally, they can be combined into several groups.

1. Game programs... They are usually prepared based on fairy tales and cartoons. Adult animators (professional actors, parents, older children), dressed in costumes of fairy-tale characters, play a performance, conduct games with guests, contests in the key of the chosen theme. Children do not have to be dressed in costumes, it is enough to prepare "identification" props: hats, wings, masks.
2. Costume games... At such holidays, children participate in the performance on an equal basis with the presenters. There is usually a lot of improvisation, team games, mobile contests. An example of a fancy-dress party is children's parties in Hawaiian, cowboy, Native American styles.
3. Masquerade... Prepare for such a holiday in advance. Guests are informed about the theme so that they can prepare costumes, think over a number for the performance (song, poem, trick, dance). Examples of themes for a masquerade ball: knights and princesses, space themes, the underwater kingdom (based on The Little Mermaid), Winx fairies, a magic party (based on books or films about Harry Potter).
4. Quests... Ideal for children's outdoor activities, can be costumed. At the start, the team or each participant receives a package of tasks that lead players from one point to another in search of a valuable prize (this can be a crystal, treasure or pirate treasure). Suitable themes for costume quests: pirates, Robin Hood and his friends, spy and gangster showdowns.
5. Military style holidays... For an active boyish company who is fond of sports, outdoor holidays with a military-sports bias like the long-forgotten "Zarnitsa" are suitable.
6. Music and entertainment show... Kids will love the theme of the circus; for a more adult creative company, you can arrange a "Star Factory" with talent contests, fashion shows in costumes, and performances.

To celebrate the end of school and the beginning of the holidays, you can arrange a balloon festival at the dacha. They can beautifully decorate a garden, a gazebo, organize contests: whoever inflates faster, bursts, makes a bouquet, models a figurine. And in the evening, launch glowing balls into the sky. Easy, relaxed, and also a lot of positive emotions

Children's party in a pirate style with Jack Sparrow as the host

Without which there will be no thematic holiday?

Whatever theme is the basis of the holiday, it needs to be played in the entourage. This is the key difference between a thematic event and a banal tea party with a game program. Let's see how to do this using the example of a children's birthday party with a superhero theme.

• When inviting guests, set the dress code - the costume of your favorite superhero.
• If the birthday boy is wearing a Superman costume, decorate the room with red and blue balloons. Use small figures of superheroes and their symbols as decorations on the table.
• Competitions and game program should be thought out in the key of saving the world from all kinds of villains.
• In the musical arrangement, use a cut of melodies from the corresponding cartoons and films.
• A birthday cake in the shape of one of the superheroes and a surprise gift - a walking ball in the shape of Batman - will put a beautiful end to the holiday.

A special holiday for every age

It makes no sense to hold themed parties for children under 5-6 years old. The maximum that younger preschoolers perceive is one hero in the costume of a character from a well-known and beloved cartoon. Older children enjoy playing, improvising, reincarnating. But here, too, there is a gradation of topics and forms of conduct according to age.

Age 5-7 years

A fertile theme for this age is fairy tales and cartoons, the preferred type of scenario is game programs, costume games and performances.

• Kids will be happy to play with Luntik and his friends, Masha and the Bear, Fixiks, Smeshariki, Barboskins.
• A winning theme for girls - adventures in the magical land of Equestria with ponies, a holiday in the style of Barbie, the Little Mermaid, Monster High.
• In nature, costume games “go well”: children can dress up as cowboys, pirates, and Indians.
• The holiday based on the cartoon "Cars" will delight young motorists.

Cowboy theme at the picnic played out in costumes and moving contests

7 to 10 years old

Younger schoolchildren also respond well to game programs, but they want to be participants rather than spectators. Girls will gladly dress up as fairies, princesses, boys - as superheroes, villains, spies, super agents. Here are some ideas.

• Masquerade ball: girls in princess costumes, boys - knights and superheroes.
• A party for girls with the Winx fairies.
• Party with Monster High, minions, ghosts.
• Quests based on "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Star Wars", favorite computer games in the spy style.
• Magic Party with Harry Potter.

Preparing a magic party

Younger teens (over 10 years old)

At this age, fairy tales and cartoons are no longer interesting: the treasure has been found, the world has been saved on past birthdays. It's time for adult topics and serious adventures.

• Teenagers will love a gangster-style party with the Godfather as the host and indispensable attributes: weapons, a tape measure, robberies and a search for criminals.
• A military-style holiday is a real school of survival that will captivate active boys and girls.
• Thematic holidays, in which there is a lot of music and dances: "Star Factory", dudes.

And these are just some examples of plots for children's and teenage holidays. Shakespeare said: "The whole world is theater ...". Choose any topic, and if you wish, you can deploy a whole theatrical performance around it.