Garden Birthday Party - Flower Birthday Party

Garden Birthday Party - Flower Birthday Party
Plant seeds for birthday memories, with a gardening birthday party theme. Party plan includes games, activities, flower crafts, decorating tips, flower party supplies and an easy to make flower garden cake!

For stress-free party planning use the party games, activities, treats and fun ideas suggested below and then order your garden party supplies
on-line to complete your fun-filled party just for kids!

Our favorite garden party patterns from Birthday In a Box...

Butterfly Garden
Beautiful and cheerful butterflies will add a festive touch to your table!
Daisy Smiles
A cheerful bunch of daisies to say happy birthday!

GARDEN PARTY INVITATIONS
Send invitations two weeks before the party date.
Make sure you suggest play clothes be worn for this outdoor gardening party. Purchase matching invitations, or make your own with
card stock paper. Cut flower shapes and write...
You're invited to Bloomin' Fun Birthday!
Add party details. If hand delivery is possible,
attach the card to a silk flower.
Tip: Scrap booking centers and craft stores may have flower
shaped die-cuts to make your invitations even easier!

GARDEN PARTY DECORATIONS
If weather permits, have the table and party outdoors.
A picnic table covered with a water proof, checkered table cloth add a vase of fresh flowers for a centerpiece. Make fun flower place settings for each child: Fill a mini terracotta pot with green jelly beans and a silk daisy. If time allows, write names or decorate the pots with permanent craft pens.

Personalize It!
Personalized items make a great addition to every party theme.
They coordinate with the Daisy Smiles and Butterfly paper pattern
and can be printed with your child's name, the names of each of your guests, or a message! Personalize it at Birthday In a Box >>

A SPECIAL WELCOME
Upon arrival, give each guest their own gardening hats.
Make them before the party by decorating inexpensive plastic visors with paint markers (craft store). Follow the package instructions for drying time.

FLOWER GARDEN PARTY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Play gardening games before the gardening/planting activities.

What Am I?
A flower or Vegetable guessing game.
Tape seed packet pictures to the back of each guest.
They receive clues from the other players to guess
which flower they are.

Gardening Relay Races
Dive children into teams to play any of these relay race ideas:
Watering Can Water Relay - use a small plastic watering
can to move water from one bucket to another.
Fill The Vase Relay - Teams transport a bouquet
(one bloom at a time) from a bucket to a vase
Dirt Shoveling Relay - use a kid safe shovel to carry
dirt from a pile to a bucket.

Stick the Bee on the Flower
Play like Pin the Tail on the Donkey.
Before the party, draw a simple daisy on poster board and make some bees, ladybugs or butterflies with paper or craft foam. On party day, write the children's names on each BEE and add double stick tape for playing.

Flower Child
Use kids-safe face paint to draw a flower on the cheek of each guest. Enlist a teenager or two for this job.

Planting Time
Depending on the age of the children, you may want
to enlist helpers for this activity.

Provide a terracotta/plastic pot, soil, large spoon or trowel and a marigold flower for each child. Write names on the bottom of the pots before planting. Show the children how to place the soil in the pots, gently remove the plant from it's container, loosen roots, add soil etc.
We chose marigolds because they are hardy and easy to care for.

Decorate Your Own Plant Stake
Use blank plastic plant stakes from a gardening center
and permanent gel pens or paint pens.
The kids will decorate the stake and add them to their plants.

PARTY FAVORS
Fill small watering cans or flower pots with a packet of seeds, kids gardening gloves, bug gummi candies, flower shaped cookies and stickers.

Exclusive Daisy Smiles favor sets are a fun and unique way to give
your guests a special treat! Each of our distinctive favor sets is designed
to coordinate perfectly with your party theme.

MORE GARDEN PARTY TIPS
Serve punch from a NEW clean watering can.
Cut sandwiches with a flower cookie cutter.
Make Lollipop flowers with green chenille stems and lollipops.

Make a Garden Cake...with a green frosted sheet cake and add some rock candies, chocolate cookie crumbs and small silk flowers.