Butterfly Theme Birthday Party & Fun Butterflies Party Supplies

Why do we like a butterfly theme birthday party? First, the brilliant colors and distinctive motifs allow for infinite decorating possibilities. As a common motif in poetry, religion and folklore, butterflies are universally respected and perfectly unique. A butterfly’s transformation from larva to pupa into an beautiful winged, flying adult is a lovely metaphor for a girl growing up. Since butterflies feed off nectar from flowers, you can also incorporate flowers into this butterfly birthday theme.

Spring is coming, and some great butterfly birthday party activities for kids would be kite-making where guests can decorate their kites with a butterfly motif and fly them. Many nature centers have butterfly gardens, where kids can learn about butterflies and even have a chance to hold one. If you have a yard or garden, An inside activity would be gathering for a butterfly story book such as From Caterpillar to Butterfly (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1).

Since butterflies are such beloved creatures, it’s easy to find inexpensive butterfly fabrics and craft supplies to serve as party decorations. Hanging butterflies made from paper or mobiles with several butterflies are great to hang over the table. To fully transform your home into a butterfly garden, hang photos or printouts of butterflies on the walls around the table. From the craft store, you’ll find decorative foam or plastic butterflies that can accent plants or flowers.

For the special butterfly birthday girl, you can make a set of butterfly wings for her to wear and even cut out wings from posterboard with fabric straps that kids wear like a backpack. Re-enact the transformation of a larva into a butterfly.

For food, You can achieve the butterfly’s recognizable shape using cookie cutters or molds. Cut out everything from sandwich bread to jellow with butterfly cookie cutters.

Here are a few cute butterfly decoration ideas we came across:

Tabletop Butterfly Balloons

13″ Butterfly Shaped Mylar Balloon Each

Butterfly mask

Mardi Gras Butterfly Mask Each

Butterfly pinata

“Butterfly 21″” Pinata”

Fun Birthday Party Cake Candles For All Styles

I can’t get over the options you have in birthday candles today. Today’s bright, thematic, crowd-pleasing birthday candles are a far cry for the waxy little twigs we used to use back when we carefully counted those things.

How do you like these Birthday Girl Pick Candles (12), a set of 12 pink candles that spell out the words “birthday girl” on a cake. (There’s a sweet birthday boy version in blue as well). The candle wicks sit at the top of each letter, generating gorgeous light that makes for a stunning birthday cake presentation.  These birthday candles are so photogenic, you’ll capture some wonderful memories of the birthday girl blowing out the candles.

Molded character candles are a kids’ favorite.  If you’re having a cartoon theme birthday party, you’re sure to find related character candles like Sesame Street or Dora.   We also loved these pink Princess Candles (4) that are just the right candle addition to princess birthday cupcakes. Each candle is a cute pink crown that will be adored by the princesses.  These can get pricey, but they’re unique and worth keeping.

For both kids and adults, we loved the color possibilities in these . It’s these small, inexpensive details that can tie a party theme together and reinforce the experience.  Say you’re having a gold-theme party, why not use these
Gold Cake Candles (16) They are similar your standard 2 1/2 inch high birthday cake candles but they come in fabulous colors like gold and lime green.  Another advantage to this type of candles is that it is easy to light one from the other.  So, rather than fumbling with matches or burning your finger as you try to light them all, you can use one candle to light the others.

But in the end, who can resist these fat, adorable wax number candles like the Blue #2 Molded Candle that always brings smiles and good wishes.

Tie Dye Party Theme Ideas: Tie Dye Birthday Supplies

We love craft birthday parties for kids, in part because it helps to focus kids’ attention. Tie dye is a festive and colorful kids’ birthday party activity for boys and girls.  The needed materials are relatively inexpensive, and kids make their own handmade tie-dyed creation to take home.

What do you need for a tie-dye birthday party?  First you need the items you want to tie dye.  You can ask kids to bring their own item such as a pillowcase, socks, or a t-shirt. It just needs to be all (or nearly all) cotton.  (Just have some extra items on hand for those who forget). Or, a package of white cotton t-shirts is relatively inexpensive way to provide shirts to everyone.  You could also tie dye a piece of fabric to create a banner to remember the occasion.  This could be a wall hanging a child could hang in their room.

Tie dying patterns are created using string or rubber bands.  When you bunch up an area of a piece of fabric with a rubber band and then dye it, you’ll create a starburst pattern.  We’ve used Rit dye which you can find in many colors in any craft store.  Other t-shirt decorating markers and pens are optional.

Finally, pick up a large several gallon bucket for each color of dye.  Be sure you have a protected workspace by laying down newspapers or garbage bags as some spillage is inevitable.  Rubber gloves, clothespins for drying and plastic bags for transporting wet tie-dyed items will also come in handy.

Tie dye birthday party decorations are widely available as well.  We’ve found tie dye plates, cups and balloons like in this Tie Dye Fun Basic Party Pack.  For some heavy duty tie dye project inspiration Rit wrote the book. Check out To Dye for: The Rit Book of Creative Dyeing Projects

Simple Birthday Party Wrapping Paper

We loved this simple idea of buying bulk rolls of butcher paper and kraft paper for wrapping birthday and other holiday presents.  Using plain white or brown paper can look so elegant, yet is so economical. You can easily add special ribbons, labels, tissue paper or tag to personalize the birthday gift.

“I’ve been researching packaging for shipping the Divine bakers Twine. While doing so I perused ULINE and ended up buying  ginormous rolls of paper. One is 24″ white butcher paper ($45) and the other 24″ light brown kraft paper ($24). I plan on using them for wrapping gifts and with 1,100′ of one and 900′ of the other I think they will last me the rest of my life! I’m a little disappointed that the butcher paper is not thick enough to be opaque. You can still see what you’ve wrapped through the paper. But, it will look pretty if I wrap the gift first in colored tissue paper. I love using plain paper for gift wrap. It’s so versatile. You can draw/color on it (great for kids to decorate for their friend’s birthday gifts), decorate with stickers/labels, tie with fancy ribbon or not-so-fancy ribbon/twine or wrap a band of contrast paper around it. Endless possibilities!”

Whisker Graphics – Lifetime Supply of Wrapping Paper.

1st Birthday Party Pinata Number 1

From Pinatas.com: This ADORABLE Pink 1st Birthday Pull String Pinata is approximately 14″ wide x 21.5″ high x 2.75″ deep and is light pink with dark pink edging and silver little hearts on it. The pinata also includes a plastic hook on the top for easy installation and can be used as a decoration. (Blue boys version also available).

Pink 1st Birthday Pull String Pinata