My husband and I took our kids to a children's art event at our local museum this weekend, and one of the presenters there reminded me of a fun birthday party theme that I see sometimes: bubbles!
Our town is home to Jarom Watts, who is in the Guinness Book of World Records four times for the size and quantity of soap bubbles he's able to blow.
Watts demonstrated his mad skillz at the museum event, delighting the children to no end (especially when he would encircle a group of them inside one large bubble, as is pictured here).
What kid doesn't love bubbles? Why not make a whole party out of them? Here are some ideas:
- Your city might not have a world recording-holding bubble maker, but you might have a children's entertainer for hire who specializes in making soap bubbles. Check the yellow pages of your phone book or search online for local listings.
- Save money by learning how to make big bubbles yourself. Stephanie Brown, About.com's Guide to Toddlers suggests tips on making soap bubbles and lists wands that could be used to create different effects.
- Decorate your house with white or clear balloons. Fill some with helium, but blow up several with air and scatter them about the floor. You could play a game where each child is given a wand (which could be made from old paper towel or wrapping paper tubes) and must try to keep those air-filled balloons from touching the ground.
- In the goody bags, include packs of bubble gum and bottles of soap bubbles or bubble bath.
- Run a battery-operated soap bubble maker throughout the duration of the party to keep the bubbles blowing at all times.
- For invitations, print out the party details on a small strip of paper, which you'll then roll up like a scroll. Insert the rolled paper into a deflated pearly-white latex balloon. Mail off the balloons in small boxes or envelopes with instructions attached that say: blow and pop. Once the invitees do so, they'll find the scroll of paper that lists the party details.
- During the party, have the children make bubble art like the bubble masterpieces pictured on the blog Arromyf's Adventures.
- The cake could have sugar bubbles on top or you could top it with small balloons like this cake served at a balloon-themed birthday and featured on the blog Inchmark.
What ideas do you have for a bubble-themed birthday party?
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