Planning a children’s birthday party comes with its challenges. You will need to look for entertainment, food and of course make sure that everything is child safe. For a birthday party like none other, here are 10 unique birthday ideas from a school with venue hire in Watford.

Take Them to The Zoo

The zoo is a stimulating environment for children. They can learn all about the natural world and the animals that inhabit the earth with us.

Treasure Hunt

Children love treasure hunts. To set one up, hide treats all around your home or garden for them to locate, along with clues to help.

Picnics

Food can be taken outdoors with a hamper and blankets. You can enjoy a beautiful day outside whilst they blow out their candles and everyone wishes them a happy birthday.

A Pool Party

If they and their guests like swimming, you might instead look for a local swimming pool to have a pool party.

Superhero Theme

If you’re looking to plan a themed party, a superhero theme could work well. Both girls and boys enjoy action films and will likely have a favourite they’d want to come dressed as. Ideas for the themes are endless – you can create obstacle courses and races where the heroes compete against each other.

Movie Night

A movie night almost always goes down well. You can set up an indoor or outdoor theatre, or alternatively all go for a film screening at the cinema.

Craft Party

To keep guests entertained, have a crafts table set up where they can create bracelets, paper hats etc.

Clown

Children love the cartoon-like nature and goofiness of clowns. For the entertainment for the day, you may choose to hire one or dress up as a clown yourself. One thing we’d recommend beforehand is checking that none of their guests are afraid of clowns as this can make for an unpleasant experience.

Concert

If your child enjoys music and has a favourite band or artist, you could make a concert the main event of their party by getting hold of tickets for them and their friends. Or, if you’re able to push the boat out, arrange for a live performance at your venue.

Theme Park

To make their birthday extra special and a day to remember, why not take your little one and their friends out to a theme park of their choice? The UK has a whole host of attractions from Legoland resort to Alton Towers with CBeebies Land for children. They will have the unique opportunity of being able to go on rides for the first time and doing lots of other cool activities. This idea however may take more planning as you will need to arrange travel, and make sure all of their friends and family are able to attend.

When making plans you will of course need to think about your child, what you think they’d enjoy most and take their guests into consideration. If you’re unsure and want to check without spoiling the surprise, try asking subtle questions ahead of time. Ideally before they’ve started to think about their birthday and what they want.