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A Creepy Crawly Spring Party
A Spring Celebration

April Showers bring May flowers but the younger crowd may be more interested in what’s crawling out of the ground!   Celebrate all of spring – butterflies and worms and flowers – with a simple outdoor party.  Everyone will have so much fun, they won’t even care if it rains!

Invitations

Choose a colorful personalized invitation that will make everyone smile.  Pick any design, Easter invitations can be reworded and work well for any spring event.

Feeling creative, cut out flowers or ladybugs from heavy construction paper.  Write the party information on the back and mail them in coordinating envelopes.

Combine a party favor and invitation in one, especially if your guest list is small.  Purchase bug catchers or even child-size umbrellas at your local discount store.  Print the party information on colorful tags and tie them on.  Your guests will be delighted when you drop off these invitations!  

Decorations

Children love balloons and they’re an easy and economical way to decorate.  Balloon bouquets in bright tones will look wonderful scattered around your party room or patio.  Add a mylar dragonfly or butterfly balloon for an extra touch.  Don’t forget to hold the bouquets down with foil wrapped weights  so they don’t blow away.

Centerpieces and Tableware

Make sure your tables look as festive as your decorations.  There are fabulous choices for tableware; choose the one that would be most appealing to your guests.  Younger children will love a table set with garden friends. For a more sophisticated look, set your table with a spring ensemble with plates and napkins that are as colorful as spring itself .  Or, pick tableware that looks like it was designed for an elegant garden party.

Don’t forget table covers that coordinate perfectly with your tableware.  Cloths are available in beautiful pastel or bright colors.

Have fun with the centerpieces.  The balloon bouquets can double as centerpieces as well as decorations.  Or make centerpieces using a small pail or watering can.  Fill it with child size garden tools, seeds, garden gloves and some gummy worms too.   At the end of the party you can disassemble the centerpieces and give each child a piece of it – they will love that!

Flowers always make wonderful centerpieces.  Use real ones from your gardens if you can.  Or, use a fun honeycomb floral centerpiece – it will be blooming long after the party is over.

This crowd will probably be happiest with simple finger food.  Sandwiches, pizza, cut up fruit and vegetables are all they’ll need.  And “bug juice” is a must!  Dessert has to be mud pie – what could be tastier than chocolate pudding with chocolate cookie crumble and gummy worms made in a flower pot and served with a garden shovel?

Entertainment

The greatest part about kids’ parties is while they need lots of activities, they don’t have to be very complicated.  Depending on the age of the kids, traditional party games are perfect.  Duck, duck goose, tag or kickball are always fun.  Take a hike, or create a scavenger hunt, and have everyone look for signs of spring – worms, birds and ladybugs.

If you’re planning on keeping everyone inside, a piñata is always a huge hit.  Fill a flower piñata  with small candies and prizes and everyone will be happy. Craft projects are always great entertainment.  Simple plastic flower pots can be decorated with stickers or markers.  Use them as favor bags when it’s time to leave.  And what’s the best party favor?  Candy of course!  Your guests will be delighted to receive a milk or dark chocolate candy bar covered in personalized wrapper from Creations for You.  Pick a special spring theme or send a personalized message – it’s a delicious treat. April Showers Bring More Than Flowers that’s for sure!  With help from Party411.com, you can be guaranteed lots of happy guests who will be anxious to attend your next event.

Questions about Spring party planning? Ask the Experts!