party. Now a child's birthday party, if done right, is something they'll remember for years,

something very special to them, so let's do it right. My best advice to you is to choose

a theme, and stick with that theme and incorporate it in everything that you do with this party.

Write down, starting with of course, the invitations. Now the example I'm going to use is a princess

party for a young girl. Maybe between the ages of about five to ten. So you can buy

your own invitations. Disney sells some great princess invitations, or you can print your

own up on the computer, very inexpensively. Now in the invitation, it's a great idea to

invite the other children to dress up like their favorite princess, or if there's boys

coming, their favorite prince. And then, write down, from the plates, the napkins, the cups,

you want to try to follow that princess theme, and then when it comes to times when you want

to play games with the kids, use and incorporate that princess theme in the games, as well.

And it doesn't have to be difficult. For example, Duck, Duck, Goose, could now be step-sister,

step-sister, step-sister, Cinderella. And instead of Pin the Tail on the Donkey, it

could be Pin the Tiara on the Princess, or instead of Musical Chairs, it could be Musical

Thrones. Those are a few examples right there, and then gift bags, you can just buy some

simple little um...these are wings, these are gem rings, tiaras, colorful suckers, get

a nice decorative bag. Place these all in there, and voila! You have some great goody

bags as well, for the kids to take home. Memories from your princess party, and that is how

to plan a wonderful children's birthday party.