Archive for November, 2010

Party Supplies Discount Coupons

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Diego Pinata

Give the guest at your boys party some extra excitement with this Diego Piñata. Simply fill with prizes and get the boys to take it in turns to hit the piñata until it bursts and drops the prizes. Always a crowd pleaser.
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Colour Your Own Knights Castle Activity

This sturdy cardboard castle, is fun to decorate and features great scenery for fierce battles and jousting tournaments! Includes 12 washable, non-toxic markers for imaginative play. Ages 3 and up.

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6 tips to improve your boys birthday party

Hosting a birthday party for boys can be quite a daunting task. Bearing that in mind we have thrown together a quick list of handy tips to help make the event less of a worry.

1. Preparation is key

In order to establish how many guests you are to cater for send invitions out about 28 days prior to your party. Make sure you include an RSVP on you invitations.

2.Decorate your venue

If you are going for a themed party try and get some matching decorations. There are plenty of good party stores online – with lots of bargains to be had on party decorations and accessories if you search well. Creating the right ambience at your party can make all the difference.

3.Have the food pre-prepared

If you want to free yourself for during the party prepare all food before the guests arrive. You can buy food boxes online. Get one for each guest and place the correct amount of food in each box. This will cut down on the amount of food that you have to buy and the amount of waist.

4.Buy cartoned drinks

Avoid costly spillage by only serving cartoned drinks to your guests. This tip is especially helpful when you are hosting the party at your house and you wish to avoid damage to your carpets and furnishings.

5.Remember the cake

We have heard many a story of the party host who was so busy with their guests that the actually forgot to get out the birthday cake they had spent days preparing. Try and sing happy birthday and cut the cake at least 15 minutes before the end of your party. This will give you time to wrap the cake and put it in the party bags.

6. Choose a Theme

Keep everyone talking about your party for weeks to come by choosing a great theme for your party . For help on choosing the perfect theme Click Here!

Pirate Party Theme

A pirate party is always a popular theme for young boys birthday parties.  Fortunately due to its popularity supplies are easy to find for this theme.

You may wish for all the boys to dress as pirates. In this case click here to see some fantastic costumes. Also consider buying some eye patches for the boys or if your budget doesn’t allow get some face paints and paint them on.

For pirate party games you could try “pin the treasure to the map” PIRATE TREASURE MAP PARTY GAME.

Also another popular game is treasure toss. Buy a cardboard treasure chest (Pirate Party Cutouts | Treasure Chest Box)
and some chocolate coins. make the boys stand back about 7 feet and throw the coins in to the chest. the boy who throws the most coins in to the chest wins a prize.

As always make sure that any prizes that you give out to winners are pirate themed. You may also want to buy pirate plates and tableware for feeding time. Pirate Party Plates