Request: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
Archived on 11/11/2009
I have a little one who will be 2 during the holidays. That being said, she is not ready for traditional 2nd birthday themes. She was very premature and has not caught up yet.
For her first birthday, she was still just eating cereal and simple foods. She is doing great and we are excited about her birthday, but we do not know what theme to use. Any suggestions? Thank you so much.
By my kids' mom from Atlanta, GA
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RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
I think that if you know what things your daughter loves, like her cuddlies, or her favorite books, you can probably find a theme for the party that way. Does she have a favorite teddy bear? How about a teddy bear picnic. If her cuddly is a stuffed lamb, or a pig or a cow, how about a farm theme? or something similar.
When I was little, and I'm 55 now, my aunt did a Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham party for me, though I was probably 5 then, but, that is what I mean by looking for ideas from your daughters favorite books. Yep, green food dyed scrambled eggs. heh heh.
At age two they can also get too overwhelmed during a party, so keeping it very simple, and keep it very short, and try to plan it between nap time. The sugar laden birthday cake, frosting and ice cream can make it for a very interesting time, too. Don't forget to take lots of pictures at the party. (10/05/2009)
By Kas2
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
For my son's 2nd birthday we went with a farm idea. I made cupcakes and all the kids just loved them (they were made with pink icing, chopped pink marshmallow for the nose, two small ones for ears and I used writing gel to make the faces). He had a wide variety of ages at his party. I reckon just keep it simple. Make it an hour or two tops. Maybe do a craft like colouring a picture that relates to the theme or bring out the play dough. Either way I hope you have a great time. (10/08/2009)
By Canaus
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
The party is really for the adults and the older children at this age. Princess (sparkle stuff) would probably make everyone happy. Cake like a castle can be made with ice cream cones for the turrets. (10/08/2009)
By tennesue
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
For my son I went with a Noah's Ark theme 2 by 2. I found new party supplies from a very nice garage sale and splurged on a beautiful cake from Publix in the shape of an ark that came with Fisher Price toys of Mr. Noah and animals.
That being said. I do agree with a previous post about matching your child's interests. However, being really Thrifty, you can still have a wonderful birthday with no theme. (10/16/2009)
By kghsave
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Request: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
Archived on 10/05/2009
My son will be turning 2 in November. Does anyone have any ideas for an inside party?
Tiffany from Palmetto, GA
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I'm having my son's 2nd birthday party on 2/25 at a local ice cream parlor. It's an adorable set-up and the kids and parents will all make their own sundaes. (For older kids, they do tours.) We're bringing in the cake and were going to have a clown, but have opted just to let the kids play.
Our favors are going to be personalized place mats already placed on the tables and T-shirts (that I'm making very cheaply w/heat transfers) that say, "I got the scoop at Aidan's party." - with an ice cream scoop.
Very affordable and we actually found similar party packages available at 3 other local ice cream places. (01/23/2007)
By Shari
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
I am planning a party at a place called Pump it Up for my son who will be two in November. It is reasonably priced and they do all the setup and cleanup. Parents are allowed and encouraged to participate in the inflatable arenas. Fun for both kids and parents and zero hassle! (07/19/2007)
By Kristi
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
I have a heated garage so I put a kids pool out there and filled it with warm water. You can get the cheap grass looking carpet to help with anyone slipping on the ground. You can make it a Hawaiian or Jungle Themed party. The kids had a blast. (11/02/2007)
By Kim
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
My daughter will be 2 on 1/3/08. I am giving her a Doodle Bops birthday party at my house. She recently saw them live in our home town. The website (doodlebops.com) has printable invitations, party hats, goodie bag covers, pictures to color, etc. I only have to buy some decorations, when they are affordable on sale, also (aprox. $3-$6), a cake, ice cream and the food.
They even have a pinata that instead of hitting, each child gets to "pull the rope" (strings). Which is better for an indoor party. Another good idea for arts and crafts/party favors for their age group is edible supplies (ketchup, mustard-for painting, kool-aid-for water color, syrup-for glue, beans, rice, and pasta for decoration and colored sugar for glitter. Don't forget the cameras and video tapes! (12/19/2007)
By Lynn Lewis-Harris
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
My friend had his sons birthday party at Monkey Joe's, it's an indoor fun place for children (and children at heart) of all ages. It was fun, safe, and it wore the kids completely out. The indoor "park" has lots of those inflatable jumping toys that kids get in and jump and roll around etc. They provided a private room for your personal party, and then the kids were allowed to go back out to play. Awesome place! If there is one near your home it would be ideal! (12/25/2007)
By Misty
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
My daughter's birthday is on March 3rd. I am trying not to have too many people, because it can overwhelm her. I had one idea of getting everyone's hand print on a piece of tag board and decorating it with "My 2nd birthday" on it. All of the children will get a separate keepsake to take home.
I also came up with an idea for the adults at the party, which was a guessing game of her favorite activities and favorite foods. I also might play a game of "Simon Says" and just let the young children have fun with it. Blowers and horns are also great at this age. I think that her home is the best place, because she is more comfortable and there are not too many people. (02/25/2008)
By Andrea
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
Wow, I'd love to fast forward a few years and see what those of you who are going all out now are doing when your children are older. I say, start simple. My soon to be 2 year old will have a small party consisting of bubbles, balloons, and cupcakes. She, her baby brother, and some other little ones will be plenty of entertainment just playing together whether it be at the park or in our home. I believe we will all have a fun time and she will feel loved and special on this her second birthday. (03/09/2008)
By jamie
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
My daughter will be turning two on Aug. 2nd. I want to do a princess theme but she doesn't really know anything about princess yet. There's A LOT of good items on orientaltrading.com. There's also a lot of good theme packages too. I hope that site will help you guys out! (05/01/2008)
By autumn's mommy
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
A simple party is much better than all the hoopla of renting stuff, etc. Blow up some balloons, run a sprinkler if it's warm. A two year old doesn't appreciate or need all that. Our culture is so lavish! (05/08/2008)
By Rebecca
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
I have a daughter named Jamie and she will be turning two on July 5th 08. What I did for her younger sister's birthday party was I brought everyone downstairs and there in the family room we have a lot of space to play. We have a huge television there to watch movies so what I'm thinking of doing is buying a DVD or two. They will be sitting with Jamie and watching appropriate movies for two year olds (rated G) and eating snacks like vegetables, dip, and juice, but I think what they eat should be healthy and still fun.
So maybe what we should do is make fun shapes out of carrots and other things. Also, maybe giving them a stuffed animal to keep and play with. Don't forget pillows and blankets and a comfortable surface to lay on. Maybe if they like Dora or Elmo that could be a movie for them to watch. Hope this helps. (07/02/2008)
By Kaela
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
My son will be turning two on the 24th of September. At his daycare that he goes to, they had a moon bounce this summer and he loved it and was so excited when it was "jump day" (as he called it). I found a place called Bouncin Craze, but they have others like pump it up, etc. They have all the inflatable things inside a giant room and the kids (and adults if your husband is like mine, lol), can run around and jump slide and play on the obstacle course. They will have a blast and sleep great that night too! Hope that this helps! (09/16/2008)
By krista
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
My son will be 2 on Oct 17, so we are having a costume party. You normally get only one use out of your costume, so we thought it would be fun to have all the kids dress up. He will have a pumpkin cake (which he loves pumpkins, and I even call him my little pumpkin), a pinata (which is Thomas because his costume is a train conductor), and pin the nose on the pumpkin. I hope this helps for anyone needing fall ideas. (10/14/2008)
By Amber
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
I am having my son's 2 year old birthday party at Sports Connection in Charlotte, NC. It's great! They have inflatables for the younger kids, laser tag for the older kids, bowling, mini-bowling and games. They also do all the set up and clean up. Figure I'll invite his whole daycare class (12 kids) and maybe a few that just moved up to the new class. Weekend of New Years, we probably won't get a lot of takers anyway. No mess at the house, too cold for outside! (10/28/2008)
By alexsmommy
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
We went with a fairy theme since my daughter loves Tinkerbell. I bought a 20$ bubble machine (which was a huge hit) and made big flowers out of tissue paper to decorate the room. She wore wings and had a wand and we had Peter Pan on the television. We let her open her toys first and let the kids just play until we were ready for cake. It was quick and easy. (11/14/2008)
By kari
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
I am having a Pajama and Pancake party for my son's second birthday. We are having it at 10:00 am. Instead of a birthday cake, we are making pancakes and the kids get to decorate them however they want. We will also have sausage, fruit, juice and coffee (for the adults). We are not having play time, then food time, then gifts, then goodie bags. Party over, not much money spent, but everyone has a great time! (11/27/2008)
By V.S.
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
My 2 yr old daughter wears my shoes (whose doesn't right?). So we had a shoe party. All the girls brought a pair of mom's shoes. Party packages include a tiara and pair of princess shoes! The theme was Cinderella lost her shoe. (11/29/2008)
By emily
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
Ok, the kid is 2. Keep it simple. He/she doesn't understand birthday hoopla yet, so why spend the money? Children this age are still very troubled by their surroundings. One minute they're stuck to you like glue, the next their playing, and the next their hitting, kicking and screaming. Keep it under $100, that way when the day ends in a crying mess, (which trust me, it will) you won't feel so bad about spending so much money. Save the birthday bashes for the huge milestones in life, Double Digit 10, Sweet 16, Finally An Adult 18, etc. You get my drift. (12/12/2008)
By Corina
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
We are having our 2 year old son's birthday party (February) at McDonald's. They have a play place and it is going to be inexpensive at $5 per child for 2 hours. They include food and a personal cake and the kids can run around like crazy. How can you go wrong? (01/03/2009)
By Shannon
RE: 2 Year Old Birthday Party Ideas
My son's birthday party is on Feb 28th. He's been really into dinosaurs, so we decided to go with that as our theme. We went to party city and got all his birthday supplies there. We only got the theme supplies for the kids, decided to do the rest of the supplies for the adults in regular plates etc. We decided to have pizza and chips for food, since they are cheap, and doing cake and ice cream.
I'm thinking since there will be 15-20 kids around the age of 2, give or take, to just have a simple dinosaur game which is basically pin the tail on the donkey. And then have some balloons on the floors. We are having it at a church. It is a nice inside carpeted room and it doesn't cost anything. Some churches only ask for a donation.
We got a pinata, which I was debating on, but I decided to do that and load it with candy etc. and give the kids their goody bags so they can collect their own. Its cheaper than filling the goody bags yourself, plus it gives the kids one more thing to do. His party is tomorrow, so hopefully it all goes well :) (02/27/2009)
By lisa
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Request: Two-year-old Birthday Party
Archived on 10/25/2006
My daughter will be turning two on Feb. 28. I want to throw a party for her but not in our home. I also want it to be fun for kids AND adults. So far I've only found ideas for outdoor parties, but it's way too cold for an outdoor party in February. I thought about Chuck E. Cheese's, but for 30 adults and 12 kids, we're talking well over $600 (including pizza, cake, and beverages for all). I'd like to spend about half of this amount. Any ideas or advice would be much appreciated!
Julie from Illinois
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RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
I know you said it's too cold for an outside party in Feb, but so long as everyone wears appropriate clothing you can have a BLAST outside in the winter. We have a cousin who had a snow party for her two-year old and everyone enjoyed it. We had it mid-afternoon so we only had to provide snacks. We had plenty of snow so the little kids got to tumble in it and play with their buckets and shovels (which they normally use at the beach), the older kids brought toboggans, made snowmen (bring accessories to dress them up), and joined the adults in fort building and snowball fighting. We had hot chocolate and snacks on hand that weren't too messy. With all the running around no one was too cold and we brought a few extra scarves and mittens along just in case.
(12/31/2004)
By Trix
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
How about McDonalds? They used to do birthday parties, or you could do it yourself. If you buy McD's food for everyone, the kids can play in the play area, and your could bring a cake. I would set this up with the manager at an "unbusy" time. (12/31/2004)
By lindal
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
How about a local pizza place that caters to sports teams (like Little League) and has a separate room. You could have some stuff for the kids to do, a few easy games, and everyone can sit around and eat, drink and relax. Maybe hire a teenager to paint faces or even lead some games. Just be sure the kids are entertained-it is a child's party! (12/31/2004)
By lindal
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
Have you thought about a roller skating party? My son has been skating since he's been one and we've done his first three birthday parties there. He and the rest of the kids in the family love it. The rink that we go to doesn't charge for non-skaters (usually) and offers to packages. A) Self bring everything or B) fully catered with pizza and cake and party favors. Fun for all. (12/31/2004)
By brizaksmommy
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
If you really wanted to do Chuck E. Cheese's, you don't HAVE to buy their birthday package. You can just pay for the pizzas, get coupons online for tokens, and we always receive regular coupons for pizza/token combinations in our sunday paper. They have even taken expired coupons from us at our local Chuck E.'s.
Another fun idea that my boys like is bumper bowling at your local bowling alley. You can get 1 lane with bumpers in the gutters for the kids and another lane without for the adults who wish to bowl. They offer birthday packages, but again you wouldn't have to purchase that. You could just bring a cake and have your own party! Have Fun! (01/01/2005)
By Jill
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
You might try the BuildABear party. If you are in an area that has one in the malls, it can be fun for all and in the long run, not very expensive as every child makes a bear and takes it home. (01/01/2005)
By 4gramma
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
I think having a party for your 2 year old is great, but at that age I think that number of people may be overwhelming unless she is used to going to gatherings of this size. You could do something special for a small group of children like Chuck E. Cheese or build-a-bear and maybe have the adults over for cake later. I have 4 children and at that age, I'm not sure that they really understood the whole birthday thing. (01/01/2005)
By Ann
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
Way too many guests in my opinion but I applaud you for trying. My guest rule of thumb has always been having the same number of guests as the new age of the child. I.E., one guest for first birthday, two for 2 and so on. It keeps the cost and insanity to a minimum and each party will be manageable. Good luck. (01/01/2005)
By Cavelady
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
What we do in our family is first decide what character the child likes. Then we shop at Oriental Trading.com for the party supplies and gift bags to hand out. Decorate your house with the supplies and just have a lunch menu. Something that your child likes. My daughter wanted to have a tea party. So we invited everyone and they dressed in Sunday best clothes. We made 'tea' sandwiches, and different kinds of teas, yes she was a little older. But the same concept applies. You could put together a tray of meats and cheeses with crackers to make it simpler. Or do something in a crackpot so it stays warm. Go on the net and search for birthday party games. Party411.com has game ideas. Hope this helps! (01/02/2005)
By Michele
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
For all ages a fun craft will keep the little ones still for a moment. We just made room banners for my daughters party with felt sticker letters and fun glitter shapes. The kids just peel and stick the fun shapes on a felt square. We also did a small cooking project that each child can make and eat. (12/27/2005)
By Christy
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
I'm not sure if you have any of these where you live, but we have indoor playgrounds that are small and you can rent them out for a few hours with fun activities and equipment for kids. I have a boy turning 2 on 2/5 and I'm looking into gymboree. I think $600 is steep for a 2 year old party, that will come when they are 15 and 16. (01/03/2006)
By Nicole from CA
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party-chucke cheese
I just wanted to say that I am planning on having my son's 2nd birthday at chuckee cheese also, but you do not have to purchase a party pack to have your child's party in the party room. If you have it on a weeknight as opposed to a Saturday, the room is normally quite empty and you can just come and set up your things, bring your own cake and juice boxes and simply buy pizza for the kids. I put on my invitations that pizza is provided for the kids so that any parents that are there understand that if they would like to eat while they are there, they are responsible for their own food which most adults don't mind. Then you can also purchase a bunch of tokens and divide them up as well but you're talking more like $50-$75 when it's all said and done. Hope this helps. (01/11/2006)
By Brenda
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
Try "my gym".. Not sure if they have one by your way.. But its a great place. Its a bit pricey but it may be less expensive out there, and its for 2 hours. You have the place to yourself, no cleanup. They provide the plastic cups, plates, napkins, invites and utensils for the children but you have to supply it for the adults. And you have to supply the food. (01/17/2006)
By Emily
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
My daughters birthday is the 28th of January and I am having the same problem. They sell coupons on e bay for like 65 cent and its 19.99 for 4 kids including pizza tokens and drinks. (01/27/2006)
By ebony
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
Hello All, I Just Wanted To Say That I Am Having A Home Party For My 2 Year Old Son On Feb. 12, 2006 And What I Did Was Invited All The Family And Friends To Come Over To My Moms House, Which She Has A Big Basement. I Ordered A Clown And Went Out To The Dollar Store And Purchased Lots Of Candy For The Pinata, Went To The Target And Got His Theme Plates, Cups Nap,Etc... And Purchased Some Games For Activity. I'll Order Pizza, And Fry Party Wings, Hots Dogs, Have Chips And Juice,Cake And Ice Cream With Lots Of Music And Call It The Night. (02/09/2006)
By TEE
RE: Two-year-old Birthday Party
My son will be 2 in may and my problem is that i have a daughter that is only 10 months older than him so HE loves Dora and i can't see throwing him a Dora party! Somebody help please!
(b)Editor's Note:(/b) My grandson's love Dora, too. There is a boy on Dora, and now he has his own show: http://www.nickjr.com/home/shows/diego/index.jhtml
At 2 I wouldn't worry about it. Everyone loves Dora! (04/06/2006)
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