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Children’s carnival: With these tips, the party for children will be a success
For the little ones, the fifth season is usually a lot of fun. We have tips for the children’s carnival party.
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Carnival is a very special time for the little ones: there is celebration, you can dress up and there is a good mood. We have party ideas for children’s carnival.
Good mood, lots of music, sweets, costumes and lots of fun: Carnival is a very special time, especially for children. But children’s carnival also needs to be well planned and needs a lot of party accessories. We have tips for carnival celebrations with children.
Preparation for the children’s carnival party
Of course, if the party is taking place at school or daycare, you don’t have to worry about the preparation, you can skip this point. However, if you are planning a children’s carnival celebration at home, with friends or in a sports club, a little preparation and decoration is required. For one, you should have in mind how many children will be at the party and accordingly invitation cards distributed so that the little ones can prepare for the celebration and, if necessary, get a suitable costume for the theme party.
A motto is a good idea for creating an attractive decoration and giving the children a direction for the costumes. Whether it’s a pirate party, a circus, animal, magic, Disney, Paw Patrol, Pokemon, or something else themed celebration, having an overarching theme can help prepare games and parties even better. But if you also like it colorful, you can of course omit the motto.
In addition, you should have suitable premises in order to be able to celebrate extensively. If there is not enough space at home, you should consider whether your friends have a suitable apartment or whether you can rent space. Of course, music is also essential for a good children’s carnival party. Suitable music boxes should therefore definitely be available – as well as a moody playlist with children’s songs that are based on the motto.
Children’s carnival: party ideas
Once the motto and planning for the children’s carnival are in place, it’s time to get the decorations and party supplies. The following things should be present in the decoration to create the right carnival atmosphere:
Especially great for the children and an exciting highlight can also be one pinata being. It should also go best with the chosen motto and represents a gaming and decoration highlight at the children’s carnival party. At a pirate party, for example, you can combine it with a previous treasure hunt for which the little ones have to solve puzzles.
You can find more ideas for carnival games with children here.
In addition, there should be enough bowls children’s tableware and cutlery as well as sweets and different snacks (salty and sweet, also vegetable sticks if you like): mini burgers, brownies with Smarties on them or even vegetable faces are delicious and also look good.
Children’s carnival: costume ideas
Of course, the costumes, like the decoration, should match the chosen motto. In the example of the pirate party, of course, offers the Pirate costume on.
So that it is not so one-sided optically, it can also be more creative: Mermaid Costumessailors and chefs also fit the motto pirate, of course there are no limits to the imagination.
More tips
- In addition to a fixed motto and a fixed number of people, it is helpful, especially with children’s carnival, to indicate the end of the party so that the parents can plan and the little ones have a time frame. When the little ones are partying, dancing and having fun, it can happen that they overreact and can’t find an end themselves or that the good mood suddenly changes as soon as someone gets tired. A fixed time window makes it easier to plan.
- It is also helpful for the hosts of a children’s carnival party to have a change of clothes for the children in case something goes wrong.
- And also children’s make-up you should have ready to have another highlight. In addition to dancing, snacking and games, something quieter can also be done.
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