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Kids from about 4^th grade and older will enjoy learning about the Middle Ages and participating in a carnival. 

Set Up: This will take a little creativity, but you should be able to set up several carnival “booths” made from toys and games kids already have. Any kind of game of skill will work here, such as throwing darts or a ball at a target or tower of cans. Foot races and jumping contests would be good, as well as sack races and three-legged competitions. Make several different contests in different areas of your party space and recruit a parent or teen to help at each one if you can. 

This gathering will be fun for kids from about 3 to 10 and even older if they are fond of drama. You can look forward to a lot of creativity and imagination with this theme. 

Set Up: Before the kids arrive, you will need to provide a space for a puppet theater. This can be as simple as letting the kids hide behind a table covered with a floor-length cloth. You could also hang a sheet on a cord strung across one end of a room at about waist height. This might be a good choice if you will have several puppeteers presenting at one time, because it will allow more room.

Lots of moms are enjoying rubber-stamping these days and their daughters will like it too. Little girls love to mimic mom so this type of party will make them feel grown up when they make something that is usually done by adults. 

That is especially true if they can get together to work on their projects. Use your friends who like to stamp as resources for borrowing stamp pads and supplies, and for teaching girls how to do some basic projects.

Kids usually enjoy a chance to be creative and show off their flair for fashion. That’s why a t-shirt decorating party is likely to be a hit. 

The first thing you will need is a plain t-shirt for every guest. If you buy them in packages of three or four, maybe in the men’s or boys’ underwear department, they are not expensive. You have several options for the decorations. The simplest would be to provide permanent markers and let the kids draw right on the shirts.

This is the greatest of all the parties and girls of all ages love this kind of party, building there own bear and dressing them is a great party for any girl from 3 to 13. 

For this party you will need to buy the teddy bear skins and the filler machine, you need 2 or 3 big bags of cotton and doll clothes, which you can buy wholesale. Then you can let the child build their bear and dress them. Then you can let each of the children come up with names for the bears and take a picture with them and their new teddy.

Invite each girl to come and bring her pet, which can be a toy or real-live animal. If you decide to include living pets, you may want to keep your guest list small to avoid problems. One or two adult helpers who are good with animals will make things easier as well. Ask the kids to bring their real pets in a kennel, cage, or aquarium, or on a leash. 

You might also ask guests to bring a wagon or stroller to show off her pet during the parade, or consider borrowing such items from around the neighborhood. 

You can hire a face-painter to come to your party, often for $30 or less, by checking local bulletin boards or online resources. Or, you could call your local high school drama teacher or community theater to see if they can recommend someone who is handy with make-up. There is also the option of doing it yourself, and there are many books and Internet sites with step-by-step instructions for how to create animal faces and other designs. One set of costume makeup will decorate a whole roomful of kids, so it is not too expensive. 

Every little girl loves to wear jewelry and what can be more fun than to make your own! This is a fun and easy birthday party that will send each girl home with a new piece of jewelry that she can wear over and over and remember the fun she had at your little girls birthday party. 

Playdoh is so much fun no matter how old the child is but the best ages for playdoh is between the age of 3-7 years old. You can pick up a lot of playdoh in large packs at the dollar store. 

Any little child loves to play with crayons and paper. This one is always a hit at every little child’s birthday party. Not only that but it is a simple, easy and inexpensive party to do.

You will need a roll of white paper or a few packs of construction paper or coloring books. Both the construction paper and coloring books can be bought at a dollar store. You should allow 5 pages per child so they don’t run out of paper or things to color. Crayons can also be bought in large boxes at the dollar store. Although these crayons will not be name brand the children will likely break most of them so it really will not matter.