Let’s plan a party! | Free Party Planner Printables

I am in full swing, organising Annabelles 6th birthday party for the end of this month. I cannot even begin to think about her turning six in a few short weeks. The idea of that reality is just bonkers! It feels like she was only born yesterday and I think I say that every.single.year, too. I’m clearly in a big sit of denial about my fifth and final baby being all grown up. 

I like to throw my kids a big classroom-style birthday party, up until they are in P3. Then from Primary 4, they should have their own little group of pals established and their parties from that point become a lot more low-key. I only have two years left of ‘big parties’ for Annabelle. Two.  Her previous birthday parties have been peacock themed, Sofia the first, Unicorns & Rainbows and this year she has asked for a Spiderman themed birthday party.

I love to plan a party!

Naturally, I am happy to oblige. However, not forgetting my plans to be more organised through 2019, I thought creating a Party planner would be a fun idea. When you plan a classroom birthday party, it’s easy to lose track of who has been invited, who has RSVP’d {if they even bother to RSVP – which is a pet hate of mine!}. Also, what decorations you need, what food you plan to make and so on.

I don’t know how you would plan a party, but in this post, I’m going to share how I go about planning my children’s birthday parties. Everything from choosing the venue, creating my own invitations and even making the cake!

The organization is key when pulling off any kind of party – so I hope you like these simple party planner free printables – I really enjoyed creating them.

So if you are looking into planning a birthday party on a budget, or could make use out of my party planner checklist – then download it and enjoy! 

When it comes to planning a birthday party, I always stick to a timeline/checklist – you can never go wrong and ticking everything off as you go is pretty satisfying. My first job is to book a venue. I then ask my birthday boy or girl what theme they would like me to bring to life! I remember Jacob asking me to create an Under the Sea party one year – which was lots of work but he had the best day! 

Once the theme has been decided I will create my own party invitations – which is so simple to do over on Canva. Once those invitations are designed, I’ll either print them off myself or take them to a local photo kiosk to be printed. Last year I created some Hogwarts Express Ticket invitations! 

Now I know the theme, I can book any inflatables relatable to the theme – if available! For example, for Annabelle’s Rainbow Unicorn party last year, we rented a HUGE Rainbow Assault course from Creative Parties NI. The kids had the most amazing time and I loved that there were inflatables available to fit around her theme.

Once the venue, invitations and inflatables have been sorted. I can concentrate on what decorations I would like to buy and consider what cake design I will be putting together. 

I’ll then look into party bags. I have made all kinds of party bags from sweetie cones, little plant pots with seeds and so on. I love to spice it up every year and this year, I plan to have books as the party bag – with a little bag of Haribo ribboned on. Can you imagine a child’s face getting a party bag with no sweets?

Last on my list is to decide on what food I plan to set out for the kiddies. I like to mix it up with sandwiches {which the kids rarely eat!}, a little bit of hot food {cocktail sausages/sausage rolls etc}. I like to do a big fruit platter of watermelon, strawberries, grapes and so forth. Then I will obviously have a selection of cupcakes, rice Krispie buns on hand, too.

**Be sure to ask parents, in the invitations to inform you of any allergies!**

And I think that’s it. Aside from setting up on the day – which is always a little manic – and making sure the kids have a super fun time! Seeing my kids faces during these parties have been such a joy. Nowadays, it’s only Annabelle who gets these bigger parties – due to being the youngest and aside from Ellie’s 13th Harry Potter Birthday Party last year! I don’t have many of these left to create – which is sad – but inevitable! So I will continue to go all out until the bigger birthday parties are no longer a thing! 

Free Party Planner Printable available to download, here:

You can download your Party Planner Printables here: Let’s plan a Party Printable, Let’s plan a party planner printable2, Let’s plan a party guest list

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• Unicorn Rainbow Birthday Party
• How to make a no-sew Peacock Tutu tutorial 

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