Christmas surely has to be the most magical time of year and the perfect time to spend time with your children and make them as happy as possible. One of the best ways to do this is by throwing a Christmas-themed party for your children and their friends, and get the holiday festivities in full flow early on. However, as with any party, this requires a certain amount of planning and imagination. So, to help get you started, here are some top tips on how to make your kids’ Christmas party as festive as possible.
1. Get crafty
One of the lesser appreciated things to do at Christmas is to make presents for those you love rather than buying them. So bring back that old fashioned gift-giving by setting up stations at your party where all the kids can join in and create advent calendars, tree decorations and wrapping paper. They can then take these home and use them on Christmas Day as gifts for their family.
2. Why not carol?
The quickest way to spread festive cheer around the whole neighbourhood is with carolling. Once all the children arrive at your party, hand out song books and take a few minutes to practice a few carols. Then, once you’ve given everyone a small safety briefing, head out door-to-door for some lighthearted carolling.
3. Build a house
No Christmas party would be complete without everyone getting messy and building a tasty gingerbread house. You can prepare all the sheets yourself, but provide plenty of icing and sugary treats to be used as cement and decorations. Afterwards, you can either keep it on display or let everyone enjoy a piece before they head home.
4. Decorations galore
Before your guests even arrive for the party, you need to make sure they are stepping into a true winter wonderland. To do this, get your whole family to work on creating paper decorations, decorating the tree and covering the house in tinsel and snowflakes. As an added extra, ask all guests to bring one or two decorations with them that show their personalities. Then, when they arrive, they can hang them up and already feel like a real part of the party.
5. It all starts with invitations
Of course, the best way to get as many people to your party as possible and make clear how great a party it will be, you need to send out invitations. To help you out, we have a great variety of Christmas party invitations. Send them out about a month before to make sure everyone is free and to help get them excited for the big night.
It should be clear that throwing the most festive kids’ Christmas party possible, means you need to be creative. Let your imagination run loose and create a real winter wonderland and boost the Christmas spirit of everyone who walks through the door.