How to Host a Sesame Street Birthday Party

Sesame Street birthday parties can be fun for young kids and gratifying for their parents. To reduce stress, plan out your specific theme ahead of time and make or order invitations and decorations to match. Then choose age-appropriate games, activities and favors to keep your young guests busy during the party.

Instructions

1. Choose a more specific theme within the Sesame Street umbrella, featuring your child's favorite character or activity. This makes it easier to buy or create accessories and a color scheme. For example, the Elmo's World theme is very popular with 3-year-olds.

2. Visit a website such as Sesameworkshop.org (see Resources below) for unique ideas and ways to buy or make your own invitations and decorations using downloaded templates. Send out your invitations two to three weeks in advance.

3. Decorate the day of the party with balloons, streamers, confetti and other decorations that match your particular theme. To create Elmo's World in one room of your house, cover a side with white paper and enlist your toddler's help in coloring it just like Elmo's drawer. Put up pictures of Mr. Noodle and Dorothy the Fish, too.

4. Plan several Sesame Street-style learning activities and games. For an Elmo's World theme put up pieces of poster board and lay out glitter, glue and crayons to let the guests make their own art just like Elmo does. Play pin the crayon on Elmo's hand and ask guests to guess how many goldfish crackers are in several bowls around the room.

5. Let each child take home a balloon, some cake and a small bag with stickers, erasers and other Sesame Street-themed goodies. This can include Big Bird crackers, crayons like Elmo has, and Oscar the Grouch mini-trash bags to hold them.

Resources

• Get age-appropriate Sesame Street party ideas.