Barney Birthday Ideas
Barney the purple dinosaur remains a popular character for preschoolers and is a common choice for birthday party themes. You'll find no shortage of birthday party supplies featuring the friendly dinosaur. To save money, however, you may wish to use a little creativity and make the items yourself. Does this Spark an idea?
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Barney Invitations
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Create party invitations by making printouts of Barney using a high-quality color printer. Mount the printouts to purple cardstock or poster board and cut along the dinosaur's outline. Once the dinosaur has been cut out, you can write the party details on Barney's body.
Party Decorations
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Barney is a purple dinosaur with a green belly, so purple and green are good colors for a Barney party. Trace dinosaur footprints on green construction paper, cut them out and place them on the floor to lead guests from the door to the party area. Other festive ideas include hanging purple and green streamers and serving snacks and cake on purple and green plates. As a table centerpiece, you can either purchase a premade Barney decoration from a party store or set out one of your child's stuffed Barney toys.
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Party Games
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Keep the children entertained while guests arrive by setting out a selection of Barney coloring pages and crayons. During the party, organize a game of musical chairs set to Barney music or play "Pin the Horn" on the dinosaur. To play this game, tape a poster of a triceratops or other horned dinosaur to the wall and have each child take turns trying to tape construction paper horns onto the dinosaur while blindfolded.
Party Food
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If you enjoy making cakes, Barney cake molds can be purchased at party stores or in the cake decorating department of craft stores. Otherwise, order a cake from a bakery or grocery store and have the top decorated with small, plastic Barney figurines. Another option is to have an edible picture of Barney put on top of the cake.
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