Birthday!!?

Do you have other adults to help you out?

My daughter's 8th birthday party was like this (at the house, with 8 guests, all girls):

Presents given and opened on arrival, with thank yous there and then. Presents put away quickly and tidied up.

As soon as all the guests arrive, start with games.

Hunt the object - everyone leaves the room except one child. That child must place a small object (anything - a dice, for example) somewhere visible. The others are called in. As each child spots the object, they must say nothing and sit down without saying where it is. The last person to spot it and sit down gets to hide it next time (so no real 'loser'). It's fun watching the last 2 desperately trying to spot it! They love this.

Cutting the chocolate - bar of chocolate, knife, fork, hat, scarf, gloves, dice. Each takes turn to roll a 6. When rolled, that person puts on all the clothes then tries to cut and eat as much chocolate as poss til the next 6 is rolled (the dice continues round the others all the time). The next person to roll a 6 must grab all the clothes, put them on, then try to cut, etc.

Musical Islands - pieces of paper, one less than the guests. Play music, when it stops, they have to jump on a piece of paper with one foot and one hand on it. One left is out. Remove another piece of paper and carry on.

Racing games - relay race, or pass the balloon over head and under legs down the line, then last in line runs to the front and continues etc.

Memory game - tray with about 12 objects on. In pairs, Each has a piece of paper and a pen. They have 1 seconds to look at the objects, then they are covered. 1 minute to write as many as they can remember.

"I went to market and I bought..." Adding a new thing each time. Memory.

Pass the parcel with forfeits. As they get the parcel, they have to carry out a forfeit, such as "recite your 8 times tables", "hop on one leg", "bark like a dog" etc.

This should be enough to be going on with!! If you can, get yourself a chocolate fountain. They don't cost that much, and I had one at my daughter's. It was a huge success! Pieces of fruit cut up (banana, mango, strawberry) and marshmallows. It was a massive hit!

Hope this is helpful to you. Sorry it's so long! Good luck, and don't forget to keep the momentum up. Don't give them a chance to get bored and misbehave. As soon as one game looks finished or tired, start a new one. Write out your agenda, so you know exaclty what you are doing, and have props all ready.

Don't forget to make little party bags to take home for the guests with toys, sweets and a piece of birthday cake in. Put each child's name on their bag.

When I was 7, I had my birthday party at Go Bananas which is like a huge play centre for kids with slides and ball pits and stuff.

craft party-see if there is a ceramic place by you-They usually provide pizza,cake for a little extra

bowling party

spa party-local hairdressers will do their hair and nails

gymnastics party

movie party

what is she into?? does she like bratz? or have a bowling party if you pick a theme i can help you just add me to your buddy list.

Ask her what she wants to do.