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Space Birthday Party Ideas
How about throwing a space birthday party and taking kids on an amazing trip into the outer space? Sounds good to me! The following ideas will help you accomplish that! Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a fun ride!
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Invitations
Make your space birthday party invitations original. Here is how: Take black paper and write the party details using white paint pen. Use glue-on or stick-on stars as added decoration.
Secondly, you can print a photo of the NASA shuttle blasting off. Next, put that photo on the front of your invitation cards. Decorate the cards with space-related drawings or stickers.
Lastly, you can buy a package of glow-in-the-dark stars and planets. Write the space birthday party details on them with permanent felt-tip pens, and mail the invitations to your guests.
Your space party invitation wording can say "It's our great pleasure to announce that you have been selected as part of the team for the (your child's name) __th (age) Mission to Mars! Launch Date: (party date) Countdown to Begin: (time) Launch Site: (address). Please respond to (your last name) Space Agency Headquarters to confirm your participation in this Mission."
Decorations
Make a large spaceship out of a poster board, and tape it to the front of your fence. Cut out stars and hang them from tree branches, deck, etc. Welcome your space birthday party guests with a chalk outline of the rocket ship on the ground and an arrow that reads "Astronaut Check-in This Way". Place a sign "Welcome to (your last name) Space Agency" on the front door. Play Star Trek theme music in the background.
You can order an astronaut blowup from a party store and place it in your space birthday party room. Make the room dark (if you wish) by draping black fabric over the windows. You can put up Christmas lights with white bulbs to illuminate the space party area. Hang posters of the planets and space charts on the walls (or blowups of alien figures). Have several Space Mylar balloons in the area.
Hang the glow-in-the-dark stars from the ceiling with a ribbon or string. Purchase nine different-sized balls, paint them with iridescent paint, and hang them from the ceiling to recreate the planets. Spread out flash lights for your guests to use.
If you choose not to make your party room dark, then I suggest you decorate your house with lots of helium balloons. Hang posters of astronauts and planets. You can cut out many decorations yourself, and stick them on the wall (e.g., rocket ships, stars, alien figures, etc.) You can buy a nice space-themed standee from a party store, which can occupy your child's room afterwards as a great memento from his or her space party.
Decorate your space birthday party table with space theme tablecloth. Cover the tablecloth with metallic stars and confetti. Get out any Star Wars or Star Trek toys, and use them as a centerpiece for the table. Hang a personalized "Happy Birthday!" banner, and get all your guests to sign their names on it.
Guest Arrival and Introductory Activities
*Astronaut Check-in: Have a table near your front door with a sign that says "Astronaut Check-in". Have a name tag for each guest and mark them off your "Special Mission List". You and your helpers can wear white overalls with NASA logos taped to the left side of the overall.
Lead your guests to NASA Training Activities (your other intro-activities). Explain to them that you have to wait for the rest of the crew before you go on a mission.
*Flying Saucers: Give two paper plates, stickers, stamps, markers, and crayons to each space birthday party guest.
Invite the kids to decorate the backs of their paper plates with the decorative materials they have. Next, staple the two plates together at the rims, and write children's names on the saucers with a marker. Then, line the kids up and have them toss their saucers like Frisbees across the galaxy (the yard).
*Build Your Own Spaceship: Here is an alternative for the previous activity.
Kids will have a blast building their own spaceships using various cardboard containers (e.g. cereal boxes, shoe boxes, paper tissue tubes), Styrofoam packing materials, and other lightweight containers.
Use masking tape to fasten the pieces together. Spaceships can be lightly spray-painted white or gray. Black marker and decorative materials can be used to add details.
*Space Ship: Create a giant spaceship from a large appliance box. Let the kids paint it to look like one of the NASA spaceships. Then let them climb in and pretend they're blasting off into space.
Favors
For space party favors, give out books about space, toy binoculars, any inexpensive space-related toys (e.g., spaceships, alien figures, etc).
Provide glow-in-the-dark stars - so the kids can put the stars on their bedroom ceilings.
Space Birthday Party Games
*Alien Invaders: When the guests arrive, attach the same amount of star stickers on each kid's clothes. Once everyone has arrived, pass out cards to each player, with half the cards marked "alien" and the other half marked "earthling."
During the space party, the aliens must collect specimen - the stuck-on stars - from the earthlings without being caught. If any alien is caught removing the sticker, he or she must give the sticker to the earthling who caught them.
The person with the most stickers at the end of the game wins.
*Space Walk Freeze: Play Freeze Game with a twist. Have the kids dance to music doing a "space walk" move. When the music stops, the person who caught moving is out of the game. The game continues until there is only one person left.
*Splashdown: Spread out blue plastic tablecloth in an area you won't mind getting a little wet. Place a bucket of water in the middle of it. With the masking tape, mark a throwing line.
Invite children to take turns throwing five 3" rubber balls or rockets, trying to "splash-land" them in the "ocean." Kids can collect a small prize for successful landing.
*Moon Walkers: Have the kids bring two coffee cans to the party. Paint the cans black, then poke holes near the bottom on either side. String ropes through the holes, leaving three-foot lengths on each side of the cans for the kids to hold.
Turn the cans bottom up on the ground. Have the kids step up on the cans and hold onto the ropes. Then have them try to "walk" on the bumpy terrain using the "moon walkers."
*Space Exploration: Divide your space birthday party guests into two teams and give each team a skein of yarn. Send the teams to different parts of the house or yard. Have the kids wind the yarn around various pieces of furniture or plants, to create a maze.
Get one group to follow the yarn path through space. If anyone lets go - they will be lost in the space forever.
*Moon Rock Hunt: Before the space party, spray rocks with silver paint and allow them to dry completely. Hide the rocks throughout the party area.
At game time, have children search for the rocks. Allow all the children to take their space rocks home with them as souvenirs.
*Planet Earthywood: Sit three players at the table while the rest of the space birthday party guests sit on the other side to form an audience.
Place a bell or a squeaky toy in the front of each player. Read prepared questions about earth and space from index cards. Any player who knows the answer rings their bell or squeaks their toy.
If it's a correct answer, he or she gets a point. If it's a wrong, another player gets a chance to answer. After five points are reached, award a prize or exchange the contestants for a new set of players.
*Star Search: This space birthday party activity is best when it's dark outside and the sky is clear.
Give each player a chart of the current night sky, a pen, and a small flashlight. Have them lie on their backs, looking up at the sky. Get them to find as many of the constellations as they can and check them off on their sky charts. Whoever finds the most constellations in a limited period of time wins.
Food and Drink Space Birthday Cakes:
*Space Cake: Bake a round cake and frost it with orange-tinted icing to look like the sun.
Poke thin wooden skewers of varying lengths into large and small marshmallows. Insert the other end of sticks into the space cake to make planets.
Begin with a small marshmallow set close to the sun for Mercury. Then add assorted large and small marshmallows for the rest of the planets.
Paint the marshmallows with food coloring to make the planets more colorful.
*Moon Cake: Bake or purchase an angel food cake. Cover the cake with fluffy white frosting or whipped cream. Top the frosting with chunks for honeycomb candy to look like the volcanic moon rocks.
Place a small United States flag in the center of the moon cake to claim the territory.
Be sure to take a look at our space cake section for more ideas from our readers. Space Birthday Party Food Ideas:
*Flying Saucer Sandwiches: Cut pita bread into small pieces, and fill it with a variety of items: chicken spread, ham spread, PB&J, cheese spread, lettuce, tomato, etc.
*Moon Pizzas: Spread a thin layer of pesto sauce on prepared pizza crusts. Sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese over sauce. Add olive and pepperoni slices. Sprinkle some more cheese on top. Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake as directed on pizza crust packaging.
*Blast-Off Gelatin: Prepare blueberry gelatin as directed. Next, pour it in 7-oz clear plastic cups and refrigerate. When the gelatin is slightly thickened (after about 45 minutes), stir in fresh or canned fruit into each cup. Refrigerate until firm.
Just before the space birthday party, add a blast of whipped cream. Top each serving with a plastic spaceship.
*Starry Trail Mix: Place small bowls of dried cranberries, candy pieces, honey-roasted almonds, and other treats on a table. Invite your space birthday party guests to scoop a little of each treat into Ziploc plastic bag. Write kids' names on bags with permanent markers.
*Asteroid Snack: Slice the bottom off a melon so it sits flat. Skewer fruit pieces with toothpicks and insert ends into the melon. Cover the melon with fruit spikes. Let the "space invaders" pull the skewers and eat the fruit.
*Space Sandwiches: Prepare sandwiches and cut them using star-shaped cookie cutter.
*Astronaut Food: Purchase "just-add-water" soups and stews, packaged ice cream, and other "instant" packages. This kind of food is ideal for astronauts going on a long mission.
*Little Dippers (Chicken Nuggets)
*Star-Shaped Cookies
*Marshmallow Moon Rocks (Rice Crispy treats)
*Heavenly Hotdogs Space Birthday Party Drink Ideas:
*Alien Punch: Before the party, scoop lime sherbet into balls or cut into cubes, and then put in the freezer. Purchase and refrigerate lemon-lime soda and pineapple juice.
At serving time, place sherbet pieces into punch bowl. Add soda and juice.
*Pluto Punch
*Tang
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