Teddy Bear Party Ideas

Throw a remarkable teddy bear party for your child and his or her little friends. And the kids might even have their favorite plush toys join in the fun!

This page provides ideas on party invitations, decorations, food, games and favors to help your planning process. Enjoy!

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You can make teddy bear birthday invitations in a "theme" shape. Make cards by folding yellow construction paper.

Next, draw a honey pot on a piece of sturdy paper. (It should roughly fit the width and length of the cards.) Then cut it out with scissors. This will be a template for your invitations.

Place it on the card next to the fold, and outline it with a pencil. Then cut the honey pot shape on the cards without "touching" the fold. Write "Honey" on the middle of the front page with a black marker. Write your party specifics inside.

For a different idea, simply take a picture of your child with his or her favorite teddy bear toy. Paste that picture on the front of the invites! Then decorate the cards with stickers and stamps!

Be sure to ask the kids to bring their plush teddy bears with them.

When choosing party decorations, remember to stick with the theme. Play fun children's music in the background. Put up a sign outside that reads "Welcome to (your child's name) Teddy Bear Party!"

Hang balloons and paper streamers in bunches inside the party area. Spread out plush toys. It's would be great if you could find posters showing real baby bear cubs, and hang them on the wall.

Cover your table with a brown tablecloth. You can print and laminate pictures of bears for placemats. Put a plush teddy bear in the middle of a table for a centerpiece. Hang a personalized "Happy Birthday" sign near the table area.

Provide your guests with bags filled with stickers, coloring books, crayons, bear badges, gummy bears, beanbags, blowouts, and so on. For extra fun, offer toy honey pots filled with favors instead.

*Bear Faces: Use face paints to turn guests into bears. Hold mirrors for the children so they can see their new bear faces. Be sure to take photos of the painted children holding their stuffed bears.

*Feel Fuzzy Bear: As each child arrives with a teddy bear, have the child put the bear in a large paper bag. Give the bag a number. Have all the guests sit in a circle. Pass around one of the bags and have guests feel the bear inside, without peeking. After all the bears have been passed around, have each child guess which bag holds her or his bear.

*Where's Teddy?: After the guests arrive, take their teddy bears and hide them in another room. Then bring the kids into the room and let them search for their own bears. Tell them not to remove anyone else's bear or tell anyone where other bears are hiding.

*Do the Bear Crawl: Set up an obstacle course with objects to crawl over, through, around, underneath, and so on. Have teddy bear party guests follow the obstacle course on all fours, pretending they are bears.

*Bear Thief: Seat guests in a circle and have them put their bears behind their backs. Choose one player to be the thief.

The thief walks around the outside of the circle for a few seconds, then grabs a bear. The person who owns that bear must get up and chase the thief to get the bear back. If she doesn't get her bear, she becomes the thief. If she does get the bear, she gets to sit down again with her bear safe in her lap.

*Teddy Bear Picnic: Have an indoor or outdoor picnic. Spread a tablecloth over the floor or ground and have guests sit on the cloth with their bears. Serve picnic foods from a large picnic basket or small individual baskets. Let guests serve their bears, too.

*Teddy Bear Bibs: Buy inexpensive white bibs for guests and their bears. Use brown felt-tip pens to draw teddy bears on guests' bibs. Let guests draw their own teddy bears on the bears' bibs. Encourage everyone (guests and bears) to wear their bibs.

*Teddy Bear Cupcakes: Bake chocolate cupcakes following a favorite recipe. Cool. Cover all cupcakes with chocolate frosting. Make teddy bear faces using cherries for noses, raisins for eyes, licorice for mouths, and small round cookies for ears.