Throw your child an unforgettable penguin birthday party with our Penguin Party Ideas! Read on for general party planning tips as well as great penguin-themed decorating, food, game, and activity suggestions.
Party Planning
For peace of mind, begin planning 6 - 8 weeks in advance to allow time to purchase and mail invitations, as well as to give your guests time to RSVP and make travel plans, if needed. Don't panic if you find yourself short on time; you can still plan a great party! Planning ahead simply reduces the risk of conflicts with guests' plans and may increase attendance.
To simplify the rest of the party planning process, check out our Party Planning Timeline, take a look at our When & Where to Have the Party page, and read the paragraphs below for information on selecting decorations, supplies, activities, and more for your child's party.
What Do I Need for the Party?
If you plan to use paper tableware and themed party supplies, our Suggested Party Supply List may be helpful when placing an order. Please note that you may not need everything on the list; it is intended only as a guide.
Decorating & Food Ideas
Fun Ideas to Set the Mood
Decorate the party area with streamers. Twirl royal blue and turquoise blue (and/or white) streamers together and drape them from the entrance, walls and windows.
Decorate cardboard boxes as giant ice cubes by painting them white or wrapping them in plain white wrapping paper, and then embellish lightly with turquoise blue spray paint. Add snowballs by placing wadded-up paper balls or white styrofoam balls around the ice cubes.
Cut out large penguin, seal, fish, and Eskimo shapes from construction paper or poster board, and place them around the party area.
Icy Arctic Edibles
When it comes to food, partygoers are usually perfectly content to eat pizza or hotdogs, which is certainly much easier on the hosts! However, if you have the time and would like to serve up some more interesting, theme-based treats, consider these ideas:
- Serve penguin and fish-shaped PB&J sandwiches. Make sandwiches and then use a knife or penguin- and fish-shaped cookie cutter to carve out the shapes.
- Dish up snow cones for your guests. Use a snow cone maker or other ice grinder, scoop snowballs onto paper cones, and add snow cone flavoring. (You can get bags of ice, flavoring, and paper cones all at the grocery store.)
- Serve fish sticks—every penguin's favorite snack!
- Turn the birthday cake into an arctic landscape - Bake a large, rectangular sheet cake to use as the foundation, and bake a few cupcakes to use as igloos. Ice the cake and cupcakes with white frosting. Place the "igloos" on the cake. Use light and dark blue icing to decorate the cake with "cracks" and "ice water," and to draw ice cubes on the igloos, if desired. You may wish to add gummy fish to the ice water areas of the cake. Place a few small, plastic penguin figures on top of the cake. Be sure to leave room in the middle to write "Happy Birthday!"
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