Ah, springtime… new growth is everywhere. Flowers start blooming, the grass and trees turn a lush shade of green – what a great time to celebrate! From easy spring crafts to fun food suggestions, you can delight your little buds with our Spring Party Ideas.
Invitations
Decorations
Food
Party Favors
Games & Activities
Planning & Invitations
You will need to secure a location for your Spring Party early in the planning process. You can plan a great party at home, complete with decorations, activities, and food that fit your theme; or host your party elsewhere, like at a park, public garden, or recreation center. For additional ideas, see our article on When & Where to Have the Party.
What do I need for the Party?
Basic party supplies include paper tableware, such as plates, napkins, cups, and cutlery, as well as a tablecloth, streamers, and balloons. If you would like to use themed partyware, instead of solids, consider our Spring party supplies.
You can stick with the basics, or add other items to fit your theme. For example, for a Spring Party, you may also want to consider renting or purchasing the following:
To help you with your shopping, take a look at our Suggested Party Supply List. You may not need everything on the list, but you can use it as a guide.
Spring Party Invitations
If you have the time to make your own invitations, here are a few ideas to consider:
- Create a flower-shaped invitation from cardstock with petals that will fold down over the center of the circle. When the petals are opened, it should resemble a blooming flower. Add the party details to the center of the flower, so the invitation is revealed with the petals are opened.
- Cut a large oval out of yellow cardstock and a smaller oval out of black cardstock. Glue the black oval on one end of the yellow oval, overlapping the two slightly. Glue black strips of cardstock on the yellow oval so the final product resembles a bee. Add antennae, eyes, and a mouth to the bee’s head. Write your party details on the back, starting with, “It’s a party! Bee there!”
- Fold a piece of green cardstock in half and decorate the front as an outdoor scene. Cut a strip of blue construction paper to glue to the top of the card for the sky, and then add butterflies, birds, flowers, trees, grass, and other things representative of spring to the scene. Write your party details inside.
- Tie a card-style invitation to a terra cotta pot with a floral ribbon. Place a packet of flower seeds inside the pot and hand-deliver the invitations.
- Include creative wording for your party details, such as:
The seasons are changing, Winter is gone,
If we didn’t have a party, it would be wrong!
So join [child’s name] to usher in Spring,
And celebrate of all the joy it will bring!
If you would rather not make your own invitations, but would still like a personalized touch, consider our Personalized Spring Invitations, which include all the party details for you! We also offer blank invitations that you can fill in yourself.
Whichever invitation option you choose, seal your envelopes with Spring Stickers to add a final festive touch!
Decorating & Food Ideas
Spring Party Decorations
Create a springtime atmosphere for your party with the following decorating ideas:
- Use pastel colors (lavender, pink, pale green, yellow) for your main party decorations like balloons, streamers, and table covers.
- Hang streamers from tree branches in the yard. They will float in the breeze and add to the party atmosphere.
- Fill small clay pots with green pebbles and place a round lollipop in the center of each pot to resemble a flower.
- Fill the party area with huge tissue paper flowers. See our easy Tissue Paper Flower Kit, or purchase your own supplies and use our instructions for making tissue flowers. Tie some finished flowers to the backs of chairs.
- Use vases and watering cans to hold arrangements of fresh flowers.
- Balloons are a must at every party! Tie groups of helium balloons together and anchor them with balloon weights. Add spring-themed Mylar balloons to a few of the bunches for added fun.
- Hang a banner. Check out our personalized spring banners and let us do the work for you.
- Hang a piñata in the party area that can be used as a decoration before the activity begins. Remember, you can transform any pinata into a pull-string with these easy instructions.
Spring Party Food Ideas
Get creative with your party food by serving theme-specific treats. For a Spring Party, consider the following ideas:
- Use various cookie cutters to bake sugar cookies shaped like flowers, butterflies, bunnies, frogs, and birds. Set out small cups of colorful icing, sprinkles, candies, and other edible decorations and let your guests decorate their own cookies.
- Serve chips, crackers, cookies, and candy in terra cotta plant pots lined with cloth napkins.
- Serve fresh fruit kabobs by alternating chunks of pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, and slices of banana on wooden skewers.
- Turn a vegetable platter into a Vegetable Garden by arranging the cut vegetables in little rows. Add a small metal pail filled with dip on one corner.
- Serve “Flies on a Log” by filling celery sticks with peanut butter or cream cheese, and adding raisins on top.
- Make green Jell-O frogs that won’t melt by combining 4 envelopes of unflavored gelatin with 3 packages of lime-flavored gelatin in a large bowl. Add 4 cups of boiling water and stir until dissolved. Pour the mixture into a lightly greased 9”x13” pan, and chill until set. Use cookie cutters to cut out frog shapes and add two mini chocolate chips for the eyes.
- Make ladybug fruit treats by cutting a red apple in half, cutting out the core and seeds, and pushing chocolate chips point-first into the apple’s skin. (Note: You may want to poke small starter holes into the apple first with the tip of a knife so it is easier to push in the chocolate chips.) Serve each ladybug on a leaf of romaine lettuce.
- Serve lemonade with flower-shaped straws.
- Make a simple spring cake with our spring-themed cake pans!
Spring Party Favors
Thank your guests for coming to your party by sending them home with party favors that fit your theme. You can give one large favor, such as a potted plant, or combine smaller favors such as a butterfly net, mini frisbee, bubbles, and a jump rope, in a nice favor bag.
To save time, you may want to consider our complete Spring Favor Sets, which include matching favor bags. Or, consider our popular Personalized Spring Favors. Choose from bag tags, zipper pulls, magnets, and more, all personalized with your guests’ names or a special message from you!
Spring Party Games & Activities
A great ice-breaking activity to get the party started is coloring. Set out various coloring pages or cover a table with a large sheet of butcher paper, set out a variety of markers, construction paper, stickers, and glue, and let your guests get creative. For additional ideas, see the Games & Activities section below.
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