Does your child have a bad case of puppy love? Then throw him or her a tail-waggin' birthday party with our Dog Party Ideas! We've provided some decorating suggestions and food, game, and activity ideas to fit any dog-related party theme, like Blue's Clues or Scooby Doo. Get your creative juices flowing and have a canine good time!

Invitations
Decorations
Food
Party Favors
Games & Activities

• Dog beds
• Dog houses
• Crates
• Clean, new dog toys

• Cut a dog bone shape out of white cardstock. Punch a hole in the top and attach a metal key ring. Write the party details on one side of the “dog tag” and mail to your guests.
• Fold a sheet of paper in half to create a card-style invitation. Draw a large paw print on the front. Run a glue stick within the lines of the paw and toes and sprinkle white glitter on top. Write your party details on the inside.
• Attach a card-style invitation to a small squeaky dog toy and hand-deliver your invitations or mail them in padded envelopes.
• Cut the shape of a fire hydrant out of red construction paper and write the party details on one side.
• Use creative wording for the party details, such as:
  
  Come! To [child’s name]'s Tail-Waggin Birthday Party!
  Fetch! On Over to [location] at [party time]!
  Play! Until [party end time]!
  
• Check out our personalized dog invitations! We will print your child’s name and all the party details on a background that complements your theme!

• Let paw prints lead the way! Use sidewalk chalk to draw puppy prints on the driveway or sidewalk, or up the steps. Construction paper paw prints can be used indoors. You can also use dry erase markers to create paw prints on windows or mirrors.
• Use a large cardboard box to create a "doghouse". Place it in front of your open door, and let your guests crawl through it to enter the party area.
• Draw dog faces on white balloons with a black marker, attach construction paper ears, and place them around the party space in groups of five. Or, simply tie groups of five balloons throughout the party space, mixing any two colors. Choose from our large selection of dog-shaped balloons, colorful latex balloons, and balloon weights.
• Use face paints to draw a doggie nose and whiskers on each child's face as they arrive. Tie a red bandana loosely around each child's neck, too.
• Your child's own stuffed dogs will make great decorations. Set a group of toy dogs on the table as a centerpiece, or set groups of stuffed dogs in baskets around the party space.
• Make large signs with sayings like “Wipe Your Paws”, “Puppy Crossing”, “Beware of Dogs”, “No Cats Allowed”, etc., and hang them on the doors and walls.
• Play songs like “Puppy Love”, “Who Let the Dogs Out”, “How Much is That Doggy in the Window”, and “BINGO” as background music.
• Cut white dog bones from construction paper to use as placemats for the table.
• Ask an older child or adult to make balloon dogs for the children. Use our easy Balloon Animals Kit that includes an instruction book, balloons, and balloon inflator.

• Serve snacks, ice cream and cake to your guests in new, clean dog bowls. Use paint pens or permanent markers to personalize the bowls with each child's name.
• Serve cookies or sandwiches cut with a dog bone cookie cutter. Brownies or crispy rice cereal treats can also be served this way.
• Offer “Puppy Chow” made from cereal snack mix.
• Make a few “Dog Food” labels for empty containers, and fill them with round children’s cereal, such as Cheerios or Fruit Loops.
• Fill a bowl with graham cracker snacks in the shape of doggie bones, often sold as Scooby Snacks.
• Hot dogs make great puppy party food!
• Rename cupcakes “Pupcakes”, and decorate each with white icing and a paw print. To create a paw print, use one junior mint candy as the paw pad and four brown M&Ms as the toes.
• Make a large paw print cake by using one round cake as the paw and four small cupcakes around the top half as the toes. When you serve the cake and sing “Happy Birthday”, let your guests bark between each verse (“Happy Birthday to you, WOOF…”).