{"id":85,"date":"2016-04-15T21:30:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T21:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/?p=85"},"modified":"2016-04-05T21:33:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T21:33:09","slug":"throw-a-festival-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/2016\/04\/throw-a-festival-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Throw a festival party"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s officially festival season and people all over the country have been enjoying music, camping and spending time with friends. Despite the inevitable downpours of rain and quagmires of mud, thousands of us love every second of festivals like Reading and Glastonbury each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, why should the kids miss out? Throwing a music festival themed children’s party<\/a> this summer is sure to make you a hit with your child and their friends. Here are some great ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Invitations<\/span><\/p>\n

You can have lots of fun making your festival themed invitations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tickets<\/span><\/p>\n

A great invitation idea is to base the design on festival tickets. Although this style is commonly used for weddings, it could be easily adapted for a children\u2019s party<\/a> \u2013 all you\u2019ll need is some coloured card and clever usage of Word.<\/span><\/p>\n

Flyers\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alternatively, you could go for a flyer-style invitation \u2013 this is basically a mini poster advertising the date and time of your \u2018festival\u2019. A fun idea is to include a list of the activities you\u2019ll be offering (e.g. bouncy castle, karaoke) under the heading \u2018line-up\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fancy Dress\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What music festival would be complete without some attending rock stars? Get all of the kids to dress up in their best rock attire. Alternatively, you can draw up a list of iconic musical decades, such as the 60s, 70s and 80s, and ask the kids to dress in the style of the era \u2013 provide them with pictures for inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Decorations<\/span><\/p>\n

Creating a music festival in your garden isn\u2019t as difficult as it sounds. Divide the space into signed areas such as \u2018campsite\u2019, \u2018main stage\u2019, \u2018dance tent\u2019, and \u2018refreshments\u2019. Borrow some friend\u2019s tents to create the camping area and set up a barbecue in the refreshments area.<\/span><\/p>\n

String flags and bunting around the garden and hang national flags from a number of countries in front of the \u2018main stage\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Activities<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019re spoilt for choice when it comes to festival themed activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Making Flower Crowns<\/span><\/p>\n

Make sure you supervise this activity \u2013 ensuring each child works one-on-one with an adult is a good idea.<\/span><\/p>\n

Making classic festival flower crowns is a lovely activity for older children, and will provide girls with a memento to take home with them. They are surprisingly easy to make \u2013 all you\u2019ll need is floral wire, floral tape, fabric flowers and glue.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s officially festival season and people all over the country have been enjoying music, camping and spending time with friends. Despite the inevitable downpours of rain and quagmires of mud, thousands of us love every second of festivals like Reading and Glastonbury each year. So, why should the kids miss out? Throwing a music festival … Continue reading “Throw a festival party”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,114,66,78,55,89],"tags":[54,48,71,96,90],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","category-entertainers","category-fun","category-ideas","category-kids","category-theme","tag-activities","tag-birthday","tag-children","tag-party-kids","tag-themed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}