Ideas for activities at 3 year old bday party

akaoct2005

We are having my dd's 3rd bday party in our yard.  We're getting a bounce house, but need to have other activities for them to do (about 30 kids).  Any ideas???

Thanks! 

hikerbeth

We had my DD's 3rd birthday in our house/yard and honestly, they didn't need too much to "do" they figured it out.  We have a swingset and a decent sized yard.  The theme was "dinosaurs" so I had these cheapie inflatable dinosaurs that they ran around with.  They were very good at entertaining eachother!!

Andrewsgal

DD is obessed with pin the tail on anything! Also bubbles and lots of balls.

kevschickee2

We are doing and circus/ carnival theme for Danicas 3rd birthday.  We will have games, carnival food and snacks, tickets and prizes

DaiLyght

They had a pinata at one of the preschool parties recently. The kids went crazy for it. It ate up a lot of time too b/c every kid got a turn.

akaoct2005

was the pinata one that you hit or pull the stings out?  i worry about my 3 year old with a "bat" swinging at things!  she can get a little crazy;)

Tanya_Alytta

The kids barely came out of the bounce house at DD's 3rd Princess party.  

 I got some of those plastic sun catcher things in princess themed things from Oriental Trading.  They were a little messy. 

 What if you printed coloring pages to coordinate and set up a coloring table.  Pin the tale on something?  Musical chairs? 

jlw2505

What will the temp be?  For my DD last b-day last June, we turned the sprinklers on and the kids had a blast (we told everyone to bring a suit in the invited).  Other than that we had a small bounce house, we have a sandbox and we set out some yard games (soccer balls, baseball set, etc).  The kids really kept themselves pretty busy and we stopped mid way to do cake.

ak071401

Instead of a cake at ds's 3rd birthday, I made cupcakes and just put white frosting on them. Then I put all different toppings in little bowls and the kids decorated their own cupcakes. It was a hit with the kids and the parents.

 

akaoct2005

All great ideas, thanks!

The party is in March...so if it rains, we'll cancel:(

 

With the cupcakes, did you ice them at the last minute so the toppings would stick?  or did you ice them beforehand?

 

thanks again:) 

ak071401

akaoct2005:

All great ideas, thanks!

The party is in March...so if it rains, we'll cancel:(

 

With the cupcakes, did you ice them at the last minute so the toppings would stick?  or did you ice them beforehand?

 

thanks again:) 

I iced them that morning for a lunchtime party. Things like sprinkles didn't stick because the frosting was too dry. I had gummi bears, chocolate chips (don't leave them in the sun long like I did though -- big mistake), marshmellows, M&Ms -- things like that. Those were easy for little hands to place where they wanted and then push into the frosting so they stuck.