Pinata Birthday Party Ideas for the Fiesta B-Day
Birthday Pinatas, Food, and Party Supplies for a Child's Celebration
Feb 22, 2009
A pinata birthday party is a popular choice for a toddler’s or baby’s first year celebration. With brightly colored decorations, exciting birthday pinatas, and easy options for food, a fiesta is easier than “uno, dos, tres.” Creative pinata birthday party games and gift bag tips can also be found in a related article.
Pinata Birthday Party Invitations
Theme invitations for a fiesta birthday are easy to make with some card stock and brightly colored tissue paper.
- Print out messages on the card stock and decorate them with fiesta theme stickers.
- To add a fun fiesta flare, use the cardstock to trace and cut tissue paper rectangles of the same shape.
- To make these look like papel picado banners, cut out patterns from the tissue paper as if making a snowflake.
- Finally, staple or tape two or three different color banners to the card stock so they can be flipped up to view the invitation.
Food for the Pinata Birthday Party
For a traditional fiesta birthday, “tres leche” cake is a favorite. But for kids who look forward to the classic taste of frosting covered birthday cake, parents can make a quick and easy sombrero dessert. Toddlers can get in on the decorating fun.
- Mix the dough for a sugar cookie recipe and bake as one large circle for the base of the sombrero.
- Bake cake batter in a mixing bowl around the right size for the top of the sombrero.
- Allow the birthday boy or girl to help decorate the sombrero with brightly colored candy trim.
Individual sombreros can be made with smaller cookies and cupcake tops. For a party activity, guests can have fun decorating their own prefrosted mini-hats.
For an incredibly simple main dish, parents can whip together a crock pot of nacho dip. A few hours before the bash, planners can pour in one package of Velveeta cheese and one jar of Rotel sauce. Browned hamburger meat is optional. Served with tortilla chips, this dip is sure to get guests in the fiesta mood.
For a healthy side dish, parents can whip together a mix of tropical fruits such as mangos, oranges, bananas, cantaloupe, and honeydew.
Pinata Birthday Party Decorations
Here are a few affordable suggestions for fiesta birthday decorations. This colorful décor will brighten up the yard and make for great video or photo ops.
Instead of streamers, string up several lines of papel picado banners to flutter in the breeze. To make these affordable and authentic decorations, family members can all take part in cutting rainbow colored tissue paper rectangles and snipping out geometric designs as if making a paper snowflake. When hung together along a length of string, these bright banners complete the fiesta look.
- Souvenirs from vacations to South or Central America make great centerpieces and table decorations.
- A few bright sombreros can be used as centerpieces or hung along the wall.
- Party supply stores and online party suppliers carry a wide array of affordable fiesta theme wall murals and cut outs.
- Colorful pepers look great sprinkled around the food table.
- Strings of lighted pepers can often be found for a bargain.
- Mariachi music in the background lends a festive ambiance.
These creative ideas are bound to have guests shouting “¡Viva la fiesta!” And for more ideas when the next year’s celebration rolls around, planners can check out tips for throwing a barnyard or ball theme party.
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