I have a soft spot for kids with winter birthdays. Even though all of our children were born during the summer months, the Husband and I have many family members with winter birthdays. And we can always tell that the parents of young children with winter birthdays are extra stressed. Can we find a place to have the birthday party that we haven’t been to a dozen times already? Will the weather hold out? If I have the party at home, will my house get wrecked by stir-crazy children?
Parents of winter babies, I feel for you.
But don’t get stuck thinking you have to stick to Winter Wonderland and holiday party themes, just because your kids’ birthday is in the dead of winter. Here are a few fun ideas that would be fantastic for any kid with a winter birthday.
5 Fantastic Birthday Party Themes Perfect for Winter
Come take a look at these 5 fantastic #kids #party themes perfect for winter birthdays! Click To TweetIndoor Camping Party
How fun would this be? You can turn your living room into a campground with teepees, plenty of faux greenery, and a fake fire pit. Let the kids make indoor smores, drink hot chocolate, and munch on camping themed snacks.
To make it even more memorable, close the curtains, turn down the lights, create a starry scene with a star light projector and have the kids tell scary stories around the fire pit. They’ll be talking about the party for weeks!
Indoor pool party
It’s easier to host an indoor pool party than you realize. If your neighborhood association doesn’t have an indoor pool, you can see if your county or a local swim school has an indoor swim facility that can be rented.
Indoor pool parties are less about decor and all about fun, so you just have to show up with some fun snacks, and a few creative decorations. Above you can see some pictures of T attending an indoor pool party when she was about 2-years-old (with a fun pirate twist), and this adorable Swimsuits and Snowballs party found in the Project Nursery archives.
Of course, if you’re lucky enough to live close to an indoor water park, then you can go as simple or extravagant as you like!
Winter Olympics
(Sources: Ski Hill via Toddler Approved, DIY Indoor Snowballs via A Parenting Production,
Wax Paper Ice Skating via Thanks, Mail Carrier, Olympics Themed Party via Dolled Up Designs)
There are so many ways you can have fun with this theme. If you’re lucky enough to have snow on the ground, make the best of it with sled pulling relays, snowball fights, and igloo making contests. If not, there are plenty of fun indoor projects you can do like making a miniature ski hill, indoor snowball obstacle courses, or even turning your living room into an ice skating rink with wax paper ice skates. There are also plenty of Olympics-themed birthday parties out there, but my favorite is definitely this one from Dolled Up Designs.
A word of caution: If you’re tempted to make fake sensory snow. It is fun…but can get messy quickly.
Sleepover Themed Party
Sources (Far Left & Far Right: Catch My Party, Center Images: The Frugal Girls)
Is your child begging to have sleepovers, but you’re not really ready for it? Have sleepover themed party instead! Invite kids to come over for a late afternoon party wearing their pajamas and serve breakfast foods (or their look-alikes) for dinner. One popular way to decorate for a sleepover themed party is to simply dress up your table as though it’s a bed. Add a fake headboard like the one shown above, or just put the table against a wall and add pillows to the short end. Easy and cute!
This is one party where I would have no problem letting the kids chill out in front of the TV with a movie. After all, that’s a traditional sleepover activity, isn’t it? But that doesn’t have to be the whole party. I love the ideas of letting the kids color in pillowcases and decorate flip flops as fancy slippers.
Winter Sports
(Sources: Football Stand Condiments via From Play Dates to Parties, Black backdrop Football game via Play Party Plan,
Lego Football Uprights via Little Bins for Little Hands, Pin the Puck on the Ice via Creative Mama on a Dime,
Balloon Hockey via Learn with Play at Home)
Is the birthday kid a football or hockey fan? Winter is the perfect time to find awesome party decor for both themes. For football fanatics, you can have a paper football contest, and I love the idea of a supersized throwing contest with a nerf ball against a black paper background. Hockey fans are sure to love indoor balloon hockey, and pin the puck on the ice is a fun twist on an old classic.
I can’t guarantee that you won’t have a house full of stir-crazy kids, but at least you can have fun doing something different than everybody else for your winter birthday parties, right?
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I love the indoor camping party idea! I can’t tell you how many of my poor February born daughter’s birthdays were cancelled from snow. Winter birthdays are tough. These are such great themes for those cold months :).
Your poor girl! On the bright side, though, she has a fantastic reason to celebrate during some of the gloomiest months. Is there any better reason to be happy than a birthday? Thanks so much for stopping by!
Oh, great post! My daughter will be two in early February. We haven’t really gotten to a birthday party age, but I have already thought about the fact that winter birthday parties could be tough. I love the camping idea! And one of my own most memorable parties from when I was a kid (even though I’m a spring baby) was a pool party. Thanks for the ideas!
Happy birthday to your daughter! Two is such a cute age. I’m sure you’ll do great when it’s time for her birthday parties!
These are all such fun party ideas! This year my goal is to work less on parties, so indoor ones at a venue other than my house sounds pretty fab 🙂
I keep thinking we’ll do something outside the house, but then I still overdo it. It’s a sickness, really. Best of luck on paring down. If you figure out a secret to it, let me know. 😬
The winter olympics party sounds like so much fun. After being inside all winter, the actives are perfect for burning off some energy. I can only imagine the giggles that will follow along with the fun activities. Thank you for sharing!
I’m definitely an advocate of sending kids outside to release as much energy as possible. Especially for birthday parties!
All of these are truly awesome ideas for winter themed parties, especially the sleepover themed one and may have to keep that in mind for our November birthday girl here for her next birthday. Thanks Leslie!! 🙂
Your girls are the perfect age for a sleepover themed party!
So creative! I have four kids and not a single winter party…go me!
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Definitely go you!
I swear everyone in my family has a winter birthday. Where were these ideas when I was a little girl? Love these ideas! Pinning!
Most of my husband’s close family has winter birthdays, and both of my siblings were winter babies too. That said, I don’t remember their birthdays being as fun as some of these, either!
Peachy’s birthday is in December. Her first birthday just passed. We had a 5 Little Ducks theme as that is one of her favourite songs. We were very happy with how it turned out. #happynowlinkup
What an adorable theme! Let me know if you share pictures!
The two times I hosted home birthday parties for my December birthday girl were the best! They really worked out just fine. One theme was geology (uh, thanks for that theme, kid!) and the other was snow.
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The nerd in me thinks that a geology theme could be a lot of fun. Of course, snow is always classic. Thanks for stopping by!
I love the camping one and the sleepover party! A sleepover that won’t cause major malfunction of my sanity is an awesome idea! =) Those cupcakes were cute and perfect. #HappyNowlinkUp
Haha! We definitely want to avoid any mama losing her sanity!
These are all really great ideas! I have one baby with a birthday at Christmas, so we try to do her friends party sometime in January after things have calmed down a bit. I wish I would have seen this before we scheduled it!
Aw! Both my siblings are December birthdays, and it was always difficult to fit in a big celebration. Happy (very) belated birthday to yours!
Great ideas, especially the indoor pool party idea. Water play is such a novelty during the winter months. Never would have thought of that, but it’s genius!
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My kids love going to indoor pools and water parks in the winter. Well, at least they do until they walk outside with wet hair. 😏
Hi Leslie, winter birthday parties can feel a little dull, but with your ideas, there is no excuse anymore. I love the sleepover idea. A sleepover is what children dream of and the stuff nightmares are made of for parents. Your party idea is a good compromise until children are older.
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xx
Ha! That is probably the best way I ever heard someone describe sleepovers. You should totally make a meme out of that.