Art Themed Birthday Party

An art birthday party is solid for boys and girls and inexpensive to put together! Here are a few fun party ideas including palette cupcakes, games, and art party favors that are solid for artistic kids of all ages.

If you have multiple children it is nice to come up with a few different birthday party ideas. With 3 kids ourselves we have done it all, from going to pizza parlors to home birthday parties and we prefer ideas that are creative but aren't too difficult. Here is an easy idea and a few decoration ideas + games you can play too!

This and our camping themed birthday party post has been hugely popular. Along with ease we like ideas that are inexpensive so that they can invite as many friends as they'd like and the cost isn't a problem.

This first idea was Pinterest inspired and you can create art palette cupcakes + let the kids design them (we came up with an edible brush too)! First you will need to bake some cupcakes.

We are all about easy so we use white cake mix, here is a recipe for 6 cupcakes using a box of cake mix if you are doing this for an art afternoon and not a large party.

Art Project for Birthday Party

We fill pint sized freezer bags with colored frosting and cut the corner off to decorate the cupcakes and the edible paintbrush is a straight pretzel with a piece of jumbo red licorice cut so that it looks like a paint brush.

The palette is a piece of cardboard so that is cheap. You can draw it on and let them cut it out or have them cut out beforehand. Use crafting supplies to decorate it as another party activity. Provide a variety of colors with paint or markers to decorate with paint splatters and pictures they love. Here's a quick rundown

Things You Need

Here is another fun art craft to do with the kiddos that is inexpensive and fun to do, all you need are small canvases and paints. You can use watercolors or acrylic paints. There are watercolor art projects and a video to show you how to create it here.

If you like our ideas for an inexpensive and fun art themed birthday party, check out our cheap girl birthday party ideas.

Food for an Art Themed Party

As for food and treats the choices are endless. You should keep them colorful though since color is part of the theme and all. We have made rainbow rice krispy treats before which were always a huge hit. Color dips and serve with nuggets for lunch. Ketchup is already red, mayo is white, and you can color fry sauce blue for a patriotic punch.

Kitchen questions

How do you make a themed birthday party?

1. Choose a theme2. Set the date, time and location3. Send invitations4. Make or buy decorations5. Create activities and entertainment for guests6. Come up with a music playlist according to your party theme7. Capture memories with your phone and set out disposable cameras for guests 8. Enjoy yourself

What are some birthday party themes?

1. We share an art themed birthday party here2. Throw a fiesta 3. 80's and 90's parties are fun for adults4. Superhero parties are popular with girls and boys under 105. Sports themed parties are great for all ages

Beyond these think outside of the box. Whatever you or your child are obsessed with is a great excuse to use that as your party theme! Go with that, and go all out. If you come up with an idea that works well with your friends let us know.