Fireman Games For Birthday Parties
Some local station houses offer space that can be rented for children's parties. Call well in advance to reserve your desired date. If your neighborhood's firehouse does not offer that option, a firefighter may still be willing to visit your party at home or at an alternative party space—free of charge.
Invitations: Develop several close-up photographs of your child wearing a firefighter hat. Using red cardstock paper, cut out a basic shape of a fire truck. Cut out wheels using black cardstock paper and glue them to the fire truck. Glue a photograph to the top left corner of the truck, positioned is if your child were the driver. Apply a sticker of a Dalmatian to the bottom of the truck, positioned as if the dog were standing in front of it. Suggested wording: Sound the alarm for name of your child's birthday party at location on date and time.
Activities: Fire-rescue relay race: Divide the group into two or more teams. Begin by having one child from each team sit on a sturdy bath towel or blanket. Race by having one team member pull the child sitting on a blanket to a designated safety zone. Once he is pulled to safety, the seated child will stand up and quickly carry the blanket back to the starting line to 'rescue' another child in the same manner. The winning team will be the first to get all of its members to safety. But be sure to have prizes available for all of the children. Stop, drop, and roll: Many firehouses offer programs that teach children about fire safety.
They may also let them try on a firefighter jacket or pick up a hose. Ahead of time, you can print out computerized fire safety 'certificates' or purchase stickers to give the guests once they've completed their training. Ride a fire truck: If you are hosting your party at the firehouse, future firefighters will love exploring the ins and outs of a real fire truck. You'll be able to see their imaginations going like wild fire! Birthday Cake:. Bake a 13-by-9-by-2-inch red velvet cake. Frost with red icing.
Line up three or four fire truck toys (new and washed) in a row on top of the icing. Make the outline of a road around them using black shoestring licorice and white jelly beans. Use red hots and orange and yellow jelly beans to decorate the cake. Party Favors: Keep memories of the party burning bright by sending guests home with toy fire trucks, inflatable toy hoses, and firefighter badges.
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In addition to basic firefighter party supplies, like plates, cups, napkins, and decorations, you may want to consider purchasing, borrowing or renting the following items for your firefighter party:. Plastic fire extinguishers.
Dress up items such as red firefighter hats and fire chief badges for each guest. Stuffed or plastic toy Dalmatians Creative invitations build excitement and can increase attendance at a party. If you have time to make your own invitations for your child's firefighter birthday party, be sure to involve him or her in choosing the design and filling in the details.
Here are some ideas to get you started. If you have a photo of your child on a fire truck, use it as the front of the invitation, and make color copies at your local copy shop.
Paste a cut-out of a Dalmatian on the front of a piece of cardstock, and add a sticker or a fire hose next to him. Write your party details above the scene. On a white piece of cardstock, add yellow and orange 'flames' cut out from construction paper. Print your party details above the flames. Pressed for time but still want a personalized touch? Try our personalized firefighter party invitations, which will include your child's name and all of the party details. Choose from our list of decorating ideas to create a blazing hot atmosphere for your fireman party!
Games For Birthday
Try just a few, or go all out!. Visit your local fire station before the party and pick up fire safety activities they provide for children. Depending on what is available, these can be used as decorations, or as activities for the children as you wait for all the guests to arrive on party day. Call your local fire station and ask if they can bring a fire truck to your house the day of the party. Many will do this as a community service to help children learn about fire safety, although you may want to make a donation in appreciation for their work. Cut large flame shapes from red and orange poster board. Attach them to your front door and windows, or on the walls of the party space.
Indoor Games For Birthday Parties
Cut strips of red, orange, and yellow streamers, and hang them vertically from the ceiling to resemble flames. Make a fire truck from an empty appliance box by painting it red and cutting some windows. Draw the wheels and a hose with black paint, and add two stools inside for seats. Place cut-outs of trucks, firemen, or Dalmatians around the fireman birthday party area. Buy plastic badges and set them around the table at each guest's seat. Your guests can wear them when they arrive at the party.
When it comes to food, partygoers are usually perfectly content to eat pizza or hotdogs, which is certainly much easier on the hosts! However, if you have the time and would like to serve some specific fireman birthday party snacks, consider these ideas. Use red and yellow sand pails decorated with firefighter stickers to hold chips, cutlery and napkins. Label your food with fire related names like Blazing Hotdogs, 2-Alarm Chili, Flaming Chicken Tenders, and Water-Hose Melon. Make Dalmatian Cookies - Serve Dalmatian Doggie Biscuits!
Just use a sugar cookie recipe. After baking, ice the cookies with white frosting, and press chocolate chips upside down into the frosting to create spots.