Seven is a super lucky number. That means, when your youngster is about to become seven, you'll want to pull out all the stops with an on-point and trending birthday party theme to celebrate the magical number.
By the time their seventh birthday comes around, most girls have grown into proper little misses who have their own ideas on fashion, make-up and just about everything else under the sun. Boys, if they're not total masters of the Xbox controls, are more than likely Lego construction geniuses or aces at taking the wheels of their scooter.
Now they're about to become seven, your little one will have a good group of regular friends of the same sex and so you'll quite probably be considering a single gender party. That's not a bad thing. Having to cater to the widely differing interest boys and girls can have at this age can start to get complicated.
To help you make a great choice, Fly By Fun have put together here some of the best birthday party ideas for 2022 for seven year old boys and girls. They're all ideal for this age group, not too complicated or expensive to organise and a massive big hit with the kids.
Going all out on the number of the day – seven – is a party theme that works for both boys and girls and is one that won't break the bank.
Keep the decorations simple but colourful. Stick to the theme by having multiple clusters of seven balloons and a big foil 7-shaped balloon as a centrepiece. It'll make more of a visual impact if you stick to just one or two colours for the balloons, table coverings and tableware.
The best games for this theme are ones involving a surprise like lucky dip, pass the parcel or a scavenger hunt. A seven-shaped cake makes for the perfect finale and if you're doing the baking, not too complicated to make.
A pamper party is a fantastic theme for seven year old young ladies who are just discovering the delights of manicures, pedicures and make-up.
Set up one room in the house or in a shady outdoor space as the beauty salon area. A boho-style setting with lots of cushions under a canopy works really well for this idea as the girls can lounge on them like mini-princesses while waiting their turn to be beautified. If you want to keep them occupied, flower crown making or stringing beads for necklaces or bracelets is a good activity.
As beauty treatments go, fruity face masks are excellent, but for a more lasting effect, consider having a face painting artist drop in to give you a hand. Get the girls to dress up then finish the event with a glam fashion parade around the garden before it's time for the food and cake. They'll love it.
Barbie is a favourite with a lot of girls around the age of seven and in all honesty, she does make for a very girly party theme. Hosting a Barbie party is a good excuse to go heavy on the pink too so don't hold back.
Using different tones of pink for the decorations is a simple way to create a spectacular effect that will have your little girl jumping for joy. There are plenty of reasonably priced Barbie party accessories available on the internet too like disposable plates, napkins and beakers that will all help pimp up the theme.
When you send out the party invitations request the guests to come dressed in pink then as they arrive, hand them each a pair of pink framed sunshades to complete the Barbie look.
Barbie is very much a refined young lady so theme the food like a posh afternoon tea with finger sandwiches and pink-iced cupcakes. Before you serve your menagerie of Barbies though get them disco dancing. There's really only one song everyone should dance to and yes, you've guessed it, it's I'm a Barbie girl.
NB: This party will be a total success, but be warned, you may not want to see anything pink for quite some time after the event.
A total princess party theme is one girls of seven adore. Not only do they get to be a princess at their own party, but all the guests do too.
Ask the parents of the invitees to send their little girls in their best princess outfit. As your youngster's guests arrive, have her bestow them a sparkly tiara. They don't need to be real diamonds, you'll be pleased to know, the dollar stores do amazing substitutes.
Set out a long table fit for a queen. Gold plastic cutlery adds a very regal note as do wedding-style bows tied to the chair backs. Serve a super banquet of things like cold roast chicken drumsticks or sausages on sticks accompanied by a veggie-packed frittata. Colour some lemonade with pink food colouring and serve it in plastic champagne flutes and it'll look posh enough to impress even the most discerning of princesses.
Not all little girls about to celebrate being seven want to be princesses or even adore Barbie. Some are totally into horses and if you're someone with no space or finances to keep one of the equestrian beauties, you've probably already resorted to My Little Pony in a last ditch effort to still the - why can't I have a horse - questions.
In truth, these small plastic ponies with groomable manes and tails are dolls, but just in a different form. They make for a super birthday party theme too especially when you incorporate all of the lovely pastel shades of the My Little Pony world, Equestria, into the party decorations.
What makes the My Little Pony characters like Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash so attractive to girls of seven is their extra sparkle. That's something you need to take into account so don't be stingy on the glitter party trimmings.
If you want to make your horse-mad little girls's birthday truly memorable, consider having real ponies arrive that she and the guests can ride. No, she won't be able to stable one in the garage, but she will be living her seven year old dream while the ponies are there.
Tip: This party theme can be easily adapted to unicorns which is another absolute winner with girls of this age group.
Lego has evolved over the past decade or so from being just small plastic building bricks to include characters like ninjas and superheroes that even have their own animated TV shows. For that reason, Lego is one of the top trending party themes in 2022 for seven year old boys.
The most dramatic and eye-catching way to make decorations for a boy's Lego party is to stick to the basic brick colours of red, blue, green and yellow. They really stand out. If you're stuck for inspiration, this can be a challenging theme to get right, take a look at the official Lego website and you'll find plenty of helpful ideas.
If you have enough Lego, a great activity to get the kids involved in is a game of Lego Masters. See who can make the best construction in a set amount of time, thirty minutes is good, then hand out prizes for the winners.
Tip: You don't need to fork out for invitations for this theme if you don't want to. You'll find free, downloadable ones on the Lego website you can print out at home.
When they're about to turn seven, boys like to be boys and a super seventh birthday celebration that will suit them down to the ground is a Nerf Gun party.
Rather than having the kids popping shots at each other, which could end up in tears, organise a series of target shoots that they need to complete and keep a scorecard for each kid.
Targets can be made from just about anything, but to give you a few ideas try these. Cut a swimming noodle into segments and glue targets to each piece. These work well standing up with nothing behind them as they fall over when hit by dart blaster ammunition. In fact anything tube-shaped is perfect. You can also use cardboard boxes with a hole in the front as a target that the kids need to shoot through to gain a point.
Make the party more fun and battle-like by facepainting the boys with camouflage paint. If you can pick up some army-style mess tins to serve a meal of sausages and beans in and which they can eat out of with a spoon, perfect. The boys will feel like proper soldiers on deployment.
Tip: If your party budget doesn’t stretch as far as nerf guns and dart blasters, consider using water pistols instead.
A Kung Fu Panda party is a brilliant theme for a seven year old boy's birthday. The quirky, animated bear character Po, narrated in the films by Jack Black, is very popular with this age group and what boy of seven doesn't like to show off his kung fu or ninja moves given half a chance?
Kung Fu Panda party decorations have to be black and white, what else? That said though, you can also add some Chinese symbols and stuffed panda bears to give the setting extra authenticity.
If you're not up to cooking Chinese food like dumplings, noodles and steamed pork buns, order in advance from the nearest local takeaway. It's not cheating by any means so don't feel guilty. Let the boys attempt eating with chopsticks, but have forks handy if they can't manage it.
A great activity for a Kung Fu Panda party is group tai chi. You can easily learn a few simple movements on the internet then teach them to the kids. If that doesn't sound quite like your thing, you need Fly By Fun's ninja entertainer. He's an expert at getting the kids practising all the right kung fu moves.
With the next Transformers movie due to be released early in 2023, these shape-shifting aliens are one of the top trending party themes for boys in 2022.
Depending on which alien bot is your youngster's favourite, be it Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, or any of the others, really makes a difference when choosing the colour scheme for the party. If you don't know much about Transformers, half an hour studying them on the internet will come in handy before you start planning the party.
Okay, no-one is going to expect you to bake a cake that turns into a car. That would be a bit much even for Maggie Beer. You'll find the right shade of fondant icing and a few Transformers-related cake decorations will impress the kids almost as much.
If you really want to impress at your boy's seventh birthday party, get in touch and ask about our Transformer entertainers. They're truly mind blowing and will create such an impression, the kids will be talking about them until they turn seventeen.
Seven is a fantastic age for any child whether they're a boy or a girl. It's an age that you'll want to celebrate in style with your rapidly maturing little person too, as we all know, this stage of their childhood won't last for very much longer either.
Because Fly By Fun has been the top kid's party entertainment company in Australia for more than a decade, we know exactly how you feel. If you're still not sure about what party theme to choose for your little one's seventh birthday, we're here for you. Get in touch for a chinwag and we'll be more than happy to help you decide on the party theme that will suit both you and them the best.