There's so much to take into account when you're planning a girl's birthday party that the whole process can seem more daunting than enjoyable. To help point you in the right direction and to take some of the stress out of coming up with the perfect birthday party theme, Fly by Fun have put together some of the best ideas for a girl's birthday party that are trending in 2022. Before you go rushing to read the list and choose the first one that sounds amazing to you, stop and think for a moment.
Things To Consider When Thinking Of Ideas For a Girl's Birthday Party
One of the most important things to consider when you're trying to come up with ideas for a girl's birthday party is the age of the birthday girl and the age range of the guests who'll be attending. You also need to take into account whether there will be only girls at the party or if there will be some boys attending the event too.
While girls may well be over the moon with a glamour make-up party, understandably boys are not going to be quite so keen unless they're going to get face painted to look like their favourite Marvel hero. Not every girl wants to be a Disney princess either so knowing and understanding what your birthday girl's personal likes are is paramount to creating an unforgettable event.
How To Choose Birthday Party Ideas For Girls 2022
Girls can be very discerning and on occasion extremely difficult to please. They often have set ideas about exactly how they want their party to be even if they're as young as two or three. Unless the party is a total surprise, it's a good idea to chat with your child in the weeks leading up to the event to double check on their likes and dislikes as they can change frequently.
You can do this in a roundabout way by asking what they thought of a recent birthday party at a friend's, asking if they're still really into that film or TV series they've been glued to for weeks or just by asking if they've changed their mind about what their favourite colour is. No girl is going to be completely content with a pink themed party if her favourite colour is blue.
Best Party Ideas For A Girl's Birthday Party 2022
Here you'll find fantastic birthday party ideas for young girls, great ideas for a girl's birthday party where there'll be boy guests too, and ideas for a birthday party for an older girl that will leave her totally wowed.
Boho Pillow Party
This is a girl's birthday party idea that can be used indoors or out. It also helps take the strain off you so you won't need to worry about small kids wobbling off chairs with excitement while you're busy handing out food or cutting the cake.
All you need for a Boho pillow party are enough short-legged tables to accommodate the number of guests you're inviting and a floor cushion for each of them. If your little girl is a proper princess, you can make this quite a glam affair by colour coordinating the table coverings, the table decorations and the cushions as well as anything extra you want to add such as balloons. For a glam look pastel colours work best.
Sixties Hippy-Style Boho Party
You can add a great twist to a Boho pillow party for older girls by giving it some sixties hippy-style appeal. Choose floor cushions with eclectic designs, drape the tables in swathes of fabric printed with a Bohemian design and have a flower crown for each of the guests, but definitely skip the shisha pipes.
Minion Party
Minions have become a solid fixture of the kid's party world and are not likely to disappear in 2022. These colourful characters have been thrilling and amusing youngsters since the day they first appeared on the big screen and will probably continue to do so for generations to come.
Minions is an ideal theme for a girl's birthday party where there are going to be boy guests as well as girls. Deck everything out in bright blue and yellow to create the right Minion atmosphere. Add Minion themed banners, blue and yellow balloons, Minion cupcakes and if your party budget will permit it, a Minion t-shirt and cap for all of the invitees.
Minion Monochrome Party
To make a Minions birthday party an even more resounding success make it monochrome. Choose either yellow or blue and keep everything from napkins, table coverings, balloons, and streamers in that one colour, but vary the shades. Doing that creates a much bigger impact than you would expect. It's a total winner across the board and is one of those rare occasions blue isn't just for boys.
To create an even bigger impression you can always get in touch with Fly by Fun and have our amazing Minion entertainer attend your party. When our Minion appears at the party it'll be a magic moment the kids will never forget.
Book Character Party
The majority of youngsters, no matter how old they are, have a favourite book. Theming a birthday party on a character from that book makes a party extra special. Some well known characters that are popular with very small children are The Hungry Caterpillar, Winnie the Witch and The Tiger Who Came to Tea. All three make superb party themes.
For older children the skies are the limit so take a look at the bookshelf in your child's bedroom to see which is the book that's been read the most. It's a fair bet that Harry Potter is among them, but one theme that's ideal for both boys and girls of all ages is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You can always compliment the book character theme by showing the movie if there is one.
Movie Party
If you're short on energy because you're overloaded at work, but still need to organise a party this idea works well as you won't need to oversee so many exhausting activities. It's also great if the weather isn't suitable for an outdoor party.
Pick a few of your girl's favourite films and let her choose which one they watch on the day. Compliment the film with finger food like mini burgers and hot dogs, hand out buckets of popcorn or trays of nachos with cheese and you'll be the party holding parent of the year.
Tea At The Ritz Party
There's not many girls who haven't had a tea party with their dolls at some time or another. Turn that playtime activity into a truly special occasion by turning into a glitzy Tea Party At The Ritz.
All it takes is a posh tablecloth, a decorative place setting for each guest with a pretty plate, napkins and cutlery plus their own cup and saucer. Serve the kids finger sandwiches, miniature bread rolls, sausage rolls and other tempting small bites followed by a posh cupcake for everyone. If they’re not into drinking tea you can always serve soft drinks from a teapot to stay in keeping with the theme. You can make it even more fun by asking the guests to dress up in one of their mum’s flowery frocks and wear big floppy summer hats.
If your birthday girl is a fan of Alice in Wonderland, you can easily turn this idea into a Mad Hatter's Tea Party.
Underwater Party
One of the biggest party trends for 2022 is the Underwater party theme and not just for fans of Disney's Ariel either. This theme can make an indoor party absolutely magical if you have a room that's dark where you can hang luminescent fish and seaweed from the ceiling. Don't worry if you don't have a dark room as the theme works just as well with lots of floating tropical fish, starfish and jellyfish with various shades of blue balloons in different sizes to represent bubbles.
Faux Beach Party
Holding a faux beach party for your girl's birthday can be amazing fun and relatively simple to do. Don’t panic, you won't need to have two tons of sand delivered to your home to make it realistic.
Palm fronds make for a great basic decoration whether you're holding the party indoors or out. Use them on their own or cover a couple of garden parasols with them and you'll have the start of a tropical scene.
Ask the invitees to wear swimwear and have a pair of funky sunglasses ready to give them when they arrive. Spread a beach towel out for each one so they can lounge just like they would on the beach. Erring on the side of safety, you may not want to have a paddling pool full of water for them to take a dip in, but you can substitute a water-filled pool for a ball pool. Feed them picnic-style with sandwiches and to drink, a colourful, fruity tropical cocktail with the proverbial cocktail umbrella always goes down a treat.
Karaoke Party
Turn your little girl and her party guests into pop stars for the day by holding a karaoke party. This is great for kids that are outgoing, but not so ideal if they're quite shy so think carefully before opting for this.
If you are considering a karaoke themed birthday party it's always a good idea to warn the neighbours in advance so they have time to get some ear plugs or you can always invite them to join in the fun. You can hire a karaoke machine loaded with popular songs for the event or better still, a professional DJ-entertainer who will encourage even the shy kids to have a go.
Cupcake Party
One way to help keep the kids happy and occupied at your girl's birthday party is to get them involved in decorating cupcakes. Yes, it can get a little bit messy so it's a good idea to have disposable plastic aprons for the guests or you could end up with a nasty laundry bill from some very upset parents.
To help prevent things getting too disorganised, it's a good idea to give each child a plastic food tray with several divisions. Fill each division with a different decoration, candy flowers, chocolate buttons and multi-coloured sprinkles go down well and let each child loose to use their imagination on two cupcakes.
Jewellery Party
If you think a cupcake party might just get too messy to handle, think about a jewellery themed party instead. It's an awful lot cleaner and is especially good if your daughter is into arts and crafts. You can use the same sort of plastic food tray to store the beads for each guest’s bracelet or necklace and any other thing they'll need to string their piece together. This theme ties in well with a make-up party and the bonus is they get to take what they've made home with them
Go Classic
There are some girl's birthday party themes that never grow old and that's a party with all the classic party games. There are party games that seem to have been around forever and the reason for that is they really are so much fun.
Whether you're holding the party inside or outside it doesn't matter as the kids will enjoy playing pass the parcel, musical chairs and pin the tail on the donkey wherever they are. If you've plenty of room then what's the time Mr Wolf and musical statues are also great. There's no better way to end this type of girl's birthday party than with a pinata.
We hope that reading through these amazing ideas for a girl's birthday party has helped you choose the right party theme for your child. If you're still unsure, need some advice or want an entertainer to compliment the party theme, please feel free to get in touch with Fly by Fun. We're not Australia's leading children's party and entertainment company for nothing and we'll be only too happy to help.
