Throw your Royal Birthday Party!

Quite recently Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom turned 90. Various celebrations are planned to take place including a Royal party taking place in Windsor starting on the 12th of May until the 15th. The celebration will be televised live on it's final night and acts such Dame Shirley Bassey, Gary Barlow, Ant and Dec, James Blunt and many more all schedule to make an appearance at the event.

All across the country, towns and cities are expected to throw street parties. Want to throw your own? Here's a few ideas to get you started.

Everything you need to throw the perfect party!

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Party Theme: Cops and Robbers

A great theme for any party is the theme of 'Cops and Robbers' whether you are a kid or an adult, its easy to organize and all guests can have fun joining in.

Invitation

There are lots of ways to create an invitation for a cops and robbers party but a notice to appear like the one below is simple to DIY and relays the theme of the party as well.

Decorations

Build a police booth or a jail cell with cardboards and paint. Use white masking tape for the outline of victims and police tape around the party venue for added decorations. You can also DIY a police line up wall for all your robbers photos. 

source: Catch My Party

Food

A cops an robbers party is not complete without donuts and other sweet treats of cops and robbers themed cookies and cupcakes.

source: Hostess with the Mostess

Fancy Dress

A cops and robbers party calls for a fancy dress. Its easy and simple,if you are dressing up as a cop, get a hat and a badge, wear a blue shirt and a black trousers and if you are opting to be the bad guys, then get a black and white striped shirt and a robber mask with a loot bag. Here are some fancy dress ideas for kids and adults.

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Summer Party Ideas

The weather is looking nice so why not plan a summer party on the weekends, here are a list of summer party theme ideas you can do:

What better way to beat the heat, then throwing a under the sea party. Do a bottled invitations, get creative with sea food and have fun with the decor, get more information from our under the sea party theme blog.

Throw in a movie night in your backyard for the warm summer nights. You can loan a projector or do this handy DIY with an iphone or ipad for projecting movies onto a white blanket. Get popcorn, blankets and cushion, go for a movie theme or just watch any favourites, its guaranteed to be loads of fun. Check out our movie night blog for more inspiration.

Bring the circus to your place with a carnival themed party, all you need are carnival style games for all your guests to compete at. Here are the list of some outdoor games you can do.

For all the BBQ fans, a wild west themed party is right up your alley, use cactus or cardboard cutout of wild west for decoration and have some tin can shoot up games for fun. Here are more inspiration from our wild west blog.

Party Theme: Safari/ Jungle

Summer is on its way and to celebrate its arrival, why not host a safari/ jungle themed party. Here are all the things you need to organize one.

Invitations

A great way to send out an invitation to a safari themed party is to send each guest their own passport. Get crafty with brown paper and some cute animal stickers.

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 Decorations

There are endless possibilities for decorations with this theme. Opt for animal masks either plastic ones or a foam one, put them on the table or on the chair, they act as a decoration as well as a party favour for your guests.

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Balloons are the life of the party so for this theme, choose a safari themed colours like orange, yellow, green or white. Use a sharpie to draw the stripes or spots for different animals or buy a pre-made one here. Put them up on the hallway or a table centrepiece.

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Talking about centrepieces, how cool does these animal toys look on the table or go for the safari hat for each of your guest.

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Another way to decorate a safari/jungle themed party is to use stuffed toys, bigger the better as seen here.

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Food

We found a great blog post over at Roxy's Kitchen that has a list of safari/ jungle themed party food.

Costumes

Dressing up for a party makes it more fun  and there are lots of animals to choose from to dress up both as a kid and adult.

source: Fun 'N' Frolic