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PETER RABBIT THEMED 5TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

October 14, 2014 9 Comments

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Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Each year, my kids get to choose their party theme. So far, this has resulted in much more interesting and quirky ideas than I could have thought of. Usually I hit Google with the themes they’ve chosen, and a variety of supermum blogs come up trumps and give me the ideas I need.

But this year, Mr Internet was not my friend. Type in ‘Peter Rabbit party’, and you get baby showers, christening parties, and 1st birthdays. You even get Prince George’s 1st birthday celebration, which is a delight to read about, but not very helpful in this instance.

A baby’s birthday is all about the cuteness – the decor, the food and the cake. A boy’s 5th birthday party is all about activity: lots of running around and games and getting messy.

So, my challenge: create a Peter Rabbit-themed party perfect for a 5 year old boy and his friends. It’s such a wonderful theme, with lots of endearing characters as well as dark moments – surely it should lend itself well to a morning’s worth of fun activities?

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

(Advance apology: I’m very sorry for the poor quality of these photos. I’ve been having camera issues. I may enjoy organising parties, but I sure as heck can’t do anything else – like get a camera fixed – at the same time. Hopefully you’ll get enough of an idea.)

We kept the decorations simple: white, blue and gold/brown balloons, to represent Peter Rabbit’s colours, and some garden tools at the entrance. I dressed as Mrs Rabbit:

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations. Al as Mr McGregor:

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

and our fantastically thespy friend Sam as the Naughty Fox:

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Like Missy’s fairy-themed 3rd birthday party, we held this one in our church hall, not our home – so there had to be some open-ended activities that the children could get stuck into when the games weren’t happening, in the absence of any of our toys. It was good to have a variety of options, as small children are quite often very determined about what they Will and Won’t do. So there was a craft table, where the kids could make rabbit ears or fox masks:

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

(These masks came from the fantastic Baker Ross. Sadly they no longer do these, but there’s still a fantastic range of themed masks on their website here.)

We made a digging trough, full of carrots, radishes and onions to find:

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

There was an area in which to build as tall a tower as possible out of flower pots:

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

And, because it’s always more fun to make something you can eat than something you can’t, there was a biscuit decorating table:

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

The biscuits were gingerbread rabbits, baked by me and Missy a couple of days previously. Because there is always a huge amount to do in the evenings, after the kids go to bed, I love it when I can not only tick off a job during the day, but turn it into a fun daytime activity to do with one or both kids 🙂

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

I also set up a little ‘chill-out burrow’ with Peter Rabbit themed toys and books – this was mainly for the younger siblings of Mister’s friends, but it’s always good to have an option for kids who are just getting a little overwhelmed by ‘activity’.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Of course you think through all these ideas in advance, but it’s impossible to tell what will actually work until the day itself.

Given this, I was really pleased that all the activities seemed to go down well – particularly the biscuit decorating and vegetable digging. There was also plenty of putting fox masks on and running round the room roaring at each other! (Whoever knew that foxes roared?!)

It was so lovely to see Mister reunite with lots of friends he hadn’t seen since the summer, all considerably more grown-up after a few weeks at school.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Games-wise, we had five: Pass the Parcel (obviously!), Mr McGregor’s Footsteps (like Grandmother’s Footsteps!), a wheelbarrow relay in teams:

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Pin the tail on Peter Rabbit (using cotton wool tails, of course!):

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

and a vegetable hunt in teams. I printed out three each of ten different vegetables onto card, cut them up and hid them round the room.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

The kids had to find them in teams – with the added challenge of not being allowed to collect more than one of each type of veg. This ensured that it wasn’t simply the fastest/strongest child who got to do all the hunting and finding!

Once the games were done, we brought out the cake, for the sake of some friends who had to leave early. It was my first attempt at sugarpaste, and I was fairly pleased – PR looks a little fat, but he’s recognisable, right?!

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

The Peter Rabbit sugarpaste success made me want to sugarpaste all the veg, but I decided they’d look more enticing made out of sweets, so that’s what I did. (We are very blessed with sweet shops here.)

Then lunch. Very standard party food – but served in plant pots, of course. If my favourite restaurants can serve food in plant pots, why can’t I?

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

I cut the sandwiches into rabbit shapes – because if you’d invested 79p in a rabbit cutter for gingerbread rabbits, you’d want to get the most out of it too, right?

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

The table was laid simply – pale blue gingham tablecloth and napkins from Asda, blue cups from Poundland, and Peter Rabbit plates from an online supplier.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

As the children left, sugar-happy and Peter Rabbitted-out, they each got to pull a ‘carrot’ from a tub of soil.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

These were cone-shaped gift bags, lined with tissue paper to look like carrots, and containing a few little treats:

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

Mister loved the party, and had a great time seeing friends and playing silly games with them. His chosen theme didn’t disappoint…although he’s already started thinking of the theme for next year!

Peter Rabbit themed 5th birthday party for a 5 year old boy. Crafts, games, activities, food and decorations.

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  1. Caroline Baynes says

    October 15, 2014 at 9:04 am

    wow!!! well done! you had better keep some of those items in case Lois wants a Peter Rabbit party next year!

    Reply
  2. izzyinyork says

    October 16, 2014 at 11:28 am

    Wow, you worked so hard! I see now that F’s report of the party was woefully lacking – he knew he’d had a blast though, despite not being able to elaborate! X

    Reply
  3. Michelle Woodall says

    February 21, 2018 at 6:14 pm

    Wow, thank you for posting, this will be invaluable x

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    • desertmum says

      February 26, 2018 at 2:39 pm

      You’re welcome – good luck for your party! x

      Reply

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