Birthday Party Ideas For Kids (Boys)

Kids love birthday parties, big creamy chocolate cakes, pastries, ice creams, balloons, streamers, cookies and loads of party favors. But what they love most is to dress up and act like power rangers, superman, spider man and other super heroes, prance about and have the time of their lives. Theme birthday parties are much in vogue these days, and when its a matter of celebrating your little one's birthday, there can be no compromises, right?

Check out some fun party ideas below?

Plan a family field trip. If your child has a favorite place like the zoo or skating rink, plan a trip for their birthday. If you really want to go all out, plan a trip to a nearby theme park. You could even invite one of your child's friends to tag along.

Pirate Party - Send the kids a note inviting them to participate in a treasure hunt with a map and loads of clues that lead straight to your house, the pirates den where the treasure is kept.
Decorations- The color scheme for this party will be red and black. Use these colors for balloons, streamers and tablecloth. Make a poster that says "AHOY - WELCOME ABOARD!". Place pirate flags around the party area. Cover your table with a black table cloth and scatter gold chocolate (or plastic) coins and plastic jewels. Add an inflatable shark and/or crocodile pool float toy. Hang some rope lines and rigging and place a few wood whiskey barrels in the party area.
Give the kids a pirate patch, draw a beard with eye liner and tie a bandana around their heads or give them a pirate hat.
Games- Walk the Plank
Use a 2x4 board to make the plank. The children take turns walking across the board. When they get to the end they all get a chocolate coin or a small prize. Repeat as many times as you wish.
Treasure Toss
Decorate a cardboard box to look like a wooden chest, or use a real chest if you have one. Leave the top off or open. Make or purchase five bean bags. This is a simple bean bag toss game where the children will take turns tossing the bean bags into the box from a pre-determined location.
Food
Bake a cake. Frost part of the cake blue for the sea. Sand is frosted light brown with toasted coconut on top. Stand "Play-Mobil" or Fisher- Price Pirate figures on top. Fill ice trays with red fruit punch. Serve the red ruby ice in clear plastic cups with a lemon lime soda.

Race Car Party
Invitations- First, draw a 5-inch circle on thin cardboard to use as a template. Cut straight across the top and bottom to create a tire shape 4 1/4 inches tall. Next, fold an 8 1/2- by 11-inch sheet of black construction paper so that the longer edges match up. Place the template atop the paper so that the top lines up with the fold. Trace around the sides and bottom, then cut along the lines (you should get 2 invitations from each sheet of paper). Cut out an oval hubcap (2 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches tall) from yellow paper and glue it onto the tire slightly left of center. In marker, print "Race on Over!" on the hubcap. Use a white crayon or marker to add zigzag tire treads and to print the party specifics inside.
Decorations- Use crayons or markers to transform a plain paper tablecloth into a racetrack for Matchbox cars. For decorations, shape fluorescent orange poster board into road cones and hot-glue each to a square cardboard base. You also can use them to mark a course for the Hot Rod Relay.
Steer arriving guests into your driveway with a checkered victory flag attached to your mailbox or lamppost. Designing flashy personalized license plates is a great activity for slowing down the party pace after a round of spirited racing.
Hot Rod Relay
What you need:
Cardboard boxes, Paint, Tape, Aluminum foil

Make a car for each team. Trim off the top and bottom flaps of a cardboard box and cut a handle hole in each door panel. Paint the cars, adding your child's favorite racing numbers. Then tape on yellow paper headlights and front grills fashioned from 3/4-inch-wide strips of aluminum foil. At race time, the first kid from each team dons a helmet and goggles and steps into his team's car. On cue, the drivers race around a designated landmark, such as a picnic table, tree, or large rock, and back to the start, where they quickly turn their gear over to the next person. The race continues in this manner until all the members of one team finish the course and win the game.

Fast Food: Cut pumpernickel and white bread sandwiches into squares, then arrange them on a platter to resemble a checkered flag. Serve with frosty glasses of your child's favorite soft drink and, for the grand finale,and a racetrack cake.