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Selection of easy and fun monster party ideas. With simple ideas for food, decorations and games, it is easy to create a monster themed special day for your little one.
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A monster party is great for all ages. Whether you are looking to plan a 1st birthday or planning a party for an older child, a monster themed birthday party is going to be incredibly popular. Kids will have so much fun, adorned with colorful monsters, tasty food and lets not forget games!
Party planning isn’t a difficult task if you take the time for a little bit of preparation.
Monster Birthday Party Food
One of the best ways to theme a birthday party is to provide some themed food. And the great news is that this is super easy to do with a monster party.
Monster Cake: It’s always fun to make your own birthday cake, but it can be overwhelming if you arn’t a natural baker.
This monster cake is super easy to make, looks great and will look amazing as the centrepiece on the food table.
Monster Cookies: Monster cookies don’t have to be difficult at all. In fact these particular monster cookies are probably about as easy as they get. And you don’t even need to bake them!
All you need to do is make some monster eyes to add to the cookie and you are left with something fun and delicious.
Fruit: Even fruit can be made into monster fun. Dip some fruit into chocolate and add some google eyes. Or make up the fruit place to look like a monster face.
Monster Cupcakes: Sometimes people choose to have cupcakes as the birthday cake, others choose to have cupcakes and a birthday cake.
Creating monster cupcakes is a lot of fun and with the addition of some candy eyes they are probably the most cute monsters you have ever seen!
Monster Popcorn: Chocolate popcorn is an absolute winner at a kids party, and turning it into monster popcorn is super easy.
Monster Marshmallow Pops: Cake pops always look great at parties, but they are super fiddly to make. An easier version that looks great, something that kids love and and are so much easier to make are monster marshmallow pops.
They are lots of fun and they disappear real quick at birthday parties.
Monster Party Supplies
Party decorations instantly help to set a scene with a party. Decorations don’t however have to be difficult to coordinate and they don’t need to cost a lot of money either.
For a monster party is is a good idea to use bright colors
Party Backdrop: It is always a great idea to include a party backdrop at every single party. A great way to use the backdrop is behind the food table, or as a photo booth backdrop (or even both).
The easiest party backdrop is one that is made simply with plastic tablecloths. It is perfect for literally any party you hold. To ensure it matches the monster theme party, simply change the colors to suit.
Balloons: The best thing about balloons is that they provide an instant pop of color with very little effort. That’s perfect for a monster party.
Monster Party Hats: These monster party hats are super fun. Either make them prior to the party and hand out to the kids on arrival, or turn them into a party activity and let the kids make them.
Monster Party Printables: An easy way to create instant theme at a party with little effort is to use party printables. These monster party printables are perfect for the job.
Simply by using water bottle labels, candy bar wrappers, food tent labels and cupcake toppers, you can instantly add a themed vibe to your party. After that the other decorations are easy to coordinate.
Monster Shirt: An adorable way to dress your child in the monster theme would be to organise a monster shirt for them. If you really wanted to, you could coordinate one of them for all the kids in attendance which would also double up as party favors.
Can you imagine how adorable the party photos would be with all the little kids wearing a monster shirt!
Encourage Kids To Bring Their Own Monsters: One thing you could do is encourage all the kids to bring their own monsters with them.
It’s a great opportunity for them to show off their favorite monsters whilst also giving you some easy peasy party decor. Set up a table or a specific space for all the mini monsters to be placed.
Monster Party Games
If there is one thing you simply can’t overlook at a kids party its the games. It doesn’t matter what theme you have, the games are so incredibly important to ensure all the little guests have a great time and your party runs smoothly.
There are a lot of popular kids party games that you can use and easily give a monster spin too.
For instance you can use bean bags to toss through a monster mouth, or have a picture of a monster and have pin the tooth onto the monster instead of pin the tail on the donkey.
Sometimes you don’t even need to change up the game at all and all you need to do is give it a creative name when explaining it to the kids. For example you can play stuck in the mud and call it stuck in monster mud. The kids will love it and you don’t really need to do anything!
Or perhaps you would like to coordinate some activities such as monster slime, or monster coloring pages.
Take a look at these kids party games and see how you could use them in your monster themed party. A party with games is simply the most perfect party.
Real Monster Birthday Parties
Now you have a LOT of monster birthday party ideas to work with, but sometimes it can be difficult to visualise putting it all together. That’s where the following parties will help. They are all real life party examples that show you how to coordinate all those ideas that are swirling through your head.
You will be able to visualize how to set up party tables, monster party decorations and how to ensure that all your party guests have a great time. You will be easily able to put together that monster themed bash that your little one has been craving.
Easy Monster Birthday Party
Source: Smart Party Planning
This monster party was held for my son’s 2nd birthday. It was bright and colorful with plenty of adorable monsters and google eyes making an appearance.
I chose three bold colors to use throughout the party decor and tailored lots of little treats to look like silly monsters. My little guy absolutely loved it.
Googley Eyed Monster Party
Source: Bridgey Widgey
This party is FULL of googly eyes. They are a standout at the party and are literally everywhere. If you are having a monster party you MUST include the googly eyes! Stick them everywhere and anywhere and your party will fit right into monster town!
Bright Eyed Monster Party
Source: Repeat After Me
This monster mash is absolutely sensational! The shaggy monster cakes look so cute and the favor bags and hats are a standout. The decoration for this party is flawless and again the bright colours just make the party ‘pop’. There are so many monster party ideas you could use here for your own party.
Teachers Monster Party
Source: Giggles Galore
This monster party was set up for a group of teachers in their teacher lounge. How awesome would it have been to come in for a snack and see this party!
I love the lime green and blue colours together, and those monster eyes. Would you be game to eat them?
Girly Monster Party
Source: The IOWA Farmer’s Wife
Who said monster parties have to be just for boys? They absolutely do not, and this super cute and incredibly girly party proves it! Girls and monsters DO mix!
All the printable’s used here really make this party. The birthday banner and food toppers are simply gorgeous. I also love the pin the eye on the monster. It is a different spin to pin the tail on the donkey and it works fantastic!
Monster Max Party
Source: RV Parties and featured on Pretty My Party
This party is simply monster max. The backdrop, the food, the printables and even the activities are incredible. As soon as party guests walk into the party they are greeted with a monster town which is simply awesome. All the tiny details have been put together so well and it just flows. A truly stunning monster event.
A monster-theme party is one that will delight all little kids. It’s easy to coordinate with some simple themed party decorations and little monster birthday party food.
All these simple ideas can easily be recreated at home providing your little one with the monster-themed bash that will be talked about for years to come.
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I love monster parties too, there are so many ways you can make them fun for ALL ages! Thank you for including our Monster party in this fabulous round up of ideas!
Totally agree Mariah, it is certainly a party theme that can cater for any age and still be awesome! You are most welcome, your party was far too gorgeous not to include here 🙂