Ideas for Birthday Party at Pre-school

I always bring cupcakes to school at the end of the day. As long as you tell the teacher ahead of time, it goes pretty smoothly. It's easy and fast!

Cupcakes are great. But I have found some kids just want the icing, others just the cake. Something special could be making cookies together and taking them to school in a basket to share with everyone. Attach a heiliem balloon to make it more festive. Not only are you sharing a treat but you are making a memory by baking them together. Kids love to help in the kitchen.

Have fun celebrating!

Hi C. H,

I work at a pre-school and when the children have birthdays they just bring cupcakes and we serve them at lunch instead of their regular desert.

Hope this helps.

Hi, C.,

I would check with his teacher. They usually have time limits and rules on when they can have parties (at least they do in public schools). She can tell you what other parents have done and when it can be done. I bet she will make sure it won't take up too much time:) Kids always love cupcakes with lots of icing! I know my students do (I taught 3rd grade, but also taught a 3-4 yr old choir at church for a few years). Have fun and tell him happy birthday!!

A.

Take some cupcakes up to the school. The children love them.

At my school the parents bring in juice and cupcakes and we sing happy birthday at lunch.

We always let our childern pick a special place to eat on their birthday. Any where they want to go it's their day they should like what's for dinner...

Dear C.:

I worked at a Head Start Preschool program. I thought that they had a nice little tradition. They invited the parents to come into the classroom and read a story on the child's birthday. It could be an old favorite or something new. Many parents purchased a book and left it in the classroom with an inscription from the birthday child.

Check with the teacher to make sure that you are welcome and find out the best time to visit. Most pre-schools have a storytime anyway.

Most children just beamed when their parents came. It was very special to them. In addition, to not interfering with instructional time, children associate special memories with books, giving, and the people they care about rather than just junk food and getting presents.

I am an assistant director at a preschool and a lot of our parents bring in pizza and cookies for lunch. It is always best to check with the teacher to make sure that is o.k.

H. M.

As said before talk with the teacher. To make it special you could get a baseball cap for your son to wear and get some iron on number 5. Make an "All about me" poster to share in circle time. When you go in say "Adam" is five give him five--have all the kids give high fives. Truely you just showing up with cupcakes will make it special for your boy.

In lieu of sweets, since there are sometimes rules about this... The birthday kid gets to bring a new/wrapped book (to donate to the class). The student or teacher might read it to the class for a special birthday storytime. It could be on a subject that your son really loves and would like to share with his classmates.

Donuts are a hit, easy to hand out. Sam's has the best buttercream icing cupcakes for a fabulous price. I used to teach kindergarten, anything that is easy to pass out is always welcomed. Don't forget the cute napkins and bring a fun birthday button for your son to wear (party city).

I have always had a big hit with icecream party.When you purchase the icecream scoop it and place on a cookie sheet then freeze then take out and place in ziplocks.Take glass bowels and put in freezer it helps keep the icecream cold longer.Then purchase all the fun stuff kids like and let them make their own sundays.You can purchase plastic sunday dishes at Dairy queen.This is something you can do in advance.

Here's a cute cup cake idea I think I found in Family Fun. Make the cup cakes in a muffin pan, but before you cook it place an ice cream cone upside down on top of the batter. When it cooks, the muffin will coook into the cone, so when you turn it out it is like an ice cream muffin. Cover with icing and sprinkles for the full effect. The tricky think is just transporting them to school - I tried placing them in a pan with foil and paper towels around the bases to hold them up, but it wasn't tremendously stable and got a little messy.

I usually take cupcakes for mine, let him pick out the theme and get them from walmart, cute and cheap and the kiddos enjoy it, or make up a goody bag for them.

How about letting the kids make a birthday treat. They can decorate cupcakes or it could something healthier like apples,pb and raisins or choc chips! If you keep it simple itshouldn't take very long.

Hi C.,
1st ask his teacher if it's ok for you to bring something. My son just had a b-day. He his in kinder and I asked his teacher if it was ok to bring cup cakes. It's easy to hand out and don't take up to much time.
B.

This may be too late for your celebration this year, but when my boy was 5, we did a "worms and dirt" party at his kindergarten. Took the kids outside to a picnic table and served chocolate pudding cups with a few gummie worms hidden down inside the pudding, and let the kids use a spoon to sprinkle the "dirt" across the top (Oreo cookie crumbs).