Kids' Firehouse Birthday Party
Host a kid's party with four-alarm excitement and doggone fun food! Whether you take your little firefighters to a fire station and experience the real thing or have your own fun at home, this is a party that will always be spotted as a good time for all!
Make It Special!
Four-Alarm Invitations
- Photocopy simple fire engine graphics from a coloring book or storybook, and fill in the date, time and place of party. Send them out four-alarm fast! Or help your kids create them on your computer using dalmatian (a firefighter's favorite pal) and fire engine clipart.
Four-Alarm Decorations
For Room Decorations
- Hang fire-engine red balloons, or draw black spots on white balloons with a permanent marker.
For the Dining Table
- Place a new (or cleaned-up) toy fire engine on the center of the table. Attach a bouquet of helium balloons to the truck, and surround it with curly ribbons.
- Make place cards by attaching names on card stock to toy fire hydrants, small toy fire engines or plastic spotted dogs. (Purchase them at party or toy stores, and give to party goers to take home.)
- Make place mats using the same fire engine graphics as the invitations. Kids can color as they wait for the food to be served.
- Bright red paper goods are easy to find. You can also look for fire engine paper goods at large party stores.
Four-Alarm Activities
Hand out toy firefighter hats to kids before the activities begin. (Hats can be part of their take-home loot.) Purchase inexpensive ones at toy or party stores, and personalize with a permanent marker if you like.
Experience the "Real" Thing
Arrange a visit to a fire station, or arrange with a fire station to have a fire engine and firefighters come to your party. Some fire stations will do this with a donation made to their designated fund. Allow time after these activities for kids to write thank-you notes to the firefighters in appreciation.
Create At-Home Fun
"Rescue the Animal" Relay
Divide kids into two teams, and have them line up. The first child in each line must put on a coat, pair of boots and a firefighter hat (coat and boots should be slightly oversized to fit all kids), walk across the room and pick up a stuffed animal (completing the animal rescue), and then carry the animal back to the line where he passes the coat, boots and hat to the next child. Rescues continue until everyone has rescued an animal. The first team to finish wins, or everyone can be a winner and keep his or her rescued animal.
Four-Alarm Food Fun
Enlarge fire engine graphics to a large tray size, or place red paper on a large piece of cardboard. Serve cupcakes and ice cream on paper-covered tray or cardboard.
Party Pictures
Preparation Guide
The Day Before (The birthday child can help with these activities.)
- Make Dalmatian Cupcakes.
- Scoop ice cream into cupcake liners; freeze covered.
- Make Friendly Dog Salads; store covered in refrigerator.
The Morning Of
- Make Hot Dog Casserole up to the point of baking; cover and store in refrigerator.
About 40 Minutes Before Serving Guests
About 15 Minutes Before Serving Cake and Ice Cream
- Move ice cream from freezer to refrigerator to make softer and easier for little ones to handle.
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