Dora The Explorer Party
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Hola, soy Dora! It is time to host a Dora The Explorer party for your child’s next celebration. Come on, Vamanos! Whether you use the original Dora show, the Dora and Friends show, or new in-person Dora and the Lost City movie as inspiration, it is time to make your event fantastico with these party ideas. Don’t let the Grumpy old Troll or Swipper ruin the day, instead Dora, Boots, Backpack, and the Map are going to reach their goals, work together, and have fun along the way, just like the guests at your party. |
Hola, soy Dora! It is time to host a Dora The Explorer party for your child’s next celebration. Come on, Vamanos! Whether you use the original Dora show, the Dora and Friends show, or new in-person Dora and the Lost City movie as inspiration, it is time to make your event fantastico with these party ideas. Don’t let the Grumpy old Troll or Swipper ruin the day, instead Dora, Boots, Backpack, and the Map are going to reach their goals, work together, and have fun along the way, just like the guests at your party.
Dora The Explorer Invitations
On the invitation use the Dora logo with your child’s name. Decorate with Dora stickers. Make it look a”Dora”ble! Here’s a sample of what you can write on the inside:
Hola! Are you ready to explore? Come to a “your child’s name” explorer party. Let’s Go! Vamonos! We’re having a Fiesta. Where are we Going? (your party location). Who do we ask when we don’t know which way to go? Map! (Draw a little map to your party location. Use an X to mark the spot.) See you at the party Amigos!
Dora Party Supplies & Decorations
- Make and hang “The Map”
- Use the colours pink, yellow, orange, purple and red for your:
- Streamers
- Bouquets of tissue paper
- Confetti
- Balloons
- Mylar Dora Balloons
- Make cutouts of your favorite Dora characters and place them in front of a related color scheme backdrop banner (orange, purple, yellow, or red).
- Happy birthday Dora Banner
- Jungle decorations
- Inflatable palm trees
- Coconuts
- Make your own hanging vines
- Paper Dora plates, napkins, table cloth, cups, hats and party blowers
- Backpack, rope, magnify glass, binoculars, and telescope
Dora Party Games, Crafts and Activities
- Have a Craft Center:
- Use Dora stickers, foam shape stickers, Dora stamps, crayons, markers, feathers, beads
- Make Binoculars out of toilet paper rolls
- Decorate a sun visor
- Make instruments and noise makers like Maracas
- Make “The Map”
- Make a telescope out of a paper towel roll or wrapping paper roll
- Make Star catcher pockets, and star cut outs of all different colour stars
- Have a pail of crayons with coloring books or an activity book
- Make Dora friendship bracelets
Games:
- Adventure Scavenger Hunt! Choose three locations:
- Crocodile lake, Spooky forest, Highest mountain or your own destination
- Have the Grumpy Old Troll who lives under the bridge. Make the kids have to answer a riddle. For the answer Have the kids sing the birthday song
- Animal Charades
- Pin the Boots on Boots, or Backpack on Dora
- Read a Dora Story
- Obstacle course: Go through a tunnel, go around pylons, jump over or through a hula hoop, climb a ladder and go down slide. At the end of the course have a treasure chest. Ask everyone “What do we need to open the chest? Let’s check Backpack. A key! Right!”
- Find the Lost City - if your guests are older, have a scavenger hunt to find the lost city, just like teenage Dora in the movie
- Watch a Dora show or movie
- Put together a puzzle
- Musical chairs to Dora theme music
Dora The Explorer Party Food and Drink
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- Pineapple punch
- Mango juice
- Animal crackers
- Dora fruit snacks
- Tico's tacos
- Nacho chips and salsa
- Banana split
- Gummy worms
- Cheese quesadillas
- Dora cake or cupcakes with Dora candles
- Cookies in the shape of the Dora characters
- Fruit tray or kabobs
- Jungle themed candy bar
Dora The Explorer Party Attire
- Orange shorts
- Pink shirt
- Yellow socks
- White shoes
- Backpack
- Dora Friendship bracelet
- Sombrero
- Fake Dora tattoos
- Boots’ red boots
- Glow in the dark bracelets
- Have a parade with all the guests dressed up
Dora The Explorer Party Favors
- Make a Backpack from brown lunch bags. Cut them in half, and cut strips with of the top half. Take two and make backpack straps by gluing, taping, or stapling them on the bottom half. On the outside write “Backpack!" "We Did It! Thanks for coming! We couldn’t have done it without you!"
- Dora stickers
- Dora books
- Crayons
- Dora Pencils
- Glow in the dark bracelets
- Toy Dora whistles
- Activity books
- Dora and friends action figures
- Benny's bubbles (bubble wands with a fun tag line)
