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Elmo Party
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For your extra special little one, why not throw an Elmo party. The lovable Muppet is a classic given new life with the introduction of the Tickle me Elmo, Elmo Live, Elmo’s World and movies. Children will be tickled “red” with excitement over this Elmo birthday party.
Elmo Party Supplies
- Use a color scheme of red, blue, yellow and other primary colors
- Make a sign that says "This party is brought to you by the letter __ (the birthday child’s first letter of their name) and the number __ (the age of the birthday child)"
- Create a street sign with the birthday child’s name’s street
- Put large eyes and smiles on a blue, red and green tub to hold food or activities. The tubs will then look like cookie monster, elmo and Oscar the grouch.
- Elmo and Sesame Street friend stuffed animals
- Hang lots of streamers and helium balloons (Send 1 home with each guest)
- Balloon archway in a photo area and beside an Elmo Mylar balloon or cutout
- Display letters, number and shapes like ABC's (could be on the table with the cake)
- Happy birthday banner along with a banner of numbers
- Make a wreath out of bows, twirled ribbons and an Elmo face
Elmo Party Games and Activities
- Depending on the guests, hire an Elmo to come and visit for pictures
- Play dough (good if it is an outdoor party because of the mess) at the center provide numerous cookie cutters and plastic tools to create lots of shapes.
- Big Bird Bubbles - create a bubble station. If you make your own bubbles, make bubbles that are strong and don’t pop easily. Try using water, dishwashing soap and corn syrup. Have a tub with lots of large and unique shapes to blow the bubbles with (even look in your kitchen at different lifters, cookie cutters, etc.)
- Coloring or painting station - in your creative station have many sizes of canvases, ceramics and coloring pages. Have a lot of colors of acrylic paint, paintbrushes, glitter glue, stickers, etc.
- Magnet center with fridge magnets (letters and numbers)
- Elmo puzzle
- Make an Elmo hat - make a red hat, add the eyes, nose and mouth (this would make a cute pictures for in your thank you cards) attach with fabric glue
- Colour Tag - tell the guests a color and what part of their body to touch it with. For example: find a color red and touch it with your foot. Once they have done this they come back to you.
- Bean Bag Toss - Elmo is hungry and it is time to feed him. Get a large cardboard box or plywood, paint a picture of Elmo on the front and cut out his mouth. Toss "play food" into the mouth to feed Elmo.
- I See Red - hide red objects for the guests to find (make sure a stuffed Elmo is hidden for a special prize). Create a scavenger hunt of pictures for your guests to search
- Save Dorothy and Fill the Fish Bowl - Set up two teams. Each guest has to run with a small cup of water or a ladle of water to cross a small patch of grass and fill the fish bowl. One child at a time / team. Whichever team fills the bowl first wins.
- Elmo Says - played the same way as Simon Says
- Elmo Chairs - play like musical chairs (play Sesame Street music)
- Pin the Nose on Elmo - like pin the tail on the donkey
- Elmo Dance Off - set the stage with Sesame Street music, and dance with "Tickle Me Elmo"and/or “Rock N’ Roll Ernie” dolls.
- Decorate and eat Cookie Monster's cookies
- Photo Booth - create a photo booth area for all of your guests. Have the backdrop be a brick wall. You can use a photograph backdrop. In front place a colorful balloon arch. Add a street sign and an Elmo cut out.
- Dorathy’s Challenge - have a table set up with numerous small fish bowls. Have a little fish in each bowl. Then have a bucket of ping pong balls to toss. See if your guests can toss the ball into the fish bowl to win a fish.
- Ernie’s Duck Toss - try to toss rubber duckies into a baby bathtub.
- Guess number of Cookies - guess how many cookies are in a cookie jar.
- Watch a movie when your guests get tired. Some fun Elmo shows:
- Elmo in Grouchland
- Elmo Saves Christmas
- Elmo and Friends Tales of Adventure
- Sesame Street Elmo Loves You, etc.
Elmo Party Food
- Gold fish (like Elmo’s fish)
- Make your own pizza (Elmo’s favorite)
- Strawberries, raspberries, red apple slices
- Big Bird’s Eggs - deviled eggs
- Abby’s Magic Fruit Wands - watermelon and raspberries on a stick
- Red Jello
- Elmo Cake or Cupcakes
- Ice-cream bar
Elmo Party Favors
- Yippie for You Elmo Loot bag
- Elmo Stickers
- Elmo coloring book with crayons or markers
- Cookie monster face on Chips Ahoy cookies
- Red bubble wands