Space Party

Many dream and imagine being an astronaut, meeting aliens, or going on a spaceship. Host an adventurous space party to bring these ideas to life, whether functional or not. Astronomy, our universe, and space exploration are fantastic, so add a galaxy theme to your next event.

Many dream and imagine being an astronaut, meeting aliens, or going on a spaceship. Host an adventurous space party to bring these ideas to life, whether functional or not. Astronomy, our universe, and space exploration are fantastic, so add a galaxy theme to your next event.

Space Party Invitations

• Spaceship - cut the outline of a simple spaceship onto gray construction paper. Use black markers to add some detail lines around the outside and to make a door and window. Then, decorate the spaceship with some crayons and stickers. On the back of the spaceship, include your party information and a fun saying. 

• Planet - on a piece of multimedia paper, paint the background black and wait to dry. Then, using a toothbrush or paint brush to add some white or silver dots for stars. Next, pour small amounts of blue, orange, purple, red, and yellow in a circle and then carefully press into it with a balloon. This will make your invitation look like your own unique planet. 

• Astronaut helmet - cut the outline of a simple astronaut helmet onto colored construction paper. Use black markers to add some detail lines. On the top of the helmet write a fun saying. Then, decorate the helmet with some markers.

Fun invitation sayings to add to your themed cards:

• The party is going to be out of this world
• Join me for an intergalactic adventure 

Space Party Decorations and Supplies

• Turn your party area into outer space
• Use the color theme blue, purple and yellow
• Have a spaceship made out of cardboard 
• Hand star shapes balloons
• Have fake astronaut helmets as party hats
• Hang glowing stars on the walls and ceiling 
• Paint plants (either real or imaginary) onto cardboard and hang on the wall
• Have a hanging solar system model 
• Have pictures of real like astronauts
• Have pictures of aliens 
• Use tinkle lights to look like stars
• Use space themed napkins, cups, and plates. 
• Black table cloth with glitter
• Have a sign that says space out of star constellations 
• Spray paint some galaxy themed paper lanterns and then add some glitter
  

Space Party Games and Activities

• Upon arrival take a photo of the guests with their head through a photo banner to look like an astronaut in outer space and then print it out for them to take home as a favor

• Visit your local planetarium

• Pin the rings on Saturn

• Create and color your own spaceship

• Cosmic rocket kit – set off a rocket (or two) and watch them fly

• Painted spaceship - use a cardboard box and paint it to create a spaceship mission to Mars. When done, “fly” the spaceships through the sky across the party area to “Mars” pretending that you landed on mars. Have the guests wearing space helmets and search to find any new discoveries. 

• Look at the sky through a telescope to see the stars and planets closer

• Lay out blankets and watch the sky to see if there are any shooting stars

• Plan your party party around a solar phenomenon, like a lunar or solar eclipse

• Wait until it is dark and the stars and twinkling to watch an outdoor movie 

• Space race - set up an obstacle course with intergalactic obstacles 

• Space trivia - there is so much history and fun facts about space, create some question cards to see what the guests know and maybe they will learn something new. 

Space Birthday Party Food

• Milky Way milkshakes - have different ice cream options and blend a unique shake for each guest
• Spaceship or star shaped sugar cookies
• Star sandwiches - have sandwiches that are in the shape of stars by using a cookie cutter
• Alien cake - make a green circle cake and add on alien decorations 
• Saturn's rings - onion rings and seafood sauce
• Fruit punch
• Constellations - pretzels and marshmallows put together to make famous constellation formations seen in the night sky
• Space worms - gummy worms
• Stars - starburst
• Asteroids - either cheese puffs or chocolate almonds
• Crater cookies - have chocolate chips
• Crescent moon sandwiches - make regular sandwiches, but on croissants 
• Star fruit tray - using a small star cookie cutter, cut cantaloupe, watermelon, and honeydew into stars
• Rocket fuel - your favorite type of bright colored juice
• Meteor bites - have kabobs that look like rockets
• Moon rocks - rock candy that looks like sugar crystals made from food coloring, water, and sugar
• Flying saucers - round crackers and cheese

Space Party Favors

• Buildable spaceship kit or LEGO
• Mini handheld telescope
• Book about star and planet facts
• Space themed playing cards
• Space stickers
• Bouncy balls
• Outer space certificate for each guest saying they completed training and outer space mission
• Customized astronaut picture