Great ideas for hosting a Barney Themed Birthday Party!

Beth Williams submitted this fun and budget-friendly party. Beth is a stay at home mom of 5 kids. She has three daughters who all have a birthday within about 5 weeks of each other.

Simple Barney Themed Part

The reality for most of us is that 1- we don’t want to spend a lot of money, 2- we don’t have time to make a lot of intricate decorations, and 3- the kids attending the party just care about having fun and eating candy.

Adding a theme helps tie everything together and makes it a lot of fun to plan (in my opinion), but keeping that within reason – especially for the age of the children – is key. Anyone who has spent more than ten minutes with a group of three year old girls, knows how short their attention span is.

Barney Birthday Party Activities

That means that she had to plan several short activities to keep them engaged and having fun.

Barney Coloring Pages and Treat Bags

The kids were each given a Barney coloring page upon arrival. You can print your own here. This helped keep them focused a little as guests were arriving. 

When the girls were finished coloring, their pictures were stapled onto a bag. Later, the kids found these bags at the end of their Treasure Hunt filled with goodies!

Barney Dance Party

They danced to music on a Barney and Friends CD while they played the freeze dance game and each took turns choosing when to stop the music. Following the dancing they played the 4 corners game. Each corner of the room had a color poster of a character from Barney and Friends. Beth would hold up a picture of a character and the girls would have to run to that poster.

Barney-Barney-Baby Bop Game

The kids played a variation of the game of duck-duck-goose. The rules were they same, but the words were, Barney-Barney-Baby Bop!

Barney Themed Cookie Decorating Station

Then it was cookie decorating time! They provided sugar cookies along with purple and green frosting. To further create their cookie masterpieces, there were an assortment of sprinkles, candy toppings. The kids also enjoyed purple, Barney themed milk.

Treasure Hunt

The The girls were so excited to go on a treasure hunt that took them all around the house and yard to find clues that ultimately led them to a spot in the backyard where they found their treasure bags filled with candy, drinks and toys! They got to play on the backyard playground and trampoline for the rest of the time.

Here are the clues:

• Clue #1 (hand to the birthday girl): Barney and all his friends think it’s special to get letters in the mail from friends. Look for the next clue in the mailbox. (picture of letter/mail and mailbox).
• Clue #2 (in mailbox): Barney loves to sing and dance to music. Find the next clue on the piano. (picture of piano)
• Clue #3 (on piano): Baby Bop takes a nap when she get s tired. She took a nap on Sue’s bed. Go there to find the next clue (picture of Baby Bop and bed)
• Clue #4 (on Sue’s bed): B.J. loves to play outside with friends. Look for the treasure on the swingset (picture of B.J. and swings)

Barney Birthday Party Decorations

Balloons and streamers are the ultimate high impact decorations. They also just happen to be some of the least expensive party decor around!

Beth decorated by adding streamers and balloons to the party rooms in the classic Barney colors of purple, pink and green.

Here is a link to FREE Barney themed printables including cute images you can use for cupcake toppers, a Happy Birthday Banner and more!

Big Barney Birthday Party Fun, Small Budget

Here are the party girls! I think one of my favorite things is that the girls had SUCH a great time playing together (I know because I was there with my daughter) and isn’t that what a birthday party should be all about? I get caught up in details and sometimes I forget to just let the little kids be little and have fun! Great job Beth – I remember her telling me that she only spent $25 on the entire party – now that is budget friendly!

Check out these other fun party ideas that kids will love!

• Little Mermaid Party
• Grinch Party — Perfect for December birthdays!
• Sesame Street Party

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