Last updated on December 2nd, 2023 at 11:33 pm
Throwing a birthday celebration for twins can be quite the challenge. You’ll need to plan a celebration that makes each child feel special. Your kids will need to share the spotlight, while also feeling like their personal interests and hopes are being fulfilled. Planning a celebration that meets each child’s unique aspirations and personality can be daunting, but fear not! We have all the tips and tricks you’ll need to plan a perfect celebration for your twins’ birthday party!
Invitations
Celebrations begin with the invitations. Inform your guests of your celebration with the right kids birthday invitations. If you can’t find the invitations you’re looking for, try creating your own. Order inexpensive kids birthday invitations online, or try making your own from scratch. You can even get your kids involved. They’ll love adding personal touches to their birthday invitations. Your guests will enjoy receiving an invite you and your kids worked hard on.
Booklet, Accordion, and Multifold Cards
A great way to incorporate both of your children into your invites is via multi paged invitations. There’s a variety of multi-page invitation card designs to choose from; including booklet, accordion, and multifold cards. Booklet invitations are a great choice if you’re planning on adding a lot of photographs and text to your invite. They provide 8 pages of design space. Tri-fold, or accordion invitations consists of 6 pages. Multi paged invites will give you plenty of space to cover your celebration’s details, while also giving you a chance to dedicate specific pages to each child.
Party Decorations
After you find the invitations that are right for your celebration, you can start thinking about party decorations. Choose decorations that match the interests and personality of your twins. You can even include the twins in the decorating process. Let them choose the celebration theme and color scheme. They will enjoy the celebration even more knowing they helped put it together!
Cater the celebration to the interest of both children be letting each child choose a decoration theme and color scheme. Whether it’s dinosaurs and princesses, pirates and Barbies, or black and white, it will be fun to find a creative way to fit the pieces together. If you’re trying to plan your party on a budget, there are a ton of fun DIY decorations you can put together for next to nothing.
Add color and definition to any boring wall or ceiling with handmade garland. You can make garland out of almost anything. Try using paper, a stencil, and ribbon to create beautiful flag garland. Start by creating a triangle stencil out of cardboard. Then use the stencil to trace your triangles, or flags, onto colorful construction paper. Cut out the flags and punch two holes near the top. Add ribbon and you have colorful piece of garland to adorn your venue with.
To incorporate the twin theme into this project, let the children help decorate the flags. Before you punch holes in the flags, divide the flags in half and give a pile to each child. They can use markers, colored pencils, crayons, or paint to decorate the flags. Then string the decorated flags onto the ribbon. This craft project will make for a fun bonding experience! Your kids will have to work together to complete it and the finished project will show the unique flags created by each child.
Party Favors
Looking for a fun and easy party favor for your birthday celebration? Teach the kids how to make candy necklaces. This project is super fun, easy, and delicious. Start by setting out dental floss and dishes of candy or cereal. Fruit Loops, Cheerios, and Lifesavers are all great choices. Supervise the children as the string their necklaces together and help them out when needed. Your guests will love taking this home as a keepsake of your party.
Party Activities
You’ll need to provide your kids with fun party games and activities to keep them entertained throughout their celebration. Try choosing games that coincide with your party theme. It’s never a bad idea to have a craft station setup for the kids to enjoy. Try setting up a cupcake decorating station. Everyone will enjoy this activity. Start by putting out a few dishes of frosting, sprinkles, and candies. Then buy or bake a batch of cupcakes. Let each twin choose a flavor for the cupcakes and color for the frosting. Supervise the children as they have fun making beautiful cupcakes they then get to eat!
Enjoy Your Celebration
Hope these twin party suggestions help you plan a wonderful birthday celebration! Remember to include your children in the party planning process! They will surely have a few ideas you never would have thought of. Have fun planning your celebration!
Read These Other Multiple Birthday Tips for All Ages:
- 10 of the Best 1st Birthday Party Themes for Twins
- How to Plan an Awesome Second Birthday for Twins
- Third Birthday Party Ideas for Twins
Nancy Arnold is a party planner and blogger who loves cheesecake and Zumba! You might find her creating centerpieces in her kitchen and dancing to ABBA. She loves designing kids birthday party invitations on PurpleTrail.com.
Written by: Nancy Arnold