How to Throw a Fabulous Garden Themed Birthday Party: 20+ Fun Ideas
Create a gorgeous garden themed birthday party without spending a fortune with these fabulous DIY party ideas.
Ideas for a Garden Themed Birthday Party
Decorations
Paper birds with concertina wings made from scrapbooking paper are gorgeous when hung mobile like over the party food table.
The table is covered with artificial grass as a fun garden-like tablecloth.
Butterfly lollipop suckers (see another image below) make not only a lovely take home party favour but a pretty decoration as well.
Garden inspired pictures are drawn onto the windows with window crayons plus the trampoline is adorned with simple green streamers for a little extra jumping fun.
Party Food Ideas
- Fresh vegetable sticks and dips
- Fresh berries
- Homemade apricot balls and date and coconut balls
- Flower cupcakes, decorated with marshmallows and Smarties
- Flower pots made from small pots of jelly or mousse, lollipops and peppermint leaf lollies
- Candy eggs in honey joy nests
- Worms in dirt pudding cups
The birthday cake is beautifully wrapped in tulle and ribbon and decorated with coloured sprinkles and net butterflies.
Activity Idea
Scented playdough (coloured green, orange and brown) is put out with a range of seed pods and sticks, artificial flowers and small insect, lizard and frog figurines for free play.
Party Favours
A tiny envelope of sunflower seeds is a lovely party favour thank you.
The lollypop butterflies go home with the party guests too!
For even more garden inspired party ideas, check out these posts from some of my favourite bloggers;
Food & Beverages
Serve Ali’s delicious Homemade Lemonade as the beverage of choice at your garden party.
Or serve some herbal marshmallow tea. Via My Little Bookcase.
These Savoury Snail Scrolls from Mother Natured are sure to be a hit.
These Garden Flower Cupcakes are gorgeous. Via Sun Scholars.
You could always present your party food in a picnic box like these from My Little Bookcase.
Decorations
Decorate your space with a pretty bunting made from vintage floral sheets like this one from Little Eco Footprints.
Activity Ideas
Make flower fairies and other colourful collage creatures as a simple themed party activity.
Younger children will enjoy sensory play with Rosemary Rice.
Put out some Lemon and Rosemary Scented Playdough and these Garden and Growing Printable Playdough Mats from Picklebums.
I love the Nature Crowns featured at The Craft Train’s Enchanted Forest party.
These paper bag crowns from Happy Hooligans could easily be adapted to a nature crown as well.
Create a flower shop for imaginative free play.
Instead of a treasure hunt why not play an animal tracking game with these printable animal prints from Mother Natured.
The vintage sheet fort and gorgeous sunhat play station at this garden party are simply lovely. You could even invite the children to decorate their own sunhats. Via Paint on the Ceiling.
Party Favours
For a party favour with a difference try these DIY Fairy Crackers from The Craft Train.
This article is beautiful.. I love garden parties. It is a unique way of celebrating something together with nature. Thank you for sharing your party ideas. Great resource!