FIREMAN PARTY IDEAS

FIREMAN PARTY INVITATION IDEAS:

• Check out your local scrapbook store for fire truck die cuts (or fire hydrant) to place on the front of your invite – Sound the alarms! Jess it turning 6!

• Use clipart of a firefighter, print on vellum sheet with part details below and lay over slightly larger sheet of red card stock – attach with orange raffia or ribbon – burn the edges of invite (carefully)

FIREMAN PARTY DECORATION IDEAS:

• Take small bunches of red and orange tissue paper and put in small areas around your house to look like there is a fire

• As centerpieces, use stuffed toy dalmations or toy fire trucks with balloons tied to them

• use plastic fire hats turned upside down to hold chips or any dry foods

FIREMAN PARTY GAME IDEAS:

• Check with your local fire station – sometimes they come to birthday parties and give fire safety lessons to the kids – or sometimes you can go to the station also…

• Play a game of “Rescue the Pet” – put a kitten stuffed animal somewhere high where the kids have to make their way to it with slight difficulty (but safely)

• Jump through the rings of fire by applying red and orange tissue paper around the inside edges of a hula hoop and let the kids jump through it

• After the guest of honor blows out the birthday candles, let all the kids then make a wish and let go of a balloon (one per child) after making a wish of their own

• Fill tin cans on a shelf with red and orange tissue paper or cellophane coming out of the top. Give each guest a water gun and let them take turns shooting down the cans

• Play a game of Simon Says and use the “Stop, Drop & Roll” directions

• Rent a dalmation bounce house from your local bounce house company

• Split up the party into teams of 2 – give them a bucket full of water balloons – certain colors designated for certain teams – one person is tossing the water balloons into their teammates fire hat – play this outside! It gets messy but fun!

• Play a game of pin the tail on the dalmation

FIREMAN PARTY FAVOR IDEAS:

• Whistle, fire badges, red hot candies, Fireballs, Big Red gum

• Send out with your thank you cards a picture from the party – either group picture or individual picture of the guest in front of the fire engine

• Use metal water pails and you can paint FIRE in red on the front of it and fill with goodies

• Give out achievement certificates or badges to each guest honoring them as an Honorable Firefighter

• Give out fire hats and fire badges

• Use white handled gift bags and draw or paint small dalmation spots all over it to use as the goodie bag or piñata bag

• Use plastic fireman hats turned upside down, use yellow cellophane with goodies inside and tie it up with red curling ribbon and place into the fire hat for each guest’s favors