Snoopy Party SuppliesYes, Snoopy supplies are available widely, whether you are looking online or at gift shops. You can start with a kit and add your own touches or you can start from scratch and design the party from beginning to end. That’s your call. Whichever you decide, there are a lot options open to you. Adding your own touches is often a good way to ensure a special event turns into a special memory for everyone involved. The only limit to finding ways to include the shark theme in all aspects of the party is your own imagination. A good place to start is to include the kid in the planning of the party (unless it’s a surprise). Kids will often have great ideas – some practical and others not so much – but it will get them excited and thinking about how to make it a great event. Following a list of party considerations and ideas for integrating Snoopy and other Peanuts characters into the theme of the party. Start with the list of invitees, which will help you determine your overall budget and thus how much you can allocate to buy the supplies that will have a connection to the shark theme. Once you have the list, it’s time to think about creating the invitations. Snoopy birthday party cards come ready made and are easy to find at gift stores, card shops or online. Because there are so many places where the image of Snoopy appears, there is no shortage of ways to find and print his image. You can also think about drawing out a template of Snoopy and using that to cut your own card paper cards. Whether you make your own invitation cards or buy some from the store, they will need to include certain details. These details should include the occasion of the party, the date, and time, and what if any instructions you wish to provide about gift giving. You will also want to provide RSVP information. Whatever choice you make for the card itself, the invitations should let kids know through what the party will be like and should start to get them excited about attending. And you want to think about how to decorate the space where the party will be held. Snoopy balloons and streamers, table clothes and so on are widely available. You can also think about creating cardboard versions of Lucy’s psychiatrist booth or Snoopy’s dog house. The sky is the limit, but the idea is to set the room as a stage where the theme can continue to play out. There is also a large supply of Snoopy stuffed dolls that can be used around the room. Next , you want to think about activities for the party that relate to the theme. Snoopy played baseball, watched Charlie Brown never kick a football held by Lucy, he played a small piano with Schroder and his doghouse turned into a WWI Sopwith Camel, so think about Snoopy and his activities when planning the games. There are also kits you can buy that allow kids to paint their own dog house. And you can turn old time games, like Simon Says, into Snoopy Says. Or, think about Dog, Dog, Snoopy instead of Duck, Duck, Goose. You can also have a game of pin the ear on the Snoopy as a version of pin the tail on the donkey. At the party itself, think about how to integrate the theme in to all the various parts of a typical party. Some of the things to think about are plates, cups, silverware, table cloths. All of these items can be purchased with Snoopy related themes on them. Work in the other Peanuts characters as well; while Snoopy is often the focus of attention, the rest of the characters in the Peanuts strip round out his world, and can be used to round out the party scene as well. You can even think about adding a pumpkin patch and a “Charlie Brown Christmas tree.” Cakes can always be made to represent the theme as well. Your local cake maker can give you ideas, but Snoopy cakes can be made for the party. There are Snoopy cake molds available on the market if you want to make your own. Alternatively, you can have a cake made that shows a scene of Snoopy living out one of his characteristic escapades, or a cake made of a dog house with Snoopy on top of it. Other food items can include hot dogs, and cookies made to look like dog biscuits. Party favors can be anything from small Snoopy stuffed animals to miniature versions of the old Peanuts comic strip books, to school supplies with the Peanuts characters on them. Anything that can be carried home by the child and used as a memento of the party will work just fine. You can even prepare baked goods with Snoopy themes in them to serve as party favors. They won’t last as long, but the kids won’t mind. Peanuts characters in general, and Snoopy in particular are amongst the most beloved characters is all of comic strip history, so it makes sense that kids will want to be surrounded by them during their most important party events. Fortunately, there is no shortage of ideas about how to do that, and there is no shortage of suppliers of Snoopy themed products. |



































































