A Bee Birthday Party

Maybe some of you have seen the recently released Bee Movie with the voices of Jerry Seinfeld and Renee Zellweger.  I saw it over the weekend and thought it was just darling.  Perhaps you think the theme would be fun for an upcoming birthday party?  It’s a great idea, and can be used as a stand-alone party theme, or as part of a Bug Themed Party.  Either way, here are a few ideas that quick and easy on the wallet to pull it off:

• Hand Deliver a Honey Stick Invitation!  Purchase honey sticks, use black card stock and write your party details with yellow chalk.  Attach the card to the honey stick with a yellow ribbon.  Sweet treat invite!
• For the decor, keep with the colors bight yellow and black for balloons, streamers, and table ware.  For additional decorative details, use a thick black marker and make black stripes on your balloons for a bee-tiful effect, and also on your yellow plastic table cover and cups.  The kids could also do this for a party activity.
• For activities, play “Pin the Stinger on the Bee.”
• Guess how many Bees are in the Honey Pot.  Have a pot that looks like a honey pot or honey jar, purchase small black licorice pieces and place a yellow dot on each one to give the effect of a Bee.  Have a guessing game!
• Have a honey tasting.  There are so many varieties…purchase several types and see if the kids can guess the differences.
• Discuss the process of making honey and how it comes to be on our store shelf’s.  Let the kids use the honey to make something, drizzle on pancakes, as a cookie sweetener, etc.
• Have a relay race where the kids must put on a bee outfit, black sweats, black top, black socks, and something yellow…a felt piece that can be quickly taped on.  After dressing like a bee, have them race to the other side of the line, eat a tablespoon of honey, return, take off the outfit, and have the next kid in line take his turn.
• Have a Teaspoon of Honey Relay Race.  Divide the group and have them walk to one end of a room and back to the team with a spoonful of honey (without spilling!) May want to do this outdoors or some place where you may not mind a mess!
• Serve all things honey.  Pancakes drizzled with honey, honey tea sandwiches, toast with honey, etc.
• Make a Honey Bee Cake!
• Send the kids home with the Bee Balloons and Bee antenna that the kids make using a headband, pipe cleaners, and black pom poms.

They will be positively buzzing out your door!