Knights Birthday
Knights, Camera, action! Host the best Knights party ever!
Oh what a knight (and day) you'll have with a knight's party! A knights birthday party is the holy grail of
kids parties as the little fair maidens will enjoy the party concept as much as the little dragon slayer
boys. And since home is "every man's castle," there is no better place to hold a Knights party than in
your own backyard or living room.
Defending Camelot isn't easy, as there are dragons to slay, damsels in distress to rescue, and
kingdom's to defend. Luckily decorations for the party are relatively easy!
Here's how to make the medieval magic happen (with or without Merlin's help):
Crafts and Activities for a Knights Party
Menu for a Knights party
More Resources for a Knights Party
Knights, Camera, action! Host the best Knights party ever!
Oh what a knight (and day) you'll have with a knight's party! A knights birthday party is the holy grail of
kids parties as the little fair maidens will enjoy the party concept as much as the little dragon slayer
boys. And since home is "every man's castle," there is no better place to hold a Knights party than in
your own backyard or living room.
Defending Camelot isn't easy, as there are dragons to slay, damsels in distress to rescue, and
kingdom's to defend. Luckily decorations for the party are relatively easy!
Here's how to make the medieval magic happen (with or without Merlin's help):
- Prepare the Party Armour. Have the best knights birthday in all the land by outfitting the
knights in proper attire, such as the reasonably priced crested knight vests with mesh
helmets, left. Available by the dozen and in smaller quantities. See also our knight costumes
for kids. And since medieval jousts are an essential part of a knights party, you'll need some
inflatable swords, available on Amazon, right, to get the party started. Buy at least two swords
for a medieval tournament. Add an inflatable dragon, lower right, and you've won half the
battle of the entertainment and decorations!
- And don't forget the girls. Your little ladies in waiting can wear "barbettes" (you know, those
pointed hats trimmed with jewels and a trailing veil). You can make them yourself fairly
simply from pretty papers you shape into cone party hats. Then garnish them with trailing
ribbons and secure with elastic. Or make it easy on yourself and buy princess cone hats
online. The hats, right, look even better when you stiffen them up a bit with construction paper.
- Sound off the heralding horns: As guests arrive, herald in the fun with heralding horns.
Stadium horns are around $2.59 each, and are a real blast for a knights party. Buy at least
two horns, and add streamers or some kind of paper flag to give the appropriate medieval
fanfare to the horns. Then assign at least two "heralders" to provide a grand entrance. The
royal regalia will certainly provide a feeling of importance for guests as they arrive to your
party. They'll feel noble indeed. The horns will be popular with the kids, so you may want to
give them to all your little boogie Knights! They will revel in the opportunity to help you
announce the next arrival. Be sure to make each entrance grand with a pompous
proclamation using the guests last name, for example "Announcing Sir Michael of Smith and
Lady Tiffany of Dewey."
- Create a chamber fit for a king! If you can cut and paste, you can make your own decorations
for a knights party. Here are some quick and easy ideas to embellish your home with props
suitable for King Arthur's court:
- Three ways to light a kid friendly torch:
- Transform Tiki torches into flaming faux masterpieces. Look for inexpensive
bamboo tiki torches in the luau section, then insert them with cellophane and
tissue in reds, oranges and yellows to create kid friendly flames. - Cut Olympic style torches from paper and tape to the wall with cellophane
flames. - Wrap a flashlight with aluminum foil, and affix construction paper flames to the
outer edges of the light.
- Set the scene with stained glass windows with colored cellophane. Look to the local
dollar stores for great deals on yellow, blue, red or green cellophane. Lay the entire
sheet on windows, then accent the with fancy crested shields and coat of arms cut
from silver and gold wrapping paper. A simple cross should suffice, but if you have
artistic ability, you can create crests with lions and dragons.
- Create King Arthur's throne. You can throw together a simple throne by shopping thrift
shops or garage sales to find an old chair that you can paint gold or white and
decorate with jewels. Even easier is to use a plastic lawn chair. You might otherwise
transform a chair temporarily by taping and draping jewels and fabrics. Have the
birthday boy command the throne for cake and lunch, and opening gifts.
- Make it a sign of the times. Create signs for the bathrooms: "Royal throne, this way."
You might also create "Beware of dragons."
Crafts and Activities for a Knights Party
- Get crafty with craft jewels. Find some plastic goblets and have kids decorate them
with craft jewels. Of course you should keep kids younger than 3 years away from this
activity. You might also embellish a treasure box with jewels. The treasure box, left, is
a toy box and would be a wonderful place to stash the gifts for the birthday boy as
guests arrive. Spruce it up with jewels, and be sure to use it for a treasure hunt!
- Dragon egg hunt. Inform the kids that the royal gardener is concerned that the royal
garden is filled dragon eggs and that if the eggs hatch they will terrorize the villagers.
Recycle your Easter eggs for this purpose or dye easter eggs green or red and have
the kids turn in the eggs for rewards. See our dragon party ideas for more fun.
- Find the Holy Grail. Set a course for adventure and send the kids on a group treasure
hunt with clues to find a goblet. All the more fun if you can create riddles to direct kids
to the next destination and clue. You can stuff a treasure chest with goodies, such as
chocolate gold coins or Mardi Gras beads for each child with the special goblet on
top for the birthday boy. This can be the parting gift or last activity.
Menu for a Knights party
- Invite the Knights to the Round Table! Round Table Pizza is a great place to start with the
party foods. The adults will enjoy the King Arthur's Supreme. Kids will prefer cheese or
pepperoni pizza. Round Table Pizza may also have a special party room for the festivities if
you want to host the party there.
- Swordplay! Shish Kebabs are a tradition of Arabian Knights and would work well for a
knights party. And here's a pick from pirates loot: find pirate sword picks and repurpose them
for a knights party. Spear little cubes of cheese for appetizers. The Party Appetizer Spreaders,
left, are intended for cheese dips and spreads, but would work well with a baked potato, too.
- Check mate, for the cookie isle! Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies have the knights look
as do other chocolate biscuit type cookies with castle towers, horses and shields. If you can
find the bite size variety, you can mix them into a snack mix. Pepperidge Farm has a snack
size portion that would make a terrific inclusion as a party favor.
More Resources for a Knights Party
- Don't be dragon your feet on this one! Be sure to see our dragon party ideas.
- Stay a spell. Visit our Wizard party ideas too!
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