How to have Rock Star Party

Rockstar Party
How to have a rocking good birthday party for kids

Get rocking on that party for your little rockstar. Your little Kid Rock is having a birthday
party and you can party like a rock star when you roll out the red carpets and invite
the Pop-a-razzi. As kids parties go, a rock star party is a party theme parents will
enjoy as much as the kids.

Here's how to throw a rock star party for your little Elvis or Hannah that really rocks:

Dress like a rock star. For the birthday girl, try girl 's r ock star costume s and for
the birthday boy try these boy 's rock star costumes. Make it a star-studded
event: get out the studs, tie some bandanna headbands, and wig out with more
ideas on how to dress like a rockstar, below.

Set the stage: Find the perfect venue for the party: perhaps a community center
with a stage. You need to set the stage so that kids can perform karaoke and
sing along to their favorite tunes, show off their air guitar moves, or dance the
moonwalk. You might otherwise build a platform in the backyard or use a deck
for the stage.

Rock out with inflatables. For kids parties, inflatable toys rock! You'll find rockstar
party supplies to include inflatable guitars and microphones, left. If you're short
on time to order your rockstar party supplies online, you can make your own
guitars from cardboard, or microphones from aluminum foil.

Rock Star Invitations
The kids will feel like they got a VIP invitation with these rock star invitation ideas:

Get in the back door. Instead of mailing invitations, you can cleverly hand deliver
them as a backstage pass clipped to a lanyard. Make the pass yourself or order
custom backstage pass invitations and have kids enter from your back door. See
also the custom concert tickets, left.

Rock star party wording ideas for the invitations:

Come party like a rock star!*
You've got a backstage pass to Jenna's birthday bash!
The show starts Saturday, August 22 at 4:00 p.m
Recording studio: 123 main street
RSVP: Stage Manager Melinda or Stage Hand Frank at 867-5309

* Variations:

Rock my world and celebrate my birthday!
We picked you to rock the party.
It's time to have a rocking good time, Jimmy is turning nine!

Setting a "rocking good" scene:

Get night fever! Have your party at night, so you can take advantage of lighting,
such as strobe lights, glow sticks. The kids will love it. A mini flash strobe light is
just $8.99, but don't use it continuously just fifteen minutes at a time as the
manufacturer specifies.

Become a Disco Tech. Put up a disco ball, groovy beads to hang in the doorway.
Create your own light show with flashing strobe lights. If your budget allows,
add a fog machine. The fog machine, pictured right, for around twenty five bucks.
Fog Fluid is under ten dollars. Kids love it and the effect is wonderful at
Halloween, as well.

Get going on a rocking color scheme. Start with purple as your basis and accent
with red and blue, then add a metallic splash of silver and gold, as most of the
pop star diva party supplies available are in these colors. Use glitter without
spare.

Give them the red carpet treatment. Throwing out the red carpet is easy and
affordable fun. Your guests will feel like rock stars as they enter your party
locale, and you can use it again to draw your guests to the buffet table. Buy
your red carpet online:

Amazon.com Widgets

All about a Rockstar Party!
See our other kids parties, too.

Rock Star Favor ideas
What rockstar party favors to choose? There are so many ideas, below,and you can
wrap up your goodies in the organza Pop Star favor bag with satin ribbon drawstring
ties, right, by Making Believe, right:

American Idol Microphone candy, right
Guitar bubble necklaces, left
Pop rocks candy or rock candy
Inflatable Microphones
Star shaped novelties, like star sunglasses
Glowsticks
Rockstar makeup, like black nail polish or lipstick, above right

Resources for a Rock Star or Diva Party:

Please see our Rockstar costumes for boys and diva costumes for girls.

Rock on with the microphone cupcakes.

For your little divas, see also R unway M odel party. See also our Hollywood
Starlet party and Hippy party.

Cookie magazine's School of Rock party.

Party Foods, Cakes and Cookies Fit for a Rock Star
You're probably already planning a guitar shaped cake for the party, but what should
you serve with the cake? Why rocky road ice cream, of course! For refreshments, any
kind of pop will do. Here are some other rocking ideas for kids party foods:

Cool down rock star style. Serve rock star drinks with guitar-shaped ice swizzle
sticks, pictured left. Fred Cool Jazz Ice Cube Stirs are also big enough to make
POPsicles! Even a sparkling apple cider gets new life when you serve it in a
champagne glass.

Serve an Elvis sandwich. For those who dare to eat like a rock star, serve the
King's favorite food: peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwich. Try the recipe
for the Elvis Sandwich, left, and make a contest of who will be the first to try.

Eat with the stars: Use star shaped cookie cutters to make star sandwiches and
cookies. Rice Cereal Star Cookies by Wilton, right, will carry you through several
birthday party themes. What kid wouldn't love rice cereal treats on a stick?
Decorate with M&Ms or confetti sprinkles.

Make an edible microphone: Dip your ice cream cones in silver colored jimmies,
sprinkles or dragees, left.

Rockstar candy: What's a kids party without candy? Eating like a rock star is easy
when it comes to the candy.Rock candy, Pop rock, M&Ms with one color deleted
from the mix.

More Fun Rock Star Decoration ideas:

Rock on with the novelties. In addition to the inflatable guitars and microphones,
there are so many rockstar novelties available. Try bubble necklace guitars,
microphone drinking cups, pictured left.

Decorate the kids. Looking for rock star costume ideas? Rock star outfits for kids
are easy to create: it's all about the accessories:

How to rock the boys: Provide bandannas for the boys to wear on their
heads. Offer some funny wigs. You may even get the boys to sport black
lipstick, pictured right. Or with a rapper look, invest in some gold mardis
beads with dollar symbols.

How to rock the girls: Deck the girls with star shaped diva glasses,sequin
hats, frilly boas, and glitter makeup to make her world a stage.

Rock them all: Girls and boys alike will enjoy rubber studded bracelets.
Give everyone tattoos, offer to paint nails black, and remember that the
finishing touch of a groupie rock star outfit is the lanyard with a backstage
pass!

How to rock the birthday Kid: For the birthday boy or girl, pick a genre or
model after a particular star. You may even use a temporary dye for hair.
Elvis is an easy choice for boys, and Hannah Montana for the girls from
leather, fringe, and studs to glitter pop queens, there is a variety of
styles. Motown, rockabilly, hippy, glam rock, punk, new wave, hair bands,
Country Western, heavy metal, grunge, R&B soul, rap. The list goes on.

Get rocking with a cool rockstar costume! Whether you're looking for a
rockstar costume for girls or rocker costumes for boys, look here are some
more fun rock star options: