Don’t Let the Pigeon Go to the Birthday Party

This year for my son’s 6^th birthday, we decided to go with a totally different theme for his party.  He loves the author Mo Willems and his pigeon theme books.  (We love “Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!)  So, we decided to have a “Don’t Let the Pigeon go to the Birthday Party” Mo Willems birthday party. 

We started with a book for an invitation!  I scanned pictures from the book and changed the wording to work for a party.  The kids and parents loved the invitation!  Here are a few sample pages:

For décor at the party, we went with a blue and orange theme to coordinate with the book.  Here’s what I created:

• Mo Willems theme confetti with small punched out pictures of the characters from all his books
• Pigeon’s on a stick cutouts for the kids to play with – a big hit!
• A small cutout (thank you Party411.com!) of the pigeon wishing Sam a happy birthday

My Mom, of course, made one of her fantastic cakes.  It was great!  You can see the tabletop cutout in the back.

For favors, I found art kits (on super sale before Christmas) and created themed work books.  Mo Willems offers great free pdfs for parents and teachers planning Mo Willems teaching events, so I was able to use his art and puzzles for the books.

 

I have to say, this was my favorite birthday party yet.  The kids have read so much Mo Willems in school that they were all thrilled to see the décor and loved the favors.  I love planning a birthday party my kids will love and that will make them feel special.  This one certainly fit the bill.

My younger son’s birthday is next month.  Another bird theme – this time Angry Birds.  Stay tuned.

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Comments

[vermontmommy]

I wondered if you had the PDF for the invitation? Or am I missing the link to it?

Thank you. My daughter is having a pigeon party this May. We are starting to gather ideas and supplies.

Thank you for your help.

[Melissa Burt]

If I were a kid now, I would really wonder why not to let the pigeons come to birthday parties. They might bring something not so good but the pigeons are cute creatures that can add humor to the party as well.

[Kate Martin]

super excited to find this! My son is turning 2 next month and I really want to do a Pigeon party for him. Thank you for the great ideas! We plan to make a big box into a bus, lol and serve hotdogs and cookies, hehe! Can't wait! Love Mo Willems!

[Amiee Byers]

These are awesome ideas! Thanks for sharing!