Beanie Baby Party

Celebrate your child's birthday with a Beanie Friend who's birthday comes at the same time. 

Invitations:
Beanie Baby graphics.
Come to a Beanie Party
Celebrate "child's name" and "beanie's name" birthday's
Bring along Beanie Baby Friend

Decorations:
Lots of bright colored balloons and Beanie Babies all over.

Cake:
Sheet cake with color of child's choice.
Plastic tub (margarine, etc) cover with white paper decorated with Beanie pictures or designs.  Place this on the cake centered around any writing that you want on the cake.  Place the Beanie of honor on the top.

Food Ideas:
Animal crackers, peanuts and popcorn, goldfish, other animal shaped foods.

Take Home Goodies:
Give each child a Beanie Baby.  Let the child search for the beanie through a "Beanie Hunt."  Have enough clues for each child.  For the first clue have them draw from a basket.
OR
Tie a ribbon to each Beanie and let them hang out of a basket.  Before leaving the party let each child choose one ribbon.  You could even tie a balloon to the end.

Games and Activities:
1.  Beanie Collars:  Have the kids make collars for the beanies that they brought to the party.  Use a wide ribbon and sticky Velcro.  Have them put their name on the ribbon and decorate with mini pom poms and markers.

2.  Bean Drop:  Need dried beans, narrow top jar.  Have each child try to drop 10 beans into the jar while standing straight.  One that gets the most in wins.

3.  Pin the tag (or tail) on the Beanie Baby.

4.  Beanie Hide and Seek.
Count all the beanies that you will use and hide them around.  The child that finds the most wins.

5.  Hot Beanie
Wrap a Beanie Baby in a box.  Play hot potato and the last child left gets the prize.

6.  Beanie Charades
Give each child a Beanie Character name and have them act out who they are.

7.  Beanie Baby Circle Tag
Have the kids stand in a circle.  Players pass one BB around.   "It" stands in the center and tries to tag the person holding the BB.   The tagged person becomes "It."  You could also let the children pass the BB behind their backs.

8.  Put a Beanie in a pillowcase and have them guess which one it is.

As prizes, instead of a Beanie Baby per game, give them a heart shaped "tag."  The one with the most "tags" at the end of the party gets the BB.

For more games, look under the Teddy Bear Party!

graphics from Ty