This Paris Themed Party is full of great ideas for activities, games and party decorations. We built pipe cleaner Eiffel Towers, made our own truffles, and created designer fashion. This kid friendly party was full of fun acitivies everyone enjoyed, as well as cute DIY decor, and more.
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Why We Love This Party
- Does it get better than Paris? If we can go there, we can at least pretend to be there for the day!
- We love the Eiffel Tower!
- French chocolate making was so much fun.
- No one does fashion like the French... unless it's a bunch of little girls armed with pink ruffles.
- A French lunch menu is always a good idea!
Last week, my eldest daughter, Paige, turned 11 and we had a Paris themed party to celebrate. I'm excited to share all our Paris themed birthday party activities, games, and decorations with you today.
If you love all things French too, check out our French inspired party food menu from the party here. You might also enjoy our French inspired picnic, or our Fondue date night at home.
Paris Party Invitations
We ordered some great party invites, that had a little passport and boarding pass in them, so as guests arrived we welcomed them at the “Passport and Customs Check” which I decorated with a little vintage luggage and some fun old Paris luggage tags attached.
I had a fun Paris stamp to mark everyone’s passport as they entered.
The girls loved the idea of arriving in Paris, and we planed our party activities imagining we were in the city for the day.
Make An Eiffel Tower
The first stop, was the Eiffel Tower!
This was a fun little activity to work on as the guests were arriving. We used pink and silver glittery pipe cleaners to build our own version of the famous tower!
Chocolate Truffle Making
When you think of Paris, you think of what the city is famous for -food and fashion! So, our next stop was to the Truffle Shop.
We set up a little Truffle shop in the kitchen for everyone to make their own truffles.
Ahead of time, I made the truffle centres -see my recipe here, so that all I had to do was scoop up the little balls -a mini ice cream scoop worked great for this, and then let the kids choose their toppings to roll them in.
We had sprinkles, coconut, nuts, mini marshmallows, graham crackers, mini white chocolate chips coco powder, icing sugar, and coarse sugar, and the girls had lots of fun making their choices and fun combinations.
When they were done, we put them in little pink wrappers, and everyone put theirs into a cute bakery take out box to take home with them.
This was a really easy activity that the kids really enjoyed doing.
Fashion Studio
Next up, on our tour of Paris for the day was the Fashion Studio.
We put out lots of different colours of tissue paper, tape, washi tape, ribbon, and pretty ruffled streamers. The ruffled streamers are easy to make on the sewing machine, and were a real favourite with the girls.
We divided the girls into two groups and then they each picked one person to be a model. They had a great time creating tissue paper dresses and decorating them with streamer ruffles and washi tape accents. It was adorable, and so much fun to see their creativity.
The next activity involved another thing Paris is famous for…food! You can see all the details of the French inspired lunch and dessert table here.
Paris Themed Party Decorations
Along with the fun Paris inspired activities from the party I wanted to share some of the easy decorations too.
Fresh Flowers and Eiffel Towers
We went to the farmers' market the day before and picked up a bunch of pretty bouquets of pink flowers. I just loved them.
We also scattered Eiffel Towers everywhere. I just happen to have a collection of them, so we had pretty much everything to make our pink Paris party decorations.
We did pick up this giant Eiffel Tower at a thrift store, and Paige has moved it to her room since the party.
Birthday Girl Photos
Maddie made the pretty bunting of photos of her big sister, printing one for each year. I know it’s not a new idea, but we had actually never done it for a party before and seeing those photos over the eleven year span reminded of how beautiful my girl is, and how quickly she has grown!
Vintage Bicycle
One other fun little detail, remember Maddie’s vintage bike makeover from the spring? Well, it seemed like the perfect French accessory, so we set it up in the dining room, with a baguette in the basket. Perfect, oui?
Paris Themed Loot Bags
I actually found it really hard to come up with a favour for our little guests. I wanted something that fit our theme, but that little girls would enjoy. Here’s what I came up with for our goodie bags; we sent them home with their little box of 6 homemade truffles, a Paris chocolate lollipop, and a sweet little Eiffel Tower necklace. Perfect.
The birthday girl had a great time with her friends, and we had a great time celebrating her!
Food
We also had a great French themed lunch. You can check out all the details of our French themed party food here. We started out with cheese, charcuterie, veggies, fruit and French inspired sandwiches.
And the we finished it all off with an amazing French inspired dessert table.
With a pink Paris birthday, life really is a party!
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Frequently Asked Questions
The shop is no longer offering this set, but look for something similar on Etsy. Usually you can purchase and print at home, or your local print shop.
Look for a how to video online, but essentially you are going to run to streamers that are overlapped through a sewing machine, with a long stitch, at the highest tension, and even holding your spool of thread to increase the tension even more. This will make the streamers ruffle up as you sew them together.
Definitely the truffle making. They loved it! And it was quite easy to prep for with simple ingredients. The take home boxes made it extra special for them.
If you try any of the ideas from this Paris Themed Party or any other ideas on my blog please let me know how it went in the comments below. Thanks for visiting today!
dnr says
Hi Lori, the printouts for each station were part of a package we bought off of etsy. We were able to customize them for each station, and we used inexpensive Ikea frames to hold them. Hope this helps.
best,
Dannyelle
Lori says
Hi there:-)
Did you make the printouts for each station yourself (Customs...), or are they a part of a template set that you purchased?
Thank you!
Lori
dnr says
Thanks so much Jessica!
Jessica says
Thank you for these amazing ideas!!!!!
dnr says
Jen, hope you have a wonderful party!
Dannyelle
Jen says
I love all these amazing ideas! I think my girls will have a Paris themed party this year!
dnr says
Thanks Santana, I hope your daughter has a wonderful birthday!
Dannyelle
sanjana kalani says
great theme...so nice idea...i loved everything you created.i am planning this theme for my daughter's birthday..
dnr says
Hi Tammy, I purchased the passport invites from a seller on Etsy -just search Paris Passport Invitations and you should find something similar. Hope that helps.
Best of luck with your party,
Dannyelle
Tammy says
What were the passports like and where did you get them
dnr says
Hi Atiyah,
The necklaces are just from an accessories store, Claire's it's called.
Best of luck,
Dannyelle