How to Plan a Space Theme Birthday Party

When kids reach that age where the lure of outer space exerts a greater pull than Earth's gravity, it's time to plan a space theme birthday party. Use this guide to plan how to make space theme birthday party invitations, decor, and goody bags and to plan space theme games and mood music.

How to Make Space Theme Birthday Party Invitations
For the homemade invitations for a space theme birthday party, cut out paper rocket shapes. Or, make a round invitation with rings to represent Saturn or a make the shape of the sun or a moon for your birthday party invitation. Here is some cute text for the invite:

Astronauts!
Join us for an interplanetary journey to celebrate [child's name]'s birthday.
Blast off is at [state time in military lingo, e.g., 0100.] sharp.
The launch pad is located at [your address].
Splashdown at [state party end time in military lingo].

How to Make Space Theme Birthday Party Decor
Making your own decor for a space theme birthday party is simple. Cut stars from shiny, silver craft paper. Cut out card stock circles to make planets. Cut out a big yellow sun and an orange moon. Tape these to the wall or hang with string from the ceiling.

Those who are really ambitious might hang all the planets of the Milky Way solar system from the ceiling at their space theme birthday party..

How to Set the Mood for a Space Theme Birthday Party
To set the mood for a space theme birthday party, use out of this world background music. You can go for the serious mood music like Holst's The Planets or opt for the whimsical Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley. Another suitable choice of music for the space theme birthday party would be the Star Trek Theme Song. The pop group the B-52s is also known for including space references in many of its songs.

Space Theme Birthday Party Activities
Children attending a space theme birthday party will be thrilled to set off rockets in their own space race and participate in a space mission to retrieve a comet..