{"id":4860,"date":"2019-04-15T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atinytrip.com\/?p=4860"},"modified":"2021-01-21T13:18:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:18:54","slug":"an-easy-island-themed-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atinytrip.com\/an-easy-island-themed-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"An Easy Island Themed Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For my recent six- year old’s birthday, we had a super duper easy island themed birthday. It took less than an hour<\/em> to prep some decorations and activities from things we already had around the house! The main activity of the day was mini golf which required no effort on my part, so I was happy to invest time in a homemade cake and a few details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Why A Themed Birthday?<\/div><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One aspect of our purposeful parenting is making sure our children feel heard. A really easy way to do this is on their birthday. We just ask if there is anything special they would like (within reason). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For these younger ages it has been simple to heed their requests. I like to theme my kids’ birthdays just ever so slightly. It is a way to make the day extra special and I do my best to incorporate their wishes into the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shipwrecked Mini Golf<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For this birthday, B requested to play mini golf! As February in New York is not the most conducive to outdoor activities, I thought I had my work cut out to make it happen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It so happens that we found an indoor mini golf location in Brooklyn! The place was called Shipwrecked<\/a>, and made it easy to set a theme for the day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Creating Decorations for an Island Birthday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can see from the picture above, all I really did was cut out some construction paper, and use some paper decorations that we already had to make a festive area. Additionally, We had lots of balloons to play with around the house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other thing I made was little Pirate Activity Books for our kids. I took this Jake and the Neverland Pirates coloring book<\/a>, and ripped out pages and repurposed them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Simple Island Themed Birthday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our agenda for the day was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n