Planning a Kung Fu Panda Theme Birthday Party

Black and white and cute all over! Here are some cheap ways to plan a Kung Fu Panda theme birthday party. Here are some ideas for creating a Kung Fu Panda theme with crafts, food, the games, the decorations, and party favors.

Kung Fu Panda Birthday Party Games

Create a Kung Fu Panda treasure hunt. Use panda bear paw prints as clues. This can be done for an indoor party or an outdoor party. For older children, include jokes and even trivia questions about pandas.

Transform any pin-the-tail game into Pin-the-Ears on the Panda.

Kung Fu Panda Birthday Party Crafts

1. Pretend Lucky Bamboo Plants

Have kids create their own pretend lucky bamboo plants. Purchase some cheap Chinese food box containers from the local party goods store. Kids can paint straws green and then attach pre-cut paper bamboo leaves to the straws with glue or tape. With supervision, a stapler may be used.

2. Planted Lucky Bamboo Plants

Or, purchase a bunch of real Lucky Bamboo plants. Also purchase some stones or glass marbles. Have kids decorate the Chinese food container, fill it with stones or marbles, and then "plant" their Lucky Bamboo plant as a party favor or keepsake.

3. Panda Bear Masks

Use one large paper plate for the face, and then pre-cut small black circles of paper for the ears. Provide a red crayon for the mouth and more black and white circles for the eyes.

Use a hole punch to create holes in the sides of each plate and provide string. Make sure that nose holes are cut. These are more for decorative purposes than for long-term wearability.

Kung Fu Panda Birthday Party Foods

Kung Fu Panda Whoopie Pies

Instead of a traditional birthday cake, serve decorated Whoopie pies. Decorate them to look like panda faces.

Or, make a Kung Fu Panda Cake. Use two round cake pans to assemble the panda. Decorate the panda with Oreo cookies for ears. Use other black and white foods to make the face.

You could also serve mini birthday party Sushi cakes which match the theme of the Kung Fu Panda birthday party.

Serve a variety of black and white snack foods for the birthday party theme including Devil Dogs, Oreo cookies, black licorice, and black and white jellybeans, or black and white brownies. For outdoor parties S'mores would also fit the black and white birthday party theme.

Blueberry and banana topped tarts and cakes. Blueberries and bananas. when they are served next to each other give the same color contrast as other true black and white foods. These are healthy snacks for the Kung Fu Panda birthday party.

Also include healthy foods like blackberries, apples (white inside), mini sandwiches with white bread, marbled rye, and popcorn.

Serve up sliced pears or white peaches as well, at the Kung Fu Panda birthday party.

Decorate any foods with healthy black sesame seeds.

For adults at the Kung Fu Panda birthday party, make some cream cheese stuffed black olives or black bean dip. Consider a tray of cauliflower florets, sliced mushrooms, and sliced Jicama with black bean dip.

Kung Fu Panda Birthday Party Decorations

Decorate with all black and white party paper ware. This can help save you money for future parties because the black and white tableware can be used again, for any occasion.

Decorate with black and white streamers and balloons. Include chopsticks on the table, to complete the Kung Fu Panda theme.

Tip: If the black and white theme does not seem festive enough for a child's birthday party, incorporate either green to match leaves, or red, which is a color associated with the Kung Fu Panda.

King Fu Panda Invitations

Use any of the free Kung Fu Panda printables to created invitations. The lunchbox notes come with printable envelopes. They may all be printed for free.

Note: The Kung Fu Panda character is owned by Dreamworks Animation.