Ten Budget-Friendly Birthday Party Ideas for Girls

Are you on a budget? Are you looking for budget-friendly and cheap birthday party ideas for girls? If you are planning a birthday party for a girl, the following article offers a few budget-friendly and inexpensive birthday party ideas.

Guests: To keep the cost of the birthday party budget-friendly, you may want to limit the number of girls you invite to the birthday party.
Keeping the birthday party guest list small will most likely save you money.

Invitations: One way to help keep the birthday party cost budget-friendly, may be to send free email birthday party invitations. Many websites offer free invitations. For guests without an email address, you can simply telephone them to invite them to the birthday party.

Party Activities: A cheap birthday party idea for girls could be to have the guests participate in an inexpensive birthday party activity. For example, if the birthday party is for a young girl, one activity might be to have each girl draw a picture using construction paper and crayons, or perhaps you can read a storybook to the girls. Both younger and older girls might enjoy watching a movie, listening to music, or playing a board game.

Use the Public Library: Many public libraries let you borrow DVDs or CDs. Perhaps you can find a movie DVD or a music CD that the girls can enjoy as a party activity. You may even be able to borrow a storybook, which you can read at a birthday party for young girls. These no cost options are truly budget-friendly.

Decorations: Another cheap birthday party idea for girls might be to reuse some birthday party decorations. For example, a "Happy Birthday" banner that was used for a sibling's birthday party might be used for the current birthday party. You might also create a "Happy Birthday" banner using your computer and printer. Perhaps a sibling or siblings might enjoy creating a special birthday poster with poster board, crayons, etc. for the birthday girl.

Table Linens: A fabric tablecloth that can be used for other parties or special occasions is an inexpensive birthday party idea for girls. It would be nice idea if you could purchase the tablecloth in the birthday girl's favorite color. To make this item even more inexpensive, you might want to plan ahead and look for sales during the year to find a tablecloth in a particular color. For example, if red is the birthday girl's favorite color, you may be able to get a bargain priced tablecloth at an after Christmas sale.

Plates and Cups: An additional cheap birthday party idea for girls may be to purchase disposable plates and cups in solid colors, rather than decorated ones, which most likely cost more money. Once again, try to purchase these items in the birthday girl's favorite color or colors. To make these items more inexpensive, you could plan ahead and look for sales at certain times of the year. For example if the birthday girl likes pastel colors, you might be able to purchase plates and cups in pastel colors at bargain prices after the Easter holiday or at the end of the summer season.

Creating a Birthday Keepsake: You might purchase a poster board and write the name and age of the birthday girl across the top of the poster board. Each guest can write her name along with a birthday message to the birthday girl on the poster board. This inexpensive poster can be a nice keepsake from the birthday party.

Favors: If you want to give each girl attending the birthday party a favor, you may want to browse through the clearance section or sections of various stores. Shopping for discounted merchandise is one way to buy a budget-friendly party favor for each girl attending the birthday party.

Thank You Notes: After the birthday party, it might be a nice idea for the birthday girl to mail a thank you note to each girl who attended her birthday party. You can use your computer and printer to create a nice budget-friendly thank you note for each guest.

Hopefully the budget-friendly and inexpensive birthday party ideas for a girl's birthday party given in this article will help you as you plan that very special birthday party.