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Dora the Explorer Party
Dora the Explorer Birthday Party!
Dora
the Explorer Party Supplies
Dora Starcatcher
Your
child can dress in this Dora the Explorer costume!
Invitations:
- Use the great invitations in Birthday
Express' package, or send an email invitation from Dora
the Explorer webpage.
- For decorations, here's an idea from Nick
Jr.:
"Make a meandering trail into
the party room using brown paper. Decorate your doorway with green crepe paper
hanging "vines." To create tropical "leaves," cut long, wide ovals from green
construction paper and fringe the edges. Drape crepe paper streamers from the
corners of the party room's ceiling into the center, combining bright tropical
colors like red, yellow and orange. You can make yellow tissue paper flowers
with your child for an extra special touch."
Welcome Ideas:
- Start with a treasure hunt, Dora-style. Give each
child a treasure map, and have them search for a special prize or gift hidden
around your house or outside. If they are young children, you can have a
parent team with the child. One parent suggested placing Dora characters
around the room for the kids to find. If you don't have any of the stuffed
animals, then print pictures out from the Internet on your computer and
place them on chairs, sofas, walls, for the guests to find.
- Another way to use the treasure hunt theme is to
place construction paper cutouts on the floor that direct the children first
to the play area, then to the snack area, and lastly to presents. (On the
tv show, Dora and Boots go to 3 locations each time with the last being
the final destination. You can use that theme in many different ways for
your party).
- Have each child bring their own backpack to play
games with, or give one to guests from the dollar store or from Oriental
Trading Company. These can be goody bags as well as playing treasure hunt
with them.
Games:
- Play "Pin the tail on Boots the monkey,"
and oldie but a goodie!
- Play musical chairs, only tell the kids that Swiper
the Fox is stealing a chair each time. The remaining child can be "Dora"
for the next round.
- Don't forget a Pinata! What would a Dora the Explorer
party be without a traditional pinata filled with candy? If your child would
be distressed by hitting Dora, you can get a "Dora the Explorer Pull-String Piņata"
which allows the kids to each pull on a string, and one of the strings opens
the pinata.
- Make a Dora the Explorer obstacle course
with furniture or cones, or any safe objects in your home. Let the guests
go one-by-one and time them, or play follow-the-leader through the course.
- Play "Solve My Riddle" (the troll
under the bridge asks Dora to solve riddles), and make it more of an "I
Spy" game. Sit the children in a circle, and say "Solve My Riddle
-- what's soft and green and people sit on it?" (your sofa, or describe
whatever is in the room for the kids to guess).
Activities:
- Copy the activity sheets from Dora
the Explorer's website, and let the guests
color, draw, etc. When they've finished, make a take home
book for each child. Let them select a color of
construction paper, gather their activity sheets, and
staple together for a book that is completely unique! You
can also give them stickers to decorate their cover with
and write their name on the front, "Jack's Dora the Explorer
Book."
- Find all sorts of Dora
the Explorer color pages and activity sheets here.
- Play music from the tv show, either taping it yourself,
or purchasing the Dora CD (you can get this online at Amazon, Nick Jr.,
or Target).
- Remember to sing "Feliz Cumpleanos" to
the birthday child (that's Happy Birthday in Spanish).
- Make binoculars out of 2 empty toilet paper rolls,
tape together, and let the kids decorate them by coloring, or taping objects
to them (I wouldn't recommend glue, so that they can use them during the
party). Have the children search for treasures using their new Dora binoculars.
Food:
- Try a taco bar where guests can make their own taco.
- Kids love quesadillas, and they're very easy to make:
using 2 flour tortillas, fill with shredded cheese and microwave for 30
seconds. Cut into pie wedges.
- Chips and salsa for a snack.
- Try this cute Dora
the Explorer birthday cake designed by Nick Jr.
Birthday Supply
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