In the Night Garden party ideas !! ... Any suggestions welcomed : )

:hello: Hello all,

I'm having a " In the Night Garden " themed birthday party for my DD's 3rd birthday in early May :birthday2:

Can you lovely BB people throw some ideas my way :pray: ... absolutely anything from food (including the birthday cake), decorations, games, lootbag goodies, costume for the birthday girl, - Any ideas at all to do with the theme :dance:

Chances are it will be cold and/or wet weather so the party will be in either our newish double garage or small house ... i'm thinking garage for more room ... so any ideas there would be just SUPER :dance:

Thanks a million for any replies :D

Oh my 21 hits and no suggestions YET :rolleyes:

Pretty PLEASE anyone :pray:

There must be more " In the Night Garden " fans out there in BB-land ;)

I think there have been some members that have made a birthday cake in the shape of them... can't remember off the top of my head though who it was...

I'm sure I have seen some stuff in Coles in the cake making aisle about them.. a little cake or something...

Dunno... I don't usually go for themed parties so can't really offer much!!!

Sorry!!!

I made an upsy daisy cake for DD1 - just her face (as its round!) It was a chocolate cake with marshmallows/choc for her eyes, choc button for her nose, snakes for her hair and red licorice for her eyebrows and mouth :)

I clicked on this thread because I really, really, really wanted an ITNG theme for DS's 1st birthday, BUT, besides the cake (that you could make yourself) it is impossible to get ITNG themed party supplies. I have searched EVERYWHERE!! The only place I could find stuff was Ebay...and that all had to be ordered from the UK! I dont think any places in Aus have the license to sell stuff...well, I can't find anything anyway.
I will subscribe to this thread so if you do find anything...let me know.

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I clicked on this thread because I really, really, really wanted an ITNG theme for DS's 1st birthday, BUT, besides the cake (that you could make yourself) it is impossible to get ITNG themed party supplies. I have searched EVERYWHERE!! The only place I could find stuff was Ebay...and that all had to be ordered from the UK! I dont think any places in Aus have the license to sell stuff...well, I can't find anything anyway.
I will subscribe to this thread so if you do find anything...let me know.

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Have you tried sparties... they had some cool themed stuff when i was searching for baby shower stuff... Not sure if i saw any ITNG but it might be worth a peek....

Hmmm... you could get red serviettes like Iggle piggles blanket. I have seen a few eppisodes. Hmmm... can you make any food things that look like a boat ( like the begining where he sails) You could make Macca Pacca ginger bread men... ( he's brown just have to get the shape right...

Hmmm its difficult...

Hey MARLENE ... i feel your disappointment :rolleyes: ... I emailed that many parties companies here in Aus i lost count how many ... not a single person has any ITNG party goodies coming in anytime of the near or far future !!

Have checked Sparties, Lombards, etc ... !!

JESS - love the gingerbread man idea !!!!!!!!

Looks like it has something to do with the licensing.

So, i caved in and purchased a ' party pack ' plus more of ITNG party stuff off one of the two UK suppliers on eBay site in Aussie. The postage i paid included insurance and i sign for at my end.

DP & i figured DD is our only child ... not like we other kids to have parties for during the year ... so we decided to go for it and spend a bit extra money there ;)

(:crossfingers: Fingers crossed the parcel DOES arrive :pray: or i think i may cry !!)

Maybe if we get everyone on BB to email a party supplies store we can get them to supply ITNG stuff, LOL.

Jess, you have some great ideas there!!

By the way, I sent you a PM smiles.:D

I have just PM'd you Marlene with some info ;)

Um, ... anymore ideas lovely BB peoples :pray:

I have some ITNG party supplies like balloons, napkins, plates, cups, a cake topper (edible picture thingy), invites and such I bought off Ebay for a ridiculous amount from the UK for Ds2's 1st birthday this year and never used as we didnt end up having a party :lol:

Your welcome to them Smiles! Just pm me if your interested and I'll pop them in the post!

I was going to set up our backyard like the night garden, get a photocopy stores to blow up a cut out of Iggle piggle etc and then paint them/back them with cardboard, pop them around so the kids can "play" with the characters. Fairy lights, some bean bags for "flowers" - you could still do that in a garage.

Maybe pin-the-blankie-on-Iggle for a game?

I think and easy and cheap thing would be to buy some red polar fleece and give each kid an Iggle Piggle blankie as a party favour - no sewing required :)

I was going to do something like this for DD's 1st birthday this Saturday but it was too hard to find anything. I was going to get a set of characters to decorate the cake which I was going to make with green icing as the grass but I could only find a set of characters for $30 so decided against it. The only place I found ITNG party supplies was the official website but that's in the UK.

I made a IgglePiggle birthday cake for ds. It turned out very well and tasted yummy. The picture is in the gallery, will try linking I don't know if it will work, not too sure how to do it. https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...hp?photo=12716

Oh, AnnaT ..... you have just made my day in the most gigantic way :D ... I have just PM'd you ... PLEASE let me know what i owe$$ you & don't forget to include the postage cost ..

P.S - Mum0809, JUST LOVE THE CAKE ... JUST SOOOO CUTE !!!!!!!!!!

Whoo hoo, INTG party stuff has arrived within a week from the UK ... all in one piece :dance:

Arrived via courier two days ago and i had to sign for it, ... apparently it was insured :D

(What a bonus the young courier man was very cute too ;))

Anyone wanting to know the UK party supplier i purchased the goodies from just PM me !!!

*** Marlene ... i have just PM'd you :D

*** And AnnaT ... yes, i'm still very interested ... I DO need more items (will pay$ you for the lot & postage ;)) :dance:

Thanks again AnnaT ... have PM'd you that i have popped the money into your bank account tonight for the INTG party goodies that arrived yesterday ;)

Any more ITNG ideas ... in regards to food, games, loot bag ideas, decorating (will prob have the party in the garage) ;)

:pray: Pretty Please ... Need more ideas my lovely BB's :dance:

I am having an In The Night Garden themed party for my son when he turns 2 this month and I have just starting trying to think of ideas. I would like to see if I can make an Iggle Piggle Pinata! I have some instructions in a magazine on how to make one, but I am sure you could find some instructions if you google it.

If I come up with any other ideas I will let you know. Good luck!

Oh Erin, PLEASE do :pray: ... the pinata idea sounds super :D ... throw any other ideas my way if you think of any ;) ... Thanks heaps Erin :dance:

Not sure if these are the sort of ideas that you are after but here are some ideas I can think of:

- Get some ITNG music to play in the background. Have the kids dance to the music.

- All the words for each characters rhymes and clips are available on the ITNG website so you could learn these and do them with the kids. They are bound to know them anyway but most kids at this age LOVE to dance and sing.

- You could play Iggle Piggle says (instead of simon says) - or whatever ITNG character you like.

- you could do a craft - there are colouring in pages on the ITNG website you could download and colour those in or you could get some different coloured cardboard and have each of the kids make a head band to wear with their favourite character (red hats for the pontipines, coloured streamers off a cardboard headband for Upsy Daisy and so on). Alternatively, you could make some ginger bread men biscuits, but don't decorate them and have some bowls of different coloured icing and some different coloured lollies and let the kids decorate the ginger bread man to look like their favourite ITNG character.

- You could build a stepping stone path (out of cardboard cut into shape and painted) leading into your house or where ever you are having the party.

- You could do a variation of that old game 'Dead Ant'. You pick 4 characters from ITNG and decide on an action they would do (eg - Upsy Daisy - spin in a circle, Pinky Ponk - spin arms on side of body (to simulate propellors going round), Iggle Piggle lies on the ground (to simulate falling over) and Pontypines - line up in a straight line). When you call a character's name all the kids do that action. The last kid to do it is out until there is only one child left and they win. Start out slow while kids get the idea and let them have a few practice rounds. You have to demonstrate how you want each of the actions done. When they get good at them, you can call a few character's out quickly so they have to change what they are doing quite fast.

- You could do a variation on the game Duck, Duck, Goose with Upsy Daisy, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka.

- You could do a treasure hunt. You could tell the kids that Upsy Daisy's hair has fallen out and she needs help finding it. Hide snake lollies around the party area and let the kids go on a hunt to find them. Lollies probably do need to be wrapped up so snakes might not be the best choice, but you could use a similar idea to do a treasure hunt.

There are some suggestions. I don't know if that is the sort of thing you are after, but I have done variations of these games and activites with 3 - 5 year olds and they just love them.

Hope something from the above list is useful to you. Have fun party planning :)

Hi!

I had my In The Night Garden Party yesterday and was pleased with how it went. My son is turning two and the kids at the party were of a similar age and one little girl was 5 so they all seemed to really enjoy it. Here's what I did -

Pinata - I ended up just doing a simple Easter Egg pinata as it is Easter this weekend. Would've liked to have done an Iggle Piggle shape but as I was pressed for time I went with the easier option. The kids loved it. It wasn't difficult to make either. I blew up a balloon and placed it in an icecream container to hold it steady. The paste was made of 2 cups of flour, 3 cups of water. Dip newspaper strips in the paste and layer the balloon. I tied a long piece of string around the tie at the top of the balloon so that I could hang it outside in the sun. Instructions I found were for 4-5 layers of paper, but because it was for little kids I did about 3 layers around the middle of the balloon, and 4 layers at the top and bottom to make sure it was strong enough - this was just perfect. If you paint it wait till it is completely dry (1 day or 2 later). I started to paint it a little earlier and it sunk a little, so I stopped and waited for it to dry completely. Some instructions say to tape the hole at the top after it is filled with goodies, but I left it open and was glad I did because I remembered some hidden goodies later! I put in a variety of goodies - easter eggs, freddo frogs, turkish delights, tattoos, party whistles, Easter chicken toys and I cut up lots of thin strips of coloured crepe paper and added that. It looked fantastic when the pinata exploded.

Wall Cutouts - I bought some coloured cardboard and made large haahoo cutouts for the walls. The haahoos are pretty simple designs. I enjoy a bit of craft so I was able to do them in about 1 and 1/2 hours. My son went crazy when he saw them on the wall.

Music - We have an ITNG DVD so I put it on one of the settings where Iggle Piggle is asleep in his boat and music is playing softly in the background. We have a large tv in our lounge room, where the party was held, so this looked good.

If I had time I would've also played a game "Where's Iggle Piggle's Blanket?' We have a little Iggle Piggle blanket and I wanted to place it somewhere so the kids could look for it and get a prize.

Also made a tiered cake. The lower layer had the ninky nonk on it and the top layer had figurines on it.

A couple of little girls came to the party with their hair like Upsy Daisy - 6 little ponytails at the front of their hair. - it looked great with different coloured hairbands. I had an idea that came too late to make a red crest like Iggle Piggle's to wear using red felt and elastic to tie under his chin, but not enough time to make it - my son probably would've refused to wear it anyway.

Hope that helps. Love the other idea above about the yellow stepping stones!



It was rather simple in the end but then the kids were so young that I am sure they were satisfied!

Hi, I amd doing a similar party for my daughter Jasmine in May. I was also short of ideas but have looked around and got some daisy cutters for sandwiches, and found a itng cookie cutter on ebay! Also going to get some big pieces of cardboard and draw the characters and cut them out for on the walls - the kids can help too! If I think of any more ideas I'll let you know!:p:p

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Whoo hoo, INTG party stuff has arrived within a week from the UK ... all in one piece :dance:

Arrived via courier two days ago and i had to sign for it, ... apparently it was insured :D

(What a bonus the young courier man was very cute too ;))

Anyone wanting to know the UK party supplier i purchased the goodies from just PM me !!!

*** Marlene ... i have just PM'd you :D

*** And AnnaT ... yes, i'm still very interested ... I DO need more items (will pay$ you for the lot & postage ;)) :dance:

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Hi,

I'm looking for INTG party supplies for my daughters 1st bday on 6 June. Could you please give me the details of the UK supplier you got them from? Thank you. I'm new to bellybelly so not sure how to PM's you.

Thank you!

Jennifer

Hi Jennifer ...i purchased from eBay UK seller lady-penelopes ;)

(Mods please remove if this is regarded as a Link ?? ...As i'm not sure if it is :rolleyes: ...My apologies if it is)

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Check out ARIZONA PINATAS they are on the web

They have everything from Custom Party Favors, Custom Pinatas, Matching Pinata Busters, and more!

They make all the hard to find items, and everything is custom made to fit your theme, check it out! They even make all the ITNG Characters.

Just so you all know, my DD 1st birthday is this sunday the 20th of June, and we were also struggling for iggle piggle ideas, i was able to find a costume shop in melbourne that has an Iggle Piggle costume so if any of you want the details, just PM me.

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Just so you all know, my DD 1st birthday is this sunday the 20th of June, and we were also struggling for iggle piggle ideas, i was able to find a costume shop in melbourne that has an Iggle Piggle costume so if any of you want the details, just PM me.

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My little girls 1st BDay and she loves In the Night Garden....Can you please give me the details of the shop that had the Iggle Piggle Costume for Hire in Melbourne.
Thanks