12 ideas for decorating a room for a birthday party

Balloons

Balloons are the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to decorating an apartment for a holiday. They are relatively inexpensive, but they immediately add mood to the space. You can get by with several dozen multi-colored helium balloons decorating the ceiling of the room or make more original compositions:

• Decorate the door, windows or area behind the festive table with an arch of balloons;
• Add several large balloons with a surprise;
• Use figured balloons in the shape of the birthday boy’s favorite fairy-tale characters.

For a children’s birthday, it is customary to choose a more delicate decor, and in balloon compositions for an adult’s birthday, black, gold, and metallic are boldly added.

Photo zone

To make the event memorable for a long time, you should think about arranging a photo zone in advance. Here you can set up a stand with an inscription about the age and wishes for the birthday boy, place an improvised throne, several thematic life-size figures made of cardboard or plastic. A homemade photo frame will add fun and help keep your guests busy.

Garlands

An essential attribute of the holiday is garlands. Paper, foil, made of candy, cotton wool or fabric decorative banners will transform the room in a matter of seconds.

You can make the decoration yourself. For the simplest paper garland, you will need a cardboard stencil, scissors, several multi-colored album sheets, strong thread or ribbon for fastening. For a boy’s birthday, they use flags, stencils in the shape of airplanes, cars, bats, minions, for girls they cut out hearts, butterflies, flags with the image of Minnie Mouse, Disney princesses, etc.

Stretch marks

A stretch mark with a congratulatory text is easy to make with your own hands. Letters are drawn or printed on separate sheets of paper. The blanks are decorated with ribbons, designer paper, glitter. The letters are assembled into a congratulatory phrase and attached to the wall using buttons or transparent fishing line. If you don’t want to mess around with scissors and glue, you can buy a ready-made banner. They are sold with a ready-made mount, like garlands.

Flower arrangements

Miniature vases with neat fragrant arrangements of fresh chrysanthemums or mimosa will add originality to the table setting and support the overall color scheme of the holiday. Baskets with sunflowers, hydrangeas and gypsophila will decorate the photo corner.

Both fresh and artificial flowers can be used to decorate the festive area. Wall decor with textile and paper roses, water lilies, and peonies looks spectacular. Craft, wrapping, or regular colored paper is used as the main material. The finished flower is decorated with rhinestones, buttons or beads.

Numbers

You can buy a number indicating the birthday boy’s age at a balloon store or order it from a florist, but DIY installations will cost several times less. Cardboard or thin plastic will do as a base. For decoration, use paper strips, star-shaped appliques, pom-poms made of bright yarn, fringe made of multi-colored napkins, etc.

A flat figure can be placed on the wall, a three-dimensional one can be stuffed with sweets and used as a piñata. A figure suspended from the ceiling will delight young guests, and breaking it will be a bright end to the festive evening.

Photo collage

To decorate a small room, you should use the walls as much as possible, without cluttering the floor. A colorful collage of photos of the birthday boy or girl will do as decoration. The photos are glued to a sheet of Whatman paper or attached with clothespins to pre-stretched threads.

You can leave space for guests’ wishes or attach pieces of paper with funny facts about the birthday boy. The photo collage is also good because after the party is over you can keep it as a keepsake.

Ribbon decor

The low price, huge number of shades and bright appearance of satin ribbons made them one of the main attributes of festive decor. They decorate the ceiling, the wall behind the set table, frame tablecloths and chairs. Ribbons look especially interesting in combination with feathers and beaded threads at a boho-style birthday party.

Corrugated paper decorations

Multicolored corrugated paper is often used to create flower arrangements, and becomes an almost irreplaceable thing during preparation for a family celebration. It is used to make voluminous hanging pompoms, fans for decorating walls, and airy clouds.

Paper easily takes any desired shape, and has such a variety of colors that even the most creative ideas can be realized.

Chair decor

Bright chair covers solve two problems at once: they make even the most ordinary interior festive and protect textile and leather upholstery from the consequences of tea drinking. There are many ideas for decor. When choosing, you should rely on the age of the guests and the theme of the party.

For a children’s birthday, covers in the shape of a crown, a birthday cake, a cupcake or a gift are suitable, for an adult holiday – plain capes with an originally tied ribbon.

Bright table setting

Colorful napkins, cups and plates with favorite cartoon characters, neon straws for drinks, nameplates with guests and small surprises for each of them are a small part of what can be used when setting the table.

During a party in the style of American Indians, feathers and paper arrows are used to decorate the table. For the little “pirate’s” birthday, they prepare covers for cutlery with the “Jolly Roger”, and for each guest, a black patch is placed next to the plate on one eye.

Original serving bowls for treats

Wooden, ceramic or plastic serving bowls of an original shape are an excellent solution for serving a buffet and decorating a room for a holiday. They are used for laying out sweets, cheeses, nuts, fruits, popcorn, and chips. For a children’s party, brightly colored dishes in the shape of clouds, flowers or animals are suitable, for an adult party – bamboo “honeycombs”, laconic ceramic “leaves”.

A birthday is a date when even the most serious adults return to childhood for a while. Among other things, an apartment decorated in honor of the birthday boy or girl allows you to feel needed, important and surrounded by care. Therefore, you should definitely not save time, energy and creative ideas on preparing holiday decor.