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Invitation
Cut out a circle out of cardstock or construction paper and decorate it like a baseball with the party information on it.
Decorations
If your party will have a special team you will be using for your theme use the teams colors for balloons, streamers, and hang pendants in the party area.
Food
Serve ballpark treats at your party such as Hot dogs, Nachos, and Peanuts.
try a restraunt supply place for hot dog wrappers and containers to serve your food
Serve drinks in Sports Bottles which the guests can take home after the party. Label them with names so they don't get mixed up.
The cake can be like a big baseball, use licorice for the threads on the ball, or red frosting. You can also make individual balls using cupcakes with white frosting and licorice or red frosting for the threads.
Baseball cupcake decorating kits are available at The Party Works.
Mom can make a "Baseball Cap Cake" with her glass Batter Bowl!-Crystal, Long Beach
Games
Baseball Toss
Supplies:
3 baseballs or plastic balls
A Piece of sturdy cardboard or plywood.
Poster Paint.
Draw a baseball diamond with poster paint and cut holes where the bases are. The players try to throw the balls threw the holes.
Make sure the holes are big enough. You can have the holes be different points or just give them points for getting any ball through a hole.
Pin The baseball on the field
Supplies:
Poster Board
Card stock or construction paper
Tape
Poster Paint
Blindfold
Marker
Play this like pin the tail on the donkey
Draw a baseball field and diamond on the poster board and make as many balls as their are children out of the card stock or construction paper. Blindfold the children, give them each a ball with tape on the back (make sure you number them or put the children's names on them) and whoever gets closes to home base wins the game. You can also purchase a game like this at
Oriental Trading Company, Inc.
Activities
Using a new baseball, have all the party guests autograph it for the birthday child.
Party Favors
You can use mini plastic baseball hats, white bags decorated to look like peanut packages, or any other party bag you may find. You can fill the bags with chewing gum (the kind that comes in a pouch), baseball trading cards, baseball bat pens, key chains, Yo-Yo's , and many more neat baseball related things you can find at Oriental Trading Company, Inc.
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