Dress-Up Parties For Preschoolers

Children in preschool love to dress up. Whether your preschooler is celebrating a birthday or just wants to have fun, a dress-up party is the way to go.

Here are a few tips to make a preschool dress up party a success. Dress up parties are normally viewed as a "girls only" event, but boys can still join in.
Boys can dress up in cowboy hats, ties, and fun vests.
Girls can dress up in beautiful children poodle skirts, ruffle dresses, gloves and hats.
When doing the invitation be sure to invite parents to join.

Parents can help you out with their child, which can be very nice because of the high amount of emotional outbursts a preschool age child has.
Parents will still be able to enjoy themselves at the party too by visiting with other parents as well. Dress up parties can be a lot of fun.

Finding a perfect invitation can take a little planning, but it will be worth it.

Make your own invitation, buy one, or print one for free such as the one found at the Nick Jr. website. Children will have fun dressing up for their activity.
Children poodle skirts can be great for a dress up party like this. Children poodle skirts work great, but if you have adult poodle skirts hanging around those can be a lot of fun as well. Preschoolers love doing crafts almost as much as they love dressing up.

Think of a fun craft they can do that goes with the theme of "dress up".

Some ideas may include decorating sun glasses to look like movie star glasses or making a homemade edible necklace out of cheerios or fruit loops. Be sure to serve food that will not ruin your home if dropped.

Since little hands can be clumsy, use finger foods that are easy to clean up. Some good choices may be sandwiches, veggies, crackers, cheese chunks, pretzels and apples. Take home favors can be fun for children.
Consider using their craft as a take home favor.

Other good choices are bubbles and age appropriate costume jewelry or paper dolls.