The Wiggles are a group of four Australian men that play music for preschool children. They dress in primary colors and use music and motion to help preschoolers learn about movement, nutrition, literature, and art.http://www.thewiggles.com.au/us/home/ If your toddler loves The Wiggles, then you might want to have a Wiggles theme party for his or her birthday. This page will help you learn how to plan a Wiggles theme party that will be easy for you and fun for them.

There are many Wiggles related supplies around now since the group has been performing for toddlers since the early 1990’s. They have been popular in the U.S. since about 1998 when they were first discovered by Disney Studios and Lyric Studios, who also produced Barney and Friends.

One way to have a full theme party is to go out and purchase some of these supplies. Party stores should carry many of these products. If none of the stores in your area carry them, another option is to order them from the Internet. The Wiggles official site also carries a variety of their theme related party supplies. Some links on this page will direct you to Wiggly related merchandise. A third option is to try and make some of your own to save money. This page will give you some cost saving ideas for having a Wiggly themed party.

All good parties have fun and inviting invitations. If you don’t want to buy premade ones, assuming that you could find some with The Wiggles on them, then you will have to make your own.

There are a few different ways to create a Wiggle invitation:

1. You can take a picture of your child in a Wiggles costume, if one is available, or posing with any Wiggles’ related merchandise. This will give your guests a good idea as to what the theme of the party will be. You can then add the picture to premade invitations or you can get picture invitations made through online sites like Snapfish or Shutterfly. If you are good with Photoshop, you can create an invitation as well, just be wary of any copyright laws if you pull images in from the internet. Many photo places cannot legally print copyrighted material without consent.
2. You can create an invitation that looks like a Wiggles shirt, a musical note, a painter’s palate, Dorothy the Dinosaur or Waggs the Dog. These invitations don’t have to be exact matches to the characters. Your guests will know the theme by the colors and by the wording you choose. http://www.kids-birthday-party-guide.com/wiggles-birthday-party.html If making shirt invitations, create different colored ones according to the characters’ colors. If you ask the children to bring the invitations with them, you can then use the different colors to group kids for activities.

Don’t forget to tell your guests to come dressed in their favorite Wiggles’ color. Alternatively, you can give out decorated t-shirts or caps (such as a painter’s cap) in the Wiggles’ colors. These can usually be purchased at craft or store or other discount store. Just remember to decorate them before the party.

Any of the primary Wiggles colors will make excellent decorations. You can get blue, red, yellow, and purple balloons, streamers, tablecloths, napkins and other party supplies at discount stores. You may want to remember to keep balloons out of reach of small children.

You can also use poster board to your advantage. You can make a large painting palate, musical notes, or the big red car to display. Have the birthday boy or girl help with this part. Other member of the family may want to get involved as well. The decorations don’t have to look perfect and you will all have a great time putting them together as a family.

If you have a color printer, you can print out pictures of the Wiggles and other Wiggle related images. If you don’t have a color printer, check with your friends and family. Chances are that someone you know has a color printer. If you have no access to a color printer than just use a black and white printer to print out pictures that can be colored in. You can do some before the party to hang up, and you can keep some for a coloring activity during the party. http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/party_wiggles.htm

You should plan to have some games to keep all the kids occupied. In the background, you have a Wiggles dvd or Wiggles music playing.

Pin the Tail Games: You can make different characters on poster board and ask the kids to pin items to it. Use the character and his or her main gimmick as the pinning object. Some examples are:

• Pin the feather on Captain Feathersword
• Pin the tail on Wags the Dog
• Pin the flower on Dorothy the Dinosaur

Captain Feathersword’s Treasure Hunt: You can hide small gift toys or chocolate gold coins around for the children to find. They can keep the treasures that they find. Be sure to have extras in case some children are faster than others. This way all the children will go home with a prize from the treasure hunt.

Wake Up Jeff Tag: If the weather is nice and the kids can play outside (unless you have a large area for kids to run around), they can play tag where the child caught falls asleep and has to stay that way until tagged by another child.

Dance and Sing Along with the Wiggles: Playing the music or videos will give the kids a chance to sing and dance with the Wiggles. You can even periodically turn the music off and all the kids have to stop dancing and singing. The last one to stop is out. Do this until one child is left. Then give them all surprises for participating.