Birthday Parties

Fun With Food

At your next birthday party, take a pass on pizza. These fabulous (and easy!) activities will keep partygoers busy and fed

Birthday Boosters & Busters

Do's and don'ts for perfect parties

Toddler Birthday Parties

Memorable ways to celebrate your child's second birthday

Reader Tips: Let's Party!

Ideas for great get-togethers from Today's Parent readers

Summer Birthdays That Sizzle (Not Fizzle)

Quick! Cut the cake before the ice cream melts! Cool solutions to the challenges of hot celebrations

Party Place: A Kids' Party Operator Tells All

If you balk at throwing one birthday, imagine managing four. But that's all in a day's work for Gene Guzzo

Party Do's and Don'ts

Birthday Bailout

Baby's First Birthday

How to throw a baby-friendly party

Back to Basics

10 simple birthday parties fit for a kid

Best Birthday Parties

There's no shortage of ways to celebrate!

Party Hearty

How to throw a toddler friendly party (and have fun yourself)

Piece of Cake

Birthday parties to remember from January to December

Preschool Party Games

Games are a birthday party tradition that often backfires for preschoolers

Present Tense?

Take the stress out of shopping with our guide to inexpensive birthday gifts that are sure to please