📋 The Sports Birthday Party Checklist
Four weeks out to party day — print this page, stick it on the fridge, and check your way to a stress-free party.
Tip: print in color, and let the birthday kid help check boxes.
📆Week 4 — The Big Picture
- Pick the date, start time, and how long the party will last
- Book the venue (home, park, or indoor space — and a rain backup)
- Write the guest list and get parent contact info
- Choose the sport and party theme with the birthday kid
- Order the custom centerpiece (the keepsake that becomes the cake-table hero)
💌Week 3 — Invites & the Big Ticket Items
- Send invitations (paper or digital) with RSVP date
- Order the cake — and confirm pickup time
- Plan the menu: kid-friendly food, snacks, and water/juice
- Buy or make decorations in the team colors
- Pick the games list and assign one grown-up per game station
🛍️Week 2 — Shopping & Favors
- Shop for game supplies, balloons, and tableware
- Put together goodie bags (one per guest, plus one spare)
- Collect RSVPs and follow up with the stragglers
- Make a party playlist — warm-up songs, game music, cake song
- Prep a backup activity in case of weather or meltdowns
✅Week 1 — Lock It In
- Confirm the centerpiece, cake, and venue times
- Do the big grocery run — food, drinks, ice
- Charge the camera/phone and pick photo spots
- Set up game stations the night before if you can
- Lay out the checklist for party day — you'll need it
🎉Party Day
- Decorate and set up the cake table (centerpiece front and center)
- Put snacks and drinks out before guests arrive
- Run games with plenty of water breaks
- Snap photos of the cake table before the first slice
- Take a breath — you planned for this. Enjoy it.
🏆 The centerpiece: one purchase, two jobs
It decorates the cake table on party day — and becomes a trophy on their shelf after. Custom 3D printed in their sport, colors, and name.
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