It may look icky for adults, but it could the one big factor that would get your young guests to devour it. You must also remember that kids are fussy eaters. Hence, you might want to hold off on the saucy meals and go for the simple finger foods that won't find their way into the children's clothing. Some ideas include hiding goodie bags and handing out pieces of paper containing clues on how to find the bags. Draw a map to the "treasure". Or you can do an Easter egg hunt type of hunt. Hide pieces of the same object all over the yard and let the children look for them. Pin the X on the X This game is a staple of children's birthday parties. Thus, you have to have several activities planned to keep the birthday celebrator and his or her guests out of boredom. At a children's party, nothing is more terrible than having the kids complain that they want to go home early during the event because nothing's happening. You have to have activities that will hold their attentions for the duration of the event. However, parents must realize that hosting an outdoor party can also come at quite a cost. While you do get to save on having to clean up indoors after the party, having an outdoor event also comes with a certain price tag. Before you decide on the place to hold your child's outdoor party, you might want to ask the venue owner and package planner how much it will cost you per child and if you will still have to pay for the guardians that stay for the party. Their accompanying guardians or parents might be polite enough not to tell you outright that your party bombed, but kids will tell you the real score to your face, much to the disappointment of your child, whose benefit was the one you had in mind when you threw the party in the first place. Thus, before you decide to go DIY on the birthday party you're planning, you have to spend some time thinking what kinds of entertainment and activities you will have. Decorate the grocery bag with colorful paper and drawings or mold it in such a way that it resembles a particular animal or object (even a person or cartoon character). Make sure that this game has enough adult supervision, though, because it involves the use of a stick (to hit the Pinata). Ballon Burst.