A Home Run Baseball Theme Party
or Softball Party

Baseball Theme Party Invitations

Make your uests feel like all-stars before the party even starts by sending great invitations. Here are some baseball invitations sure to be a hit!

Cardstock Ball Cutouts -- Buy some poster board or cardstock (white for baseball and neon yellow for softball). First, cut out circles for your invitation background. Next, glue on red ricrac to look like the ball's stitching. Write a catchy title such as "Come Help us Make _________'s Party a Homerun!". Put the rest of your party's information on the back of the card.

Make a Ticket Invitation -- Create your baseball theme party invitation in the shape of an event ticket. For extra fun you could have your guests present their tickets as they arrive at the party to receive a game day giveaway specific to your event.

**General Invitation Tips** -- If you choose to make your own invitations, don't forget to include the date, location, and time of your party. It is also helpful to put the host's name, RSVP by date, and either your phone number or email.

Here are a few baseball party invitations that we love:

Baseball Glove Invitations

Game Time Invitations

Baseball Bear Invitations

Baseball Party Decorations

Here are a few more general baseball party decoration ideas:

Deluxe Baseball Party Supplies	Baseball Fan Party Supplies	Little League Party Supplies
Baseball Balloon	Baseball Fan Platter	Baseball Pinata

* Use your team's colors throughout the decorations, and if they have a cool mascot you could make a big picture of it to hang on the front door.

* Create pennants with each guest's name to hang on the wall or to put on dowels and stick in a vase for a personalized table decoration.

* Buy or make baseballs and team numbers and hang them on the walls.

* Use boxes of Cracker Jacks at each place setting for extra color.

Baseball Theme Party Games and Activities

Four Bases -- For this baseball theme party game, designate each corner of a room as first base, second base, third base, and home plate. Choose one child to be "it". This child covers his eyes and counts to ten. During this time the rest of the children quietly move to pick one corner (base) to stand in. Without looking, the "it" child should call out a base number. The children standing in that corner are out. Play continues until there is only one child left. (**Note- when there are only four players left, they should each stand in their own corner). The winning child can become "it" in the next game.

Ball Toss -- This is the baseball version of egg toss. Line the players up in two lines facing a partner. Give each child a baseball cap. The object of the game is to toss the ball from one cap to the next without hands, and without letting their ball drop. After each round, the players should take one step back. Teams who miss their catch are out. The last team left wins!

Wiffle Ball -- Of course, for the baseball and/or softball loving child, nothing compares to playing their own game. Setting up a wiffle ball game in the backyard is always one of the classic baseball party ideas.

To get things calmed down and brought back inside, you might consider a souvenir activity. Decorating party favors, such as wiffle bats or water bottles, can do double duty by giving your guests a party favor that they can later use. Sharpie pens or paint pens work well on plastic and are great for decorating and for letting party guests sign each other's souvenirs. Don't forget to have your guests sign a game ball for the birthday child!

Baseball Theme Party Favors

This leads us to baseball or softball party favors. Here are some ideas sure to be a hit!

* Wiffle ball and Wiffle bat Sets (Have the gang autograph it!)

* Water bottles

* Baseball Caps (your favorite team or even personalized by using an iron-on with each guest's initial)

* Baseball Cards

* Big League Chew Gum

* A Bag of Sunflower Seeds (great for spitting in the dugout)

* Cracker Jacks

All-Star Wrist Bands

Little League Tattoos

Baseball Whistle

Baseball Theme Party Menu Ideas

What to serve at a baseball theme party? Stadium fare, of course! Here is a list of some stadium favorites!

* Hot Dogs (no baseball or softball party would be complete without them!)

* Popcorn

* Peanuts or Sunflower Seeds (in the shell, of course)

* Red Vines (the really long ones)

* If you are feeling ambitious, you can rent a cotton candy making machine or a snow cone machine to complete the stadium ambience!

For dessert, try your hand at decorating a cake, cupcakes, or cookies to look like balls. To do this, frost them solid white (or lemon yellow) and make the stitching by using red decorating frosting and dragging a toothpick through it to look like stitches.

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