"Happy birthday!" Birthday corner in kindergarten

On the one hand, for a child a birthday is an extremely important event, and the opportunity to celebrate it in the garden eliminates the headache of how to gather the child’s friends at home. On the other hand, can all parents afford to organize something grandiose on this day? And if not, is it correct to single out one child?

We propose to consider the main options for how you can celebrate/mark a birthday in kindergarten, and listen to the opinions of those who have already had to deal with this issue. After all, in the end, the final decision is still made by the parents.

Birthday in kindergarten - treat!

The kids will undoubtedly be very happy if the birthday boy decides to treat everyone. This could be a treat at a festively set table, or simply the distribution of “sweet bags”. The only point: there is a possibility that you will not be allowed to bring a cake to the kindergarten and pour soda into glasses. Although these holiday “ingredients” can be easily replaced: with juices in small bags, cupcakes and biscuits in individual packages. Fruits or beautifully decorated fruit desserts are irreplaceable on a children's birthday table.

And yet, if you are convinced that a birthday in kindergarten without a cake is not a birthday, go and talk about this topic with the kindergarten kitchen staff. After all, this ban stems solely from reasons of sanitary and hygienic safety. And in the kitchen, your cake will be cut into portions and served to the children, or they will bake your own - by agreement, which will completely save you from the hassle. It's best to avoid cakes with buttercream.

The cake can be decorated with small candles, and the kids will blow them out.

When organizing meals in kindergarten for a birthday, remember that children do not like long feasts. For them, games, music, and other fun attributes are preferable. Therefore, it is better if the dishes are such that they can be eaten “in one sitting” and then come to the table again.

Suitable:

• Marshmallows, small meringues
• Curd pudding
• Candies (preferably not chocolate): marmalade, jelly, waffle, caramels
• Cookies, drying
• “Kebabs” from non-allergenic fruits or assorted fruits
• Sandwiches, canapés, unusually decorated baskets, or small pizzas
• Natural juices or fruit drinks

In addition to the treats, parents can also organize small, inexpensive gifts from the birthday boy for the kids, because on a birthday in kindergarten, the kids still don’t quite understand why only one person has a holiday, everyone wants attention.

The birthday boy can give the “guests” a coloring book, a notebook, a sheet of paper with stickers, a small toy (he can give away his entire collection of Kinder surprises), a set of wax crayons, and so on, or all the same sweets, only packed in bright bags or - if Don’t be too lazy to glue cardboard boxes with the name of the birthday boy.

Don’t forget to treat the teachers at your kindergarten birthday as well: they won’t take treats from the children’s table. In many kindergartens there is a tradition of giving teachers a cake.

Advice: Try to ensure that it is not the teacher or you who distribute the treats, but that the birthday boy himself takes an active part in this. The same goes for the process of inviting someone to the table.

A holiday organized by professionals

Previously, birthdays in kindergartens were celebrated traditionally - parents brought candy for children from the group, teachers congratulated the birthday boy and gave him a purely symbolic gift (unless, of course, the parents gave them the gift they bought in advance). Today, it is customary to trust the organization of the holiday to professionals who offer a variety of scenarios for children's celebrations: with fairy-tale characters, competitions, surprises, etc.

At the same time, parents have the opportunity to either contact an event agency, where they can order a holiday, as they say, “turnkey,” or independently select a team of independent professionals: an animator, photo and videographer, make-up artist, etc. In the latter case, it is very important to conduct a thorough “casting” of candidates.

Animator

When choosing an animator, it is better to contact a professional agency rather than random people. This is a guarantee not only of high-quality work, but also of safety (we are talking about passing a medical examination, since people working on their own are unlikely to undergo it regularly, and it is dangerous to “let” potentially sick people near children). In addition, before placing an order, you must not only familiarize yourself with the actor’s portfolio, but also see him in work.

When signing an agreement with an animator, discuss the scenario of the children's party - it must correspond to the age of the children. And to fully ensure the appropriateness of the scenario, just in case, coordinate it with the teacher.

Photo, videographer, make-up artist

Quite often today, in addition to the photo and videographer, make-up artists are also invited to the holiday. After all, children, no doubt, will be interested in taking pictures with unusual facial makeup made with special hypoallergenic paints. When choosing a photo, videographer and make-up artist, it is important to carefully study the portfolio and make sure that the specialists already have experience working with children.

Birthday in kindergarten - decoration!

It would be nice if parents find the time to show up early at the kindergarten on their birthday and decorate the group (entrance, playground) in honor of their child. There is no need to devote a lot of time, money and effort to this: it is enough to indicate that today is not an ordinary day, but a holiday, and arouse interest in this event. Sometimes it’s enough to inflate a few balloons, hang spiral ribbons or foil stars. It’s very good if you can make the preparations at home together with the birthday boy.

Tip: If you use balloons or other interesting “things” as decoration, don’t leave them hanging and deflating – let the children take them apart and play with them at the end of the day.

kindergarten birthday decoration

From the parents' memories of their birthday in kindergarten, the main scenario for holding it can be identified - treating the children to candy and dancing around the birthday boy. How is it possible to celebrate a child’s birthday in the garden now?

As before, it is customary to bring treats in the form of candies, cookies and other sweets. Although this list is limited in many gardens. For example, you are not allowed to bring your own pastries, cakes, or pastries with creams. In addition, there is a tendency to give small gifts for all the children. For example, kinder surprises, liquid for soap bubbles, books, coloring books, crayons, holiday accessories in the form of caps and whistles.

Also, the teachers and the children congratulate the hero of the occasion by playing “Loaf, loaf, choose whoever you want.”

Some parents, and their number is growing, invite artists to kindergarten to congratulate the child. As a rule, these are animators in the images of popular fairy-tale characters. They play games with the kids, show magic tricks and soap bubble shows. The program with animators usually lasts no more than an hour. Parents often give artists a gift for their child. Children are very happy when fixies or some other characters congratulate them.

Decorating a children's party is another important detail in organizing a birthday. Most often, the room is decorated with balls. To do this, they invite specialists who make anything out of balls, even the most simple figures. This work can be done during quiet time while the children are sleeping. An assembly hall or sports hall can be used for the event.

It is customary to invite artists in the afternoon after afternoon tea, since classes are held in the gardens in the morning, and violation of the routine is also not acceptable. It is considered good form to warn other parents about the holiday so that they come for their children later, and do not pick them up during games.

Due to the rules of preschool institutions, there are refusals to hold festive events or demands are made to provide the artists’ medical records and other documents. Submitting these documents is not always easy. Parents first have to obtain documents from the animators, write a statement, take all the papers to the management and get permission. Reasons why a kindergarten may refuse to hold a holiday: lack of all required documents, as well as quarantine.

If you are lucky and are allowed to organize a children's party in the garden, I wish you good luck, because the Birthday holiday is so important for any child!

Birthday in kindergarten - mood!

A birthday in kindergarten is a good reason for games, competitions and even shows. There are two ways to choose here.

THE FIRST OPTION IS TO PREPARATE THE HOLIDAY PROGRAM INDEPENDENTLY (possibly with the participation of a teacher or music director - “by agreement of the parties”). Even if at first it seems scary, there is nothing difficult here: you just need to feel at home, taking the main initiative into your own hands. Remember popular and simple children's games and competitions: riddles, blowing soap bubbles, playing “tails” (catching up with ribbons under your belt), “repeat” (repeat the words named by the leader with movements).

Attracting and holding children's attention is not so difficult: the main thing is to allow yourself to sincerely tune in to the holiday: - Hello, kids! The cats, Mura and Mur-Mur, have come to you (take 2 soft toys). They came to congratulate the boy Pasha on his birthday. But they don’t know anything about Pasha at all... Tell Mura what Pasha looks like... Tell Mur-Mura what kind of friend Pasha is...

The children are captivated, and the birthday boy is the center of attention. And you shouldn’t strive for a program that is too intense: kids get tired quickly. It is best to “balance” the holiday program with dances from 3-4 musical compositions.

THE SECOND OPTION IS TO INVITE PROFESSIONALS TO A BIRTHDAY DAY IN A KINDERGARTEN. Clowns, role-playing dolls, fairies come with their own ready-made program. And perhaps even prizes. And, if they have a wealth of experience, and the program is proven, then a flurry of emotions is guaranteed. Never invite animators from holiday agencies “at random”: if there are no recommendations from friends, then come and study the portfolio, talk about what ideas the professionals have for your particular holiday. Be sure to discuss the duration of the event, the intensity of the games, and the age of the kids in the group. Since not every character can be adequately perceived by the little ones of the younger group: they may be afraid of a noisy company of strange creatures. Some are even afraid of Santa Claus.

Advice: Before making any decision regarding a birthday in kindergarten, be sure to consult with the teachers. Perhaps the garden has its own established traditions that are not customary to break. There may be a strong imbalance between the families' wealth, and the teacher does not want this to be emphasized. Or maybe the teacher himself will be happy to offer some ideas or help: after all, who, if not he, knows all the children in the group better?

By the way, in some kindergartens there is a tradition of holding a “birthday day” - this is a holiday with a “loaf”, music and games, which is held approximately once a month - for all the birthday people of the month. Then the need for individual birthdays “no longer exists.” Perhaps in your garden there is (or may appear at your suggestion) a “birthday boy’s corner” that will have to be filled with: photographs of the baby, his drawing, wishes-designations in the form of pictures. Children love to look at such bright corners.

"Happy birthday!" Birthday corner in kindergarten

Natalia Shaposhnikova

"Happy birthday!" Birthday corner in kindergarten

Birthday is the most wonderful holiday.

Not only adults, but also children are looking forward to this special day. A birthday requires special preparation - parents decorate the room for children with balloons, hang up posters with congratulations, invite family and friends, prepare a festive table, buy long-awaited gifts. This tradition exists in many of our families. Many parents spend holidays outside the home, inviting friends to a cafe, out of town. And this is also very cool, because our children spend most of their time at home sitting at the computer. And how they want to feel like the most important thing at the holiday, so that all the congratulations and gifts are only for them. Grandparents, parents, of course, will congratulate him and give him gifts, but will your child get satisfaction from the holiday if his friends don’t congratulate him? Very often children are disappointed with our congratulations, “they wanted something like this, but everything turned out as always and like everyone else.” How do you congratulate your children in kindergarten ? As a rule, parents bring treats, we dance in a circle and give a gift in a bag. Our group also congratulated us like this for a long time. birthday celebration may be suitable for congratulating children, but not for older children. Looking at various pages on the Internet, I liked some interesting ideas that I brought to life and are happy to share them with you. Our birthday corner includes : a cake, a congratulatory banner, crowns, a gift bag and of course a musical selection of songs.

A congratulatory banner is a satin ribbon with flowers and letters glued to them that move freely along it. A regular elastic band is sewn to the edges of the ribbon, to the ends, which makes it possible to hang our banner on the locker door in the locker room. For what? As soon as your birthday boy crosses the threshold of the kindergarten and sees such a banner on his closet, he will immediately understand - “ Everyone remembers about my birthday .” You can also hang a gift bag on the cabinet. To do this, I took an ordinary hook (from a curtain in the bathroom, and wrapped it with a satin ribbon. We fix this hook with one end to the top of the door, and hang our handbag on the other. What to put in it?. Yes, anything. But in general, it intended for gifts from friends. Children in the group can be told about the holiday in advance, and they draw at home, make their own gifts and congratulations. You can put candy, chocolate, a small toy in your purse. The main thing is that children give this, on their own behalf. The contents of this bag are all the gifts home as a souvenir. There he will show them to his family, friends, and share his impressions. Such small gifts are very dear to children, they cherish them, review them and every time they remember what wonderful friends he has.

Another attribute of the holiday is the crown. Usually girls wear crowns, but I made them for boys too. This crown is worn only by birthday people and can be worn all day long.

Birthday cake. This is an ordinary shoe box with a lid, which I covered with corrugated tubes and decorated with flowers, candles and a card. This birthday cake box is easy to open, and inside you can put a gift for the birthday person . Agree, it’s much more pleasant to get a gift from an unusual cake than from a simple package.

And also, we congratulate our birthday boys with good wishes - every child wishes something different, from the bottom of his heart; We shout loudly “Happy Birthday !” (by number of years completed)

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for boys - we shake hands, we hug girls tightly, and we all rock the birthday boy , like in the good old days; and then we go to drink tea and treats. It seems to me that holding such a birthday will be remembered by the child for a long time and will have something to talk about at home.

Delicious people

The kids will be delighted with these delicious little people! All the sweets are individually wrapped, but how delicious and fun they are!

Attach all the details – the sweets – to each other using double-sided tape, and draw the eyes and smile with colored markers. Eyes and a smile can also be cut out of colored paper and glued with tape.

What should I bring my child to kindergarten for his birthday?

And this is the most important and exciting moment - what can we bring so that the kids will be happy, so that it’s beautiful and festive?!

There are tons of different options! But first of all, it is worth noting the options that are best not to use!

First of all, don’t even think about bringing a cake or any other homemade baked goods to kindergarten or school! The same goes for fruits! After all, in order to treat the kids to a cake, you will need to put in a lot of effort - disposable tableware, at a minimum, make sure that the children don’t get dirty, don’t scatter the cake all over the class, etc. There is also a risk that the cake may not be fresh and then the whole holiday can turn into a big mountain of troubles and spoiled mood.

Also, don’t forget about children with allergies!

Therefore, let's approach this issue responsibly and originally!

We spend the holiday ourselves

When organizing independently, it is advisable that you act together with teachers and the music director (games to music will be much more fun). Choose an outfit that matches the theme (fairy, princess, fox). Entertainment should be simple and fun. For example, you can play “hot and cold”, dance, write a fairy tale together, putting paper sketches of animals on your fingers (they need to be printed in advance), paint a finger tree (print out a drawing of a large tree with branches, and the children will form leaves by pressing their finger) .

hold a children's birthday party yourself, following, for example, the following algorithm:

• presenter exit, greeting;
• the birthday boy distributes birthday caps;
• children lead a round dance and sing a song, the leader blows soap bubbles;
• games (during the game, children can be given pipes and balloons);
• If desired, children can have their faces painted followed by a photo session;
• sweet table;
• drawing greeting cards for the birthday boy.

Dress the hero of the occasion so that he stands out from the crowd (for example, make a hero's cloak or dress him in a costume of a fairy-tale hero).