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62 Free Birthday Party Printables

62 FREE birthday party printables for kid's birthdays. Cute and clever birthday party ideas. Free birthday party invitations. Free happy birthday banners. Printable cupcake toppers and photo props. Loads of free party pack printables. Plan the perfect kid's party with 62 of the best free birthday printables and ideas.

Recently, both my boys had their birthdays. We had a bowling party and a lego themed party. I like to DIY as much as I can when it comes to celebrations, both because I like being crafty and I like being thrifty!  So I went on the hunt for free printables. I hunted so much and I found so many great free birthday party printables that I had to write a post about it! There are free printable invitations, envelopes, cupcake toppers, banners, photo props and complete party packs.

Don’t forget to pin this post for future birthday parties!

62 FREE birthday party printables for kid's birthdays. Cute and clever birthday party ideas. Free birthday party invitations. Free happy birthday banners. Printable cupcake toppers and photo props. Loads of free party pack printables. Plan the perfect kid's party with 62 of the best free birthday printables and ideas.

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I vetted all of these free birthday party printables, they are all free and awesome! Most of them you just click to download, but some of them you have to sign up to an email list to get access to. It’s worth it though. 🙂 

Free Birthday Party Printables

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Free Bowling Party Printables

Bowling party ideas. Free bowling party printables for a fun kid's birthday party! Download these free bowling party invitations, cupcake toppers, treat bag toppers and free happy birthday bowling banner! Throw a fun bowling party for your kiddo using these free printables and party ideas!

We had a bowling party for my now 7 (eek!) year old last weekend. I had a really hard time finding free bowling party printables though, so I designed a few myself instead. And I love to share, so you can download all of my designs below!

Bowling party ideas. Free bowling party printables for a fun kid's birthday party! Download these free bowling party invitations, cupcake toppers, treat bag toppers and free happy birthday bowling banner! Throw a fun bowling party for your kiddo using these free printables and party ideas!

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My son’s party went remarkably well! No one cried or fought or anything! He had 10 school friends attend, plus his cousins and other family. And everyone had fun!

I only managed to snap a couple of badly lit and fuzzy photos during the party, I was super busy running around keeping everything running smoothly!

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28 Birthday Party Favour Ideas for Kids

28 Birthday party favour ideas for kids. Lots of free printables for birthday goodie bags. Awesome non-candy favor ideas for kid's birthday parties. Reach 'super-mom' status with these super-creative treat bag ideas for a kid's party.

One year we made the mistake of not having treat bags at my son’s birthday party. Rivers were cried. And we learned our lesson in a hurry. But the thing with treat bags is that they have to hit 3 points; not contain too much sugar, not cost too much money, and be fun for the recipient. It’s a tall order. So for future reference I’ve rounded up 28 of the best birthday party favour ideas that I could find.  Most of these ideas include free printables, but a few of them will require a little more diy’ing on your part. 

28 Birthday party favour ideas for kids. Lots of free printables for birthday goodie bags. Awesome non-candy favor ideas for kid's birthday parties. Reach 'super-mom' status with these super-creative treat bag ideas for a kid's party.

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I tried to find lots of non-candy options, mainly because it drives me nuts when my boys come home from a party with loot bags full of sugar. I’m not anti-sugar by any means, but things like suckers, fizzy sugar powder, ring pops, etc make my kids go bat shit crazy. Usually little chocolates or cookies don’t affect them too much.

Some of these birthday party favour ideas are actually just a design idea for the bag or a printable topper, you’ll have to come up with the treat ideas.  I usually just cruise through the Dollar store to find some appropriate treat bag fillers. But now I can also reference this post well in advance of future parties to get some more creative ideas! 

Birthday Party Favour Ideas

Birthday party favour ideas for kids

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Printable DIY Valentines for Kids

Amusing and free printable DIY valentines cards. All you need is a few packs of highlighter markers from the Dollar Store to create these really fun Valentine's for kids!

I went to the Dollarama the other day to see if I could find some inspiration for Valentine’s Day projects. I have to say, I’m pretty pleased with myself. Haha! I love a good pun, so I came up with “You high-light up my life!” 😀 I hope I’m not the only one who is completely amused by these punny printable DIY valentines! 

Amusing and free printable DIY valentines cards. All you need is a few packs of highlighter markers from the Dollar Store to create these really fun Valentine's for kids!

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One of my favourite things about Valentine’s Day is scrolling through all the entertaining card ideas found on Pinterest. I aspire to be equally clever! 

I’ll be making these highlighter Valentines for my oldest’s class, I haven’t decided what I’m doing for my little guy’s class yet.

I managed to find packs of 5 highlighters at the Dollarama for $1.25, and I’ll need 4 packs. It’ll cost me a few dollars more than simply purchasing a box of Pixar themed Valentine’s cards, but it’s worth it.

I think it’s important to make a little effort for these kinds of occasions. Growing up I always made all of my Valentines, my mother certainly wasn’t going to buy the premade cards! But I enjoyed it, and honestly I still enjoy now!

I want my boys to know that I value the things that are important to them, and giving Valentines to their class mates is one of those things.

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Zero Waste DIY Produce Bags

How to make diy zero waste produce bags! This is a quick DIY for reusable produce bags. A great zero waste project to help you on your eco journey. There's no more need to use those flimsy plastic produce bags that clutter up the landfill anymore! These DIY produce bags are extremely lightweight and slightly transparent making them perfect for transporting your fruits and veggies.

These DIY produce bags worked up a lot faster than I expected! They take about 15 minutes to whip up, so they are a fantastic last minute gift idea!

I’m continuing to make small changes in our lifestyle in order to reduce our waste output. The amount of garbage one little family can make is fairly alarming! So these reusable produce bags are a step in the right direction. The zero waste movement tugs on my heart strings and I’m always looking for ways to improve. And if I can turn those improvements into a DIY project, so much the better!

How to make diy zero waste produce bags! This is a quick DIY for reusable produce bags. A great zero waste project to help you on your eco journey. There's no more need to use those flimsy plastic produce bags that clutter up the landfill anymore! These DIY produce bags are extremely lightweight and slightly transparent making them perfect for transporting your fruits and veggies.

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I found the cute bee printed ribbon at my local sewing store, it was a great find! I thought it was really appropriate too, you know ‘save the bees, don’t fill their wildflower fields with plastic’. That’s how the saying goes, right?! Haha

I found this ribbon on Amazon, it’s similar to my bees. But you’ll likely find an appropriate ribbon at your local craft store.

Here’s what you need for this project:

Bee Ribbon, Cotton, 3/4 yard per produce bag, at least 3/4″ wide
Satin Ribbon, 1 yard per bag, 1/4″-3/8″ wide
White Cotton Voile Fabric, 1 yard will make 4 bags

use white cotton voile to make diy zero waste produce bags

I found some cotton voile at my local fabric store, it was about $12/meter, which is pretty inexpensive for 4 produce bags!

I used voile because it is super lightweight and you can mostly see through it. So it won’t add much weight to your produce and the cashier will still be able to read the stickers through the bag. 🙂

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