playgroup party - picking a theme

We're having a birthday party for the girls with our playgroup friends in a couple of weeks. They are all almost 3-3.5 years old and a big mixture of boys and girls. It's going to be something simple on a weekday morning. I would love to bring my girls to pick a theme for the party but I know they would probably go with Princesses, Minnie, Dora or something like that. But then I feel guilty because there will be a fair amount of boys at the party. Am I overthinking this?

 

Just a thought, but with each one of the themes you have mention there is a boy character involved, whether it be Mickey Mouse, Diego, or a Prince. So, for the boys, you could fix up a treat bag or something that included the boy character to go along with the theme that your girls have picked out.

 

Well even if they pick a more typical 'girl' theme you can infuse some gender neutral stuff in it (Dora/boots, princesses/princes/horses/etc, minnie/mickey). Have fun planning it! It sounds like a great way to celebrate their birthday!!

ETA: Rachel and I were posting at the same time

 

I'm not so concerned about the favors...doing something gender neutral will be easy. I guess I'm thinking more about the Minnie stuff being all pink and girly. Does that make more sense?

 

Its a birthday party for two girls so I don't think there is anything wrong with it being girlie I took my girls to a Thomas birthday party for a boy (and its pretty boyish), and they had a blast.

 

Okay, see, I guess that's just what I wanted to hear!! :good: I was looking online and found some pretty cute Dora stuff that wasn't soooo girlie. I might just have to get it and not ask their opinion. :blush: Baaaad mommy!!

 

Ditto the above. We've been to plenty of boy bday parties that were Thomas, football, Spiderman and the girls didn't care.

 

Not a bad mommy at all! Do it while you can because next year they'll fight you MORE on it. :laughing:

 

To be honest...little boys that age rarely (note, I didn't say never) notice that. They like princesses and Dora and things like that, too. So, if you don't even mention it, I don't think anybody will care a bit.

 

What I do to make it gender neutral is give coloring books as a party favor... something girlie for the girls and something for the boys (Thomas etc).

John went to plenty of Princess parties in his time and never once complained about it.