How to throw a wet n' wild birthday water party

A birthday water party is a crowd-pleaser for sure and with these FREE printables, you’ll have everything you’ll need to make it a success. So, check it out!

I was trying to think of a birthday party for my soon-to-be seven-year-old that would allow the kids to be self-entertained for two hours. So, I decided to rent an inflatable water slide. It was perfect. Throw in a some treats and water guns and you’re done. Here’s everything you’ll need:

Send your birthday water party invitation

I designed these cute birthday water party invitations. Click the link below to order your own customized birthday party invitation. Easy peasy.

Click here to order your own customized birthday invitation

Set up refreshment table

You can your birthday water party simple or go all out. I spent the most time on the refreshment table. Each item represented some type of water/beach item with FREE printable labels (download below). Here’s what I bought:

Rainbow Twizzlers (pool noodles)
Cheese Balls (beach balls)
Otter pops
Watermelon and popsicle sticks (melon-sicles)
Cupcakes with teddy grahams and peach rings (swim cakes)
Blue Raspberry Kool-Aid (Ocean Breeze)
Shark Wall Poster or Beach Wall Poster
Beach pails and shovels

You can download and print the labels for each of the refreshments below.

Birthday-Water-Party-Refreshment-Signs Download

Make your party favor

Since my refreshment table was full of sugary treats, I decided to give each of the kids a small squirt gun with a cute note on it. They were all super excited about it and they played with them the entire party. Download the party favor label below.

Water-Party-Squirt-Gun-Thank-You-Tag Download

Set up your water slide and activities

So, I reserved a water slide. If you’re a Utah local, Plan-It Rentals is a great company to use. It only cost my $70 to rent a big water slide for the entire day! You pick it up in the morning. Set up is a cinch and then you return it the next morning. You can also buy your own backyard water slide.

Overall, the party was a huge success. The kids had so much fun and it was super easy for me. Everyone was self-entertained so I could just watch the kids have fun. My kind of party.