Narnia Birthday Party

My daughter Isabel is turning 11 this summer. She had recently attended a friend's birthday party which had been Harry Potter themed, so she was interested in doing a similar thing. We suggested a "Narnia" party, since she had loved the books of Narnia so much. As her actual birthday is in July when most friends are away on vacation, we planned her party for June 29, right after the last day of school.

Decorating the house

We decided to decorate the house, so as to give it a true Narnian feel.

We bought a used wardrobe and cut a hole in the back, then "walled up" the foyer so that attendees had to enter the house through the wardrobe.

Once you passed through the wardrobe, you entered a Narnian forest, complete with a lamppost.

Our livingroom was decorated in white, to emphasize the land of snow and realm of the White Witch.

Our dining room was decorated as Cair Paravel, the castle where the attendees would celebrate the birthday with a grand feast.

Activities

We intermixed watching clips of the movie "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" with various activities.

Video - Pevensies arrive at the mansion, play hide-and-seek, Lucy enter wardrobe and meets Mr. Tumnus
- Activity - Attendees played hide-and-seek in our house
Video - Edmund enters Narnia and meets the White Witch
- Activity - Attendees sampled real Turkish Delight, decorated their own pizza cookies
Video - Pevensies meet the beavers, meet Father Christmas, White Witch freezes animals
- Activity - Attendees played frozen tag (because it was raining, we had to play it indoors, so we used a variation: kids are on all four as Narnian animals in a single room and chaser was blindfolded, standing in the middle of the room using silly string to try and hit people)
Video - Pevensies meet Aslan, they practice with archery and sword fighting
- Activity - Again, because it was raining activities were held indoors (and real archery was dropped). Attendees did archery (with suction cup arrows) in our basement, and threw water balloons at the White Witch and Aslan
Video - Aslan sacrifices himself, Witch kills him at the stone table
- Activity - Break for supper; played with pinata and got candy; played Pie Face to finish off time together
Video - Aslan alive and heals petrified creatures, final battle, coronation at Cair Paravel (skipped, due to time)

Party photos

Isabel, the birthday girl, beside the lamppost

Decorating pizza cookies

Sarah with her pizza cookie

Turkish Delight

Throwing water balloons

Archery group with target

Isabel playing Pie Face

Opening the Aslan pinata

The birthday cake

Other Websites

When we were planning our Narnia party, it was natural to go onto the internet and see what others had done. Below is a list of links to other websites of people describing Narnia parties, decor, costumes, activities and more.