How to Celebrate a Child’s Birthday During a Pandemic
You know what’s worse than canceling school now, canceling sports, or canceling most of the rest of life? You need to cancel a birthday party that your child has been waiting for several months . As someone who loves birthdays and holidays, big and small, I will not tolerate this. Outside, a global pandemic may strike, but you can still celebrate on the inside. Here’s how:
Have a virtual “party”
Perhaps the most obvious and popular way to throw a birthday party when many of us are ordered to “stay home,” is to connect with friends, family, and colleagues, as we have communicated right now, through video chat.
Send out an invitation to meet at Zoom , Google Hangouts, or Caribu at a specific time. Have the birthday boy open the presents, organize an event for everyone (dance party, whoever?), And then have everyone sing Happy Birthday and you give them a cake, cupcake, or other special dessert.
You can also make it a costume party for an extra fun visual effect and add excitement to the youngest guests.
Host a Roblox Party
It can either be part of their virtual party, or you can let them have a Roblox marathon session, allowing them to play much longer than you normally would by making them take turns playing with different “guests” at a predetermined time.
Talk to the kids or their parents ahead of time to decide which Roblox games are right for everyone. Name your child Roblox and have them start the game at the appointed time. Guests can search for their name and click to join them in the game . Have them jump on Zoom or Google Hangouts together so they can see each other as they play.
If you want the only people in the game to be your child’s friends, you need to choose a game with VIPs enabled, which you can purchase with Robux to make the ‘party’ private. Here’s what Mark Sheeanna’s parents said he did recently for his son Robbie’s birthday:
Agree on a birthday parade.
Your friends and family need to break the monotony of their day too, and that will help. Ask “guests” to decorate their cars with balloons, ribbons and birthday signs. Set up a meeting point (say, on the next street) where everyone can line up for their cars. When everything is accounted for, walk the birthday boy / girl to the front door and let them enjoy the parade down the street in their honor.
Continue and encourage guests to honk their horns and roll down windows to say their birthday wishes or sing “Happy Birthday.” It’s a party!
Overdo it with home decorations
I tend to go overboard with decorations for special occasions anyway , so my son won’t be surprised if he wakes up to ribbons hanging in his bedroom doorway, balloons in the hallway, or bright lights flying around the windows. But what if you don’t usually do this? Perhaps now is the right time to start.
Use decorations from past parties, make a homemade birthday banner, collect whatever you can. It is time to decorate to the extreme while they sleep to surprise them with the festive “today is not like every day” effect.