Birthday Decoration - Tips from Party Planning Professionals

When it comes to decorating a venue for a birthday party, knowing where to start can be half the battle.  Even so, the basic principles of effective birthday decoration are universal.  And by familiarising yourself with them, you’ll be in a much better position to set the perfect backdrop for an unforgettable event.

With this in mind, here are a few essential tips and guidelines from party planning professionals, on how to approach birthday room decoration:

1. Keep it Simple

First up, the tendency when setting up party decorations can be take things to extremes.  However, it’s often the more understated and simple birthday decoration ideas that are the most attractive.

Simple birthday decoration at home or at a hired venue don’t have to be boring. Less can often be more with birthday decoration items, which when overdone can create a cluttered and uncomfortable vibe.

2. Choose the Right Venue

Strategic venue selection is also essential, if you are planning a party away from home.  If the space is already sufficiently elegant, sophisticated and well-presented, you won’t need to go to town with the party decorations.

Set your sights on a venue with plenty of space to accommodate your guests, good lighting to create the right mood, and the kind of sophisticated surroundings that don’t call for OTT embellishments.

3. Consider a Theme

Deciding on a theme for a birthday party in advance can make it much easier to tackle the subsequent decorating process.  With a specific theme in mind, you can immediately narrow down your options where party decorations are concerned.

Birthday themes are wide open to interpretation - anything the birthday boy or girl is into.  Historical periods, popular culture, undersea themes, movie themes, tropical beach themes - the sky really is the limit.

4. Keep Things Consistent

When decorating the tables and shared social spaces around the venue, try to keep things as consistent as possible. This means treating each table, feature and fixture to the same basic decorations, in order to create a unified look and feel.

This alone can often make the biggest difference in making a space look planned and professional, as opposed to random and chaotic.

5. Bring in the Balloons

Last up, balloons and balloon decorations for birthday parties are an absolute must. Nothing encapsulates the spirit of a good party quite like the liberal distribution of balloons and (in the case of birthday parties) large inflatable numbers.

Balloons are naturally associated with good times, and can be great for keeping rowdy kids entertained. Not to mention, giving them something to take with them after the event, and giving you (or your party planner) one less thing to clear up and dispose of!