When I was growing up, my parents always had the best child party ideas. They would always have tons of kid party games whenever we were having an event. It didn't matter what kind of party it was – whether it was a birthday party, or just a normal sleepover party – they always made things great. Our family get-togethers were always a rare treat, but the child birthday party ideas were always the best.

Your typical child party idea is something like this: the parents put together a theme by decorating in a certain style. For example, one of the most popular child party ideas for boys is to have a cowboy party. All the kids are given novelty cowboy hats and plastic pistols, and the cake has fake cactuses on it.

With my parents child party ideas, however, things went far beyond this. One of my favorite kid parties was when my parents decided to organize a treasure hunt. When each guest came in, they were given costumes. Everyone had a bandanna to wear, a plastic eyepatch, and either a flintlock pistol or a sword. The child party idea was to give each of us a map and set us loose. We were all on a quest to find a buried treasure. Each of us had a part of the secret, but none of us had the whole thing. All of the different maps fit together, so when we all worked together we could find it. When we found that treasure, we were absolutely overjoyed.

I have never been quite as good at finding child party ideas as my parents, but nonetheless I have had a few good ones. Mostly, when I am short of child party ideas, I will do a search for them on the Internet. Although I can get child party ideas from my mom, I don't like to. You see, I would much rather get my child party idea from the Internet. That way, I can pass it off as my own ,and no one will ever be the wiser. In the last couple years, we have had some great child parties too! My kids will do practically anything that I asked them to if there is hope of a party or get together of some kind within the next couple of months. Although I hate to bribe them, I have to admit that it works!