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Let's Go Camping!

We know kids look forward to camp, whether it's a day camp, sports camp or overnight camp, all year long.  Those summer days are the best of the year.  So celebrate that love with a camp theme Bar or Bat Mitzvah.  Outdoor decorations and camp theme party supplies will make them feel like they are back at camp, even if it's just for the night!

Camp Theme Invitations

Welcome and Cocktail Area

It would be fun to hire teenagers dressed as counselors, dressed in camp t-shirts, carrying clipboards and whistles, to welcome everyone to camp

If there's a lobby area, overhead hang a banner that says "Welcome to Camp Foxman! Founded [and then put the date of the party]."  It would also be cute to do a lifesize photo cutout of your child dressed for camp, holding the welcome sign.  You can even add a speech bubble welcoming everyone.  

Place balloon trees around the room.  Your balloon company can create these for your party.  (Here's a picture of a few balloon trees we made at Party411)  Have directional signs coming off the bases (remember to make them woodsy looking) indicating the way to: Ivy Hollow, Butterfly Meadow, Wolf Den, Mosquito Pass, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Olympus, etc.

We love using personalized cocktail napkins at a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Have them imprinted with your Camp's name and the date of the party. 

In the cocktail area, hang a sign that says, "Camp [Your Name] Canteen."  Don't get too formal with drinks for the adults - serve them all in personalized stadium cups.  But be sure to come up with a special drink just for your party - how about a Bug Juice Martini?  Ask your bartender to come up with a martini recipe that uses Kool-Aid!

There are a ton of camp items that can serve as a "sign in board" for your camp theme Bar or Bat Mitzvah.  Here are a few ideas:

• A giant backpack made out of foam core set up on an easel  

• Have everyone sign a pillowcase, like you would really do at camp! 

• Sign a real canoe paddle!

Or choose a 3D sign in book personalized for your child.  (There are camp themes available for boys and girls!)

For seating cards, choose a camping theme seating cards and attach them to a flashlight keychain as a small favor.  Or attach the seating cards to a plastic canteen.  You can even skip the card and just write their name and table number right on the canteen with a sharpie marker.

Have a small sign at the table that says, "Welcome to Camp [Your Name] Camper Check-In - Get Your Cabin Assignments Here!"

Start by covering the walls in the party room with wood grain patterned gossamer to give the room a log cabin feel!  Place more balloon trees around the room. 

Hang signs over the buffets or food stations naming them for different camp areas like the mess hall or dining hall.  Decorate the food stations with plastic ants and bugs.

Start by choosing great linens for your tables.  Choose dark greens, browns or linens that look like wood.  Your event center can get these or look online at a linen rental company. 

For your centerpiece plush bears, moose or other wild animals to be given as Tzedakah piece with balloons coming off (in nature's colors) are a great option. Or, use hiking boots with wild flowers for a vase effect!  Donate the boots to Shoes for Kids or another local charity at the end of the party.  Just make sure you put a note on the table letting everyone know where they will donated.... so they don't take them home.

Another fun idea is to use a lantern as your centerpiece.  You can put it on a small stump of food for a more campy feel. 

Large Mylar animal balloons in bright colors mixed in with latex balloons in greens and browns make great centerpieces for the kids.  There are dragonfly Mylar balloons, fish balloons or your balloon company can find frogs, birds or bears!

Put one camp theme personalized camera with your child's photo on each table for your guests to use for pictures of everyone signing camp songs at the party!  They can take them home if you're like, or leave them so you can see what great pictures everyone took during the evening. 

• Personalized Ceramic Camp Mug

• Personalized Camp Theme Mint Tins

• Personalized Photo Chocolate Favors with your child's picture at camp!

• Camouflage shirts

Camp Theme Bar Mitzvah