Fun Ways to Give Your Kid a Birthday Morning Surprise

Sometimes children are so sleepy in the morning that they forget when their birthday is. With these fun ideas, they'll remember right away and start the day in a festive mood.

They can work at any time of the year and for any birthday. It can be especially useful for children who have their birthday in the summer, as they will not celebrate at school.

These ideas bring up some fun and bright decorations to celebrate the big day. Keep reading and see what works best for your family (and your home):

Decorating ideas:

Place a helium balloon on your child's bed so it's the first thing he sees in the morning. Or fill the room with dozens of helium balloons.

You can also jump on the helium and just cover the entire floor with colored balloons. What a way to wake up.
Cover the birthday child's door with ribbons or a happy birthday sign that the child must pass to leave the room.

Trace a path from the bed to the breakfast table with a red carpet (you can use disposable tablecloths to do this).

Decorate the house for the birthday party while the child sleeps.

Hang a birthday banner in the birthday boy's room.

Decorate your front yard or porch in a festive way. You can put up signs on the lawn or say happy birthday with stones. If it's a winter birthday, draw a message in the snow.

Decorate the car with banners and posters, like a "just married" car, but with birthday messages (like "I was just born! 10 years ago!").

Hang a happy birthday sign outside your child's bedroom window, facing in, so that when your child opens the blinds or curtains, it is the first thing to be seen.

Put a birthday message on the bathroom mirror or under the toilet seat.

Tasty treats:

Use these ideas to prepare something special for the birthday person:

Make your child's favorite breakfast. Set up the breakfast table with party hats that everyone will wear to lunch.

Serve a breakfast muffin, waffles, or pancakes with a candle on top. Or serve a birthday cake for breakfast.

Take the birthday person out for coffee.

Invite your best friends for a surprise breakfast. Have them sit at the table, waiting to yell "surprise!" when your child walks into the kitchen.

More birthday ideas:

Try one of these ideas to start your day with a celebration:

Make a shirt that says "It's my birthday!" Prepare it so that your child can wear it throughout the day and receive birthday wishes from everyone he meets.

Place a wrapped gift next to your pillow or on the floor outside your bedroom door.

Give your child a hint when he wakes up by putting him on a scavenger hunt. Leave several clues around the house until your birthday boy reaches the final destination, where a gift awaits.

Play with the age your child is growing up too. If you're turning five, for example, make a pancake-like the number five, put paper handprints around the house, and greet your kid with a high-five in the morning.

If you turn eight, play a game of crazy eight over breakfast. For the seventh birthday, serve 7-Up with breakfast.

Have a playlist of birthday-themed songs to play when your child wakes up.

Print a larger-than-life photo of the birthday boy and hang it on the wall. You can even use this with a cutout piece of cake to play Pin the Cake in the birthday boy's mouth.