Space is the theme that never goes out of fashion, because every year a new group of five-year-olds discovers Saturn. Here a fox astronaut waves from a rocket window, the planets have faces, and a string of bunting flags crosses the sky like it does over a party table. It is bright, friendly and easy to read from across the room.
The headline is a launch, then the name and age in bold, a countdown line, and the details on a star-shaped panel. Change the name, the age and the date, and it is yours. As a video the countdown becomes real: the words come one by one and the finish is a burst in the picture’s own colors.
Party ideas in the picture’s world: a countdown before the cake, glow sticks as “rocket fuel”, planet balloons in three sizes, and a bowl of star-shaped cookies. A cardboard box painted silver is the best rocket ever built. Ages four to eight, boys and girls. Ask for RSVPs a week before; space parties fill up.
