My daughter always chooses a unique theme for her birthday parties. I had trouble finding decorations and ideas for volleyball-themed parties. So my husband and I decided to make our own decorations.
Roger used some leftover indoor/outdoor carpet for grass. He made the sandbox with a glue gun and some craft sticks.
The volleyball net was plastic webbing material we bought at Hobby Lobby where we also bought the wooden dowels and the white Styrofoam balls we used for the cupcakes. He used dowels to position the dolls (dolls bought at the Dollar Store) in various volleyball playing poses.
He painted a box and decorated it to look like a concession stand. Roger enlarged a family photo from our last beach trip to represent the fans.
We made cupcakes and decorated them with graham cracker crumbs for sand and Styrofoam balls for volleyballs.
My husband drew various sized volleyballs and my daughter colored them with markers. Roger then made color copies and used them to decorate the kitchen. He even made volleyball streamers with them. We used some of the volleyballs for the treat bags (using glue dots we glued the volleyballs onto plain white lunch bags I bought at Wal-mart)
The prize bags included hackey sacks (Oriental Trading) and tennis-type balls (Dollar Tree).
To keep things simple, we made the refreshments self-serve. We purchased chocolate-dipped mini-ice cream cones and they were a huge hit with both the kids and adults. Lunch was $5 pizzas from Little Caesar's. I managed to find some volleyball-themed plates and napkins on Ebay. Roger filled a fun summer bucket with ice and mini-cans of sodas for the kids.
What volleyball-themed party would be complete without a friendly game of volleyball with friends and family. We purchased the volleyball set, which included the net and volleyball, at Wal-Mart for $20. Other entertainment included a rousing game of horseshoes, swimming and a piñata for the kids.
We also had a door prize (volleyball/horse shoe set) drawing for all the kids.
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