These Harold and The Purple Crayon party ideas are everything you need to throw a fantastic purple party for a kids’ birthday party, sleepover party theme, or classroom party with fun kids activities from Harold’s purple crayon inspired food, party games, decorations and more!
Creative Harold And The Purple Crayon Party Ideas For Kids Purple Parties
Have fun with these Harold And The Purple Crayon party themes! Great ideas for purple party themes, too!
Harold and The Purple Crayon Themed Food Ideas
Purple Crayon Cupcakes or Purple Birthday Cake: Purple cupcakes topped with purple frosting and edible crayon decorations. You can even add a sprinkle of purple edible glitter for extra magic!
Crayon Sandwiches: Use crayon cookie cutters to shape mini sandwiches into crayon-like sticks. Offer a variety of fillings, such as PB&J, cheese, or ham.
Harold’s Purple Potion Drinks: Serve grape juice or a purple punch in clear cups, perhaps with a swirl of cotton candy on top for a cloud-like effect.
GET HAROLD’S PURPLE PUNCH RECIPE HERE
Crayon Fruit Skewers: Create colorful fruit skewers using grapes, blueberries, and other purple fruits. Use a fruit dipping sauce like this as a side.
Purple Clouds: Use wispy purple and pink cotton candy to make Harold’s purple clouds that he draws.
Purple Crayon Pops: Purple popsicles made from grape juice or purple fruit puree, perfect for a refreshing treat.
PRO PARTY TIP: To serve frozen treats at a kids party, fill a big bowl with ice and stick the purple popsicles straight into the ice (with the popsicle sticks sticking out).
Harold and The Purple Crayon Party Games & Activities For Kids
Giant Mural Drawing: Lay out a large roll of white paper and provide purple crayons. Let the kids create a giant collaborative mural, just like Harold!
PRO PARTY TIP: You can get packs of only purple crayons here.
Crayon Hunt: Hide purple crayons around the party area for a fun scavenger hunt. Each crayon can have a number or symbol that kids can redeem for a special prize.
Purple Crayon Storytime: Gather the children for a cozy story time session where you read “Harold and The Purple Crayon.” Follow up with a discussion or drawing activity inspired by the story.
DIY Crayon Craft Station: Set up a craft station with materials for kids to create their own crayon-shaped bookmarks or drawings. Provide a variety of colored paper, markers, and stickers.
Have A Purple Harold Glow Dance Party: Dim the lights and give each kids their own purple glow party favors like this and have a Harold inspired glow party!
Harold Costume Contest: Encourage kids to come dressed as their favorite character from the book or in all purple. Award small prizes for different costume categories!
Harold’s Drawing Corner: Set up small tables with drawing supplies, paper and purple crayons (of course), coloring sheets, and other crayon activities. This encourages kids to be creative and channel their inner Harold artist!
“Harold’s Adventure” Purple Lights: Use purple twinkle lights (like these purple fairy lights) or drape purple sheer fabric over white lights to create a magical atmosphere for the kids.
Harold’s Photo Booth And Selfie Station: Create a photo booth area with a backdrop of Harold’s drawings. Provide purple props like gigantic crayons and Harold’s iconic outfit like footie pajamas and a large purple crayon as dress up props.
Harold’s Quiet Story Corner: Set up a cozy corner with bean bags and copies of “Harold and The Purple Crayon” (or other Harold books like these) and a TV with Harold cartoons or the Harold And The Purple Crayon movie playing.
PARTY TIP: I always like to have a quiet corner at kids’ parties. Some kids get overwhelmed with all the chaos at children’s parties and having a quiet place to retreat is helpful.
Harold And The Purple Crayon Cupcakes Station: Provide kids with white iced cupcakes and purple cupcake decorations, purple decorating gel, and edible markers to draw their own Harold purple crayons inspiration and decorate cupcakes or iced cookies.
Harold and The Purple Crayon Party Decorations
Purple Everywhere: Use purple as the dominant color (obviously) for balloons, purple streamers, tablecloths, and banners and signs.
Crayon Pathway Entrance: Create a pathway leading to the party area using purple chalk or washable paint, mimicking the path Harold draws with his crayon. You can also use purple masking tape on the ground.
Purple Cloud Balloons: Group clusters of purple and white balloons together to form cloud-like decorations, hanging them at different heights.
Crayon Cutouts: Decorate the walls with large purple crayon cutouts and drawings inspired by the book. You can also create a large cutout of Harold to greet the guests (which is also fun for photo ops).
Starry Sky Ceiling: Hang glow-in-the-dark stars or use fairy lights to create a magical night sky effect on the ceiling, reminiscent of Harold’s journey under the moon.
Crayon-themed Goodie Bags: Send guests home with goodie bags filled with purple crayons, mini coloring books, and stickers. These crayon gummies also make great favor bags for kids.
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I hope you have fun with these Harold and The Purple Crayon party ideas!
