12 Sweet 5th Birthday Party Ideas To Delight Your Little One (2025)

Throwing a 5th birthday party for your little one? Then keep reading for 12 inspiring 5th birthday party ideas to help you plan the celebration of their dreams!

These ideas are brought to you by Peerspace, the largest online marketplace for hourly venue rentals. Peerspace not only provides you with fun birthday ideas to inspire your planning but also amazing kid-perfect birthday party spaces that make it easy to host an awesome event that kids and parents alike will love. We’ll share a few venue suggestions with you ahead alongside the rest of our sweet 5th birthday party ideas!

1. Throw a fun science-themed birthday party

If your little one and their friends are science lovers, 5th birthday party ideas like this one are sure to be a hit! Love to Know suggests that you “plan a mad science lab inspired tablescape featuring juice in beakers, petri dishes to display sweets, and test tubes filled with candies.”

The activities for this party can be safe science experiments like making a baking soda and vinegar volcano or any of the 64 at-home science experiments for kids on this list.

To pull this idea off with ease, you’ll need a party venue with plenty of space and tabletops for your little scientists to try their experiments. Luckily, Peerspace has just the locations for you! As an example, check out this bright and spacious creative workspace in Portland, OR. At 2,000 square feet, it has room for 50 guests and boasts several tabletops that you can move around as you see fit and even a fully-stocked coffee bar for the parents.

2. Feed their creativity by planning a baking party

If your child loves to get creative in the kitchen and help you prepare baked treats, a baking party could be a great way to channel that burgeoning talent and have a great time in the process! Be sure to pick one or two relatively easy recipes that kids are sure to like, such as chocolate chip cookies, banana muffins, or any of these easy baking recipes by Taste of Home.

Need more space than your home kitchen allows? No worries! Head to Peerspace and book an event venue near you that comes with a spacious modern kitchen. It’s all the fun with a lot less cleanup!

3. Delight your little one with a mermaid birthday party

Does your little one love mermaids and everything ocean-themed? Then have a mermaid birthday party with lots of bright blue and purple decorations, a mermaid-topped birthday cake, and lots more mermaid party food ideas!

Here are some suggestions for this birthday party theme from Parties 365. And for a mermaid-themed party, a pool party would be especially fitting and fun. If you don’t have access to a pool of your own, you can rent one for an afternoon. As an example, we love this pool, lake and kayak event home in West Park, FL. As you can see from the photos, the host has already successfully hosted a mermaid-theme party here and can help you throw the perfect themed gathering for your little one!

Enhance this idea by also using our kids pool party ideas!

4. Hit the rink and host an ice skating birthday party

This will be a great 5th birthday party idea for kids with winter birthdays in cold climates. All you have to do is head over to an outdoor ice rink near you and have a blast!

But if your child’s birthday falls during the warmer months, or you live in a place where it’s warm year-round, and they still want to have an ice skating-themed birthday party, visiting an indoor ice skating rink near you is also an option.

5. Treat your little explorer to a fruit-picking party

If your child’s birthday falls during a time when local fruit ripens, head to a local farm to pick fruit. You and the kids can then bring that fruit home and transform it into delicious snacks and desserts. It is a really exciting and hands-on 5th birthday party idea!

For one thing, kids love to participate in creating the food they eat. Also, visiting a real working farm is an exciting learning opportunity that’ll help them get a better understanding of where their food comes from. It’s a form of education that’s missing for many modern kids, especially those who live in the city or the suburbs.

6. Host a farm birthday party with a petting zoo

If your kid is a lover of animals, then this is one of our favorite 5th birthday party ideas. Your kid can dress up as a farmer and you can decorate with rustic cow print and burlap deco.

You can even rent a farm for a few hours through Peerspace, like this pristine farm with a petting zoo in Wildomar, CA to make the whole event extra special.

7. Up the creativity with a tie-dye birthday party

A tie-dye birthday party theme is awesome because it provides the decor and the dress code (tie-dye for both, of course). Plus, it can also be the main activity for the party: making tie-dye clothing!

Ask that the children invited to the party bring white articles of clothing that they’d like to dye, and then get to tie-dyeing. This hands-on party will definitely be a hit, and as a bonus, kids will leave having made their very own party favors.

8. Plan a yummy breakfast birthday party

We’ll bet that your kid doesn’t get to eat breakfast with their friends very often. So they’ll be extra excited for the opportunity to do so! Fatherly suggests: “Just make some of your kid’s favorite breakfast foods, and maybe provide some classic party games like limbo, freeze dance, or pin the tail on the donkey. If you want to go all out, set up a waffle bar where guests can go crazy with the toppings.”

This is a perfect 5th birthday party idea because not only is it extremely easy, it will be fun for all ages.

9. Host a talent show party for all your little guests

Invite your guests to perform in their very own talent show! It’ll give them the opportunity to show off the skills they’re proudest of, whether it’s singing, playing an instrument, doing magic tricks, or something else entirely.

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10. Throw it back with a 70s disco dress-up party

If your kid loves to dress up in fun outfits, a 70s disco-themed party is one of the most unique 5th birthday party ideas. Provide all the kids in attendance with plenty of fun and colorful dress-up items and props that suit the 70s theme, like faux-facial hair, microphones, glittery clothes, costume jewelry, and more.

To really take this theme to the next level, consider renting a venue like this disco jungle-themed studio space in Los Angeles, CA. It’s a sweet and stylish space that kids and parents can enjoy together.

11. Plan a sleepover party with all the games and snacks

Up until around age 5, sleepovers might be a little daunting for kids. After all, being away from home for a whole night can be scary. Plus, taking care of a whole group of kids that young overnight isn’t easy for parents.

But if they’ve never had a sleepover before, you can make your kid’s 5th birthday extra special by having it also be their first sleepover party! It’s a great opportunity to enjoy all those classic sleepover activities like watching movies, eating lots of popcorn and candy, and playing board games.

12. Have fun with a playful scavenger hunt

If you have a backyard, or you’re willing to rent an outdoor space like this one in Washington, DC, you can plan a scavenger hunt for your kid and their friends! This will really get their minds working and give them the satisfaction and excitement of figuring out a challenge.

For more advice on how to plan a scavenger hunt for kids, check out this list of creative scavenger hunt ideas from Good Housekeeping.

5th birthday party ideas: conclusion

We hope these 5th birthday party ideas have inspired your party planning! As you can see, all you need is a good theme and an amazing party venue courtesy of Peerspace to make it easy. Head to our platform to see what’s available in your location today!

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