How to Celebrate Half Birthdays

Although turning 6.5 certainly isn't the same as celebrating a full-on whole number birthday, celebrating those half years is a fun activity that can help kids to mark the time. Additionally, throwing a half bash is an imaginative option during the school year for children who have summer birthdays. While you don't need to make a half-birthday party into the same type of super-structured fete that a whole-numbered celebration is, turning a .5 into a more than typical day can make your child feel special and let her know just how much you are thinking about her.

Instructions

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      Bake a half-birthday cake. Mix up a half-chocolate and half-vanilla cake for your child. Make two separate one-layer square or rectangular cakes -- with one in chocolate and one in vanilla.

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      Place the cakes next to each other on a baking sheet, using a layer of frosting at the center where they meet to hold them together. Frost each half with a different color, smoothing them at the seam.

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      Decorate each half differently, such as adding chocolate sprinkles to one half and rainbow one's to the other or using different colored flowers on each side. Write "Happy Half Birthday" across the entire cake using frosting. Switch the lettering colors at the half-way mark to focus on the half-and-half theme.

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      Add the number of candles to the cake that match your child's whole birthday number. Cut an additional candle in half, inserting it next to the whole ones for the half number.

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      Ask a few friends or family members to come over. Make the gathering informal -- in comparison to your child's whole year party -- and call, e-mail or invite the guests in person. Limit the guests to a few close friends, the immediate family members and possibly grandma and grandpa or aunt and uncle.

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      Decorate your family room, living room or dining room for half-year celebration. Tape up balloons, streamers or half of a birthday banner in half of the room only.

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      Play a half game or try a half activity. For example, have the kids hop on one leg during half-relay race.

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