BASEBALL PARTY IDEAS FOR BASEBALL DECORATIONS FOR YOUR TABLE

• Turn your dining room table into an All-Star success with baseball themed party ware and tablecloth.

• Turn your table into a playing field by covering it with green butcher paper and drawing on the foul lines, bases, etc. or use white painter's tape.

• Place everyone's plate on placemats made out of artificial grass or opt for personalized baseball placemats that can be given out as favors.

• Decorate the backs of the chairs with baseball pennants.

• Tie small bouquets of balloons to the back of the chairs.

• Add a baseball themed centerpiece to create a fun focal point for your party table.

• Serve up munchies in upside down baseball helmets that are not only washed, but lined with foil. Things like popcorn, Cracker Jack, peanuts, chips, and pretzels are all good baseball munchies.

• Toss baseball confetti onto your tabletops.

BASEBALL GAME - Ideally, if you have the room to play a game of actual baseball, this would of course be a perfect activity to entertain your guests. If you don't have a large yard, perhaps a Whiffle baseball would work instead. If you're not up for the party to encompass a full-on baseball game and you want to call it a day a bit sooner, just shorten the game to five innings.

BALLOON BASEBALL - Divide the kids into teams and have them play using balloons as the balls and cardboard gift wrap tubes as the bats.

BASEBALL RELAY - Divide the kids into teams. On "Go" the first child of each team shall run to the opposite end of the yard and put on a baseball jersey, cap, and glove, along with grabbing a ball. Then the kids shall run towards their teammates, stop at a designated line and toss the ball to the next teammate in line. Once the ball is caught, the child runs back, takes off the jersey, hat and mitt and then the next teammate in line repeats the process. If the ball isn't caught with the first throw, the ball must be returned to the person who threw it to toss it again to his or her teammate. This must be repeated until the ball is caught. Whichever team finishes first shall be the winners.

ONE-HANDED PITCH & CATCH - Divide your guests into two lines and have everyone face off with a partner. Give a Whiffle ball to everyone in one of the lines. Have everyone toss the ball to their teammate using one hand to toss with and one hand to catch it. Upon each successful toss and catch, have the kids take a step back. If someone fails to catch the ball, both kids are out. The two kids who remain to the end will be the winners.

BASEBALL PINATA - You can decorate your party room with a fun baseball shaped pinata or one that is shaped like a jersey of your favorite team. Then when it's game time, your decoration instantly becomes a fun activity. Here's a link to all sorts of Baseball Jersey Pinatas.

BASEBALL CARD HUNT - Before the party hide some baseball cards throughout the party room and/or in the backyard. Have the kids go on the hunt and find what they can. Whatever they find, they keep or trade as their heart desires.

BASEBALL PARTY IDEAS FOR CLASSIC PARTY GAMES WITH A BASEBALL TWIST

You can also take some of the classic party games and give them a baseball twist. Here's a few to get you started:

HOT BASEBALL - This game is played like Hot Potato except you will use a baseball. Have everyone sit in a circle and pass the baseball to the person on their right while you play baseball music in the background. When the music stops, Mom or Dad will yell, "Yoooour Ouuuut" and whoever is holding the baseball is out. The game continues until only one player remains. Simple, easy and fun all rolled up into one.

BASEBALL & SPOON RELAY - This game is played like the Egg and the Spoon. Split your guests into teams and give the first person of each team a baseball and a spoon. On "Go" the kids will walk/run to a base that is placed at the opposite end of the yard and back to their teammates while balancing the ball on the spoon. If the ball drops, that player must start over again. Whichever team gets through their teammates first, shall be the winners.

PIN THE BASEBALL TO THE FIELD - Draw a baseball field on a piece of poster board. Be sure to draw each of the bases, along with the pitcher's mound and hang it on a wall. Create some baseballs out of white card stock and draw on the red stitches. Using double-stick tape, while blindfolded, have each child try to pin their ball to the field. Assign points for each location. You can either have them each pin one ball and try to get the maximum amount of points or let them pin three balls and add the points together. Whoever has the most points is the winner.

PIN THE BASEBALL ON THE PLAYER - Hang a poster of your child's favorite ball player on a wall. Be sure to select one that has him in the hitting position with his bat poised and ready to go. Mark the sweet spot with a big red "X". Cut baseballs out of card stock as noted above. Have the kids use double-stick tape and try to pin the ball onto the sweet spot of the bat. Whoever gets it the closest is the winner.


BASEBALL PARTY IDEAS FOR BASEBALL PARTY FOOD

This is an easy party when it comes to food. Of course you will want to serve those kinds of items that you would find at the ballpark. However, if you're hosting a party for adults, you might want to toss in some lip-smackin' good old-fashioned BBQ and side dishes, along with a few side dishes. Here's a few ideas to help you create a fun theme menu:

• Pizza
• Hot dogs
• Hamburgers
• Corn dogs
• Nachos
• Chicken
• Tri-Tip
• Pasta salad
• Potato salad
• Macaroni salad
• Baked beans
• Peanuts
• Popcorn
• Cracker Jacks
• Cotton Candy
• Snow Cones
• Babe Ruth candy bars

BASEBALL PARTY IDEAS FOR DRINKS

• Root beer
• Gatorade & PowerAde
• Bottled water
• Fruit juices
• Your favorite punch

BASEBALL CAKE - Make your favorite cake in a sports ball cake pan according to the pan's directions. Then decorate it to look like a baseball by frosting it white and piping on some red stitches. Add a birthday message and present it on a green covered cake board or pipe out "grass" to cover the board and set the ball on it.

BASEBALL MITT - Make your favorite cake in a baseball mitt pan like the one above. Frost it medium brown and pipe on some dark brown stitches. Also make a small ball cake, frost it white, pipe on red stitches, and place it in the center of the mitt.

BASEBALL JERSEY CAKE - Make or buy a rectangle cake and cut it out into the shape of a baseball jersey. Cover the cake with fondant and add a birthday message and/or the birthday person's name and age.

BASEBALL & BAT CAKE - Make a round cake for the ball using a sports ball cake pan. After it cools, frost it white, and pipe on some red lines. For the bat, make a rectangle cake, cut it into two pieces and after it has cooled, cut out the shape of a bat twice using a template. Stack the cakes and frost them light brown. Then you can lay your bat and ball upon a cake board that is wrapped with green paper or cover a cake board with piped on green grass. Add a birthday message.

BASEBALL CUPCAKES - Make your favorite cupcake batter, frost the cupcakes white and pipe on red stitches. You can also top each one off with a little baseball player cake topper. Be sure to use baseball themed cupcake holders.

BASEBALL SHEET CAKE #1 - Make or buy a sheet cake and top it off with an edible sugar art image that has a baseball theme.

BASEBALL SHEET CAKE #2 - Make or buy a sheet cake and frost the top green. Add some plastic baseball players, pitcher's mound, perhaps some bases and create a baseball scene.


BASEBALL PARTY IDEAS FOR BASEBALL PARTY FAVORS

Be sure to send your little sluggers on their way with some fun baseball party favors. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

• Baseball trading cards
• Baseball cap
• Baseball
• Baseball themed sports bottle
• Babe Ruth candy bar
• Plastic baseball helmet
• Baseball theme stickers, tattoos, pens, pencils, notepads, or bookmarks
• Baseball team poster
• Baseball pennant
• Baseball bag tags

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Your Favorite Baseball Party Ideas, Cakes & Costumes

Do you have some favorite baseball party ideas, cakes and costumes? Do tell! Please share all your party tips and ideas for invitations, decorations, games, etc., along with your baseball cake and costume ideas.