Centerpiece ideas for your Sesame Street birthday table

Creating a lovely display for your Sesame Street birthday party is actually a simple affair because truly, the cake can be the focal point of the table. Well, that problem solved. Just kidding.

Actually, there are more options than the cake. You might be doing an ice cream cake that can't sit out or have a plain cake that doesn't deserve center stage. So what are your options? Let's see, shall we?

Free option - How about leaving a big hole in the middle of the table and set the presents there? That should make a lovely colorful pile that can be surrounded by favor bags and your plates and things. You might want to make sure you open presents before you do food then, so you have room for the cake. Another free option would be to use some of your child's Sesame Street plush characters or toys. Surely you have a few.

Pay option - There are some cute centerpieces you can buy, like the one for Abby Cadabby I have pictured here. The great thing about these guys is that this centerpiece could serve as your main or only Sesame Street themed decoration and then build out the decorations from there with solid colors.

Time/Creative option – So let's think here. How about taking some boxes and wrap them with Sesame Street paper and stack like a cake? Maybe stack some of your Sesame Street characters on them? Or have your child color some of the characters, then frame them and display on an easel. For an Elmo-specific theme, how about a toy piano or a goldfish bowl? Bert and Ernie could have a pile of rubber duckies and paper clips; Oscar a small metal trash can full of balloons and streamers; Cookie Monster a cookie jar; Big Bird a bird's nest.

Whatever you decide to do, think first about the amount of time and money you want to put into it, then how important it will be to your overall Sesame Street birthday decoration scheme. You don't need a big centerpiece to make the table special. (More on that later!)