What do you need for a kids' birthday party?
Short answer: 20 items, from allergy list checked against every guest through to venue or space booked and confirmed. The complete Kids' Birthday Party checklist is written out below — and the exact same 20 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
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The Kids' Birthday Party checklist — all 20 items
- Allergy list checked against every guest
- Birthday child's outfit sorted
- Cake ordered or ingredients bought
- Camera charged
- Candles
- Chilly bin with ice for drinks and cake
- Decorations and balloons
- Drinks for kids and adults
- First aid kit within reach
- Games or activity planned
- Invitations sent with RSVP date
- Loot bags filled
- Matches or lighter
- Music playlist ready
- Party food and plates/napkins
- Present for the birthday child wrapped (easy to forget your own kid's gift)
- Spare adult on hand for the sugar-high chaos
- Thank-you cards or a plan for saying thanks after
- Tissue paper or bin bags for fast cleanup
- Venue or space booked and confirmed
A kids' birthday party is ninety minutes of chaos that takes three weeks to stage: invitations with an RSVP date nobody honours, a cake that must match this month's obsession, party bags, prizes, and a wet-weather plan for the backyard that was the entire plan.
This checklist runs the production: invites and numbers, cake and candles (and the lighter that always vanishes), food kids actually eat, the games plan, loot bags filled the night before, and the camera brief so someone gets the candle photo. Tick it across the fortnight and enjoy the mayhem on the day — it's the good kind, when you're ready for it.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "party bags" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What do you need for a kids' birthday party?
You need 20 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from allergy list checked against every guest through to venue or space booked and confirmed — and the same 20 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=kids%27%20birthday%20party opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Kids' Birthday Party list (20 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.