Has anyone ever had a combined birthday party? Can you give advice?

I'm not sure how to go about the party... it's my son and my cousin(girl), both are turning 4, it is at a skating rink and the themes are disney princess and star wars. What I want to know is; how do we go about opening presents? blowing out candles? We will have our family there and both sides of in-laws, any advice would be greatly apperciated...Has anyone ever had a combined birthday party? Can you give advice?
Sit them side-by-side when they blow out the candles. Then the family can get a shot of both of them blowing out their candles together.





As far as presents go, either alternate (she gets one, he gets one, she gets one, he gets one) or let them rip into it at the same time (like a lot of families do at Christmas).





Designate two people to take pictures -- one photographs her party, one photographs his. If it's done on digital cameras, everyone can have a photographic journal of the party for both kids via email.





Maryanne makes what sounds like a valid point, but from LOTS of experience, I can tell you, ';sharing your glory'; with someone else by being sung to at the same time, opening presents at the same time and getting cake at the same time is definately smarter than letting one child do any of those things ';first';. That is a battle you do not want to fight.Has anyone ever had a combined birthday party? Can you give advice?
wow. why in the world did you do that to yourself? Isn't life complicated enough? good luck is all I can say.
Well, I had a combined sweet sixteen, and even though the ages are quite different from your son's and cousins I think it could go about in the same manner. You can have them open the presents one at a time, like your son goes, then the cousin, then your son, and so on. That way, while one child is opening a gift, the other can be fascinated with their present. hah.





With blowing out candles you can have them blow them out together if you have one cake. I suggest you buy one big cake and maybe put both of their pictures on it and perhaps go with a color that fits both themes for example go with purple or blue.





I think having the parties together will be alot of fun, and don't stress out it's not too hard :-)
we did the same thing for my son and my neice...what we did was place them both next to each other on the longer side of the table facing us with their cakes sitting in front of them (this way, when you take photos they are both in them at the same time), then just sing happy birthday to both and have them both blow out the candles at the same time...when it comes to gifts you can do the same thing..hand them each one gift to open, and let them do it at the same time, but also, let each of them take a picture alone with whomever gave them that gift...this way, not everything they do has to be together...you can also take pictures of just them and their cakes individually, and each family seperate along with a picture of the entire family together...hope that helps, have fun and happy birthday to your son.
Sing the B-day song at the same time. Bring out two lit cakes, and set one in front of each child, when it comes to saying their names just say both (ex Johnny and Jessica!).Be aware that some people might say it the other way, just laugh and continue the song!! Have the kids sit in two different chairs in front of everyone at gift time. Each child should open the presents up at the same time. This way if someone wants a pic with one child and not the other, they just have to take the childs pic. For everything else do it as a group. Have the children play together and have the same games. If you wanted to you could have boy vs. girl kind of games, but it would prolly lead to hurt feelings. Have tierras and wands for the girls when they arive and masks and capes or light sabers for the boys. Let them run about. The party would be just like it would be for one child, except at cake and present time. Have fun and good luck!!
i had a b-day party wen i was3 and my relly close frend was turnin 4 so our pparents combined the party so idk mayb put eight candles on the cake (blo out 4 each) and 1st the girl opens a present then the boy so on idk good luck and remeer its their party make sure they have fun
Make sure you keep things like their cake and presents separate. There is nothing worse than having the feeling you are losing your glory to someone else,especially when you are that young. I would do two of everything singing happy birthday,candles,and presents.