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Happy Birthdays

Creating Unique Celebrations for Your Twins

By Teri Brown

Jamie Gerard and Renee Rubin of The Write Invite, a custom event planning company in Dallas, Texas, who have planned many a twin birthday party, offer the following suggestions for twin birthday party themes:

• A Super Heroes theme allows each sibling to focus on their favorite superhero. The invitations, the cakes, the party favors and the table settings all reflect this individuality.
• If your children enjoy bugs, try a "bug" themed party and let each child choose their birthday bug. You can choose party paraphernalia around each twin's "bug."
• A "Monkey Around" party at the park features a fun 3-D cake with two monkeys on a seesaw or two smaller separate cakes that look like bunches of bananas. Invitations can be simple photo cards with an animal border and great shots of each of the kids face-painted as a monkey.
• A woodworking project "construction" party at The Home Depot give kids an opportunity to test their skills at building. Each guest receives a "Home Depot" apron and makes their own party favor. Let each twin pick their own tool invitation or cake following the theme.
• An awesome adventure party at an indoor rock climbing facility allows the guests – and guests of honor – to have fun on the various indoor rock climbing walls. Later, they can enjoy a "rock cake" topped with slabs of mocha-colored meringue. Party favors may include geodes that the guests can take home and crack themselves, a rock climbing clasp key chain, a rock discovery book and Pop Rocks candy.