My son loves airplanes and would like to be a pilot when he grows up.  We made arrangements for the party with a flight school at a local airport.  This was a small party with only 5 children.  The staff members of the flight school took the children out to sit in a cessna.  They had a great time pretending to fly the plane.  We took pictures of the gang in front of the airplane. Later they made snap together airplanes. We bought the kits at a local arts and crafts store. Beware, some of the planes were more complicated to make than others.  The kids needed a lot of help to put the planes together. We were invited back into the school where the kids were shown the room where the student pilots learn to read the maps and computers to plan their flights. The children had a great time playing on the computers that had the live doppler radars on them. We got a chance to watch planes taking off and landing while we had our cake. Everybody had a great time.