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This blog is dedicated to acquiring tips and tricks from REAL WOMEN that have become experts in making the events of their lives extraordinary. This wisdom will be shared in the event-planning book I am writing called "Your Life and Times."
You're an event planner and probably don't even realize it! Did you ever direct your high school play or organize a school dance; plan a baby shower for your college roommate; volunteer to host the 3rd grade class Valentine's Day party; have a birthday party for your kids; organize a fundraiser for a sick friend; plan a company golf outing; serve as a scout leader or a Sunday School teacher; host a block party for the neighborhood; plan your parent's 50th wedding anniversary? If so, your experiences and your voice is what will make this book useful, unique and best of all fun to read.
Time-savers, planning tips, favorite websites, funny stories, or how you averted disaster on a special day - anything goes! But please only post what you are willing to share with the world - it could end up in the book!
Wednesday, January 6
Unique Birthday Parties for All Ages
Tell me something fun and different you have seen or done at a birthday party. Be specific - was it a kids' party, adult party, or milestone party (30th, 40th, etc.)? Tell me about any interesting invitations, themes, food, games, venues, etc.
A fun variation on opening gifts for kids' parties is to turn it into a 'spin the bottle' game. This avoids a free-for-all of "open mine first", lost cards, hurt feelings, and general mayhem. You have all the party guests sit in a circle and the birthday child spins a bottle in the middle. Whoever the spin lands on, gets to draw a piece of paper from a jar and perform whatever silly or fun task is written on the paper...for example 'sing the first verse of your favorite song', 'make your silliest face', 'say the alphabet backwards', etc....the possibilities are endless. After performing the task, that child gives his/her gift to the birthday child to open. After the gift is opened, the child who was 'it' gets to spin the bottle to determine who goes next. If the bottle lands on someone who has already given his/her gift it defaults to the person to the left of that child. Play proceeds until everyone has had a turn. This worked wonders at Anna's party last year...gift opening was calm, civilized, and fun for everyone. She wants to do it again next year. I just wish I had come up with the idea years ago...
My granddaughter had her first birthday, December 6th, we didn't want people to slide it into Christmas. We decided to give her a "Snow Princess" party. Her cake was a castle with "snow caps", we had chilli for dinner, a bouncy castle, sparkle snow flakes hanging from the ceiling and white balloons on the floor. We had crowns for the little boys to decorate and princess halos for the girls to make and wooden snow flake ornaments for each child to decorate and take home.
We took a picture of Cayden for the invitations and cropped it with snow flakes and typed up our own cute little saying. Then had them printed at the local print shop. They were very reasonable and original.
I think the funnest thing is to pick a theme and run with it. If it had been snowing for real we wanted to take the kids on a sled ride.
Last year it was a Disney princess party. All the little girls came in their disney princess dresses and jewlery and crowns. We bought make up at the dollar store and let them put their own make up in the magic mirrow. Eight beautiful little three year old girls in all their glory!
In a few weeks she turns four, it's a pool party with the works. We rented the pool at the local motel for a couple hours. We'll have beach balls and cake and ice cream cones.
Rebecca Redding Parry says:
ReplyDeleteA fun variation on opening gifts for kids' parties is to turn it into a 'spin the bottle' game. This avoids a free-for-all of "open mine first", lost cards, hurt feelings, and general mayhem. You have all the party guests sit in a circle and the birthday child spins a bottle in the middle. Whoever the spin lands on, gets to draw a piece of paper from a jar and perform whatever silly or fun task is written on the paper...for example 'sing the first verse of your favorite song', 'make your silliest face', 'say the alphabet backwards', etc....the possibilities are endless. After performing the task, that child gives his/her gift to the birthday child to open. After the gift is opened, the child who was 'it' gets to spin the bottle to determine who goes next. If the bottle lands on someone who has already given his/her gift it defaults to the person to the left of that child. Play proceeds until everyone has had a turn. This worked wonders at Anna's party last year...gift opening was calm, civilized, and fun for everyone. She wants to do it again next year. I just wish I had come up with the idea years ago...
Connie Murr Finch says:
ReplyDeleteMy granddaughter had her first birthday, December 6th, we didn't want people to slide it into Christmas. We decided to give her a "Snow Princess" party. Her cake was a castle with "snow caps", we had chilli for dinner, a bouncy castle, sparkle snow flakes hanging from the ceiling and white balloons on the floor. We had crowns for the little boys to decorate and princess halos for the girls to make and wooden snow flake ornaments for each child to decorate and take home.
We took a picture of Cayden for the invitations and cropped it with snow flakes and typed up our own cute little saying. Then had them printed at the local print shop. They were very reasonable and original.
I think the funnest thing is to pick a theme and run with it. If it had been snowing for real we wanted to take the kids on a sled ride.
Last year it was a Disney princess party. All the little girls came in their disney princess dresses and jewlery and crowns. We bought make up at the dollar store and let them put their own make up in the magic mirrow. Eight beautiful little three year old girls in all their glory!
In a few weeks she turns four, it's a pool party with the works. We rented the pool at the local motel for a couple hours. We'll have beach balls and cake and ice cream cones.
I love kiddie birthdays!