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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 4:41 pm
Well, at age one and two, I doubt the kids would care or notice if it is a combined party. BUT, I know it might be important to the 1year old's mom to have a separate party. (But if she doesn't care, then maybe combine it.) I do not see anything wrong with having 2 parties though. But maybe have the one year old's party a bit before the actual date and the two year old's a week or so after... That way maybe you can get a few weeks or a month breather in between.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 4:42 pm
March is like that with our family, lots of joint birthdays. We always have a special family dinner just the four of us in addition to any party that might be happening.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 1:02 pm
NEW QUESTION: Looking for ideas for games/activities for a kid birthday party. All suggestions or links are appreciated! Thanks!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 1:10 pm
Is there a theme?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 1:16 pm
Not really. Decorations will probably be SpongeBob and/or Spiderman. It is for a 6 year old and most kids will be ages 4-6.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 1:35 pm
Hmm, well that's easier (cuz you aren't stuck with trying to make all the activities fit a theme) and harder (cuz you don't have anything to guide you, lol.) If the weather is going to be nice and the party is outside, you could buy cheapie waterguns and let the kids have at it. One year we had a water balloon fight. It was a blast and the kids (and adults loved it) however, it was a huge mess to clean up afterwards. There were a few little ones here, so every scrap of balloon had to be picked up as soon as they were done playing. Waterguns were much better. Or send the kids on a safari. They could make their own binoculars (empty toilet paper rolls, string, markers, and stickers.) Set out some stuffed animals kind of hidden and the kids could go find them. We did bowling one year. Empty 2 liter bottles and put a little water (enough so they wouldn't just blow over) in them, then a handball to knock them down. Simple scavanger hunt. With 4-6 year olds a lot of them won't be reading, so instead of a written list, you could give them pictures of things they need to find. Could be a fun way to collect goody bag stuff. Hand them a picture of the mailbox or whatever and when they get there they find a good bag item and the next clue.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 1:42 pm
Wargod-you rock!
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Deesandy
Member
08-12-2003
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 7:13 pm
http://familyfun.go.com/parties/birthday/feature/famf0105jungle-expedition-party/famf0105jungle-expedition-party.html Check out the link for a Jungle Expedition party!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 7:15 pm
Deesandy-You rock too! Thank you so much!
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Deesandy
Member
08-12-2003
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 7:34 pm
I just love the menu! # Dried ants (dried cranberries or raisins) # Snake eggs (green or red seedless grapes) # Live worms (hot dogs cut into strips lengthwise and boiled until curly) # Beetle wings (potato chips) # Croc teeth (apple sliced into wedges) # Jungle juice (any colored sports or fruit drink)

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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 11:59 am
NEW QUESTIONS What are some good kid game ideas? What are some good kid prize ideas? What are some good "goody bag" ideas?
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 12:05 pm
Water balloon toss, if you have a t-ball set set who hits it the furthest, duck, duck goose Prizes - coupon for a Happy Meal, $5 gift card to a movie rental place Goody bag ideas - Marbles, Water bottle with candy in it, yo-yo, whistles I'll keep thinking...
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 12:27 pm
for goody bag stuffings go to: orientaltrading.com
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 4:33 pm
Bubbles
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 4:54 pm
Goody bags-- suckers, pencils, hotwheel cars (for boys), jelly beans
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 5:13 pm
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 7:55 pm
We used to do a fun outside (or inside) game called spiderweb or something. All I know is my grandparents did it for my mom and aunts when they were kids then my mom did it for me. They'd get a tone of thick string- a string for each kid at the party. Each string would be wrapped around stuff, across the room- whatever. There would be a little prize at the end of each string. So you'd start- each kid gets a stick or whatever to wrap their string around then they follow their string, wrapping it on the roll as they go, until they get to their prize. At the start you're stepping over this mess of string, having to crawl under other people's string and step over it, around table legs inside ot trees outside- it was always a lot of fun. There would be an extra prize for the first to get done. Come to think of it, it's kind of like some of the challenges on Survivor sometimes- I think they've done something similar.
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Graceunderfyre
Member
01-22-2004
| Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 9:07 pm
wow that's really cool Kaili - I might do something like that for our end of the year party at the Y!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 9:20 pm
thankyouthankyou!!!!
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, May 20, 2005 - 1:02 pm
I love that spider web idea! Oriental Trading is a great place. We donate the extras we don't use for party bags to Operation Christmas child boxes (along with happy meal type toys) or to the teachers at school (some give to kids for rewards, Kindergarten has a huge pinata every Christmas). They also have a lot of craft stuff. goody bag ideas...Claire's store often has a 15 items for $5 thing going on, you must buy 15 of the things though. (Some of these necklaces were originally marked at $12.) For girls (I have 3) I stock up on this stuff...mostly jewelry. They make good gifts too. I like these things for party bags because they are much less junky that the pre packaged party bag things. One of my girls got a huge cookie on a stick with her name on it instead of a party bag. It was great! Dollar stores also have things not so junky sometimes (books, coloring books, pads of paper,markers, diaries) especially for girls, hair accessories, little mirrors, change purses, makeup. They have lots of little toys too, I've not purchased many of those for party bags though. Target now has a $1 area near the front doors, they rotate the stuff. Another party bag idea, sounds strange, but it is tape. My kids loved tape, my youngest still does. I can't keep it in the house. I have talked with other moms about this and found that it is common, young kids love tape! An art party theme allows lots of activities. They can be used as games/activities at other parties. There are so many with varying degrees of messiness/preparation/time...coloring, sticker art (paper and foam), pipe cleaners, candy jewelry, paint your own tshirts (but you have to have the space and time for them to dry) lots and lots! Have huge paper and let kids draw outlines of other kids, or adults draw outlines of the kids and the kids color themselves in. I don't know where you'd get the huge paper though. Little girls love to make bead necklaces. Once, I took some of the Claire's jewelry and wrapped it in crepe paper so that it turned into a giant ball that the girls passed around. Each girl would unravel the crepe paper until she got a prize. She then passed the ball to the next girl. These girls were all 10 and 11, plus my 8 and 14 year old daughters. They all LOVED this. They had fun swapping at the end too. I got this idea from Family Fun mag., I think. I think it was in their most recent Christmas issue. They have a website that may have good ideas. (The giant ball took a loooonnnggg time to make, I'm glad I did it early while watching tv.) I try to keep my eye open for extremely inexpensive things for party bags all year long. I like to get a good deal and try not to have junky things. I also try to find unusual things. Kids love scavenger hunts, for younger kids it's more of a treasure hunt where they can just be turned loose with a bag to put the stuff in. I had teen girls (about age 14) come to my door once asking for specific things. They were at the birthday slumber party of my neighbor. I think her mom probably told her which houses they could go to, I think the mom told me about this a few days before the party. For summer you could have a water party with the kids wearing their suits. One day at girl scout camp, it was very hot. The girls didn't have their suits, but they got wet anyway, it was close to 100 out. Anyway, one thing they all liked, even the 10 -12 year old kids (the younger kids really loved it) was playing in the water tables with colored suds. I think maybe there was something else with color in the water too. The biggest hit was a game where they all were lying like railroad tracks next to each other on their backs. At the end was a bucket. They had to grab the sponge out of the bucket and pass it over up in the air to the kid next to them. They all got soaked! It was refreshing and a lot of fun. They raced another row of kids. They could also play catch with a water soaked sponge. They still seem to like musical chairs and duck duck goose! The younger ones do like pin tail on donkey, although we always gave everyone a prize and the winner two prizes and nothing extravagant. Shoe scramble...all kids take off their shoes, place them in a heap and go to the starting point. On go, they all race back and first one back to start with their shoes on wins. I don't think I'd play this unless it was all girls. Make your own pizza, sundaes, decorate your own cupcakes/cookies.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, May 20, 2005 - 2:42 pm
Again--thank you all. These are all great ideas!!! Even of I don't use all of the ideas at this party, I have a lot for next year or Christmas or ?? Thanks!! 
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