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Birthday Party Activity Ideas

twohniyttwohniyt
in August 2011 Moms

Hi Ladies,

Are you all planning on having an activity set up for the kids that come to the party?  I went to a 1 year old party for a friend's kid last fall and she had wooden picture frames that had her daughter's name and the guests name written at the top.  She had tons of stickers for the kids to decorate their frames and she took a picture or each kid with her daughter to give to go in the frames.  I thought this was cute.  I was thinking about maybe making cookies in the shape of the #1 with stuff for the kids to decorate and take with them.  I am curious if you ladies are doing anything and if so, what?

TIA!

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    eesomeeesome member

    No, and here's why: Birthdays are already hectic to begin with. You are running around like crazy and at the same time, trying to please your guests, take photos of your LO, etc. Before you know it-- the 2 hours is gone!

    I will, however, have the sprinkler out for the bigger kids to play in.

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    JenWhite123JenWhite123 member
    imageeesome:

    No, and here's why: Birthdays are already hectic to begin with. You are running around like crazy and at the same time, trying to please your guests, take photos of your LO, etc. Before you know it-- the 2 hours is gone!

    I will, however, have the sprinkler out for the bigger kids to play in.

     

    This.  We had a pinata, plus the kids swam in our swimming pool. 

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    Trishie143Trishie143
    We had a kiddie pool set up, water guns, water balloons, and 3 lawn games (bean bag toss, ladderball and bocce ball).  We rarely saw the older kids throughout the whole party.  We had age ranges of 1-13.  All of the kiddies seemed pretty occupied the whole time.
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    Tigerlilym15Tigerlilym15 member

    We are doing a photo booth. I bought a 5x3 feet backdrop that looks like an island (we are doing a beach/ocean theme) and got some props like a beachball, giant sunglasses, etc. for people to take pictures with.

    There won't actually be very many kids at the party so I wanted an activity that would be fun for the adults too.

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    melissa0726melissa0726 member
    imageeesome:

    No, and here's why: Birthdays are already hectic to begin with. You are running around like crazy and at the same time, trying to please your guests, take photos of your LO, etc. Before you know it-- the 2 hours is gone!

    I will, however, have the sprinkler out for the bigger kids to play in.

    I totally agree with this!  I'm already worried that I'll be so stressed that I won't enjoy myself at the party.  My parents' pool will be open, so kids and adults alike can entertain themselves.  

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    DuffgurlDuffgurl member

    We will have some games for the kids and parent's with their LO's to play Big Smile and can win prizes.

     

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    mgarza1231mgarza1231 member
    I've been really thinking about this but I don't think that I will do any games. We're only inviting family so I think we will just eat, open presents, and serve cake. 
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    twohniyttwohniyt
    Thanks ladies.  Unfortunately those outside ideas are not an option for us.  Our house isn't big enough or set up right to host the party so we are using one of the community centers in our HOA. 
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    MrsNoleMrsNole member
    I'll have a water table set up but that's it.
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