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Bachelor and birthday party
Ok so who's watching bachelor? I think Juan P is so lame, but I can't look away! My husband thinks I am nuts for watching!
My 5 year old is having his bday party at our house this weekend. He only invited 5 kids and I am No Pinterest mom. Which means we are going old school- pizza, piñata, pin the tail, musical chairs. Do you think the kids would like that in this day/age. I feel so old as this is ALL we did as kids. But I don't know how that will stack up to the magicians and bounce house parties he goes to. I am worried all will be bored. Honest opinions please? Thank you!!
My 5 year old is having his bday party at our house this weekend. He only invited 5 kids and I am No Pinterest mom. Which means we are going old school- pizza, piñata, pin the tail, musical chairs. Do you think the kids would like that in this day/age. I feel so old as this is ALL we did as kids. But I don't know how that will stack up to the magicians and bounce house parties he goes to. I am worried all will be bored. Honest opinions please? Thank you!!
Re: Bachelor and birthday party
I think they will have fun!
And I'm totally sucked into the Bachelor, even though I'm annoyed by Juan Pablo. One thing is for sure, the women tell all special should be outstanding this year when all of the "ladies" get to discuss Clare's little escapade in the ocean with him!
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
I totally agree! I think you will be just fine. We throw "old school" parties too.
I agree that women tell all should be interesting. I am so lame that I actually looked up spoilers on Reality Steve website and he swears Clare and Juan didn't do it in the ocean, just the producers made it seem that way. Either way, I am sucked into the train wreck that it is! (I need a life!)
They had a little bit of free time to play as kids were arriving there, but I really tried to keep it structured because there were close to 20 kids and I was freaking out about them running amok in my house
:-S
Once all the kids were there, we did the superhero mask craft at a big table wtih the supplies in the middle...that kept them occupied for probably 15 minutes or so. After that, they did the pin the bag signal game, then we moved into another room and I had a "knock down the building" game that I had made with boxes set up. They each took a turn with that, and by then the pizza had been delivered, so we moved them back into the table that had the crafts on it before & did dinner, cake, presents, all done!
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
I worried a little at first and thought about renting a bounce house but seriously it was not needed at all. Kids can really have fun without much help!
I really don't even think I will plan activities this year. Maybe do the water balloon fight again since that was a hit. Otherwise it just doesn't seem needed
Ditto the others, kids are content just playing! We just had Garrett's party at our house and I didn't plan one thing. It was a mix of kids from age 1 to 5, and they were all so excited to be playing with different toys and each other, I don't know that they would have had the attention span for a game. You will be fine!
I can't get into Juan P. He skeeves me out way too much. I'll probably tune in at the end though.
Then some free play time while the craft table gets converted for eating and we finish making/plating the food. IME, kids don’t eat much at parties. They are more interested in talking than eating, so keep it simple. I did make some candy coated strawberries that were a hit, but the rest was pizza, fruit, hummus & dip. Then cake, of course.
The kids played for about half an hour after we ate, and then we opened presents. My daughter started about 45 minutes before the “end” of the party and then everyone played with the presents until their parents came. There was Lego building and coloring and Barbie play. (The present sharing might not work well with younger kids, but last year it seemed like everyone wanted to play with the toys just opened and it was a missed opportunity to keep the kids from trashing the bedrooms. ;-)
The party was loud (11 kids), but they did a good job of entertaining themselves and no one cried (amazing!) and nothing was broken (that we've found yet). The theme was Harry Potter – that was reflected in the craft project, the favors, the cake topper and the colors of the balloons and tablecloth/plates I got. I put in effort, but not Pinterest effort!