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Opinions... appropriate for a 1st birthday?

I've been stalking Pinterest and have been trying to plan a few fun things for Wyatt's first birthday that won't cost me any money (I'm on a serious budget for this).

I found an adlib for a bridal shower, and so I made one up for Wyatt's birthday, I figured it might be fun for some of the older kids or even adults. I would ask for them to stick them in a jar to keep for Wyatt for when he gets older (and for us of course, I think they're pretty funny). 

Lance read it and thought it was good, but said it might be a little too much for a 1st birthday party and that I should wait to do something like that when he gets older, since obviously he's not going to be able to do one.

Here it is... opinions? 

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Re: Opinions... appropriate for a 1st birthday?

  • I would wait and do it when he's older so he can enjoy it, too!
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  • I think that's a really cute idea! It might be a good idea to wait until he's older so he can participate. Or, you could make it a tradition, and do one every year to match the theme of his party.

    Just a thought, isn't this usually called a "Mad Lib"? I thought that was the name of this particular game, and an ad lib was when an actor goes off script and improvises his own line. Anybody else? 

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    I think that's a really cute idea! It might be a good idea to wait until he's older so he can participate. Or, you could make it a tradition, and do one every year to match the theme of his party.

    Just a thought, isn't this usually called a "Mad Lib"? I thought that was the name of this particular game, and an ad lib was when an actor goes off script and improvises his own line. Anybody else? 

    You're probably right, I just kind of thought that 'madlib' was the brand of the book, like a play on words... I'll have to look into that.

    I'm thinking I might do it since I've already made it and it's fun, then do one every year if people like it :) 

    ETA: You're right, they are called Mad Libs, they were invented back in the 50's when a guy wrote the fist book. I thought they were a game before the book was written. Good to know :) I'll fix that 

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  • I think it's super cute. I'm not 100% sure if it's great for a first birthday though. I mean, I can't see any little boy sitting down to read those later on.

    If you want something to occupy the guests, then I like it more. If you plan to have even a handful of kids at the party, it wouldn't hurt to have some there for them to play around with.

    BUT, I'd make one change. Make the story about Wyatt. :) Where you have a blank for "Name" up at the top, put Wyatt's name in and then change he/she to "he." It will be more personal that way... and I can see kids getting a kick out of making little Wyatt go on all these crazy mad lib adventures.

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    I think it's super cute. I'm not 100% sure if it's great for a first birthday though. I mean, I can't see any little boy sitting down to read those later on.

    If you want something to occupy the guests, then I like it more. If you plan to have even a handful of kids at the party, it wouldn't hurt to have some there for them to play around with.

    BUT, I'd make one change. Make the story about Wyatt. :) Where you have a blank for "Name" up at the top, put Wyatt's name in and then change he/she to "he." It will be more personal that way... and I can see kids getting a kick out of making little Wyatt go on all these crazy mad lib adventures.

    I agree with this. You could always bind them and read them at bed time

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  • Yeah, I probably wouldn't do it for a first birthday party-maybe for the adults, but I don't think the kids would really get into it if that's your aim.

    Pin the tail on the donkey is always fun...also, you could do what my mom did-throw the balloon in the laundry basket...I loved that game when I was little :)

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