Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 what about a Mcdonalds party. They are very cheap and all kids love Mcdonalds. You could also have a party at home and invite some type of entertainment. A clown or a favorite character. You could just have a house party and rent one of those air jumping things. Most places come out and set up and then come back to pick up. You could also rent a magician or have a petting zoo come out. Hope some of these ideas help. My kids had a bowling party. This is a very good idea also and the cost is cheap. The kids get the duck pins with the bumpers in the lanes and just take turns rolling the ball down. They all have a blast. Good luck. I'm in the same boat as you for my little girl who is turning 5. I have three kids and I had every last party i mentioned so i'm trying not to repeat any. But with three kids, I'm afraid this might be the first year to repeat one. Thank goodness my oldest who will be 10 Aug. 27th is all grown up and partied out. He's into money and games for all his many systems. Dad and i still take him out on his special day just the three of us to a resturant of his choice and we still do the ice cream and cake with close family members. You might want to try a gymnastic party. My daughter just had one last year. It was great and all the kids loved it. Whatever it is you choose, your little one will have a ball. they are so easy to please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 Happy 5 teen Miss Shan! will be 12 ( very much a pre teen) at the end of the month! She is also planning a dinner and a movie with a few friends. Its gets a little easier when they get to this age, I think! Planning the younger parties were tough. Hey, Sherri do you have a backyard? I had almost all of amanda's parties outside - the kids love it! And so do I. Get a pinanta and play a few games including water balloon toss in this heat - that will be great to cool off. have make your own sundaes. We have also had some really great parties at Mcs too especially this one that was set up like a 50's place they had a juke box and great music and the girls who worked there played all kinds of games with the kids. Whatever you decide, have fun! ~ Mom to 11 DS and Diabetes Type 1 and 8 NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 hi there! Miss just had her 15th Birthday Party. We took all the kids to glow in the dark mini putt....and then to see the movie stuart Little 2...and then out for dinner! What a great day we had! Arlene hard to believe shannon is 15. she says she is five teen. toooo cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 Hi. When my son Jordan was around this age he was very into all things firetrucks. So I threw him a party using that theme. This consisted of purchased firetruck themed party supplies (plates, napkins, pull-string piñata), firetruck races and a plain store bought cake that I decorated, and a visit from the local firemen with firetruck. For the firetruck races, I made individual fire trucks out of paper boxes painted red with small plates painted black for tires. I then took small rubber hoses and attached them to the boxes. String was then used for the shoulder straps. Each child was given a firemen's hat and fire truck and we had races. For the cake, I bought a plain white frosted cake with no decorations. I then took graham crackers and extra frosting and made a two story building (brownstone) with windows and a semi-collapsed roof. I inserted candles into the building through the open windows. I placed a few small fire trucks around the building with their ladders extended. When the candles were lit, it gave the appearance that the building was on fire. Everyone was amazed that the firemen and fire truck came to the party. Turns out it was very easy to get them there. Basically all we did was call and say that we were planning a birthday party with a firemen/truck theme and we would love for them to bring their truck over to the party and allow our kids to take pictures with them and their truck. Let me know if you need another idea... I've had bug hunt parties, blues clues and beach (pool) parties. Just remember the only thing that matters is that the kids have a good time. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2002 Report Share Posted August 2, 2002 > hard to believe shannon is 15. > she says she is five teen. > toooo cute! > Bridget also say s five teen when counting. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2002 Report Share Posted August 2, 2002 In a message dated 8/1/2002 6:19:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sherriwalthers@... writes: << My son Tayler is Turning Four on the 13 th of august and I am in desperate need of some ideas for a b-day party for him could everyone please help >> I haven't done this for Liam yet, but I used to do it for my nieces and nephews when they were little. I made a big (clean) flower pot full of dirt - chocolate pudding, covered with ground up chocolate wafer cookies - and stuck some gummy worms coming out of it. If they wanted snow on their dirt, I put on some whipped cream. A friend of mine found candy rocks in her travels. I put vanilla pudding in a clean beach pail and covered it with ground up vanilla wafers, the candy rocks & gummy fish to make sand. The kids had so much fun saying, ' oooooo! Aunt Kathy are you going to make us eat dirt? ooooooo!' Another cute idea is to bake cupcakes in ice cream cones. Kathy, Liam's mom(4) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2002 Report Share Posted August 2, 2002 You might want to try to find the book " The Pennywhistle Birthday Book " (or something like that). One of the authors is Meredith Brokaw. It has TONS of great ideas for themed parties for kids of all ages, from toddlers through teens. There are also lots of other books out there on the same topic - just go to your library!! We had a bunch of successful parties when my kids were little (my youngest is now 9, so my birthday parties are over!). Up until about age 8, they were always at home. We had a puppy dog party, a kitty party, an " Old Mac Party " , an " Under the Sea " party, a " Wild, Wild West " party, a " Caps for Sale " party (modeled after the book, which was Jimmy's favorite the year he was 5), a " Sleeping Beauty " party, a Japanese party, a birthday tea party, and a fairy princess party, to name a few. The kids and I both liked these parties, because we planned and got ready for them for weeks before...... We created homemade invitations and decorations, adapted favorite games to the theme (LOL - how many different names can YOU call " duck, duck, goose " or " pin the tail on the donkey " ?!??), always had somewhat of a costume for the kids (ballet skirts, bandanas, cowboy hats, headbands with cat ears, tea party bonnets), and had theme related goodie bags. Great fun - but lots of work!! I can't say that it's all that bad to drop them off at a movie and then back home for a sleepover these days! If you like any of my themes, e-mail me and I'll let you know more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2002 Report Share Posted August 3, 2002 Here is a good resource for ideas: http://www.birthdaypartyideas.com/ R. Mom to (8, ds) and Grace (5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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