Ren's birthday is really close to Thanksgiving, so we tend to celebrate early or late to ensure more of his friends are in town. I'm not big on birthday parties, but he'd been talking about his Transformers birthday party for months, so I decided to make it happen. (Keeping in mind that I'm an elementary teacher, so I like to plan things out,) here's how I turn a playdate into a party:
15 minutes: simple craft/activity for kids to do while everyone is arriving. (This year I had planned to print out some Transformers masks and let the kids color them. That didn't happen, so they did a Transformers maze and word search I found on Hasbro.com).
15 minutes: game (we did Transformers memory, using pictures I found online and printed out.)
15 minutes: simple craft #2 - time to decorate treat bags.
15 minutes: piñata. (In case anyone else is doing a party on a budget, let me just tell you: the $5 piñatas at Grocery Outlet are amazingly sturdy!!!)
15 minutes: eat home made cake.
30 minutes: watch a Rescue Bots episode/play with toys inside.
Done!
(And major thanks to Allison and Shaine for sticking around/coming back early and helping out. We definitely had a couple of those unexpected incidents when I was really grateful to have another adult around.) :-)
15 minutes: simple craft/activity for kids to do while everyone is arriving. (This year I had planned to print out some Transformers masks and let the kids color them. That didn't happen, so they did a Transformers maze and word search I found on Hasbro.com).
15 minutes: game (we did Transformers memory, using pictures I found online and printed out.)
15 minutes: simple craft #2 - time to decorate treat bags.
15 minutes: piñata. (In case anyone else is doing a party on a budget, let me just tell you: the $5 piñatas at Grocery Outlet are amazingly sturdy!!!)
15 minutes: eat home made cake.
30 minutes: watch a Rescue Bots episode/play with toys inside.
Done!
(And major thanks to Allison and Shaine for sticking around/coming back early and helping out. We definitely had a couple of those unexpected incidents when I was really grateful to have another adult around.) :-)
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