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need ideas for 5 year old b-day party
Topic Started: Dec 19 2008, 09:22 AM (404 Views)
Jo :-)
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Any good ideas?
My son is 5 in a couple of weeks and we a planning to entertain around 30-35 kids, probably for about 2 hrs.

HELP!
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sauls_mom
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what does he like to do? what are his favorite things?
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npl
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Wow! You are brave! Here is my basic plan for parties:
Colouring pictures for when everyone arrives.
Arts and crafts project - can be making party loot bags out of paper lunch bags, and prizes go inside as they earn them.
Party games
Food (have them sit around the edges of a disposable tablecloth on the floor - if you have a hard floor, it's better than carpet)
Time filler - more colouring
Go home.
Also, I keep the parties to 1.5 hours, because otherwise it takes too long.
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sauls_mom
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we are thinking for my sons next bday (5th) to do a lego party. would have a huge area set up with tons of legos for the kids to create and build with. then each would get a small lego set as a gift to take home.
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sauls_mom
Dec 19 2008, 11:36 AM
we are thinking for my sons next bday (5th) to do a lego party. would have a huge area set up with tons of legos for the kids to create and build with. then each would get a small lego set as a gift to take home.
We were also thinking of that...not sure yet though
He loves power-rangers, batman, spiderman and stuff like that
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I just had a party for my 6 year old. We planned a movie, pizza and cake. It turned out 100% differently. We played hot potato, freeze dance, free play, dance contest.... I suggest having multiple plans, but plan on altering them. A lego contest sounds good.. the highest.. the widest, the best... whatever... with no real winners of course.
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npl
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I usually play games where everyone gets a prize, like hot potato (that's pass the parcel in Britain!), and games where if you are "out" you get a new job - so anything like musical statues/freeze dance or dead lions/sleeping lions, if you are caught out, then you join the judging team. I also like to include lots of "individual" non-competitive activities, like arts and crafts. Decorating cookies or cup cakes is also fun, but I wouldn't be brave enough to do it with such a large crowd. I only do it when there are few enough kids to fit around the table, and enough adults to help out!
Also, I plan on playing each game for about 5 mins, and having a couple of extras up my sleeve. Having a couple of really good picture books to read in reserve is also good, to fill time at the end. I don't know if 5yos are old enough to play the story game - where you pass along the story from player to player. Arts and crafts, I allot more time, and have plenty of extra supplies for the kids who finish way before everyone else.
I have yet to figure out the magic formula for those kids who refuse to join in with anything. The quiet ones who just want to sit and watch are fine, but those who insist on emptying all the toy boxes, running around the house roaring, and encouraging everyone else to join in, well, every time we have one I say I'm not making any more parties!
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Jo :-)
Dec 20 2008, 02:08 PM
sauls_mom
Dec 19 2008, 11:36 AM
we are thinking for my sons next bday (5th) to do a lego party. would have a huge area set up with tons of legos for the kids to create and build with. then each would get a small lego set as a gift to take home.
We were also thinking of that...not sure yet though
He loves power-rangers, batman, spiderman and stuff like that
do you allow comic books? if so- ive seen some cute (and non violent) printable pages online that the kids can pick from to create their own story ( a picture a page) that then color and you can tie together (or fasten) to make their own book to come home. If you know all the kids names before hand you can even have the covers (with their names) pre-printed.

we also have seen "super hero bootcamp." where the kids do lots of silly exercises/games to get in shape for a super hero. they see how many hops they can do, jumping jacks, hula hoops, they march in lines, they do an obstacle course, etc. at the end you can give each kid a superhero cape as their present (you can usually get cheap at dollar stores).
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I love those ideas!
The book idea is great - but with so many little kids, I think that it would be good to have their books already assembled, with their names on, so they don't lose the pages, or get them mixed up with someone else's.
The bootcamp sounds like so much fun - I bet you could figure a way to appeal equally to the girls (who, in my experience, mostly aren't keen on superheros at that age).
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I love the superhero boot camp idea! I think part of the trick with 5 yr old boys is keeping them active but focused, and that would do it.

If you have anyone helping and an area where you aren't as worried about a mess, you could get some kid-safe face paint and give each kid a superhero face.
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I don't know if you can do this in the UK but for my nephew's birthday last year, my brother and SIL had his party at the local fire station. They had one fire truck for the kids to climb in and "drive". They let the kids try on their uniforms too.

The highlight was at the end they pulled out a hose and let the kids each fire it off into a field. DS lost his mind. It was quite inexpensive and my brother just provided the pizza, drinks & cake. The kids had a blast.
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npl
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My little brother went to a party like that in the UK, but it was nearly 20 years ago, so I don't know if they would still do it. Worth asking, though.
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Dec 23 2008, 01:34 PM
My little brother went to a party like that in the UK, but it was nearly 20 years ago, so I don't know if they would still do it. Worth asking, though.
Before Natanel's 3rd birhday, he asked if he could have a fire engine party and we did manage to arrange this in our local fire station (for free...)the kids had a great time and it was a huge success! I made a really cool fire engine cake.
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