A month ago I had a parent contact me to ask if I would put together a treausre hunt for her 9 year-old’s birthday party. “YES!” I exclaimed.
A month ago I had a parent contact me to ask if I would put together a treausre hunt for her 9 year-old’s birthday party. “YES!” I exclaimed.
You may have heard of the middle school dances at recreation community centers that are out of control. Kids sneaking out, engaging in inappropriate behavior. Fights. Items being broken. Here’s how we run our dances.
One of the things I love to see at a holiday event where kids take pictures with Santa is a good looking throne for Santa to sit on. Unfortunately, thrones are expensive. Not to mention that many organizations don’t have much storage space to spare.
Do you run Family Game Nights? This is where families are invited to your recreation center or local school to play various types of games with their family and other families. Here are 6 different activities you can run on Family Game Nights.
The next Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, is scheduled to be released on November 19th. Have you considered having a Harry Potter pre-movie party?
Do you hold a youth showcase? This fall will be our first. We’re calling it Project Funway.
In part 1 I discussed the ways you can create the life-sized game board. In part 2 I discussed how to make life-sized characters, which really enhances the look of the game for kids and parents alike. In part 3 I am going to discuss the final piece of the Life-Sized Candy Land game – the cards or dice.
It’s time to create the characters.
Candy Land has gone through a few versions so we had to figure out if we wanted to create the game using the new characters or classic characters. We went with the new ones.
Recently I put together a life-sized Candy Land game for our Easter event. I am going to be honest, this was not an easy project, but once it was finished it was great. The kids loved it, the parents loved it, and we’ll have it for years to come. In this 3 part series I’ll…
Wouldn’t it be neat if we held an event like a Storytelling Faire. There would be tents set-up with different story tellers. Stories would range from fantasy to history. Storytellers could use props if they wanted to. There could be storytellers that use puppets or act out stories. Stories could be told through photographs as…
