Here’s an activity for your Easter event that kids will line-up. It’s called the Cupcake Walk.
Here’s an activity for your Easter event that kids will line-up. It’s called the Cupcake Walk.
One of our most popular events of the year is the Father-Daughter Valentine’s Dance. Here is how we run ours. The Set-Up The day of the event we set up the community room with tables and chairs for people to sit at. In the back of the room we have a few tables for crafts….
Do you send out holiday cards to contract instructors, customers, other departments, advertisers, board members and/or staff? This year email them a holiday card that is sure to get a response. We’re in the recreation industry so we should be sending out fun cards, no? Take a look at the holiday card below, of some…
April 20th-26th, 2009 is TV Turnoff Week. Yesterday I told you that I would give you 20 ideas for programs you can put together for TV Turnoff Week. Well, here we go… Family Bingo Night Community Dog Walk Family Bike Ride A One Night Gardening Class Dodgeball Tournament Mommy and Me Arts and Crafts A…
I’m guessing you didn’t know today was Mickey Mouse’s birthday. Do you know when Talk Like a Pirate Day is? It’s September 19th. There are over 600 pages of events and holidays in Chase’s Calendar of Events. In this great resource you’ll find events, holidays, celebrity birthdays and more. It’s a bit on the pricey…
Like most recreation professionals, I have to plan programs way ahead of time. In a few weeks I have to start working on the brochure for spring, so our programs from Feb/March to June need to be planned now. April 20-26, 2009 is TV Turn Off Week. Started by the Center for Screen Time Awareness,…
Whether you need an idea for a camp program, after school program or special event, with a little tweaking an Around the World in ? Days can be a universal solution, based on the book Around the World in 80 Days. During a week long camp it could be Around the World in 5 Days….
Did you catch the new reality game show Cha$e Tuesday night on the Sci-Fi channel? If not, check it out at www.scifi.com/chase. Very cool! It’s advertised as the first live action video game. Here’s what the show is about (taken directly from the show’s site): They can run. But can they hide? CHA$E, an action-packed,…
Indiana Jones went looking for some Mummys and he never made it out. This was one of our rooms for the haunted house. Of course it’s not very creepy with all the lights on, but when they went out and the lantern was the only thing flickerin’ things were a little different. I found the…
Now that our Halloween event has past it’s time to focus on our next event…Breakfast with Santa. Now I don’t know if you do a Santa event, but it’s a great community program, one in which we sell out every year. Some recreation organizations put out some pastries and fruit and call it a breakfast…
