9 year old DS wants a party at home

[catweasel44]

Help!

5 friends in half term. Weather could be awful.

What can we do that will them entertained?

We're a bit tight on cash so can't afford bowling or trampolining but our house isn't big enough for 6 of them to run riot.

[catweasel44]

Does this mean it's a terrible idea!

[Rylanmakesmyheartsmile]

How about a home-movie experience.

• Choose a film
  
• If possible have some kind of activity which matches the theme of the movie to do when they arrive
  
• Provide food - pizza or burgers or hotdogs or chips - something they can scoff quickly on paper plates
  
• Set up a cinema snack bar with popcorn, ice-cream, sweets and drinks and let them choose what they want
  
• Sit them down to watch the movie
  
• Home time

[catweasel44]

That sounds a great idea.

It would need to be something they weren't overly familiar with but would like. I'll have a look what new DVDs are out.

DS loves Harry Potter but his friend had a HP party recently and it will be the same children. That was in the garden though.

[Rylanmakesmyheartsmile]

Alternative to new movies is to go old-school. Mighty Ducks and Cool Runnings are big favourites of my DC who range from 7-13. They've all been watching them since they were about 6.

The only scene in Cool Runnings with any kind of dodgy language is when Yul gets Junior to repeat "I'm a bad ass mother who don't take no crap off of nobody"

Mighty Ducks has a couple of instances of not so great language - think there's a "bastard" in there somewhere early on and maybe a couple of others.

Depends on how you feel about that.

Cool Runnings would be very topical however with the Winter Olympics about to start in S.Korea!

[Ricekrispie22]

Make pizzas
But some fabric pens and cheap white T-shirts for them to design
Make a homemade blow-football table (see picture)

[catweasel44]

Great idea. He would love that.