Would you send your 6/7 year old child to a woodland party in December?

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If your 6/7 year old (Year 2) was invited to a den building party in the woods in mid December.... Would you say yes?

DD is desperate for a birthday party in the woods where they can build dens, do s'mores, play on rope swings etc and have pass the parcel round the camp fire. That kind of thing. We'd have hotdogs for food.

However her birthday is 19 December. So would do party weekend before like the Saturday afternoon, 1-3 that kind of time..

Would be in our private woods behind the house, so no issues of access etc it's a contained area. It has a campfire circle already. Can easily get a gazebo through for rain....

Would you think adults would need to stay? I
Do you think I'm mad even contemplating this??

These kids that would come are good kids. We know them all their parents and siblings.names etc

Plus the likely ones to do a runner won't even be invited because they're awful and I won't invite horrible kids to anything 😂😂

Yes, but I am a forest school leader and sent my children to a fully outdoor nursery.

Can I message you my number....I will be there. Sounds brilliant. Blankets, fire, etc and just put the gazebo up days before so the ground is dry.

I would have murdered someone to do that when I was 7. I loved that sort of thing. Still kinda do. Can I come?

One of the best parties we had was in woodland! Sounds awesome, go for it, just make sure you put a note on the invites to ensure everyone is suitably dressed!

In my experience kids don't mind getting wet/muddy but hate the consequences of being wet. So the happy abandon of charging around in torrential rain refusing to keep their rain hat on naturally segues into several hours of crying that they are cold, that their feet feel squishy etc. So any bad weather back up plan would ideally involve having space indoors to get warm and dry and drink hot chocolate etc. The "no bad weather only bad clothing" rule applies less to small children as they have an annoying habit of removing things like raincoats and trying to keep a large number of small children appropriate dressed in a downpour is a particular type of hell.

Other than that I think it's a wonderful idea. If the weather is clear it will be great. If it isn't it will still be doable but as I said I think you will need to include indoor time for everyone to get dry etc and therefore also accept this will mean a muddy house.

Yes. Will be great fun!

How would that help? potentially a hot day. that doesn’t sound like much fun. Summer downpours are also a thing.
Obviously it’s typically cold in December but children running around for two hours are unlikely to be cold. Adults - that’s a perfect reason to put thermal leggings and vest underneath regular clothing. Drink hot chocolate and stand by the fire. A couple of hours outside in December isn’t going to break anyone!

It sounds amazing op. I’d definitely bring my kids and would volunteer to stay as a helper.

My daughter (now 28!) also has a birthday in December. For her 8th birthday I did a pirate treasure hunt through the woods with almost 30 kids.
They all loved it and it was talked of as the best birthday party for years after...
Go for it, some parents might be horrified but the kids will really enjoy it!

Sounds great, zero reason why I wouldn’t.