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Play and food ideas for B'day party for two year old

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QPootle · 13/04/2007 13:19

Don't know what I need to do, woosed out for first birthdya and did extended week of trips to family plus the zoo.. Any ideas would be v welcome... Are they too young for pass the parcel? Is 5/6 kids too few, plus parents of course? Do I need to do party bags - what on earth do I put in them? Umm help!

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LucyJones · 13/04/2007 13:22

5/6 kids sounds perfect. If it's nice weather have it in the garden or local park. Pass the parcel will be fine. Don't bother with party bags. Food wise - a few sandwiches, crisps, biscuits will be fine. Don't go mad with fod at this age as they will mostly want to play.

sassy · 13/04/2007 13:24

Pass the parcel, music to dance to, balloons to take home. If you are indoors, geta selection of toys out, maybe decorate some biscuits if you are feeling brave. If outdoors borrow a bunch of ride-on trucks, tractors etc. They love this.

fennel · 13/04/2007 13:24

they might manage musical bumps or sleeping bunnies. dressing up, balloons, chocolate button hunt.

Have the birthday tea fairly soon, it's the most important thing for most toddlers.

forget the party bags til they're older, you'll have enough years of all that tat ahead. They won't notice.

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QPootle · 13/04/2007 13:27

Ok feeling relieved. Can't believe I'm asking this, but musical bumps is... and sleeping bunnies means ...

Ride on trucks is a fab idea. We have three push or ride on things, so that's a good start.

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QPootle · 13/04/2007 13:28

Ok just remembered musical bumps is when you sit/bump down when the music stops right?

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wurlywurly · 13/04/2007 13:29

we did musical chairs as well for ds2 2nd birthday and they all enjoyed that.

Angeliz · 13/04/2007 13:31

I set up the kitchen table with paint and it went down a treat. Also pass the parcel.

wurlywurly · 13/04/2007 13:34

biscuits/cakes to decorate?? that way they have something to take home with them??

Elibean · 13/04/2007 19:56

dd1's birthday is just before Xmas, so it was indoors...we put toys out in playgroup style, put music on, and that was about it. Lots of balloons, a party dress, candles on the cake and dd was in heaven....oh, and the birthday tea of course.

Which I agree, should come fairly soon because thats the main event

They all got a balloon to take home, and a small toy each - there were about five children including dd, and their Mums. It gets more complicated every year, so I think starting simple makes sense - and two year olds don't have high expectations, IME.

hana · 13/04/2007 19:58

2 year olds don't really get the pass the parcel thing, sorry - you'll end up with the mums passing it along to the next kid and then helping them upwrap each layer, and then them losing interest

Elibean · 13/04/2007 20:06

Tend to agree: sharing and taking turns is hard work at 2 - watched game of pass parcel at a 3 yr old's party recently, and even that didn't run too smoothly or without a lot of assistance

IamBlossom · 13/04/2007 21:04

put a huge piece of foolscap/lining wall paper out on the floor, loads of crayons, there's one activity. If you do do party bags, Asda and Tesoc do loads of little gubbins to put in them that 2 years olds LOVE, like superman flannels that grow in the bath, little dinosaurs, that sort of thing, DS1 slept with one of these toys for a month, he loved it so much. Ballons are a great idea, can kick it about like a football, music etc, have fun!

IamBlossom · 13/04/2007 21:06

Pass the parcel at their age is STREEEESSSSFUL! Seen it attempted at nursery Christmas parties and birthday parties and it is a total no no as far as I'm concerned. "Here you go, here's a present, but it's not for you it's for you to pass on to the next person, no, pass it on, NO PASS IT ON, DON'T OPEN IT YET" They just don't get it and it cause tears.

ChasingRabbits · 13/04/2007 21:18

but at least pass the parcel with 5/6 kids is managable, and if you don't start teaching them how to do things then how are they expect to learn...
fwiw I wouldn't do it cos I couldn't be bothered
ds1's 2nd was a couple of friends round to play (the same friends we saw every week anyway), the kids made fairy cakes, played then ate fairy cakes, then went home.

wheelybug · 13/04/2007 21:23

We did biscuit decorating and colouring/sticking here and also had all the toys out.

lillochum · 13/04/2007 21:56

Pass the parcel can be a bit farcical at 2 yrs, if you do do it put a small sweet in at each layer to keep up interest, (when they are older add a forfeit activity). Mostly I would avoid organised party games like musical bumps etc, at this age, but if you go to a Parent & Toddler Group you will know things like "do the hokey kokey", "farmer in the den" etc or just plain nursery rhymes. Sleeping bunnies is popular I agree, also "little monkeys jumping on the bed". Always a big hit when my kids were little. One other game popular with a wide age range, provided you have plenty of plastic animals:- assemble matching pairs of each animal (ideally with an Ark), hide one of each animal and give the other to a child - they have to find the matching animal to make a pair for the Ark. A version of "hunt the thimble" which you could also use. And variations on the traditional Easter egg hunt, eg with chocolate coins etc You could also try a pinhata if you are ready to splash out - you can get carboard pinhata's from Woolworths or Sainsburys for £10 - £12 but you then need to buy fillings - sweets or toys that won't brain the children when they fall out. You need a stick of some sort, (careful supervision!) and be warned that they can require a bit of adult bashing to break up! Good luck!

FrannyandZooey · 13/04/2007 21:58

Yes don't do organised games

it really will end in tears

I would have a play table with rice or cooked spaghetti or jelly in and let them squoosh that around a bit, then put some music on and let them dance. Sandwiches, cake, bye bye

(no party bags, 5 or 6 kids is probably too many, really - 3 or 4 would be perfect)

chocolateface · 13/04/2007 22:04

At DS1's 2nd part I spent a good half hour blowing bubbles for the kid's while the mums chatted in the sitting room.It was a spur of the moment thing, but they loved it. You could put on some music, put something on the floor to make sure they don't slip, or your caroet gets ruined. (We were about to get a new hall carpet anyway)
If you can get 2 year old size tabbles and chairs, like they have a toddler group, that would be fab.Drink cups with lids and straws.Musical statues- they probably won't get it, but will enjoy dancing.I like doing party bags, so I did them at his age - fill with a cheap book, small ball some bubbles, and maybe a chocolate lolly from M&S.The kids wont be bothered about party bags though.

divamumplusbump · 13/04/2007 22:14

dd(2)had 6 toddlers for her party. we did pass the parcel. stick pony tail. and decorated gingernread man.
had party sausages, chicken nuggets,cherry tomateoes, cucumber sticks, cheesy curls, babybell cheese,small sandwiches. and some biscits, and sweets.
they seem to get excited and dont eat much, we adults ate and finished all at the end.
we all enjoyed it. good luck.

chocolateface · 13/04/2007 22:15

Chocolate crispies, it's not a party without chocolate crispies.

wheelybug · 13/04/2007 22:16

if weather good, a bubble machine would be fab in the garden (if you have both !) - dd got one for her 2nd birthday but we've only just got it out as her birthday was mid winter. Her and her friends are going mad for it.

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