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Pass the parcel- should the b-day girl win?

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ScummyMummy · 23/03/2002 10:48

Foolishly agreed to do birthday party- TODAY! HELP! for 6 year old girl- partner and I have occasional business doing events with a playtent but usually do festivals so this is a bit new... What's the ettiquette on the birthday girl winning the pass the parcel? Is it obligatory these days or is it bad form as it was it my day?!

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WideWebWitch · 23/03/2002 10:51

Hi scummy. We got round this recently by having a small prize in EVERY layer of the parcel! Just a little chocolate or something but it avoided tantrums The middle one wasn't that much more exciting so it didn't matter who got it. Good luck, HTH.

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ScummyMummy · 23/03/2002 11:06

Thanks www! We've got sweeties and penny toys in each layer but the middle is still quite a bit more covetable...

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ScummyMummy · 23/03/2002 11:11

Thanks www! We've got sweeties and penny toys in each layer but the middle is still quite a bit more covetable...

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ScummyMummy · 23/03/2002 11:12

Whoops

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emsiewill · 23/03/2002 11:28

Now I see why you're so busy!
I think it's good for children to learn that they can't always win, even if it is their birthday - in fact I would probably say something along the lines of "think of all the nice presents etc you've had - don't you think it should be someone else's turn" if I had to speak to my dds about it. But how easy that is to type, another thing to try and reason with an overwrought 6 year old

SueDonim · 23/03/2002 11:36

I agree, Emsiewill. MY dd was 6 a couple of weeks ago and I was emphatic that she didn't win the pass the parcel rpize. She had a whole raft of presents and certainly didn't need another one. She acepted this with good grace, but I know my oldest would have thrown a wobbly as he always has to win, even though he is now almost 27! He's just a sore loser.

robinw · 23/03/2002 11:40

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Dixie · 23/03/2002 20:47

We recently did the same, had prize in each layer for each child. I also told hubby to MAKE SURE our ds DIDN'T win the main prize, hubby felt bad about 'fixing it' so we comprimised on him genuinely not looking when he stopped the music the last time. It ended up being fair & yes ds DID NOT WIN (I felt that's how it should be, just because it's their birthday shouldn't mean they get everything!)

Lindy · 24/03/2002 14:07

Just a quick suggestion - I didn't put sweeties in each layer but the 'main' prize was one of those multi packs of chocolate buttons which the 'winner' shared out with everyone else.

Enid · 24/03/2002 16:10

How did it go ScummyM?

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ScummyMummy · 24/03/2002 19:58

Pretty darn good thanks, Enid! Birthday girl behaved impeccably and seemed to have a great time as did her friends. Really nice kids, by and large- we had a good laugh. Best bit was my partner's fantastic homemade piñata in the shape of a pineapple, which turned out to be practically indestructable! After all the little girls had had a few goes at breaking it without any success I elected him to have a bash, thinking he'd do it with no probs... he broke the stick trying, much to the amusement of all the kids and me! Managed it eventually so all was well.
(BTW, birthday girl didn't win the ptp and was fine about it and the little girl who did win was delighted!)

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