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Parties/celebrations

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DD's 5th party, 15 kids - how many games?

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conkeyhead · 26/06/2008 17:04

Hi

Just a quickie - how many games should I plan for 15 x 5yr olds who are coming for 2 hours (and will eat during that time)??

I'm planning extras in case we hit a lull and my house gets wrecked!!!!

thanks,

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lilolilmanchester · 26/06/2008 18:08

i don't know how many - too long ago since mine were that age to remember the number. A couple of suggestions tho for your sanity: perhaps consider some cartoons to calm them down before home time (I used to show Tom & jerry cos they're short). Perhaps use wall lining paper as a tablecloth and sit them down with crayons to decorate it just before you serve the food? Also, sometimes just dancing for a while - rather than structured games - can work well. My DD and friends loved action-type songs at that age (like the dreaded pizza hut song). Not sure if that helps but will bump it for you either way! Have fun

pofaced · 26/06/2008 18:32

At 5 they'll be a bit shy/ stand-offish at the beginning so start with a good warm-up game eg musical statues and give them a sweet when they are knocked out. I'd have quite a few games (say so mins worth: musical bumps, musical staues, pass the parcel, the mummy game 9in teams they have to wrap one person in cheap toilet paper to look like a Mummy), pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey/ witch on the wand/tiara on the princess, team balloon bursting. Have the room set out with some toys around (dolls house, dressing up clothes etc) so they can play a bit themselves.

Then do food after 45 mins or so:put a table cloth on the floor and they all sit at it and you serve drinks, cocktail sausages, popcorn. Then serve rice crispie buns/ fairy cakes etc.

After food either let them loose in the garden or have a longer game: in the past we've got all the kids bring a teddy and then they choose from all our dolls clothes and dress up the teddies and we do fashion show. And use some of the many bead sets you've been given in th epast and get them to make necklaces for the bears. In our case it helps that we have 3 DDs so lots of dolls clothes (&a few newborn babygros) & more bead sets than I know whatto do with

The most important thing, ime, is that they actually love just playing themselves so if you have a decent garden and reasonable toys, you don't need to account for all the time they are with you: certainly last 30 mins they can just play.

Oh, you can't beat balloons and bubbles for simple fun!

conkeyhead · 27/06/2008 10:55

Fantastic thank you - whats team balloon bursting?

I did have a suggestion of a game where each child has a bit of string tied to their heel with a balloon at the end and they all have to burst eachothers. The one with the balloonn wins. But we then thought that might be a bit brutal for 5 year olds?? Don't want them all in tears?!? Or am I being a bit soft??

Team balloon bursting sounds more friendly??

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