Off Topic - Birthday Party Suggestions?

[Guest guest]

Theresa turns 7 soon and will be having her first birthday party (she

never wanted one before). I've invited the 3 girls from her self-

contained class and the 7 girls from her mainstreamed class. I don't

know how many will be coming. We're just having it at our house and

the weather will probably restrict it to indoor activities.

Does anyone have any suggestions what to do with a bunch of 6 and 7

year-old girls? I am so out of it and Theresa can't give me any help.

I'm looking for ideas on games, a craft, or even a theme. I know I can

start poking around on the internet, but I'd probably spend hours &

hours doing that!!

You can email me privately, if you'd like.

Thank you in advance for your help!!

Debbie I. (NJ)

Mom to Theresa, almost 7 with DS, and , 5

[Guest guest]

hi Debbie

I don't know how much space you have available for the party but here are a

few ideas.

- a treasure hunt. if the kids can't read yet, maybe they can follow picture

hints?

- a dance party. if you have a video camera you can tape them and play their

dancing back on your computer. a couple of wild and glittery costume things

make it just wonderful (shawls, beads, belts, vests, feather boa, whatever

you have in the dress-up box)

- if they are up to the fine motor abilities they can thread beads and make

themselves jewelery (always nice for quiet kids, especially if there is a

wheel chair kid among the guests)

- plaster imprints of their hands. always a lot of fun

- there are quick-drying molding materials (instead of clay which dries much

too slowly) with which the kids can form little bowls or animals and paint

them almost immediately afterwards.

- colored paper and colored glue sticks, glitter, etc to " paint " wonderful

glitter pictures/shapes/modern art

- plastic empty pop bottles, a few marbles inside, or rice kernels, or dry

beans, etc and then cover the bottles in papier mache, let dry and paint.

they make wonderful shakers.

just give a holler if these ideas don't fit because of abilities, whatever.

then i can dig up some more ideas

have fun

gundula in germany

[Guest guest]

When Maverick was in 1st grade, we had the kids make and decorate little picture

frames out of popsicle sticks. We then used a polaroid camera and took photos

of each child with Mav. We put magnets on the back and they all took them home

and put them on their fridge.

Now, this was pre-digital camera time so it would be much easier now with the

camera and printer.