How to Survive Game Time At Your Kid's Next Birthday Party

Here are a few tips to help you survive the birthday games portion of your child's next party. Every kid birthday party is different. Indoors, outdoors, five guests, fifty-five guests, boys, girls, Army theme, Princess Theme. But one thing's for sure - at some point they'll be playing birthday GAMES. Now, I'll decorate, I'll bake, I'll wrap all the gifts and hand-deliver all the invitations. Heck, I'll even clean up after everyone leaves. Just don't put me in front of a throng of kids when it comes time to entertain them! At least that was my initial reaction when first faced with the BIG question - how am I going to survive an entire hour (at least) trying to entertain a mob of children at my daughter's birthday party? I had two options: Either PAY an arm and a leg and have a professional entertainer do it for you. Or, take a deep breath, prepare myself as best I could and do it myself (and risk the loss of an arm and a leg in the process.). If you're a devout adventurer and choose the latter (like I did), here are a few observations (e.g., survival tips) that may come in handy next time you take on the challenge: Prepare in Advance During the party you'll have so much on your mind that it's best to prepare as much as possible in advance. Make a list of birthday games and write them down in the order you plan to play them. If any of the birthday games involve music (like musical chairs, hot potato, etc.), prepare the music ahead of time with the stops so that you don't have to deal with it during the party. At www.coolest-kid-birthday-parties you