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.
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