Kid’s birthday parties
I’ve put on my share of kid’s parties. I was known as the “fun” mom. When my son turned 5, I used two cake pans, one round and one square and made a “5” cake. Kind of like this cake here but the bottom part of the “5″ was rounder. I used a lot of icing and decorations and presented it on a big tray.
That year, I bought a huge balloon and a smaller one and, using the art of paper mache (newspaper and flour/water mixture), I made a snowman piñata. I put all of the kids’ party bags inside and sealed it up with more paper mache. Painted it white and hung it from a tree. I figured that way one kid wouldn’t end up grabbing all the contents of the piñata as each kid had his party bag labeled. Some good information here from eHow on making a snowman piñata.
You can do scavenger hunts in the neighbourhood. Some great ideas here.
My brother performed some elementary magic tricks to entertain the small guests. The older ones tended to figure out the tricks.
If you have kids, you’re going to be putting on a few parties and it can get costly. There are some great books here on parties for children.
