
Birthday Party games
Birthday parties can be expensive and they can also get out of control very easily! Should you let them play freely? Or should you organise games? Should you book a playcentre? Or do it at home? Well, with our experience...
We all see lots of beautiful setups on Instagram and think "Oh wow, I should do this for my child too!", but let's be realistic, we haven't got the time for it! And not only that, it's not even that beneficial for our kids. Why?
A beautiful "Instagram setup":
PROS:
CONS:
"SIMPLE activity"
EXAMPLE:
Today I tried this with my kids. I set up a really simple tray and they knew what to do straight away. To set up something simple, you can just add a few figures, some blocks, and a bowl with dry rice for example. He lined up the penguins following the arrows, hid some in the igloo, stacked the stars, and brought some other toys in it. They engaged for quite a while.
Then, in the afternoon, I set up a “better looking” tray adding pluffle, crepe paper, linking discs, etc. It took me a lot longer as I had to add a lot more thought into it. It took a lot longer to clean up too! (In fact, I haven't cleaned it up yet and I won't any time soon...). They came in and got excited when they saw it. They mixed the snowman and the blue pluffle. Then they moved everything else to the side because they didn’t want it, and then THEY ASKED ME FOR AN EMPTY TRAY!!! They used the snowman to make "meatballs" and went to get the muffin tray to put them in the oven. They turned their new "empty trays" into a kitchen.
CONCLUSION:
The more things you give them, the less options they have.
Read more about “how to set up a simple tuff tray” here
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