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This year my daughter's high school did the Disney Musical Tarzan. It was one of the first high school productions of Tarzan in Ohio and it was quite spectacular! The talent, costumes and stage design were amazing. The director is incredible. She has vision and isn't afraid to tackle the unknown, plus she includes everyone that tries out. It was a cast of 80 and everyone had a great time. My daughter played the part of Young Tarzan Tarzan and Jane The gorilla costumes were handmade by volunteers from black sweat pants and black sheets. Perhaps I will do another post on how to make the gorilla costumes. One of the ideas the director had was to provide a "pre-show" event prior to the Saturday evening performance and she asked me to head it up. The event would serve as a way to draw children to the show as well as help raise some funds to pay for the production. As we were brainstorming for the event, someone threw out the idea of trying to get the Columbus Zoo to come and bring some "jungle" animals. It was a long shot, but we started making the connections and before we knew it, the zoo was booked and they were even donating their presentation to help us out. Once we had the zoo lined up I had to think how to best organize the rest of the event so it wouldn't be utter chaos. Considering we were going to have 150 young children plus parents and grandparents, I thought the best way to handle the crowd was to design the event much like a carnival. Thus, I began coming up with "jungle" type carnival activities and lining up volunteers. The musical itself began at 7:30pm in the high school auditorium. Camp Tarzan was held in the gym (which was right across the hall from the auditorium) and tickets had to be purchased in advance. The zoo did their presentation from 5:30-6:00pm with the carnival activities running from 6:00-7:00pm. We charged $5.00 per child. The entry way to the gym was decorated with ripped up sheets, ivy and paper flowers. I had photo boards for kids to stand behind for a photo ops and jungle music playing in the background. When the kids arrived at the entrance they were each given a brown bag with a checklist of activities on the front. The checklists were in different order on the bags so that not everyone started at the same activity. The Columbus zoo was definitely the highlight! They brought a penguin and a sloth and an armadillo .......a big yellow snake and my favorite, a snow leopard The Jungle Carnival When the zoo was done with their presentation the kids were instructed to try and go to the activities in the order listed on their bags. This helped keep the kids spread out at different activities so no one had to wait too long in line. Jungle type prizes were given out at all of the activities except those in which the kids made something (such as the binoculars and necklaces) Jungle Snack Necklaces: Kids laced Fruit Loops and pretzels on a string that was threaded with a plastic lacing needle Binoculars: I made binoculars out of toilet paper tubes and let the kids decorate them with jungle stamps, markers and jungle stickers. It was so fun to see the kids use them during the musical. Swamp Fishing: We decorated one of the schools ticket booths to look kinda "swampy." The kids dropped a fishing line, with a clothes pin on the end, behind the booth. A volunteer sat in the ticket booth and attached prizes. Prizes for this booth included plastic snakes, frogs and jungle tattoos. Jungle Flower Ring Toss: This was a last minute game. I was at the thrift store and found 2 of these peg boards. Not sure what they were originally for, but they worked perfect for a ring toss game. I attached flowers to the pegs with green electrical tape and provided swim pool diving rings for the kids to toss. Pin the Tail on the Monkey: This is pretty self explanatory I painted two monkeys on white paper. The kids were blindfolded and had to try and "pin" the tail on the monkey. The tail was a fluffy boas I bought at the dollar store. I cut it in half to make 2 tails then wrapped the end with electrical tape. Large glue dots were placed on the end so the tail would "pin" to the monkey. Wild Animal Toss: I used the school's batting screen for this game. We decorated the screen with ripped sheets. The screen had an opening perfect for tossing stuffed animals through. Since my kids are out of the stuffed animal phase I went to the thrift store and picked up stuffed monkeys, lions, gorillas, etc. to toss. Tree Frog Throw: I made a large tree out of brown paper and leaves that I ordered from Oriental Trading Co. The kids tossed a sticky frog at the tree trying to get it to land on a leaf. Elephant Peanut Push: The kids had to push a peanut (in the shell) using a swim noodle, down a path marked on the floor with painters tape. At the end of the path was a bushel basket laid on its side that the kids had to push the peanut into. Banana Guessing Game: I ordered banana runts online and filled 3 jars, each with the same amount of bananas. Each child could guess one time. Since all 3 jars had the same amount, it made it easier and gave us the opportunity to announce 3 winners. The winners were announced during the musical intermission. Their prize was the jar of bananas. Tarzan Swing: This worked so well! A rope was tied to the poles of the basketball hoops. The kids had the opportunity to swing like Tarzan. I had tumbling mats on the floor and an adult supervising at all times. Face Painting: What is a carnival without face painting? I had art students and some cast members do the face painting. Some had butterflies, snakes and monkeys painted on their faces, while others went all out and got leopard spots. Too Cute! Jungle Obstacle Course: This worked really well too. The kids went 2 at a time. I set up an obstacle course by taping paper logs to the floor, used a towel as quick sand, a 2x4 as a fallen tree and field tile (we had in the barn) as a cave. They were given a monkey they had to carry around their neck throughout the obstacle course. They started by hopping from log to log, jumping over the quick sand, walking down the fallen tree.... ........then crawling through the cave. Character Photo Ops: We had members of the cast roaming around the carnival greeting the kids and posing for pictures. We did this because we wanted to make sure the kids were not afraid of the cast since some of the costumes were pretty intimidating to a young child. Even the school superintendent posed with a group of cast members. Although it was a lot of work to coordinate it was a grand success. Everyone had a great time and we made a little money as well. Note: Be sure check out my post on How To Make A Gorilla Costume for detailed instructions on how to make these great gorilla costumes http://grassybranchfarms.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-make-gorilla-costume.html
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THEME: For my kid's parties I usually look to their interests for the theme. Evan's personality definitely fit the carnival theme. He's our little funny man, the family jester, the clown. If you ask him where he came from, he'll tell you, "The Funny Farm!" So with inspiration from my favorite party websites, and fun carnival themed treats at Dollar Tree, and one of our Wii games Carnival Games, I started planning. I knew I had to keep it pretty simple for 5 year-olds. INVITATIONS: I can't take credit for this because I found inspiration from a Google search, but sorry, I don't remember where. I did the whole thing in Microsoft Publisher, so it was pretty simple. I printed them on parchment paper and scallop-cut the ends so it looked like they had been torn apart.This was a card that my daughter made Evan for his birthday and I thought it would make a really cute invitation also. She made it so the popcorn part lifted out with more on it. A friend did a similar invitation a few years ago to her daughter's movie party. Come to think of it, I did too! I'll have to find those photos for another post. DECORATIONS: Not too many. We set up the picnic table on the back lawn with a big colorful patio umbrella over it. My husband pounded in some fence posts and we divided them with string. I tried to hang paper off the edges off the string, but the wind was shredding it as fast as I could hang it, so I tore it all off. The games themselves ended up being the decor. My daughter and two of her friends that came to help made a ticket both under the swing set. They handed out the tickets that were on a necklace for each guest. That way we could tear off the ticket after they completed the activity to keep track of what the kids had done and if they had gotten the prize for it. They could do the activities more than once, but only got one prize for it. My two older sons also got to invite a friend over to help. They worked as my 'Carnies' to run the games. My Mom was up also to help out. I couldn't have done this without all their help. While they ran everything, I had time to wander around and take photos. You really need to have someone running each activity. ACTIVITIES: After each guest got their tickets, my helpers took them to a table where they each decorated a handled bag to put all of their prizes in. We had markers, die-cuts, stickers and foam letters and shapes to decorate with. As soon as they had a bag made they could wander to whatever game they wanted to. I had a sign at each game station with a picture that said "1 Ticket". The signs corresponded with the pictures on the ticket necklaces for each game. They also got a ticket for a balloon, cotton candy, popcorn, and a drink. This was really fun for the little kids because they felt like they were buying them. I made the tickets in Microsoft Publisher also with each of the guests names on them. Beanbag Toss. Made from a cardboard box and cute wrapping paper for the hat. Ball Toss. Had to try and get the whiffle balls to land in the plastic cups. Tin Can Alley. Had to knock tin cans over with foam balls. Penny Toss. Had to stand behind a line and toss pennies onto a Twister mat trying to get them to land on the colored circles. Fish Pond. Under our hay barn. My daughter made the cute fish. Frog Toss. This one was a favorite. They had to stand on the base and toss plastic frogs to try and get them to land on the 'lily pads'. Football Toss. Not pictured, but next to this we had a hula hoop hanging from the swingset that they had to throw a football through. Ring toss. I couldn't figure out what to use for the rings, but then I found an inexpensive pack of bracelets at Michael's that worked great. I was going to give the Crush out as drinks, but since they were glass I changed my mind and did screw-top Sprite bottles instead. My Carnies got the Crush after the party. Double Shot. Logan's friend had fun playing against the kids on our little basketball game that we hauled into the back yard. FOOD: My friend's sister loaned us her awesome cotton candy machine and this really made the party. My husband David ran it for us and made enough to nearly make us all sick! What fun! All the neighbors commented on how they could smell it, and our dog Chloe went wild after the party licking up all the loose candy that had floated all over the patio. Definitely an outdoor thing. Can you say "sugar rush"! CAKE: The birthday boy with his cupcakes. My daughter and her friends decorated the Funfetti cupcakes with sprinkles and candies we found at the dollar store. The thought was to make them look like a carousel. After they opened the candy sticks and gummy animals we discovered the animals weren't attached to the sticks in various heights like we thought they were. Without time to find a way to attach them, this is what we got, and the kids didn't care. FAVORS: As mentioned above, they decorated their bags to take with them to fill with prizes. By the time they left they were filled with animal crackers, gummy carnival food, marshmallow circus animals, bubbles that look little plastic pop bottles, play dough, spinning tops, mazes, mini whiffle balls, bags of popped popcorn, soda, and extraa baggies full of more cotton candy to take home! A very fun party. It could work for any age if you change the games a little too. It took a lot of helpers, but my Carnies also had a ball and one friend said it was the funnest party she had ever been to (even though she was working!) I bought them pizza afterward so they wouldn't be running on pure sugar the rest of the day.
It's a "berry" merry happy Birthday bash! We celebrated three June birthdays with a evening strawberry themed picnic. Here are the details in picture form. First, the guest's of honor ... the Birthday boys and girl. The drinks and appetizers. Dinner: Mini sliders, strawberry chicken salad croissants, sweet potato fries and assorted sides Chocolate lollipops and handmade coordinating napkins. A sneak peak at the sweets. More pictures coming tomorrow.
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