We had a dinosaur themed first birthday party for our little Ridley! It was so much fun to plan and so much fun to have. When you walked in...
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Celebrate baby's first birthday with these practical party ideas baby will love! Easy, entertaining birthday party games and activities for little kids!
This was my eldest daughter's 6th birthday party. It would be her last party before becoming a big sister and we wanted to let her have the lime light one last time before she had to share LOL
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To balance out the girliness of our Paper Dolls craft, we had Ninja Night at the library a few weeks later. Our ninjatation, if you will. First, kids could get
Learn how to make a piñata using this easy tutorial plus get fun piñata filler ideas and birthday party ideas for your next celebration!
Your teenager can easily have the most fun party when you use any of these super fun teen party game ideas. These brilliant teen party ideas are sure to make your teens first party a memorable one. Have fun with these teenage games!
Get those soccer brains ticking over with this great game that covers dribbling, running with the ball, accurate passing, changeovers, first touch into space.
These first birthday party games for kids are great for all ages. Perfect for the younger guests to play while also entertaining for the older children.
Celebrate baby's first birthday with these practical party ideas baby will love! Easy, entertaining birthday party games and activities for little kids!
Learn how to host a Balloon Olympics with several balloon games to choose from! These indoor games will keep kids active, busy, and entertained all day!
We are so excited to show you in closer detail, our 38th Math Pack! You can use our Math Packs as stand-alone units and do not need to use all of them or in any particular order. The order is sequenced and progresses steadily. This pack of 5 activities focus on early division skills - perfect for first grade. Early division starts with understanding equal group and partitioning numbers. Our Math Packs can help you get math organized for the week and help you sequence learning experiences! These 5 activities will help: share objects between two split arrays make equal groups form equal groups use skip counting by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 to show linear division identify a remainder after dividing into 4 equal groups Each of the 5 small-group activities has: detailed instructions playing cards/boards/templates a worksheet (either a recording worksheet or a fun-follow-up) a cover page to help you organize your resources for future reference The activities included in this bundle are: Equal Bus In this activity, students will make equal groups to divide by taking 'kids' off the bus in equal stops on its journey. Robot Split Students will visualize an array being split into two in this fun matching game. Apple Barrels In Apple Barrels, students will divide numbers into equal groups by sliding counters from their tree into the barrel cards. Happy Steps Happy Steps will use a number line and equal units to skip count and divide. Students will use the fun step cards to line up next to a number line (included in printable pages) to count the partitions to the total. House of 4 House of 4 will see students divide by 4 and show a remainder. They take a scoop of counters, say the little poem (if they choose) and act out dividing the kids in the house. The leftovers go in the door and students start to develop an idea that divisions are not always equal. These activities can be used in a structured game rotation program, as math centers or in guided math. Once taught, they also make fantastic 'fast-finisher' activities for revision of key concepts We have other Math Packs that teach more basic concepts that will support and understanding of division: Math Pack 35 (First Grade) - Skip Counting Math Pack 20 (Kindergarten) - Equal Groups
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Fun activities and party games for baby's first birthday to entertain big kids, little, kids, babies, and adults and have a memorable event.
Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!
These farm games and farm activities for preschoolers are perfect for a farm animal birthday party, or just a farm-themed party.
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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1-Up Mushrooms (sometimes called 1 UPs and also called Extra 1-Up Mushrooms or Extra Mario Mushrooms) are green Mushrooms that give the player an extra life. They are usually the rarest mushrooms, but can still be found in almost every game a Super Mushroom has appeared in, and even some it has not. 1-Up Mushrooms are usually found in hidden blocks or in risky places for the player. They always grant the player a positive effect when acquired, usually an extra life. The 1-Up Mushrooms first appe
