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Pumpkin carving tips – How to carve a pumpkin for Halloween
Monday, October 31st, 2011
TRICK OR TREAT PARTIES ARE ‘FRIGHTFULLY GOOD’ FOR KIDS
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Raise smiles and funds for Temple Street
Temple Street’s annual “Trick or Treat for Temple Street” fundraising campaign is taking place once again this October and you’re invited to ‘get spooky’ and host a ‘frightfully good’ fancy dress party!
Staff and students from Primary Schools nationwide are invited to take part in the Trick or Treat for Temple Street campaign by hosting a frighfully good fancy dress party at school on Friday, 21st October 2010. Children can be asked to come to school in fancy dress and contribute a small amount, such as €2, to the Trick or Treat for Temple Street campaign.
This year, primary schools that host a Halloween party and return their funds raised to Temple Street will be in the running to win a €500 voucher for library books, courtesy of Gill & Macmillan Primary.
Halloween games such as Bobbing for Apples and prizes for the best fancy dress costume all add to the fun of the day! Children can bring their own ‘treat’s to the party so that there is no cost involved for the school and Temple Street will supply a party pack with themed decorations for the party. Your local paper may also like to print pictures of the children dressed up and enjoying the party whilst helping a very worthwhile cause.
Last year we raised over €100,000 and we are hoping that with your help 2011 will be our most successful year yet!
You can also take part by
- Volunteering for our crazed collection crew to sell ‘spooky spotlight’ mini torch keyrings at selected shopping centres around Ireland, or
- Donate to our on-street scream teams
Trick or Treat for Temple Street aims to raise smiles and funds for life-saving medical equipment for Temple Street.
To give your school the chance to win €500 worth of library books, register your party with Marianne Rowan at Temple Street Fundraising Office on 01-878 4639 or visit www.templestreet.ie
Rubber Duck Birthday Cake
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011Wimbledon Themed Party
Monday, June 20th, 2011
At this time of year the enthusiasm for tennis is high. Everyone gets addicted to Wimbledon and all things tennis and all of our budding little Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams wannabes have nothing but tennis on their minds. So if you are not a millionaire with your own tennis court and want to throw a wimbledon party for your child what do you do??
Invitations
Design the invite to look like an entry ticket. The perforations don’t have to be real, just draw them in. Mention things like Centre Court for the venue, dress code tennis whites etc. On the day have a “turnstile” for entry (perhaps your side gate if you have one) and tear their “tickets” in half for authenticity.
The Party
Not many of us have a tennis court in our back garden but invest in a beach tennis set, they are pretty inexpensive. If you can’t find one with a net, construct one out of a piece of clothes line or similar. You only need something for them to aim over. Use some strong white tape to set out simple boundaries for the court either on tarmac or grass, wherever you have the largest area.
Next you need a scoreboard. Use a blackboard if you have one and if not use a large sheet of paper pinned to your shed or wall. Play a round robin tournament so each child gets to play against everyone else and gets plenty of action. When they are not involved in the match, let them take it in turns to be ball boys / girls, lines people or scorekeeper. Best to have an adult as umpire. Keep each match short, perhaps the best of three games. Hold semi finals and a final and have some “trophies” and medals to give out. You can give prizes for sportsmanship, best shot etc to make sure everyone gets a prize.
The Fare
You need to have lots of dainty sandwiches with the crusts cut off and of course strawberries and cream / ice cream!!! Make up some diluted orange (it can be Robinsons to be authentic but unlikely anyone will notice) and chop lots of fresh summer fruits into it. Get some plastic champagne glasses to serve. For the cake, you can decorate a plain sponge cake to look like a tennis court with some food colouring and icing.
The Party Bags
A simple party bag could include a tennis ball, a headband or wristband and perhaps a medal for the tennis tournament!
And it’s game, set and party!
Top 10 Tips for Baby’s 1st Birthday – Part Two
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
6. Buckets of Toys!
Rather than leaving all of your children’s toys out for the babies and toddlers to play with, pile them into boxes and containers. Babies love emptying and refilling and this will probably prevent a little bit of argy bargy when two want the same thing as they will be too busy loading and unloading.
7. Cupcakes!
Try making an arrangement of cupcakes rather than one big birthday cake. You can pop a candle in the central cake and this can be put in front of your baby for the Happy Birthday song. If she decides to smear her fingers through the icing or hurl it to the floor then it is only that cake that is destroyed rather than the whole birthday cake!!
8. Jealousy!
If you have a toddler who has been a little fed up for the past year with this invasion of her life and having to share her parents’ attention then make sure she is made to feel a part of the occasion. Take her shopping and let her pick a toy that she would like to give the Baby for her birthday. Let her help to wrap it and even colour in a card. She could help with making rice crispie cakes for the big day too. And make a fuss of putting her in her best party clothes for the celebrations.
9. Keep it Simple!
Remember a First Birthday will only ever happen once. So don’t get worked up worrying about how clean and tidy the house is, how perfect the food is etc. The most important thing is that you savour the moment and treasure the memory – remember it will feel like only a few moments have passed and it will be her 21st Birthday Party (and a whole new set of problems go with that of course!).
10. And Finally….
Remember the camera / video camera!!! Maybe it’s just me but I never seem to have it all together on this front. Either the battery is run down or I haven’t got a disc for the video camera or else I just don’t know where I have put them!!! These are just the kind of pictures and footage that you might want to embarrass her at that 21st party……..
Sneaky Breakfast Ice Cream
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Happy New Year everybody!!! We hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and a great start to your New Year. If you’re like me you may be feeling awfully guilty about over indulging right about now.
Which doesn’t make this next recipe any easier to read!!!
Sneaky Breakfast Ice Cream is the perfect dish to start of your child’s birthday celebrations and is always a hit!
Ingrediants
1/4 ripe avocado
1/2 cup of frozen plain strawberries
2 tablespoons of plain yogurt
1 tablespoon of honey or sugar
Preparation
Your food processor is the only way to puree the frozen fruit without having to add a lot of liquid — and for these small quantities, a three-cup mini food processor works best. This recipe can be quickly converted to a thinner smoothie by adding an extra 1/2 cup of milk.
Place all the ingredients in the food processor and puree on high — hold on tight, the first few seconds are a bit rough until the mixture smoothes out. Each makes about 1 1/2 cups of ice cream.
Garnish with strawberry pieces and voila… all done! Easy and it takes less than 2 minutes!
Cinderella Competition Entries – Get Voting!!!
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010A big thank you to all who entered our colouring competition in association with TGI Fridays and Cinderella Panto. Voting starts now so tell your friends and make sure they all come and vote so you can win this great prize! The following are the finalists who all need your votes!
Lucy Aged 8 from Co.Dublin
Cinderella Competition Entries – Get Voting!!!
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010A big thank you to all who entered our colouring competition in association with TGI Fridays and Cinderella Panto. Voting starts now so tell your friends and make sure they all come and vote so you can win this great prize! The following are the finalists who all need your votes!
Aisling Aged 6 from Co.Dublin
Cinderella Competition Entries – Get Voting!!!
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010A big thank you to all who entered our colouring competition in association with TGI Fridays and Cinderella Panto. Voting starts now so tell your friends and make sure they all come and vote so you can win this great prize! The following are the finalists who all need your votes!
Molly Aged 2 from Co.Dublin
Cinderella Competition Entries – Get Voting!!!
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010A big thank you to all who entered our colouring competition in association with TGI Fridays and Cinderella Panto. Voting starts now so tell your friends and make sure they all come and vote so you can win this great prize! The following are the finalists who all need your votes!
Emily Aged 8 from Co.Cork
Cinderella Competition Entries – Get Voting!!!
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010A big thank you to all who entered our colouring competition in association with TGI Fridays and Cinderella Panto. Voting starts now so tell your friends and make sure they all come and vote so you can win this great prize! The following are the finalists who all need your votes!
Caoimhe Aged 7 from Co.Galway
Cinderella Competition Entries – Get Voting!!!
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010A big thank you to all who entered our colouring competition in association with TGI Fridays and Cinderella Panto. Voting starts now so tell your friends and make sure they all come and vote so you can win this great prize! The following are the finalists who all need your votes!
Paige Aged 15 from Co.Clare
Cinderella Competition Entries – Get Voting!!!
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010A big thank you to all who entered our colouring competition in association with TGI Fridays and Cinderella Panto. Voting starts now so tell your friends and make sure they all come and vote so you can win this great prize! The following are the finalists who all need your votes!
Sydni Aged 8 from Co.Clare
Cinderella Competition Entries – Get Voting!!!
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010A big thank you to all who entered our colouring competition in association with TGI Fridays and Cinderella Panto. Voting starts now so tell your friends and make sure they all come and vote so you can win this great prize! The following are the finalists who all need your votes!
Cheyenne Aged 10 from Co.Clare
Halloween Party Games
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Kids love to dress up as their favourite characters at Halloween, but these days you might not feel comfortable letting them out and about to go Trick or Treating. Why not do something a little different this year and let your kids invite their friends over for a Halloween Party? They can all get dressed up and enjoy some spooky fun in the safety of your home.
Here are some ideas for party games and Halloween craft activities to keep them entertained
Halloween party games
1. The not so spooky Halloween parade
The little ones will want to show off their costumes so put on some mussy and have the kids put on a Halloween costume parade. Get them to do their best dance moves to the music and ensure the adults whoop, cheer, and look suitably spooked!
2. The Trick or Treat bonanza
Cut up some paper strips and on half of them write the word “treat”, on the others write out a number of tricks, such as “hop on one leg”, “growl like a lion” or “sing their favourite song”.
Put all of the paper pieces into a hat or a pillowcase and hide some sweets and candies around the room.
At the party ask each child to draw a piece of paper from the hat. They then have to perform the trick or search for the treats.
Halloween craft ideas
When the kids have run off all their energy on the party games have them sit around the table for some quiet craft time. Here are some ideas to get you started:
1. Not so spooky Halloween mask making
Have a supply of white paper plates, glue, ribbons, felt pens and other craft items ready and ask the kids to make their own masks. They can design them to be as fun or as spooky as they like.
When everyone is done with their creations pierce a hole in each side of the plate and attach a piece of elastic so the kids can wear their masks, and pose for a group photograph!
2. The great Halloween loot collection
Kids love to take loot bags home from parties so let them decorate their own bags. You’ll need the same craft supplies as for the mask making, but this time they’ll need brown paper bags to decorate.
When the decorating is complete let the children go back to playing and fill the loot bags with candy and Halloween themed treats, when the party is over they can take their loot bags home.
Great Discounts At Childrens Parties
Monday, October 11th, 2010This month we are happy to bring you some of the latest vouchers and coupons from some of the advertisers on our website. All you need to do to claim these great discounts is mention Childrens Parties when booking your party.
Extreme Pizza
Make an 8” Pizza: each kid will be helped to make their very own pizza including rolling dough (very messy), docking (very noisy), saucing (very messy) and then choosing their own toppings.
Make a giant cookie: each kid will be given a ball of cookie dough and helped to make it into a fun shape, decorate it with chocolate chips and sprinkles.
Then we’ll serve up the pizzas that they have made, followed by their cookies with candles to celebrate!
The class will last an hour, but there will be plenty of eating still to be done when the hour is up. We will provide approximately one adult per 5 to 7 kids. We will make sure there is plenty of hand washing before and after, but their clothes won’t come home clean!
Mention Children’s Parties when booking an Extreme Pizza Birthday Party and the birthday child goes FREE!
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We offer personalised, and themed party entertainment for childrens parties! We provide an hour’s worth of themed fun for your party guests with a selection of age appropriate games (a mix of classic party games and my own themed imaginative games) and make-and-do activities and craft so guests can take something home, thus keeping the kids entertained, leaving you free to relax and enjoy the party (and the adult guests!)
All you have to do is pick a theme (choose your own based on your little ones favourite things e.g, princesses, cupcakes, cowboys & indians, the beach etc)
Book a party with Kangaroo Capers this October and when you mention Children’s Parties, you will receive 10% discount
Little Girls Birthday Parties On A Budget
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
With even more harsh financial cuts recently anounced by our wonderful Finance Minister, birthday party budgets are sure to be sacrificed by many parents . However that doesn’t mean that we have to skimp on birthday party fun!
The following are some quick hints and ideas for some birthday partu activites for a girls birthday party that will really help you stretch your budget.
First pick a location that is free. This could be your home, someone elses home or a local park. Most euro stores sell party decorations and favours, party balloons and party bags for a fraction of the cost of the party supply stores.
Make your own sundaes, cupcakes, mini pizzas and sandwichs and purchase party size bags of sugary treats from the euro store. Once emptied into a bowls nobody can tell the difference! Everyone likes to play the chef so allow the kids to create their own treats and decorate their own cupcakes!
For even more fun, turn this into a game and allow everyone to taste each other’s creations.
Movie theme night.
The girls can watch a favorite movie that they already own or you could rent a couple.You can make up games for after the movie like a trivia quiz and let the girls inner actress come out and have them act out their favorite scenes. Menu items can include popcorn, jellies and fizzy drinks just like at the cinema, but much less costly.
Spa & Beauty party.
Everyone likes to be pampered. The girls can give each other facials, manicures and pedicures. You can serve sparkling water in plastic champaign glasses (these can be found at the dollar store or a craft store in the wedding favors section) and fancy finger foods like chocolate dipped fruit that can be made ahead of time by cutting up fruit and dipping it in chocolate melted in the microwave.
Fashion Parade.
Make sure you have a camera for this one. Girls can bring over make-up and dress up clothes from home and switch them with others. Girls love to do each others make-up, and create outfits.
After they are all made over there could be a fashion show where they each get a chance to walk the runway (this could be a hallway). Food is usually a second thought when they are working on their creations so just putting out some snack foods like bowls of chips and fruit is usually enough.
Whatever theme you choose be prepared for the chaos of screaming girls and have plenty of help for the after party clean-up.
If you have any other great tips for girls parties on a budget we’d love to hear from you!
Soccer Stars Theme Parties
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Soccer Theme Parties For Kids
For all of you with soccer mad kids in the house I’m sure you already know that the Premier League football season is back in full swing. And if you have a birthday party to plan over the coming weeks, why not take advantage of your child’s first love by holding a soccer themes party. It’s fun, easy to organise and wont cost you an exorbitant transfer fee!
The Decorations
Decorating for a kids soccer party couldn’t be easier! Using scarves and some home made banners you can easily create that stadium effect in your home or garden. To add that extra touch to proceedings, why not purchase some large silver paper and cut out your very own Premier League and European Cup trophy.
You can find some inspiration and models to work from here & here
The Games
As well as the obvious game of football there are many other traditional party games that you can give a unique soccer twist to.
Penalty Shoot Out Comp
Line the kids up into two teams and set up a goal at one end of the garden (away from all windows!) using anything from jumpers to 2 broom handles placed into the ground. The goal of this game is to be the first team to score twenty penalties…. with no goal keeper in goal!
Sounds easy? Not quite!
When each penalty taker approaches the penalty spot they must be blind folded and spun around three times just to make things more difficult!
Pin The Tail
Bad weather ruining your chances of playing games outdoors? Then this variation on the classic children’s party game is sure to help bring your party to life. Cut the ball from a poster of your child’s favourite player and let all the party guests take turns trying to pin the ball in the right place.
The Road To Wembley
The Road To Wembley is a popular participation game played by Sky Sport’s Soccer Am TV show which can be easily adapted for your soccer theme party. Place a bin at the end of your garden or if possible, hang a tyre from a tree. The players line up in 2 teams at the opposite end of the garden and must try and kick the ball into the bin or through the tyre. The winners are the team that get the most balls into the target within 90 seconds. For more fun, bring multiple footballs and watch the craziness happen!
The Treats & Prizes
Whilst the half time orange slices are definitely a must, we all know that the kids have come expecting sweet treats! Football themes cakes are readily available and football team themed cakes are available in some Tesco bakeries. Another treat can double as your prizes for the games – chocolate medals!
A soccer theme party is sure to be a hit with all your soccer mad guests. Just remember to always have an indoor plan B just in case the rain makes an appearance.
Oh…. an mind those windows!
Party Games – Memory and Detective Games
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
These games are most suitable for children aged 7 and over and can be played with any size party. They give a twist on traditional party games and make older kids feel a bit more grown-up.
Line Up.
Split the group in half. Line one half up in front of the other for 30 secs and then take them away. One person in the line up needs then to have a small change made eg: removal of a watch or addition of a hair clip. The line up are then brought back in and the other children have 30 secs to identify the accused, ie the person who has been altered. They need to write down the name and the difference and hand over their paper with their own names on also. Repeat the process with the second half of the children and this time try to change something totally different so as not to give the first group an advantage. The people with the right answers are the winners.
Spot the Difference.
Bring the children into a room at the start of the party and let them have a look around. Whilst they are playing other games, change things in the room around a bit, eg: swap lamps around, remove an ornament, turn the tv on etc. A little while later let them all enter the room again with pen and paper and tell them how many differences there are. First person to complete the differences correctly wins.
The Generation Game.
Anyone else remember the conveyor belt on this TV show?? There was always a cuddly toy!! Well this is your very own version. On a tray put 20 items, these can be household goods, food etc or a mixture of things. Put the tray on the kitchen table for 30 seconds, take it away and first person to write down the 20 items correctly wins.
Sh sh shoes!
As the children arrive give them a name sticker to place on the bottom of their shoes. During the latter half of the party have them all remove their shoes and throw them in a basket or box. Pull them out randomly and have the children write down who they think the shoes belong to. Line the shoes up in the order in which you take them out so that you can correctly identify the memory master!
Audio Skills!
Put together a tape of just a snippet of current chart songs one after the other. Line up the CD covers or some id for each song and get the children to write down the correct order in which they heard the songs.
Rainy Day Birthday Party Games
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
My sister did this for her son’s 8th birthday party last summer when bouncy castle & outdoor game plans went out the window with pouring rain!!!
She got all the board games she could fiond in the house for two players such as connect 4, guess who etc and she pinned a scoreboard up on the wall.
All the kids played each other in the various games and she gave out bars of chocolate and lollipops as prizes.
To make sure everyone won something she gave out prizes for sportsmanship etc also.
Went down a treat!
By Geraldine Healy
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