Bbq/birthday Party-last Minute Activities for Kids/thanks

Updated on September 20, 2013
H.H. asks from Des Plaines, IL
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Hey, Moms,
You are always so great about providing help for anything and everything. Here goes:
we are throwing a BBQ/birthday party for our kids this weekend. We'll have about 30 kids, boys and girls, from around 5 to about 10 years of age. We are hiring a party bus, and I have some craft projects for the kiddos to do. Any other ideas? How about food ideas-we are ordering sandwiches, and we'll have cake,etc., but we could use a hand with some creative food ideas and/or activities. The weather is looking good, thank God, but we're open to activities that could be done outdoors or inside...just in case.
Thanks so much for any ideas you might have-you're the best!!

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S.H.

answers from Honolulu on

To be honest, you really have enough stuff for the party planned already.
Gosh, that sounds like a commercial venue, what you have.
That is good enough.
And that is already tons of kids.

You really will not have to entertain the kids' every moment or minute.
Kids that age, will naturally just entertain themselves too, and play.
And have fun. Not every moment has to be "planned."

Or what about a treasure hunt?
But something that even the 5 year olds can do and follow.

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M.H.

answers from Chicago on

Sawdust pile- put toys or money.
3 legged race
Sack race
water ballon toss? not sure how warm it is going to be.
Duck duck goose
Egg on spoon
egg toss
pinata

Food, I always had fresh fruit (what ever was in season, for my party it was grapes and strawberries). BBQ pork.. cook the pork roast in apple juice over night or the day before.. shred it and put a variety of differnt BBQ sauces, for some that like it spicy or not. Chips.. Salad.. and done..

Have fun!

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D.B.

answers from Boston on

Outdoors - go to the old standards of sack races (collect old pillowcases from friends or go to the dollar store), relays, wheelbarrow races (one kid holds another kid's legs and that one walks on hands), potato-in-spoon races, etc. Split the kids evenly so it's not all big kids vs. little ones, or give the little ones shorter distances. If it's warm, water balloon tosses are good - again, shorten the distance for little kids. Absolutely pick up every shred of broken balloon as they are hazardous to birds and small animals. Egg tosses are okay if there's a way to wash off but that's best in the summer with bathing suits & sprinklers.

Indoors or out - limbo dance - you can run 2 poles at once since you are having a small army of kids. Otherwise there's too much waiting in line. Kids of many ages enjoy musical chairs but you need something for those who are "out" to do while the rest of the game continues. Again, you can run 2 groups.

Go easy on "prizes" because it's expensive and you're already in deep for expenses, and also because it gets too competitive with kids being sad if they don't "win".

Get an assortment of sandwiches to accommodate allergies and individual tastes. Pizza is often a favorite. If you get cupcakes, they can be decorated differently and that can be the "theme". You can buy or rent a little cupcake stand to display them, and attach a couple of helium balloons to it, and you're done.

Otherwise just get a couple of nerf-type frisbees or balls, so no one gets hurt in a crowd that big, or some hula hoops, and let them play on their own.

P.L.

answers from Washington DC on

Oh my gosh that's a lot of kids good luck! We're doing a picnic this weekend too with adults. Any parents staying to help wrangle kids???
Party bus sounds like enough.. If you do wanna hand out prizes you could get bunch from dollar store or dollar aisle @ Target.. Hmm foods; hope there are no allergies? Pizzas, mac n cheese, a small veggie tray(my kids like them lol), potato salad, cole slaw, hotdogs, mac n cheese, sandwiches, pb & j rolled up & cut into pinwheels, sunchips, pretzels, cut up fruit. Drinks in coolers on ice like caprisuns, littlebottles of water, honest drink company pouches, soda cans in another cooler for adults...
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A.G.

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Human pyramid. Tug of war.

Boys vs girls will make it fun. Moms vs kids will make it competitive!

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C.B.

answers from San Francisco on

Three-legged race
dance contest
carry egg on spoon race
pin the tail on the donkey
pinata

fruit platter

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