Party stuff for kids
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Topic: Party stuff for kids
Posted By: mum2paris
Subject: Party stuff for kids
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 10:10pm
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It was mentioned in another post that a whole heap of our kids are turning 1 soon and after ordering all the stuff i needed for ayja's carebear party through one site, i have now found a few other really good ones that offer more, for cheaper.
so heres a few sites for you all to look at, the best one i found was this one : http://www.amazingpartysupplies.co.nz - Amazing party supplies - has a heap of great party packs and lots more different supplies for much cheaper than other places i have looked (i found this site after already ordering on dreams and wishes!!! was seriously kicking myself!!) http://www.dreamsandwishes.co.nz - dreams and wishes - has lots of different themes! http://www.lovetoparty.co.nz - love to party - has a whole heap of neat balloons and stuff have fun - there are so many possibilities! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 10:27pm
awww i want a carebear party..what a cool idea janine!
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Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 25 April 2006 at 5:52am
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Cool sites thanks.... the amazing party supplies is deffinatly cheaper then the other eg. Spongebob muffin cups.... Dreams and Wishes $8.50! Amazing Party $5.00!
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Posted By: deharn
Date Posted: 25 April 2006 at 6:32am
Very cool, thank you
We have just had a birthday but I have bookmarked the sites! We are Wiggles fans (being from Aussie we have to be!)so loved their range. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 1:58pm
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Cool thanks Janine!!!
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 3:17pm
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So what's everyone doing for the big 1?? I was thinking about having an afternoon tea for him, and some of his wee mates. Obviously, there would be chocolate cake and sossie rolls and chiopa and cheese for the ladies, but what about the bubbas? All kids going will be just over or just under 1. Jelly is a starter, and he loves balloons...
------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 3:28pm
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We're meeting up with family (Nat's Mum and Dad, my Dad, my brother and my sister) at the AC Baths in Taupo on Saturday, in the late morning. We're all going to have a shared picnic lunch, and a swim. Josiah loves baths, so we thought we'd give him a big "bath" to have a swim in! Unfortunately my Mum can't make it, as she'll be in Sydney for a conference that night (they extended the conference by a day at the last minute), and Nat's brother & family have a family reunion (SIL's family) that weekend.
Pretty low key... I got some of our share of the picnic food today: sausage rolls, twisties, pizza shapes, pastry for a bacon-and-egg pie... I'll make a cake (probably shaped like his favourite toy: Monkey) and we'll all have fun! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 3:30pm
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On Josiah's actual birthday (Thursday), we're probably going to have a "party" dinner, just us. Not sure yet... can't do lunch as Nat and Kiya will both be at school, but we might do afternoon tea... just so he gets a bit of a party on his birthday as well.
We'd have chips, and cheerios, sausage rolls, that sort of thing! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 4:21pm
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I still have 6 months to plan. I havent decided yet. Hubbys family want a big party but I dont know...I mean she will be only a year old, she would hardly remember the event! Hmmmm........ ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 4:55pm
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i,m haveing a poo bear party for james have been planning it since he was born so far 30 people are coming with 12 of them being kids i was thinking of getting a clown and having a pinrattia i cant wait only six weeks and my baby will be one ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 9:34pm
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ooooh it's sooo fuuuun.
For Paris we had a miffy party - which i could not find anything for so i made the invites and just had red blue and yellow decorations, and she had a miffy cake. This year she has decided she wants a madagascar party.. so we have got the stuff down on layby for it cos when it falls i will be in between study and getting a job so have paid for it now. Her and mike wrangled me into getting a zebra pinata and we have hired a neat slide/playground for really cheap ($40 for a week!) Ayja's is a carebear one, so cake will be carebears still not sure what exactly. but will be family and friends like Paris's, but probably a whole lot less cos half my family is in Aussie now (which means my sisters 5 kids won't eat their way thru all the food before others even get to it!) for food we usually get stuff that fills them up and is cheap to buy for alot.. like Annie said savouries sausage rolls, pizzas, sammies, and a few bits of sweet stuff like bikies, lollies etc. we like to go on the idea that you fill em up with good stuff first, then they have a bit of sweet stuff - so that way you don't have kids all hyper and jumping off the walls (or worse, hurling everywhere!!) lol we usually give the choccy bars etc in the loot bags so mum and dad can take them home and give them at their discretion (or eat them themselves!!)  ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 9:45pm
sounds like some good ideas i just cant belive its almost be one year and my baby will be one ohhhhh sweet memorirs we are having a lunch with pudding as well so far we have kai moana (paua,mussles,tuatua,crayfish) chicken,ham,roast beef chips(hot) chicken nuggets,cherrios,saverious,potoe salad,salads, mince chowmain ummmmm and for pudding ambroisa,pav,trifle,jelly,fruit salad,icecream and also chips dip, lollies friry bread,arrgghhh sound like alot
 i cant think of what eles but will be stealing ideas of here from you guys ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 9:37am
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wow Lu....Thats enough to feed an army. I am stealing some of the ideas tho....he he he ha ha ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 10:55am
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Hey, lets do some more party ideas.
For Taine's next year, it's in January so I plan to make him a sandpit for xmas and then do a "construction site"/"beach dig" thing for the kids to get prizes for. Pinata's a re really easy to make. Use a balloon and do papier mache on it. Later you can shape it. But don't put too many layers on. I made one for my mums year one class - it was too hard and no one could crack it open! |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 11:18am
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Pinata is good idea...but I dont know if one year old would know what to do with it. I will keep an eye on Zaara and see closer to time if I get one (made or bought....probably bought...he he ha ha)
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 1:23pm
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the pinratta is more for the older kids as there is only three outher kids james age ok i might make james pinrattia but does anyone no of a paper glue i cant remeber how to make it has anyone thought of facepainting!! ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 5:11pm
| flour and water is glue. Oh, I'm going to face paint. i saw a recipe on the net somewhere, |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 7:27pm
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ta lizzle i thought it was having a mummy brain ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 8:40am
| Hey Janine, do you have the madagascar dvd? you've probably thought of this already, but Jkae and I were watching this morning, the DVD has a ton of "printables" that you could print off for Paris' birthday party. |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 11:57am
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yep we are getting it so we can move the TV out to the garage and have it going for th kids to watch - i have a huge worry that it will be raining since it's in august.. so that might keep em entertained. had a look on the madagascar site and they have a FEW printables but very limited. I might just print out a few colouring book pages so kids can colour as they wait for others to arrive. I did find some really kewl cheap decorations the other day though - $2 shop has blow up monkeys giraffes and lions, so i got a few and might hang em from the ceiling with some green crepe paper stremers - i think that will be jungle-ish enough. I'm a bit of a nut on decorations.
I'm going with the face painting idea too - i HAD said to mike maybe we should make it dress up and kids can come dressed as jungle animals but he said that was a bit OTT - so i decided we could just face paint instead. How bout some ideas of games others play? I mean i always do pass the parcel - with a prize that goes with the party theme. for young kids i stick to normal game, for older kids (depending on age) i put a little instruction in each layer, so they have to do what it says on the paper before they can unwrap that layer - it's seriously funny sometimes.. but makes the game longer so isn't for littlies really. Hey also - what's the idea of the pinata? i mean i know they take turns to whack it till it breaks, but does the one who breaks it get a prize or is is just for the love of whacking something? lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 1:42pm
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You partially fill it with little prizes, like (wrapped) lollies and little $2 shop treats, that sort of thing. Then, when it breaks its like a mad lolly scramble!
One a friend did for her daughter had a small labelled present inside for each guest - a necklace and bracelet set for each girl, and a whistle and squeezy torch for each boy. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 3:05pm
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That's kinda a kewl idea - i had just been going to fill it with little lollie-bags but have seen some cute other things for little girls (cos her party is mainly girls!!) ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 4:14pm
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i have all ages coming to james party also pintail on the baby ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 7:01pm
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Lu, interesting idea, I have yet to see a tail on a baby ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 8:00pm
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i,m going to blow up a pic of james and have a clean nappy and stick it on his bum lol although have rethought this one there are babys with tails they are just not human babys ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 9:28pm
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could do pin the nappy on the baby.... or maybe pin the dummy!!? for my baby shower we had a life sized drawing of a preggy mummy and you had to pin a picture of a fetus inside a womb onto her. It's amazing where some people think babies come from!!! lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 10:19pm
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lol ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 14 May 2006 at 2:58pm
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I'm guna have Jacks at Orana Park (a zoo) thats about as far as my plans have got.
With the piniata make sure u have everyone well back cos wen i was little i got hit in the head with a baseball bat wen sum1 missed the piniata------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 4:24pm
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 5:14pm
Thanks I was being lazy...  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 8:31pm
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ok, can now say - pinatas are fun but do not overfill - we found that hey are made with very little space inside, the hole to fill on the animal ones is just by their tail and it only fills their belly part, the rest stays hollow so we made a small hole in the top of the head, chucked HEAPS more stuff in, and the papery stuff covered it back over.
That was good in theory, except it was so full that it wouldn't burst open - i ended up going up after each kid had already had 2 turns of whacking heaps.. and just ripped it open. This was all that was left.. it's not the whole pic but a little girl grabbed the head and stuck it in the trike tray and was cycling round with it, was pretty funny. http://www.MyonlineImages.com">  ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Debz
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 9:50am
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Hi everyone
hey mum2paris what sort of things did you get the kids to do in your pass the parcel eg like hop on one foot -------------  
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 11:03am
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depends on the age and number of kids.
for little ones i just had a little something under each layer - those party blowouts are great for that, nice and cheap and sparkly. For the older kids, since Paris's one this year had a heap of kids i didn't do instructions for hers either as it took long enough to have one layer for each kid.. in future have learnt to have 2 smaller ones going at once that way each kid gets something but it doesn't take forever. some instructions could be: making sounds of animals/actions of animals make a funny face counting to 5, 10 depending on age could go higher, count back from 10 or whatever abc sing a song hhm there's a heap but you have to make sure the kid isn't gonna end up getting all embarased so something little and achieveable is good - taking into account the various abailities that fall within age groups too. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 11:26am
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When I went into the 2 dollar shop I was amazed how many neat things they had for the party bags....sooo cool and cheap. I am already planning Zaara's second party...he he ha I am a nutter!
Oh and all the cool ideas I will take from our super mum Janine!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 29 March 2007 at 9:30pm
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bumping this up again as Ella is having a birthday in a few months!
Does anyone know where to get Maisy themed things? I will make the invitations and the cake myself, but I want stickers, little things for the loot bags etc? Plates maybe? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 30 March 2007 at 9:11am
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um maisy, um, will have a look on some sites and get back to you.. dunno if i have seen maisy ones before. if all else fails you can always get the colours of orange and white and photocopy lots of pics of maisy and colour them and put them places.. will still be maisy without the plates etc. i had to do that for paris's 1st birthday cos hers was miffy. but will have a look-see for you. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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