Comments on: Deere John,

By: VA Biker

VA Biker — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:09:30 +0000

De-lurking…

This is funny. When I was on my first (& last?) cycling trip in Switzerland last year, I kept seeing Mars bars at kiosks and in the vending machines. I said to myself, “I’d rather have a Milk Way bar, as that’s one of my favorites. Don’t care for the almonds in a Mars bar.” Well, the joke was on me, indeed. Only by the good grace of my one of my well-experienced European traveling friends was it revealed to me that the Mars bar was what I wanted all along… (Don’t know if they sell the US version of Mars bar any longer.)

I think Pass the Parcel would be a fine game for 4yr olds. I agree with the comment about the party bags. We never had anything like that in the US when I was a attending parties like this, um, 30-35 yrs ago.

Good luck. Some great planning you’ve done will go a long way. The kids will flow with it, you’ve only got to worry with the parents!

By: mumof4

mumof4 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:05:23 +0000

I think they call pass the parcel ‘hot potato’ over here? Musical bumps? Sleeping lions? Musical statues……you could always do a treasure chest (lucky dip) instead of party bags????
You must take a pic of the cake!
ps you are looknig younger on each header photo my dear!!!

By: CurlySue

CurlySue — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:59:33 +0000

Oh my, I’m so behind on my blogger. First of all, love the pic you are using. Second, what a neat little theme I honestly wouldn’t have any good ideas since I don’t have children and what I think they might want to do possibly would be a little difficult. Let us know how it goes with all the pics too of course!!

By: Condo Blues

Condo Blues — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:40:00 +0000

I think gift bags in the US are a fairly new thing for kid’s parties. Growing up neither me nor my friends got gift bags at the end of a birthday party. Now that my friends are having kids and kid parties the gift bag is something they all say you have to have if you’re holding a kid party. ???

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:15:29 +0000

We have homemade sausage rolls at our kids’ birthday parties and they always go down well!

At this age, I’ve always found the best activity is a craft — for my oldest son’s 4th birthday we did a racing car theme and got wooden crafts from Michael’s for the kiddos to put together and paint (with parents of course because at this age they’re not just dropped off on you yet!).

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:21:12 +0000

I don’t think pass the parcel would be too difficult for 4-year olds to comprehend, particularly if there’s a present at the end. What about musical chairs? That usually entails lots of pushing and shoving, and fighting over chairs.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:48:06 +0000

To be honest, it seems that kids this age don’t really want to play games at a birthday party anyway. They just want to run around and yell a lot. And maybe eat cake. So I really wouldn’t sweat the games too much.
Joey just went to a birthday party a little while ago and the mom was telling me they didn’t play any of the games she had planned. The boys just wanted to play with the trucks and the kareoke machine. ??
I think your party sounds fabulous!

By: jameil

jameil — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:32:53 +0000

duck duck goose! i used to love that game!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:28:04 +0000

Send me your sausage roll recipe and I’ll be your best friend. Are the chocolate crispie cakes like the mars bar ones from back home? I stinkin love those things!

You could hide a bunch of farm animals and have the kids find them… they’re 4 years old, right? :-S

By: glass half full

glass half full — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:40:04 +0000

i love your party plans! lots of traditional children’s party games could be slightly modified to reflect the tractor theme. like, pin the wheel (or other missing part) on the tractor, or tractor-pull-tug-of-war. have fun!