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The date is set, the invitations are out, and now you’re preparing yourself for a house full of active, energetic children to entertain. Have no fear! With a few simple, well planned out innovative game ideas, you can not only throw a fun and memorable party, but actually sit back and enjoy the interaction and entertainment yourself. There are several great game ideas for kids of all ages that won’t break the bank, can encourage teamwork and bonding, are exciting, challenging, and educational, and are sure to put smiles on the faces of all of your party goers, whether it be at the next birthday party, slumber party, family get-together, class party, holiday party, or other event. To get you started on your way to hosting a great party, we have suggested just a few of our favorite easy-to-set-up and fun-to-play party games for kids.

Guess Who I Am: This is a simple but fun game that will have the children interrogating each other to discover each others’ identities. Make a list of identities – enough so that each of your guests can pick one. For example: Sponge Bob, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Scooby Doo, Batman, Jimmy Neutron, Power Ranger, etc. Make a master list of all of the possible identities for the kids to view. Then prepare slips of paper each with a single identity printed on it to be drawn from a central grab bag. Have each child draw an identity and keep it secret. Then let the questioning begin. Choose any child to begin. That child should choose another player to ask a yes or no question about their character, but they can’t ask directly, for example, “Are you Sponge Bob?” Once the other player has answered “Yes” or “No” to the question, any of the children can try to guess their identity. The asking of questions moves from child to child in a clockwise direction. When a child guesses correctly another’s identity, they win and collect their identify slip from them. If you like, you can put a prize or treat associated with each of the identities acquired. This is a great game to encourage interaction, memory skills, and lots of laughs. The best part is that its an easy game to play again and again simply by starting over with each child drawing a new identity, or change the topic for the next round and make each identity an animal, a job, a food, a toy, a super hero, etc. — use your imagination and have fun with it.

Plan a Treasure Hunt: All kids love the thrill of a hunt — solving clues and tracking down lost treasure. You can make a treasure hunt simply at home with a little time and creativity. First, look around your house (just the areas where the party will be gathering) and find some good hiding places. Then write clues on pieces of paper of a difficulty level appropriate to the group you will be entertaining that will lead them to those hiding spots one by one. For example, one clue might be “You’ll have to be nimble, you’ll have to be quick, to find the next clue hidden under this stick” The next clue of course would be found hidden under a candle or candlestick. Prepare at least ten different clues to lead the children on a hunt all about the party area, which can include outdoors, such as at a picnic or park. Hide the clues ahead of time before the children arrive. The first clue should be handed or read to the children, and the second hidden in the answer location, where the next clue can be found, and so on until, at the end when the last clue is solved, the final “winning treasure ticket” is found. You may want to provide a reward, such as goodie bags, party favors, sweets, presents, give certificates, or other treats both along the way or at the end. One variation is to attach a piece of gift wrap to each ticket, and the one who finds that ticket gets the gift that matches the wrapping paper. Of course, prizes are not necessary, and solving the final clue and knowing you won can be satisfaction enough. Just be prepared — this game often brings the “Can we do it again!?” request. If you lack the time or creativity to create clever clues and a treasure hunt on your own, there are great inexpensive pre-made custom printable treasure hunt games available online designed around common household or outdoor objects that come with hiding guides that you can purchase online, download, and print and play instantly, such as at Treasure-Adventure.com.

Truth or Do Balloon Stomp: This is the traditional truth or dare game with a new twist that will have children choosing their own fate one balloon at a time. Prepare a bundle of balloons filled with pre-made rolled Truth or Do questions or commands. Each child takes turn choosing a balloon, and stomping it open to reveal their Truth or Do hidden tab within. Be appropriate to your age group. Some Examples of “Do” tabs might say “Act like a dancing Monkey”, “Walk the length of the room with a book on your head”, “Sing the National Anthem”, etc. Some Examples of “Truth” questions might be “Tell your most embarrassing moment”, etc. You can print one “Truth” and one “Do” on each ticket to give children the choice of which they will do.

Double or Nothing: This is a fun, competitive game that kids love, that any number of players can play, and that all different ages can play together. Have the party guests form a circle. Place a pile of small, wrapped party favors or suitable gifts in the center of the circle, typically numbering at least double the number of players. The host decides on how many times around the circle play will go, but it should circle completely before ending a game so all players get an equal number of turns. If a birthday, start with the birthday child. Otherwise, the host may choose or start with the high roller of two dice. Put the two dice into a shallow metal pan or other container with a flat bottom. The first person rolls the two dice once in the pan. Each child that rolls doubles gets to choose a prize out of the center pile or steal one from someone else who already has one, but they must not open any presents they win until the end of the game, and must place all presents in front of them unopened during the game. If they roll doubles, they get to roll again immediately, and each time they get doubles, they get to choose another prize. If they do not roll doubles, they must pass the pan and dice to the next player to their left, and so on. There are two variations to this game. A less competitive option that ensures that all children get the same number of prizes follows the same rules as above, except that enough prizes are placed in the middle to allow all children to get the same number of prizes, and the first child that reaches that maximum number of gifts wins, take their gifts, and leaves the game. Play continues as each subsequent child reaches their maximum number of gifts and leaves the game. This is a great way to make sure everyone goes home happy!

Spoons. This is a fast-paced, hilariously fun party game similar to the game of “horse,” and the more the merrier! It is best for ages 8 and up (adults love it too!), but can be played by sharp younger players also. Have the kids again form a circle. Arrange metal spoons (numbering one less than the number of players) either in a close circular formation or in a pile so they make noise when they bump together in the center of the circle. Shuffle two decks of cards well, and have one of the players deal out four cards to each player face down. Leave them face down until the game is ready to start. All players must keep four cards in their hands at all times. The goal is to get four of the same cards (not same suits), such as all 4s, 10s, Jacks, etc., and when you get them, sneak one spoon. The dealer starts by putting the deck face down and drawing quickly one card from it at a time. He may keep the card if it matches ones in his hand and discard one of his own face down in a new pile for the next player to pick from, or pass on the card he just picked by placing it face down in the new pile of discards for the next player to pick from, again, one card at a time. The dealer keeps picking quickly and passing cards until all cards are gone, and may then pick from new cards passed to him when the cards have come full circle. All players should go as fast as possible, all the while keeping four cards in their hands, keeping count of the spoons, and watching carefully for anyone attempting to sneak a spoon while they are picking cards. Once the first spoon is taken by someone who has all four of the same cards, everyone else must try to grab a spoon before they are gone. The one left without a spoon gets a letter. The first person who spells “SPOONS,” is out of the game, and a spoon is removed from the center to ensure there is always one less spoon than the number of players. If the person who sneaks the spoon is not noticed by anyone else, he should sit the spoon in his lap, and keep passing cards until someone notices one is missing. Watch out for people pretending that they have four of a kind – they may reach out towards the spoons, but not touch them to fool someone else. If they touch a spoon accidentally on such an attempt and do not have four cards, they get a letter. If someone else is fooled and thinks they are going for a spoon, but they don’t, and touches a spoon when they don’t have four of the same cards, they get a letter. Only the first person who touches the spoon when they shouldn’t have gets the letter – the rest who follow do not. They simply put them back. Play continues until one person is left and wins the game.

Charades: This is a classic party favorite that is always good for a few laughs. Prepare ahead with some charades to act out that are appropriate for the group and age level. If you’ll be entertaining younger kids, give them simple words to act out, making it clear that they cannot speak. For example, sing, happy, monkey, dog, guitar, sick, hungry, bounce, flower, climb, draw, etc. For older children, prepare a couple of categories of clues and write the category on a piece of paper or white board. For Example: Movie Titles (The Lion King), Sayings (You win some you lose some), Songs (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star), etc. Prepare the charade tabs ahead of time. Divide the group into two teams. Team #1 will draw a random charade tab and try to act it out for their own team (give a set time limit). When time is up, if the first team hasn’t solved it, the other team can take a guess to try and steal the point. Then Team #2 takes their turn, and so on. Be sure to rotate the charade actor on each team each time. Decide on a set number of points to be reached, and the first player or team that reaches that number of points wins!

The Cotton Bowl: Another fun team party game for all ages that is hilarious to watch and play. Split your party goers into two even teams. Place two chairs back-to-back, with a player from each opposing team in each chair. Blindfold both players well and ensure that they cannot see. Hand them each a large spoon, and place a bowl containing equal numbers of well-separated cotton balls on their lap. The host stands between the two holding two paper plates on each of their heads. A timer is started. Each seated competing player has 30 seconds to scoop as many cotton balls out of their bowl using their spoon and carefully raise the cotton balls and place them on the plate over their head. When the buzzer is up, the number of cotton balls on each plate gets added to the respective team’s score. One point for each cotton ball successfully placed on the paper plate that does not fall off. Typically, the first team that collectively reaches 50 points wins, but you can set the goal to whatever you wish.

Pass it On: A great get-to-know-you game. Have the children gather in a circle to share their favorite things. Start with one child (the party boy or girl preferably) who should announce, for example, “My name is John and I like Football.” Then, the next child in line might say, “John likes football. My name is Matt, and I like candy,” and so on. Set a prize if the kids can make it all the way through without slipping up. If they get stuck, they can start again at the beginning with the child who got stuck going first, and then working their way back through the other children. This is a great memory game that will have children concentrating, interacting, and getting to know each other at the same time. It can easily be played over and over again by changing the fact to be shared, such as favorite candy, cartoons, books, foods, animals, games, etc.

Prize Balloon Stomp: This is not a game, but an innovative way to keep kids in anticipation, not knowing what is inside their balloons. Simply prepare a bundle of balloons with rolled prize tabs inside of each one that announces some special treat or reward. They may receive a balloon for finding a treasure clue, solving an identity, or guessing correctly in charades, etc. Or just place them at their assigned seats. Kids will have a blast stomping the balloons to retrieve their surprise reward.

For more treasure hunt and party game ideas, party supplies, and fun tips, visit Treasure-Adventure.com at http://www.treasure-adventure.com

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Test Tube Aliens

Test Tube aliens are a fantastic new craze sweeping the country! They’re aliens that kids can grow themselves and then nurture to become up to eight times their original alien size!

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There are six test tube aliens to collect – Tatsuni, Yagoni, Kurion, Shako, Takon, Dodec. Kids can simply hatch your alien from a chrysalis and bring your alien to life then monitor their aliens health and extend their lives using a fantastic interactive website (www.testtubealiens.com).

Test Tube Aliens are totally interactive so they will challenge as well as entertain kids. They need to be fed carefully if they’re to grow eight times their original size! Children can learn by keep their alien alive with the right amount of food and light.

Which Test Tube Alien Will You Choose?

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Kurion – Good

Yagoni – Good

Tatsuni – Good

Dodec – Evil

Takon – Evil

Shako – Evil

The Test Tube Alien Story

Naratuko (The Test Tube Aliens ‘home’ planet) is dying. The environment in the test tube, recreates that of Naratuko, until a new suitable planet can be found for the test tube aliens to colonize. The test tube aliens planet has habitable sloog swamps, much like the continents on earth, so the test tube aliens natural living environment deems they be raised in sloog environment which contains their food & nutrients and protects them from drying out, Due to the size of the test tube aliens planet and the speed it rotates around their suns, their year equates to one earth day, our daytime being their summer and dark all winter, so to maintain perfect health the test tube aliens prefer to see 12 hours continuous light followed by 12 hours continuous dark.

The test tube aliens breathe through the tips of their antennas, therefore for perfect health the test tube aliens like to remain covered in sloog, with just the tips of their antennas protruding. If completely immersed in sloog the test tube aliens will start to drown, if not enough they will starve or dry out. The test tube aliens will grow to their maximum size over a period of a couple of weeks, (14 days) making them teenagers in their own planet terms. An alien may live to be over 200 years old on Naratuko. Whilst the test tube aliens are alive they have a visible flashing heartbeat, You can tell the status and health of a test tube alien by monitoring this heartbeat.

The test tube aliens can communicate through the Internet, by holding a test tube alien to the computer screen at testtubealiens.com the test tube alien can be interrogated to determine; health, age, or to set various modes.

Why are they here?

In the face of the destruction of their race, the good aliens decided that their only hope would be to do as their forefathers had done. A genetic mutation allowed them to regress their age and transform their bodies into that of an unborn aliens. By doing this they lost all of they bodily strength gained over the millennia only their powerful minds remaining intact, as their bodies reverted to that of an infant. They would travel the galaxy in search of a sympathetic life form that would raise them back to adulthood, until such a time as a new, habitable planet could be found, As they fled the planet in their regressed chrysalis state, the evil race saw the lights from their launch and decided they had no choice.

The evil race would not allow the good to prevail and decided to undertake the same gruesome transformation so that they could pursue the good race, in an attempt to wipe them out once and for all……… tube Aliens

Other great Children’s Gifts

Design Your Own Kite – Lets go flight a kite! Get creative kids, design your own kite then build it for hours of fun with this great Design Your Own Kite Kit! Complete with everything you need to get your kite in the air for hours of fantastic flying action!

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Flying Monkey – The Slingshot Flying Monkey is nothing short of outrageous! The monkey can be shot long distances using his elastic arms. Put two fingers in the hand pockets, pull back and let go.

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Warm Cuddles – Enjoy a lovely warm cuddle with these cute cuddly animals. Heat up their tummy and snuggle up as they release a calming lavender scent!

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Gupi Interactive Guinea Pig – Gupi V3 is an interactive pet Guinea Pig that looks, feels, sounds and acts like a real Guinea Pig, play with Gupi and stroke him and he will become ultra-responsive and wil run to you when you call his name but if you don’t play with him he will become upset, scared and lonely and will sneak off to a dark place to hide.

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Star Wars Darth Vader Lightsaber Force FX Collectable EP IV

Is there anybody cooler than Darth Vader? We don’t think so. Now you can own your very own Darth Vader Lightsaber and feel his awesome power as you hold it.

This is an EXACT replica of the Lightsaber Lord Vader wields when he takes on his old master Obi Wan Kenobi at the end of the incredible first film in the classic Star Wars trilogy, Episode IV: A New Hope.

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Solar System Mobile –This fantastic Solar System Mobile is the kinda thing that makes the folks here at Find Me A Gift wish they were kids again! That plus getting free milk at school… What? They don’t do that anymore? Unbelievable…

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Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver – Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver is an authentically modeled replica which has a hidden Ultra Violet pen & UV light to reveal your secret writing. Fantastic button activated UV light shows hidden messages and there are also awesome Sonic Screwdriver sound effects.

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Remote Control Dalek – Dr Who Remote Control Dalek

SEEK! LOCATE! ANNIHILATE! The Dalek’s are the Doctor’s ultimate enemy. Their outer shell is battle armour, inside which is a hideous monster engineered to remove every emotion except ****!

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Animal Skittles – The Animal Skittles Set contains six soft cute animal skittles to bowl over with the rattling bowling ball. Animal Skittles is brilliant fun and excellent for developing hand and eye co-ordination skills.

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Visiting the aquarium is definitely one of the most enriching experience for your kids. Capturing their hearts are highly interactive galleries with touch tanks, video presentations, wildlife tours and diving with the sharks, just to name a few. Bring your kids to the aquarium and learn about aquatic life through exploration and discovery and bring back fond memories of the aquarium.

1. Before visiting the aquarium, get your kids to visit the homepage of the aquarium. Sometimes, the aquarium may feature on-line activities or printables for kids. You may also get a chance to view the animals right at home through the many web cams facilities provided by the aquarium.

2. Find out the history of the aquarium, its mission, and its future tasks. Learn about the aquarium’s adoption program.

3. Print out aquarium e-newsletters, if any.

4. Print out the pictures of the amazing underwater animals from the homepage and get your kids to identify them at the aquarium.

5. Check the calendar of events of the aquarium. Aquariums are likely to have some daily events and seasonal events. Do not miss their training sessions where you can watch aquarists feed and train the sea animals.

6. Find out the programs offer by the aquarium. Some aquariums allow you to feed the animals at allocated times.

7. Occasionally, aquariums do offer special programs such as swim with the dolphins or sharks. Such programs allow participants to get close to the mammals and learn about their behavior.

8. Interestingly, many aquariums are setting up their own clubs such as kids club, dive club and snorkeling club. Get your kids to experience a new adventure or acquire a new skill this season.

9. Enjoy a cruise with the aquarium. Some aquariums do organise whale-watching cruises.

10. Visit the touch tank of the aquarium and learn to be gentle with the animals.

11. Bring along drawing papers and encourage your kids to draw the sea animals.

12. Take your kids for an animal presentation, where you can see the natural behaviours of the underwater animals.

13. Bring your camera to capture shots of animal movements.

14. Encourage your kids to make a scrapbook of the aquarium trip.

15. Pick up any worksheets for kids. Or make worksheets yourself. Join the crafts sessions at the aquarium.

16. Learn about the aquarium conservation projects.

17. Some aquariums allow kids to be aquarium-keepers for a day.

18. Join the aquarium camp ! Campers may get to enjoy some of the exclusive behind-the-scenes activities, excursions, daily field trips to wildlife habitats, and an enjoyable overnight camp.

19. Join the aquarium’s overnight program ! It is a rare chance to explore the aquarium after hours, and you can get to participate in a variety of activities organised by the staff. With an expert guide, you may get to visit the aquarium’s behind-the-scenes areas and the food-preparation area to learn how the animals are cared for and fed.

20. Compare aquariums ! Every aquarium is different. Get your kids to find out their differences and similarities.

21. Be an aquarium volunteer. You can help to reach visitors and students, or work directly in the conservation research projects.

22. Write suggestions to the aquarium on how to improve their facilities and services.

23. Teach your kids how to support the aquarium by making a donation. Some aquariums have special programs which require funding.

24. Learn about ‘Seafood Watch’. Some aquariums have this special program which provides regional seafood guides and teaches you how seafood can affect your health.

Have a nice trip to the aquarium !

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Who else are more excited than the children and kids when it comes to Christmas? The excitement comes alive with the Christmas spirit, looking out the frost covered windows, watching the snow blanket cover the ground, pine needle smells and sheer anticipation of the Santa and stockings of gifts and presents. With Christmas and winter signifying time for caring and sharing, giving and living, adults simply cannot help but truly enjoy shopping with these children and kids for the Christmas!

Despite the fact that shopping for kids and children during Christmas festival can be enjoyable and joyful, there are a lot of attention for details and considerations that need to be taken into account when it comes to selection of gifts and toys for the kids. The choice of toys is a very important component of your shopping process because the toys must appeal to your children or kids current developmental stage. Specifically the focus of concerns should be in the aspects of whether the toys are age appropriate, general fit of the toys to the living environment and concept, acceptability and appeal of the toys to the children and kids in general.

First of all, careful selection of toys must involve careful attention to the age appropriateness of the toys for the particular kid and child for the particular age group. Safety of the children must always come first. It is highly advisable that you exercise judgment as to the suitability of the toys using the age range recommendation by the suppliers on the toy packaging as a guideline in your selection process. Due to possible hazards caused by choking as the small children and kids have tendency to put and chew stuffs in their mouths, therefore, toys that are designated for play for the older kids are generally smaller in sizes and contain more loose and removable parts. While toys and games like this are suitable for play for older kids, they can be hazardous to the toddlers, babies and younger kids. It is equally important in the process of choosing toys to make sure that they are well made, of high quality and can handle lots of wear and tear. The fact that age designation toys are designed such that they are specially suitable for the children and kids of their ages specified because the complicated toys for the older children which can be too difficult to play and manage by the younger children easily frustrate them. On the other hand, simplistic baby games may get too dull for the growing or older children and would not stimulate their interest and fun at all.

Consideration of the living condition of the family as well as the childrens parents is also essential when evaluating the Christmas gift for kids. The specifics of the living environment that encompass the size of the living room, availability of empty space and garden size as well as the surrounding neighbourhood are few of those considerations to be accounted for. Toys can be tried out to see whether the noise level is appropriate for the child and whether it will affect the harmony of the neighbours particularly if one is living in an apartment. Large toys can be problematic when there is inadequate space at home to store it and indoor products such as foosball table can equally give similar headache with the spacing and storing problem. As a rule of thumb, smaller items which produce minimal noise level are the better gift ideas for your Christmas shopping for kids.

Other than the age appropriateness factor, personal beliefs and acceptability represent another dimension in shopping for the most appropriate Christmas gifts for the children for the season. Different multitudes of acceptability of the types and nature of toys and games by the parents can be seen from the consent given to their children and the childrens access to that particular toy and game. Ethical beliefs of parents and adults are important because they may find toys such as large guns and violent video games unacceptable and offensive because they believe that the presence of the violence element in these toys and games may lead their children astray in their upraising. The safest choice for the gift for these children where you cannot be certain of the beliefs and the feelings of their parents would be to avoid purchasing such items.

What is important in your decision making process during your Christmas shopping for the kids and children would be to involve their parents in the process. You will discover that your whole shopping would be a lot easier and relaxed than would be should you be doing the shopping all by yourself. Consulting the parents of the child can give you feedback regarding the interests and the types of toys that would engage their child. They may even know and tell you the exact type of toy from the childs wish list for the Christmas. By this, you will reap the benefit of getting the child what he or she wants best and not buying something that he or she already has or uninterested in at all.

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