Ok so we def. decided to go with an military type theme.......I am sooooo excited, the kids and I prowled the internet this weekend looking for great ideas!
Here is my delima..........We're not playing the traditional type games, the games are gonna be bootcamp type drills......to save time I wanna split the party crowd into 2 teams and let the drill be a compettition........also i don't wanna drag a ton of stuff to the park so i wanna make it simple these are some ideas we came up with......but we're not sure how to order them or how to turn it into a competition.......or if it should even be a competition.
1 weave in and out of cones
2jump and jacks
3 push ups
4 army crawl.....i think we're going to bring 2 boxes for this
5 water gernades
6 tug of war
I don't want to do much more than these because we are having the party at a park and you know kis they can't wait to go play......but any other easy suggestions are def. welcome.
Also I loveeee the invatations we came up with. I made them because I couldn't find what I really wanted. Anyhow I found a pic. of Uncle Sam pointing saying "I WANT YOU FOR THE U.S. ARMY" this is on the front, and on the inside it says
Uncle Sam Wants You
Report to camp.....................(name of park, and i put the address)
for morgan and jeffrey's birthday bootcamp
on May 17, 2008
at 1200 hours (12:00 p.m.)
wear your camos or play clothes and prepare to get wet and dirty
please rsvp to the commanding office by may 14, 2008
well that was kinda how it went anyway i tried to open it and apparently i forgot to save it dammit!!! We'll figure it out again......anyhow the envelope will say attn pvt. .........childs name and i have a stamp here that i can change letters on i am going to stamp top secret mission on it.
Also i love the camo face paint idea...my hubsnad is sooo opposed but i always win so we're doing it anyway.....he just doesn't want parents getting mad so i need to mention somehow that we will be doing this.
Also delima #2 I usually serve food at these parties but this year i don't want to, so much gets wated and most just wanna play anyway, is it rude to opt out of the lunch and just serve cake and the red white and blue popcicles?
PLEASE GIVE ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT MILITARY AT ALL!!!!!!! ↓
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| Name: briseis | Date: Apr 7th, 2008 2:36 PM |
Have no idea about military either ... but SOUNDS BRILLIANT! Well done you!
It's fine just serving cake and popcicles. It's a kiddies parties. That's what they like to eat. :) ↑ |
| Name: nicole76108 | Date: Apr 7th, 2008 3:46 PM |
Ok M25 are you just a robot put on here to make us other moms feel like we dont do enough? lol
You've come up with a brillant party plan. I agree with briseis on this one to the cupcakes and popcicles will be plenty. ↑ |
| Name: LindsayK | Date: Apr 7th, 2008 4:17 PM |
| I disagree a little with the cake and popsicles only, b/c of the time of your party. B/c you're having it at 12 noon, as a parent I would assume you'd be supplying lunch and dessert. I just think you should make it later in the afternoon or let parents know that they need to feed they're kids before they come. Just my humble opinion though! I love your military idea, sounds fun! ↑ |
| Name: mother2five | Date: Apr 7th, 2008 5:16 PM |
Yes you may be right Linsay, I may need to add something in the invatation that says makes it known w/out being rude that theres no lunch......I don't wanna make it later in th e day because my kids will drive me nuts asking me all day is it time yet, lol so i think noon is a good time.
Well thank you Breisis and Nicole, but I did get some of my ideas from this site so it's not all my doing, but I love doing stuff like this, I fnd it fun!!! ↑ |
| Name: Double_K | Date: Apr 7th, 2008 5:29 PM |
Haha...you sound as obsessed as me when it comes to my kids bdays...I love going all out. It sounds like you have it under control. I think only cake and popcicles are perfectly fine to serve...thats usually all I do, BUT I do ususally have my parties 2-3pm so its not a normal "dinner" time---so I agree w/ Lindsay, something needs to be said since it is at noon ("mess hall is closed for lunch, serving dessert after bootcamp"...or something like that)!
On the face paint: I would make sure to ask parents if its okay before hand....my friend just had a butterfly party and painted butterflies on the girls faces, well one little girl was allergic to the paint and the parents weren't too happy.... ↑ |
| Name: Opheiliamath | Date: Apr 7th, 2008 6:57 PM |
About the food:
Have you ever had a party at noon before?
Because if you haven't, this time they kids might ACTUALLY be hungry and will eat.
Tell me how it was in the past with food going to waste and such. ↑ |
| Name: Opheiliamath | Date: Apr 7th, 2008 7:00 PM |
Oh and everything else sounds really cool.
There no need to be that accurate in the military theme unless you are directly invloved (in my opinion). I would give you a pass.... BUT you did awesome with the concept and theme. ↑ |
| Name: Opheiliamath | Date: Apr 7th, 2008 7:02 PM |
Also, instead of real food like burgers, and sandwiches.
How about watermelons, grapes, apples, cheese and crackers. Stuff along those lines.
Some substance before the cake and popciles? ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Apr 7th, 2008 11:38 PM |
I love the Card Ideas!!! SOOO FRICKEN CUTE!!!!!!
i think its fine to paint the kidds faces, who cares, its a birthday the parents should expect it! any ways i think snacks cake and ice cream would do just fine. ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Apr 7th, 2008 11:44 PM |
may be just mention the face painting thing so if they are allergic then the parents would say something.
i don't think its necessary to say any thing about the food, just provide snacks, when kids are having fun they dont sit down for a meal they grab a hand full of chips and run off! so just provide snacks and fruit and veggies and drinks and you are good to go! ↑ |
| Name: DRB | Date: Apr 8th, 2008 12:20 AM |
i think the whole idea is magnificent(sp?) i think all of your ideas are great too...i would say something about the face paint toothoguh and i love the chow hall closed idea..its a good way to say no food...with out saying hey people im not feeding your kids...
Oh and I LOVE YOUR CARD....except Marines would be better...but i'll give you some leeway....
oh yes one question....CAN I COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol
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| Name: mother2five | Date: Apr 8th, 2008 12:41 AM |
WEar your camos and prepare to get wet and dirty drb, lol!!!
my husband says i shouldn't say that because it sounds nasty but it's a kids b-day party........his minds in the gutter, lol ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Apr 8th, 2008 1:04 AM |
| hey M25 i have a sexy army uniforms you can wear LOL ahahh and He can wear some of chris's old BDU's hahaha well may be not so much on the Sexy army slut, but i would have no problem sending you some uniforms haha ↑ |
| Name: DRB | Date: Apr 8th, 2008 1:14 AM |
its a KIDS birthday party lauren...
lol ↑ |
| Name: mother2five | Date: Apr 8th, 2008 1:16 AM |
what is a bdu?
All my kids have camo's except Emilee, but I think I can find a camo onsie at wal-mart or target by May, as for Chris and I we have nothing....but I have seen grey t-shirts at wal-mart that have army printed in black......but as for camo pants.....I dunno, lol
Drb.......all the party stuff is basically army, doesn't really specify dif. like air force or marine, lol......I do recall one sight that had 1 thing marine but I can't remember what it was now.......You'd think I should know more about all this I was born on base my dad was air force but my parents split when I was young to so never lived on base or anything as an older child......... ↑ |
| Name: mother2five | Date: Apr 8th, 2008 1:17 AM |
| hey lauren on second thought does that sexy costume come w/ a whip???? LOL Might need to keep some order, lol j/k ↑ |
| Name: mother2five | Date: Apr 8th, 2008 1:20 AM |
| Oh haha I guess I just realized lauren and I's husband share the same name......as well as my oldest son ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Apr 8th, 2008 2:05 AM |
BDU's are their Camo uniforms,, They had the green(Woodland), Tan (Desert) and now they have the ACU's which is the digital looking ones, They all wear the digital now and we have tons of Woodland BDU's
You should look on e-bay for some cute camo, ohh and Babies Rus has reallly cute camo outfits ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Apr 8th, 2008 2:05 AM |
| thats because our husbands are the same person LOL ↑ |
| Name: FatallyYours | Date: Apr 8th, 2008 6:26 AM |
hey why dont you do a costume type thing. tell them to dress up like military, whichever branch, you know someone always knows someone in the military. we stgill have them as adults, its a little easier seeing as alot of us are in. also you can go to an army navy surplus store they sell uniforms but kind of pricey. and like i said before god i wish bootcamp
was that simple lol ↑ |
| Name: mother2five | Date: Apr 8th, 2008 1:28 PM |
| gosh lauren now you told everyone our secret! LOL ↑ |
| Name: mother2five | Date: May 6th, 2008 5:31 PM |
Bump
OK the party is not this weekend but next and I still have not got a staedy plan as to how to order the activities and how to go about getting them started, lol I'm usually not shy, lol but I feel kinda weird acting like a drill srg. LOL I need some advice on how to start this w/out looking like aweirdo in front of other parents, lol. Also what order can I put the activities in....Coart suggested I do like a relay type thing.....any ideas ↑ |
| Name: Opheiliamath | Date: May 6th, 2008 6:03 PM |
You can do a bunch of PT stuff.
You can do a relay race.
You can do a strength test. Put some rocks (or anything kinda heavy) out next to a bag. Ask how many do they think they can lift. And if you can lift let's say 5, you have passed the strength test.
Endurance Test: How long can you run in place? If you can do it for 3 minutes, you've passed.
Some people fall to realized beside all the physical stuff the recruits also study academics. I'm not sure if you would like to have them "think" at a birthday, but maybe if you make if fun like a speed round kind of thing so it's fast and painless. ↑ |
| Name: Opheiliamath | Date: May 6th, 2008 6:08 PM |
| Did you figure out what you're going to serve, if anything? Or are sticking with the cake and icecream? ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: May 6th, 2008 7:22 PM |
We are doing tylers birthday this weekend im so excited and i hung up all his decorations 2 days a go LOL i wouldnt wait!!! haha
so hows My Husband doing LOL ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: May 6th, 2008 7:22 PM |
| 3 min might be a little long maybe just a minute ↑ |
| Name: Opheiliamath | Date: May 6th, 2008 8:21 PM |
| Yea, those times I put were just an idea. Feel free to change it. ↑ |
| Name: mother2five | Date: May 6th, 2008 10:47 PM |
Thanks ladies I know what activities I'm doing.the ones above but how to order them is what I WANT TO KNOW..........LOL
I mentioned only cake and ice cream for the food
And Lauren our husband is doing just fine...I have kept him satisfied.......lol but since it's tues......lol your day to satisfy, lol you can have him, lol............OMG THAT SOUNDED LIKE A POLIGAMIST COMMENT, LOL ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: May 6th, 2008 11:49 PM |
hahah LMAO!!!
Damn Again, i had him last Tues!!! hes alot of work!!! ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: May 6th, 2008 11:50 PM |
| ugh ...... just yell at them LOL ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: May 6th, 2008 11:50 PM |
| call them maingge Maggots LOL ↑ |
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