BIRTHDAY GAMES!

The First game we played was "Don't Eat Pete" Seriously, this game is a KID PLEASER! It's very simple.

1. Get a game board/bingo board with different spaces. They can have letters, numbers, pictures, words, etc inside.

2. The child who is "it" has to go away, while everyone decides which space on the board is "pete"

3. Put a small candy (mini M&Ms for us) on each space.

4. The child comes back and eats one space at a time. When the child picks up "PETE" everyone shouts at the top of their little lungs, "DON'T EAT PETE!!!!!" and then the turn is over. So the point is to eat as many M&Ms as you can before you eat Pete!

Next was this funny one- Everyone puts a chocolate covered pretzel on their forehead. The first person to get it into their mouth, chew and swallow without using their hands, wins. The older kids took it pretty seriously. The younger kids took their pretzel off their forehead and ate it, and then wondered why the older kids were acting so weird!

This next one was a big hit- and I'm glad because I wasn't so sure how well it would work.

Everyone got a plate full of cotton balls and an empty cup. I went around and put a huge dollop of vasoline on the tips of their noses, and then they had to transport all the cotton balls from the plate to the cup only using their sticky nose! Everyone had a great time, and no one cared who won, but everyone really wanted to finish. Some went super fast and crazy, and some meticulously did one cotton ball at a time. Good times were had by all!

We had one more game before the Pinata (Which I thought would be the big "hit" (get it?) of the party) and I almost skipped this last game. Good thing I didn't, because it was the star of the show, for kids and parents alike!!! (Let me add in here that I come from a ridiculously competative family. I mean- seriously. seriously!)

I had my brother use masking tape and make a big "target" on the sidewalk. Everyone got a piece of computer paper and got to make a paper airplane. The only rules were it had to be a plane (not a wadded up piece of paper) and you couldn't add anything else to it. You have never seen such serious airplane builders!
First we had the kids division and everyone got three throws. We kept track of the closest to the target and deduced a winner! The kids had a great time, and then went off to the sand and continued to throw their airplanes!

Next came the adult division, and I'm serious- IT. WAS. SERIOUS.

People were testing the wind, changing their throw stance, cheating was accused several times, and after MUCH MUCH MUCH Debate, we finally got a winner! (It was all good natured fun by the way~)

Then, everyone was so heated up (and the losers wanted a chance at redemption...) so we had an impromptu "WITH ONE THROW WHO CAN THROW THEIR PAPER AIRPLANE THE FURTHEST" competition. After everyone threw, the two furthest away were paced off (more than once) by several impartial judges, and another winner was declared. It was so much fun to have something the adults enjoyed!

I only got pictures of the construction of the planes and not the competition because I was the line judge, and in this game there was no room for error!

The next post will be Pinata Pictures...because they are so funny they deserve their own post!