three year old birthday parties

Water slides (you know, the slip and slide thing you attach to a hose),
painting, coloring, clowns, pinatas.

Jeff
"Stephanie" wrote in message
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I was thinking of inviting 3-5 kids friends and their parents,
supplying some toys, having cake and ice cream and calling it good.

What do you think? Any particularly fun ideas for three year olds and
multi-aged friends? One family I want to invite has 3 kids. The oldest
is 6. He is the reason I want to invite this family. He and DS play
well together and DS asks about them a lot. He always wants to invite
them over.

All ideas welcome.

Thanks

S

For a three-year old, run it just like a nursery school session. Start
out with a well-defined craft. A good one to start with could be
something like finger-painting with food-colored unscented shaving cream
on a table outdoors, or crayons or playdough. (Even bigger kids enjoy
these activities.)

From there, move on to a circle-song game like Old MacDonald, or "If
You're Happy and You Know It". Do a few of those. Then story time,
wirth a good picture book. Then cake, and conclude with some free play,
outdoors if possible.

I've run a few 2- and 3- year old parties this way, and they were lots
of fun. Of course, there are other ways that work as well; I just
haven't tried them myself.

--Beth Kevles

http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html -- a page for the milk-allergic
Disclaimer: Nothing in this message should be construed as medical
advice. Please consult with your own medical practicioner.

(Stephanie) wrote in message . com...
I was thinking of inviting 3-5 kids friends and their parents,
supplying some toys, having cake and ice cream and calling it good.

What do you think? Any particularly fun ideas for three year olds and
multi-aged friends? One family I want to invite has 3 kids. The oldest
is 6. He is the reason I want to invite this family. He and DS play
well together and DS asks about them a lot. He always wants to invite
them over.

All ideas welcome.

I like having some "theme" for the party, just to tie things together.
Other than that our parties at this age were mainly just playing with
toys and cake/ice cream. For one son we had a "dinosaur" party and
used plastic Easter eggs as "dinosaur eggs." My husband hid them
around the yard and we had a dinosaur egg hunt. We had lots of
dinosaur stickers to put on bags for treats, etc. I agree that simple
is better, but I think one or two planned activities helps make it
seem more like a party.

Chris

I would personally have at least two or three planned games or crafts to do.
Just letting them run around with toys sounds like a huge mess to me and not
something I would enjoy. I always had a theme for the girls parties and took
it from there.
--
Sue
mom to three girls

Stephanie wrote in message
om...
I was thinking of inviting 3-5 kids friends and their parents,
supplying some toys, having cake and ice cream and calling it good.

What do you think? Any particularly fun ideas for three year olds and
multi-aged friends? One family I want to invite has 3 kids. The oldest
is 6. He is the reason I want to invite this family. He and DS play
well together and DS asks about them a lot. He always wants to invite
them over.

All ideas welcome.

Thanks

S