Raising Our 3 Sons

This is a blog about raising three boys in Northern Idaho, from the perspective of a Mom and a Dad, with occasional posts from the boys themselves.

Friday, March 23, 2007

Preparing For Mazlow's 2nd Birthday Party

To Celebrate Mazlow's 2nd Birthday, we decided on a Jungle Adventure Theme. I created invitations on the computer that we printed out and inserted into the card invites that came with with party set we ordered from Birthday Express:
Along with this sheet, the invitation also included a "Passport" for each child invited to the party. The invitation asked them to add their name and picture to the passport and to bring it with them to the party to "gain entrance to the island".
On the back of the passports was the agenda for the day's activities (hopefully encouraging parents to arrive on time - and it worked!)
When the kids got to the party, they were greeted at the door by the safari guides (me and my mom). They showed us their completed passports, which we then stamped with the official seal of the island (a jungle sticker) and dropped into a plastic slip on a lanyard that they could wear around their neck. In the back pocket of the plastic slip were a series of coupons for each of the activities scheduled throughout the day.
The first coupon was for a visit to the medic. When they gave us this coupon, the kids were presented with a baggy of "malaria pills" (AKA Hot Tamales Candy) and "Typhoid Shot" (a fake prick with a Fisher Price injectable needle followed by a Jungle Bandaide).

They had a ticket for Lunch...

They had tickets for all the games and crafts...



The last coupon they used before they headed home was for their treat bag parting gift.

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