| A birthday party for your child does not have to be | | | | ball to each other in no particular order. When each |
| elaborate and filled with lots of rented activities like | | | | person catches the ball, he must say an animal name |
| clowns who create balloon animals or large, inflatable | | | | that has not already been said by another child. |
| obstacle courses that seem to charge you by the | | | | For indoor games on a cold or rainy day, try a |
| minute. Kids are usually happy just to be able to see | | | | scvanger hunt, ping pong puff or sardines–a |
| their friends and spend time playing together. This year | | | | reverse hide-and-seek game where once you find the |
| for your child's Birthday party, plan something that is | | | | sole "hider," you hide with him. The last person to find |
| both entertaining and enjoyable for all of the party | | | | the entire group (now hiding with the original person) |
| members, just not expensive. | | | | loses. Ping pong puff is best played on a long table |
| Play Games: There are plenty of outdoor games kids | | | | with each person blowing through a straw to try to get |
| love that are free, such as three-legged or potato | | | | the ping pong ball to his opponents side of the table. |
| sack races, tag or category ball. For category ball, | | | | Put down tape as "goal" markers on each side of the |
| have the birthday boy select a category, like animals. | | | | table before starting. |
| Then, all of the kids stand in a circle and bounce the | | | | |