Put on your thinking caps please,

13 years ago

I have to make a list for a birthday party/scavenger hunt for a 9 year old boy.

My boss talked me into it :^)

I can think of a few things, but I need lots of ideas.

I will TRULY appreciate any thoughts you have!

Many thanks,

J

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oldalgebra
13 years ago
battery
wooden cooking spoon
sports trophy
spool of red thread
toilet paper core
flip flop for the left foot
ping pong ball
Monopoly token
bottle of steak sauce
yo-yo
janet1_2007
13 years ago
pinecone
paperclip
pencil that writes red
salt shaker
rubber band
paperback book
quarter
birthday candle
bar of soap
piece of gum
note pad
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Springshowers - what a great lot of photos. It really helps when people put in several photos from different angles. I'm sorry that i can't help you except to say that this iris ir really NOT like Victoria Falls, as the falls are far too old styled - long and recurved, and the colour is far too dark. It may help to give a description of the irises garden habit - what time of year does it bloom (early, mid season or late)? how tall are the flower spikes? Does the fan have purple based foliage? How many blooms per stalk on average? It also helps to look around at peoples web pages of photos, or in catalogues. It is extremely difficult to indentify an iris who has lost it's name, unless it has some very unusual distinguishing feature. The only way to tell for sure is to buy something you think it might be and grow them side by side. It is a pretty bloom, so why not enjoy it without the name? Cheers, Jan in Australia, anticipating the iris season.
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Punk, you always have good ideas and I always enjoy hearing them! Your Christmas table idea sounds lovely and I'm definitely going to try it next December. I do have some smaller trees that would work well on the table with him. Thanks! Here's a close-up of the ground jewels painting. It's done on silk, BTW. I don't know much more about the process or why they use ground jewels to paint with. It sounds like waste of good jewels to me. My guess is that artists use the chips left behind when various jewels are cut, but that's only a guess. I've just tried googling "ground jewels+paint" and didn't find anything. Hi Twomonths, and welcome to our forum! I see from your GW page that you're originally a Texas gal now living with your family in SoCal. Your ideas are great. I actually have a box of slender brass candlesticks in varying heights somewhere around here. I hadn't even thought of them until you mentioned this . . . thank you! Hope you post here more often now :~) Lynn
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I have a couple of friends who do the 'show me a piano and we'll do a sing along" thing... I might add "The Trolly song" "A guy is a Guy" "Are you sincere" "The Thing"...( Phil Harris...get out of here with that * bump de dump*) Good Morning Star Shine Yes sir That's my Baby Heart of my Hearts...I love that melody.. Cool Water Mule Train High Noon (speaking of Frankie Laine!) Matilda Peg O' my Heart Guantanamera See Ya later Alligator Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polkadot....etc And there are great "Country" sing along soneg...such as "I walk the line" and "Momma Don;t Your Sons grow up to be Cowboys"" And "Ruby don't tale your Love to Town" And of course "Daddy sang bass and Momma sang Tenor..." And a few that are not fit for polite company!! LOL!...Something about "clover"??? Linda C
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Marlene Kindred
13 years ago
If you're doing a theme type party, use things having to do with that. When my daughter was small, we did a safari party and they all wore "jungle" hats and had a scavenger hunt looking for animals you would find on safari. My DH came up with clever clues so they would have to guess what they were looking for. The kids had a blast.
party_music50
13 years ago
Don't know where you're located, but outdoor scavenger hunts are good if you can think of things they would find outdoors in your area... a type of flower or flower of a specific color, 3-leaf clover, frog or toad, lightning bug, stick w/ a fork in it, flat rock, etc.
jaybird
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you ALL!! Those lists are great and the theme specific idea is good too. Since it will be an Indiana Jones theme, I may have to save that idea for another party. The outdoor ideas will work too, since they are sort of in the country!
I appreciate your time to help us out.
J

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