Cast your mind back to yesteryear, when your party would always be at your home. On the invite list would be a few friends from school, neighbourhood buddies and family members - they would come over for a couple of hours whilst your parents took on the role of Butlins Reps for the day. They would be the ones to organise all the party games, more so they would make the rules - the Golden Rules - these were non negotiable.
My dad would spin me and my friend around at high speeds holding a sharp object of some description whilst our eyes were covered with a tea towel. The idea of course was to pin the tail on the donkey, not into the wall. Rarely did I win. The pin pricks are still visible to this day.
On my party agenda were all the old favourites, mine was Pass The Parcel. We would all gather in a tight circle and rip apart yesterday's newspaper for a good thirty minutes or so, eager to get our hands on a Strawberry Short Cake pencil case or a Chic A Boo. However, every year it always turned out to be some item of clothing or doll that my nan had lovingly knitted. Worse still, I would never be allowed to win, despite it being my party! My guests and peers would always be preferred as if to add a sense of fair play to proceedings.
Musical chairs was always a favourite too, if not a challenge! Getting on a piano stool was a task for any child at the best of times - throw in friends you are scrambling with you to get on it and it was near impossible! The piano stool tactic was my undoing, I always went out first, maybe I should've gone for the poof instead.
How times have changed! Or have they? 30 years on from my parties and kids will still always get giddy at the thought of playing party games and winning prizes, even if it's a kinder egg and not a DS. So if the kids haven't changed, then perhaps it must be us and our generation. We have, without knowing, changed the golden rules over the years. These days games are non elimination and with prizes for everyone invited, expectation levels have risen and kid's parties are now "Fair For All". The issue here is your average class size of 5 year olds is 3+ and rising. It is little wonder parents are fretting at the thought of all these young children running riot around their front rooms and kitchens! How will they get their hands on the paper required to wrap 30 presents for pass the parcel? There is always the option of fumbling through the neighbour's recycle bin at night, but keeping the noise of rustling paper down is one thing, silencing wine bottles and beer cans is quite another!
Even starting and stopping the tune for musical statues is a dilemma now that every pop song will throw in the occasional swear word!
Sometimes the sensible option is to leave it in the hands of a kids party organiser.
My dad would spin me and my friend around at high speeds holding a sharp object of some description whilst our eyes were covered with a tea towel. The idea of course was to pin the tail on the donkey, not into the wall. Rarely did I win. The pin pricks are still visible to this day.
On my party agenda were all the old favourites, mine was Pass The Parcel. We would all gather in a tight circle and rip apart yesterday's newspaper for a good thirty minutes or so, eager to get our hands on a Strawberry Short Cake pencil case or a Chic A Boo. However, every year it always turned out to be some item of clothing or doll that my nan had lovingly knitted. Worse still, I would never be allowed to win, despite it being my party! My guests and peers would always be preferred as if to add a sense of fair play to proceedings.
Musical chairs was always a favourite too, if not a challenge! Getting on a piano stool was a task for any child at the best of times - throw in friends you are scrambling with you to get on it and it was near impossible! The piano stool tactic was my undoing, I always went out first, maybe I should've gone for the poof instead.
How times have changed! Or have they? 30 years on from my parties and kids will still always get giddy at the thought of playing party games and winning prizes, even if it's a kinder egg and not a DS. So if the kids haven't changed, then perhaps it must be us and our generation. We have, without knowing, changed the golden rules over the years. These days games are non elimination and with prizes for everyone invited, expectation levels have risen and kid's parties are now "Fair For All". The issue here is your average class size of 5 year olds is 3+ and rising. It is little wonder parents are fretting at the thought of all these young children running riot around their front rooms and kitchens! How will they get their hands on the paper required to wrap 30 presents for pass the parcel? There is always the option of fumbling through the neighbour's recycle bin at night, but keeping the noise of rustling paper down is one thing, silencing wine bottles and beer cans is quite another!
Even starting and stopping the tune for musical statues is a dilemma now that every pop song will throw in the occasional swear word!
Sometimes the sensible option is to leave it in the hands of a kids party organiser.
About the Author:
Lucia Davies is a children's entertainer from Manchester, serving Stockport, Cheshire and the North West. She can organise any aspect of your kid's party from venues to balloons.
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