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Happy
Thanksgiving! Yes, it's little
less than two weeks away and so
greetings are in order! One thing we
would like to say is thanks
for visiting Peppers and
Pollywogs! We love providing ideas to
help you plan your kids' parties and
celebrations. Is there something more
we can be doing to help you? Please
drop a line and let us know...we love
hearing from you.
Well, the kids will soon be off for that
long holiday weekend. Are you looking
for some kid-friendly ideas to keep them
busy? Check out this newsletter for
some fun treats to make and activities
to do to celebrate the season together.
And just on the heels of
Thanksgiving come the parade of
great movie releases. Perhaps you are
thinking about taking the kids to see
the Bee Movie or Enchanted. No matter
what is playing on the big screen, there
are plenty of ideas to bring the magic
alive at your parties and also during
the movie outing itself.
Do I hear a jingle? Do I see a lone
snowflake falling from the sky? The
holidays are coming...and we'll be
giving you some great ideas next
month...so stay tuned!
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Terrific Turkey Themed Tips
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Gobble, Gobble...Halloween has barely
come and gone and the next holiday,
Thanksgiving, is already well on her
way. This year, the holiday falls on
Thursday, November 22nd. If you have a
kid born on that day or that holiday
weekend, you want to incorporate the
theme of Pilgrims, Indians, the
bountiful feast into a party theme..
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Food and
Feast Ideas
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 The
Pilgrims and Indians are beginning to gather
to prepare for the big feast later this
month. If you are looking to get into the
spirit with your kids and want to make some
fun snacks/treats along the Thanksgiving
season, consider these ideas:
Mock Stuffing:
Fill several bowls with plain croutons
slightly crushed, and the kids sprinkle in
different seasonings such as garlic or onion
powder, celery seed and dried parsley. Then
have them add water to the mix, a squirt
bottle filled with water works best. Then
stir, add more spices, and/or water! Enjoy
tasting their very own stuffing!
No Bake Pumpkin Pudding:
Mix two tablespoons pumpkin pie
filling, two tablespoons marshmallow crème,
and one tablespoon whipped topping. Have the
kids measure the ingredients themselves and
mix this tasty pudding.
Bagel
Turkeys:
You will need for each kid:
- 1 bagel,
- 7 lollipops
- 3 candy corn
The bagel is the turkey's
body. Poke 2 lollipops through the base of
the bagel as legs so it will stand up. Then
use the remaining lollipops as feathers
poking out of the top of the bagel. Just
above the hole in the bagel poke in 2 candy
corn as eyes and 1 candy corn as the gobble.
Eat your bagels with jelly, butter, and/or
cream cheese!
Turkey Crackers,
Cornmeal
Cookies and
more...
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 In
the midst of all of this holiday cheer,
however, many holiday babies get the short
end of the peppermint stick. Instead of
being thrown separate birthday parties,
their celebrations often get lumped together
with Christmas parties, Hanukkah dinners,
and New Years Eve gatherings.
If you have a holiday baby in your family,
you should always do your best to
make their special day, well, special. Here
are a few great ways to do this without
breaking the bank or running yourself
ragged.
- Plan a separate celebration around
or on your child's birthday.
- Consider asking family members
and/or friends to pitch in on one bigger
gift that the birthday child has
requested.
- Two
parties are better than one! Have
a small family gathering around or on
your child's actual birthday, and then
throw a bigger party with his or her
friends halfway through the year.
- For a low-key and inexpensive home
party, invite several of your child's
closest friends for a sleepover. Play
traditional games like
Telephone and
Name That Tune, make popcorn, watch
a movie, or tell spooky stories. Before
the children leave in the morning, serve
them Funny Face Bagels or Smiley Face
Pancakes.
- Take your child and a few friends on
a birthday outing to an ice skating or
roller rink, a museum, an aquarium, an
arcade, a bowling alley, a movie
theater, a salon, or anywhere else that
the kids might enjoy.
- If you can only fit in a combination
birthday and holiday celebration, make
strides to single out the birthday child
and make him or her feel special. Give
your child a special hat or
birthday pin to wear or hang a
personalized birthday banner in the
main party area.
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A Bee Birthday Party
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Did you see the Bee movie? Perhaps the theme
would be fun for an upcoming birthday
party? It's a great idea, and can be used
as a stand-alone party theme, or as part of
a
Bug Themed Party. Either way, here are
a few ideas that quick and easy on the
wallet to pull it off.
- Hand Deliver a
Honey
Stick Invitation!
- For the
decor,
keep with the colors bight yellow and
black for balloons, streamers, and table
ware. For additional decorative
details, use a thick black marker and
make black stripes on your balloons for
a bee-tiful effect, and also on your
yellow plastic table cover and cups.
The kids could also do this for a party
activity.
- For
activities, play "Pin the Stinger
on the Bee."
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Have a
honey tasting. There are so many
varieties...purchase several types and
see if the kids can guess the
differences.
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Serve
all things honey. Pancakes
drizzled with honey, honey tea
sandwiches, toast with honey, etc.
- Make a
Honey Bee Cake!
- Send the kids home with
the Bee Balloons and Bee antenna that
the kids make using a headband, pipe
cleaners, and black pom-poms.
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Holiday Movie Outing
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 If
you are looking forward to getting out of
the house this season, rather than staying
in during all of those vacation days, why
not take your kid and a few of his best pals
out to the movies. This is a perfect
birthday and/or holiday outing, especially
if movie tickets are found in your stocking.
This is really easy to put
together as well. Casually, call up a few of
your kids' friends' parents and see if they
wouldn't mind an afternoon on their own
while you take them to the show. I bet most
will be more than happy to have their kid go
to the movies. Make sure that the kids have
enough money for their ticket and a treat at
the movie. If this is a part of a birthday
party, then most people will expect the host
to pay for the whole outing, but if it is a
holiday outing make sure the kids have the
money they will need.
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