Day 1008 | A Berenstain Bear Party

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Here's a longer snapshot of what our Bear Country birthday party looked like. Everyone had a bear-y good time. Get it? Ha!

A few of the details on the party:

  • Our menu was based on the book Too Much Junk Food and consisted of choco chums (chocolate Teddy Grahams), sugar balls (donut holes), carrot sticks, apple rings, and trail mix. We also had honey sticks...we needed to have honey, right?!?
  • The "sewing" project below was based off of this idea. We did the shape of a sun instead of a heart and it was a hit (at least from what I could tell flitting around the party).
  • The "horticulture" project was based off of this seed planting. We've had two cloudy days since the party so no growth is visible...yet. Fingers crossed!
  • The "woodworking" project was to make these cute airplanes out of a clothespin. I simplified the design so the kiddos could make them. I just used one clothespin, two ice cream spoons (for wings), and one small popsicle stick (for the tail feather). And we used Zots to adhere the pieces instead of hot glue.
  • Then we set up a play station for Brother Bear and coloring for Sister Bear.

As you can probably tell, I like the idea of having things for the kiddos to do at parties other than just play. I think this number of quick projects was perfect for the age range of the kiddos (mostly 2-6) and they still had plenty of time to play (and eat!).

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