Party with ME! leads interactive birthday parties for kids ages 5 -12 , including 60+ minutes of activities and favor bags!
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New England Weather + Pandemic Precautions + Birthday = Outdoor Party?
How can you host a child’s (or adult’s) party in 2020 with pandemic limitations?
The weather can turn from cold to hot to cold again in a matter of days; this makes planning for outdoor events difficult, even in the best of circumstances. And these days, we’re dealing with 2020 circumstances that require us to stay out of each other’s homes, in small groups even when outside, and always in masks.
Read more for some ideas to keep celebrating safely while following pandemic precautions.
Another Pandemic Birthday Party Success!
My son needed to feel joy and friendship at his Birthday Party! He enlisted my father (who led my childhood birthday parties) to brainstorm old school games that we could enjoy while masked and physically distancing.
It was with such delight that the 5 boys that joined our party took their assigned seats at our 2 patio tables, marked with placemats to ensure space was maintained. The boys enjoy seated activities, which included Making their own Bouncy Balls (a surprise to my son!), Pass the Parcel (which they got to toss to each other more than pass to make the distance, which they LOVED!) and Decorating Cupcakes to take home to enjoy. To keep the boys attention and to set them up for success, we also had more active games that allowed for more movement, these games were played on marked spots on the patio for spacing and included Balloon Shaving (a novelty for the 7 & 8 year olds 🤣) , Surprise Balloon Pop (they were surprisingly, or not, speedy at this!), Popper Challenge, Candle in a Bottle Challenge, and the always successful Silly String Tag.
Birthday Celebration in the time of Covid...without zoom!
Adding Covid restrictions to this birthday celebration created an additional challenge to my son’s 8th Birthday, which only meant that I needed to step up my game! I could have done another zoom party, which I successfully did for my daughter’s 10th birthday… but he’s zoomed out! He wanted an in person fun party, he wanted (needed) to forget covid!