by This is Carrie on September 3, 2009
Story: Hansel & Gretel Game: Cupcake Walk – Don’t let your sweet tooth get you in trouble!Word Puzzle Answer: BIRTHDAY Each space on the sidewalk chalk cupcake walk “game board” was marked with a letter from the word “birthday” instead of a number. The winner of each round was immediately rewarded with a groovy and […]
by This is Carrie on September 2, 2009
Thanks to long list of Super Why themed activities on the pbsparents.org site I had tons of ideas for games. I decided that each game would have a short story at the beginning and a word puzzle to solve at the end.Story: Humpty DumptyGame: Alphabet Twister-Don’t fall down!Word Puzzle Answer: HAPPY Twister mat was made […]
by This is Carrie on September 1, 2009
I love parties with themes.“Character” themes–not so much.But, when we realized 7 boys would be attending Pumpkin’s “I want to be a Princess” party, I decided a Super Why theme wasn’t a bad idea at all. Of course, I had to make Super Why capes and masks for all the boys and Princess Presto skirts […]
by This is Carrie on September 1, 2009
Given that it was our only “decoration” for the party, I didn’t mind spending time on the Storybrook Village backdrop, but I just wished it hadn’t been the HOTTEST day of the year. Pumpkin petered out of her painting help after about 20 minutes. The only other decoration consisted of sidewalk chalk art down the […]