Claire Darbaud

Hello all,

I am looking for ideas to through a cool party for my 8 year old boy
and his 11 year old friend.

I feel they would love to g for a laserquest, but we don't really have
a budget to invite all their friends to a laserquest. Any idea how we
could organise something fun for a limited budget?

I was thinking maybe we can try and find a network playroom for a mini
counter strike tournament...

There should be about 6 to 8 boys and ideally we want something fun to
do for the little sisters...

It's very cold here theses days, so outdoors doesn't sound like a good idea.

Possibly a Treasure hunt, but I am worried some older kids might thing
it's too childish...

They like video games, first person shooters, some strategic games...

Ideas anyone? What kind of parties have you thrown for your preteen boys?

Thanks
Claire

Pam Sorooshian

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Claire Darbaud <cdarbaud@...> wrote:

> Possibly a Treasure hunt, but I am worried some older kids might thing
> it's too childish...
>

Try not to think that way. My experience has been that older kids actually
LOVED the excuse to do "younger kid" activities.

We took Rosie and her friends to a little-kiddie amusement park for several
of her birthdays...she and her friends were eventually significantly older
than the intended age for the park (8 to 11ish at a place intended more for
2 to 5ish) , but all the rides were built so that parents and little kids
could both ride, when meant that our big kids fit the rides just fine. They
loved it and had a really good time.

One of the people running the place told me, as we were leaving, "I was so
worried when I saw all those big kids because I thought they'd be bored and
not behave well, but your kids were delightful and so full of happy energy
and imagination, it was a pleasure to watch them having such a good time."

These were all unschooled kids. If you are inviting kids who might act like
they are too old and not be cool with young-kid activities, your mileage
may vary.

-pam


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cath01gb

> Possibly a Treasure hunt, but I am worried some older kids might thing
> it's too childish...
>
I remember playing treasure hunts during our summer holidays, and loving... even as a teen ager !
You can make it a bit harder by writing clues / enigmas...
We used to play it all around the village (I know it is cold, maybe you could do it outside for a while and come back inside ?)
Using rebus (mmm... not sure of the english word !), enigmas, and maybe a neighbour who could give clues ?
The little ones can have a role in the game, being part of a team...

Have fun !!
Cath
french mum of 3 boys,
in the UK