Parenting Toddlers (1-3) Support Group
This community is focused on the joys, challenges and concerns faced by parents of toddlers (1 to 3 year olds). The major areas of child development include: physical development, perception and sensory development, communication and language development, cognitive development, emotional development and social development. Join to share your stories and get advice.
We are thinking of renting a gymnasium for our DD's 3rd birthday party in April. Our house is small and we invite about 35 people with about 8 children. (I know not many children.) We can never predict if the weather will be nice which sucks because we have an awesome big backyard. So anyway - anyone have a gym party or go to one.... I'm thinking the kids will just free play - any good activities I could have? No one will be older than 4... so I think structured games won't really work... Thanks in advance!
A friend just did her daughter's 3rd birthday party and she did "ice cream scoop cakes" Basically took some muffins and put them in ice cream cones and then the kids got to decorate their cones. It went over really well.
Right off the bat some ideas that are perfect for 3yr olds are: music games (hokey pokey, chicken dance), a bean bag toss, bowling using empty 2 liter soda bottles and refilled with glittery water, a balloon game where they try to keep balloons in the air,
Maybe you can spread a big piece of butcher paper and supply a variety of crayons, markers & stickers so they can create some art.
It is a lot easier to come up with activities when there is a theme.