My kids all get one big birthday party. Each year they have a family party but the friend thing is usually pretty small (or non existent) but for their 7th birthday I let them plan whatever they want. So Emily turned 7 this year. She only wanted to invite a few girls because she wanted to be able to play with all of them. She had a ton of different games picked out and she changed themes several times but in the end we had an animal themed party.
First the girls made their own binoculars. Then they went all over the house on an animal watching tour. They had a list of animals to find and Mack and I had hid a bunch of Andrew's animal figurines in different areas of the house. Emily picked out the animals beforehand and divided them into geographical regions. The tour went to the Ocean, Jungle, Yellowstone, and Africa. Kate and Emily decorated each of the regions and Kate led them on the tour.
Then they had snacks like goldfish, Teddy grahams, and pretzels with chocolate drizzled on to look like lions (all Emily's idea's)
Next they did animal relay races where they hopped like kangaroos, crawled like crabs, snakes, bears, and other creatures.
It never ceases to amaze me how much kids like to watch each other open presents. So fun to see how much they love it.
The birthday girl chose Oreo Ice Cream Cake and loved it. We also played other games some of which Emily had created to fit the party theme. Like "Zoo Basket" a game she made up based on "Fruit Basket". We had so much fun. She loved being involved in all the details of the party. I had a blast putting it all together with her. Love this girl!
