You have thrown a rocking birthday party for
your 6-year old. Invited handful of his / her friends, cooked some of their favorite food, played games, managed tantrums and yes of course the noise. The
house seems like a tomb compared to the din just a few minutes ago before the
children had all gone home.
I imagine this is the experience of most
parents every year – putting tons of effort to make your child’ party of few
hours extra special. Would you not want that effort to be remembered?
Now, for a
6-year old to form a memory, you need an ‘Attention Grabber’ and once formed,
it should be renewed frequently in their minds. Which is a difficult task because most often we are competing with the TV,
tablets, smart phones and Play Stations. Besides do you really remember the
menu at your friend’ birthday party even though it was in some swanky restaurant
filled with so many people.
The one thing
that children love and crave for is the attention
and focus on them. So, we did a little experiment this year where everything
was about our 6-year old.
Décor / Party Decorations: If your child is not partial to any
particular colour then one of the best theme for decorations is rainbow
preferably in that particular shape with the name of your child peeking out of
the rainbow. Another interesting theme would be something that ties with the
games.
Games: Select at least five games which help you learn and at the same time
it is a lot of fun. 5 because in case, children throw tantrums in the middle of
a game, you can stop it and play another. The trick is to select one
game in which your child will surely win (hey, it is your child’ birthday party
and nothing works better than winning among all your friends, so you can have
this ace up your sleeve).
Food: Should be simple and not too much in portions or varieties most of
which should be your child’ favorite. There are only 2 or 3 things that will
appeal to a child. Smaller portions imply lesser wastage… don’t worry children
are very vocal about what they like to eat so if they like something a lot,
they are going to ask for a 2nd or 3rd helping. In this
party, garlic bread was such a hit that all the children asked for at least 3
helpings.
Return Gifts: Now, here is a perfect place to score with your child’ friends –
become part of their memories. We personalized the gifts of each of the 10
children – towels painted with the child’ name and monogrammed with their
initial, in which we wrapped homemade chocolates (one bore the name of the
child and the other bore the name of our 6-year old) and these were put into personalized gift bags for each child. Imagine each of your child’ friends
opening their return gifts and seeing their name on the gift… there forms a
memory and every time he / she looks at that gift, the memory is renewed.
I encourage you
to try this at home. It is manageable and does not cost a bomb and your child
and his / her friends will remember how special you made them feel.
And please do
share your experience with me.
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