Care bear party for my soon to be 5 yo
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Decorations
Whatever
you decide to do with your Care Bear party decorations, make sure that
the amount of decorative items is not too intimidating for the kids.
Best
colors for Care Bears birthday party decorations are blue, purple,
yellow and pink. Use balloons and streamers in those colors. Play kids'
party music CD in the background.
Print and enlarge images of
Care Bears, along with pictures of rainbows and hearts. Laminate them
(if you can) and tape them to the fence. Hang several bunches of
balloons near the entrance to the yard to mark your party spot. Post a
sign that says "Welcome to (your child's name) Care Bears birthday
party!" near the front door.
Spread out several Care Bears plush
toys around the room. Tape pictures of rainbows, suns, clouds, hearts,
etc. to the wall. Fill the ceiling with a few clear helium balloons (for
clouds).
Cover your party table with a theme cloth. Print and
laminate small images of Care Bears, and put them for placemats. Tie
balloons to the back of the chairs. (Use Care Bear Mylar balloon for
birthday child's chair.) Hang a personalized Rainbow & Stars "Happy
Birthday" banner nearby.
Guest Arrival and Introductory Activities
*Face Painting: Make
your Care Bears birthday party guests feel special with a bit of face
paint! As kids arrive to your party, decorate their cheeks with theme
symbols: rainbows, hearts, suns, moons, shamrocks, clouds and so on.
*Coloring Pages: Provide the kids with crayons and markers, and have them color Care Bear activity book pages while waiting for others to arrive.
Care Bears Birthday Party Games
*Pin the Heart on the Care Bear: Before
the party, draw a picture of Tenderheart Bear on a poster board and let
the birthday child color it. Next, cut out a heart from red
construction paper for every child. On the day of the party, add a piece
of tape to the back of each heart and write child's name on it as well.
At
game time, mount the poster on the wall. Have the kids stick their
hearts on the Care Bear where they belong. (Invite the kids to put the
blindfold on while sticking, but don't force it.)
*Musical Care Bears: Seat
the kids in the circle, and put on some music. Guests pass plush Care
Bear while music plays. When you stop the music, player holding the bear
wins a treat.
If the same person wins more than twice, ask the
player to give the treat to someone without a prize. (Alert guests about
this idea before the game begins.) Continue until everyone has one or
two treats.
*Unbearable Knots: Have
the kids stand in a circle facing one another. Everyone extends his or
her right hand into the ring and takes a hold of someone else's hand.
Next, they do the same with their left hands.
The object of the
game is to see if they can untangle the "knot" by stepping over, ducking
under, and turning around - without letting go of anyone's hand!
*Find the Birthday Bear: Before
the Care Bears birthday party, hide a theme-related toy somewhere in
your house. Draw and cut out lots of cloud shapes from construction
paper. Then use double-sided tape to attach Care Bear stickers onto
clouds. Place clouds on the floor leading to the Care Bear toy.
At game time, have the kids follow the clouds to find the hidden bear collecting stickers as prizes.
*Care Bear Bibs: Buy
inexpensive white bibs for guests and their bears. Use brown felt-tip
pens to draw teddy bears on guests' bibs. Let guests draw their own
teddy bears on the bears' bibs. Encourage everyone (guests and bears) to
wear their bibs.
*Do the Bear Crawl: Set
up an obstacle course with objects to crawl over, through, around,
underneath, and so on. Have your guests follow the obstacle course on
all fours, pretending they are bears.
*Lim-Bo-Bear: Put
on some music and let everybody to do the limbo with a bear! Have 2
adults holding a limbo stick (high enough for young kids). Kids take
turns bending over backward and going under the stick, while holding the
bear on their chest.
If they (or the bear) bump the limbo stick
or touch the ground with anything but their feet, they step out of the
game and cheer on the sidelines. Lower the stick every round, and keep
playing until there is only one person left.
*Story Time: Select
a picture book and sit everyone together to hear the tale. Toddlers may
not understand all the words, but they'll enjoy looking at the
pictures.
Food and Drink
Care Bear Birthday Cakes:
*Rainbow
Cake: You'll need 1 packaged cake mix, one 15-oz container of
ready-made frosting, one 12" diameter round cake pan, one 8-oz container
of Cool Whip®, and edible glitter.
Start out by making pink,
pastel yellow and lavender gel: tint half the container of frosting
pink, then divide the remaining frosting, and tint half of it yellow and
the other half lavender.
Bake a round cake according to package
directions. Cool and cut it in half so that you have 2 semi-circles.
Place one layer on top of the other on the cake board. After spreading
the bottom layer with jam, frost the top of the cake in a rainbow
pattern.
Gently tip the cake so that the cut (flat) edge is
placed on the cake board. Then frost the rounded edge of the cake with
the remaining pink frosting. Sprinkle the edible glitter on the top edge
of the cake. Add a Cool Whip cloud to the base of the rainbow.
*Care
Bear Cake: Bake a rectangle or round cake. Frost it with theme-colored
icing. Top the cake with Care Bare cake toppers (available from party
store).
Care Bears Birthday Party Food Ideas:
*Caring
Cupcakes: Bake 2 dozen cupcakes according to package directions. When
they are cool, remove the liners. Make 6 cups of white frosting and
divide it into 6 equal portions. Use food coloring to tint each portion a
different color to represent a different Care Bear.
To assemble a
cupcake bear, frost the top of a cupcake. On the top of it, place an
unfrosted cupcake upside-down, securing it with a toothpick. Frost both
cupcakes with the same color you used to hold the two cupcakes together.
(Frost both cupcakes completely.)
Break small, round cookies
(vanilla wafers, Oreos®, etc.) into halves and press them into the top
cupcake (bear's head) to make ears. Use additional halves to make arms
if you wish. Frost ears and arms to match the rest of Care Bear. Use
chocolate chips, M&Ms, or other small candies of your choice to make
eyes, a nose and a mouth. Use additional candies to make rainbows,
hearts, etc. on the bears' tummies.
*Haystacks:
For this Care Bears birthday party recipe, you'll need a bag of corn
chips, shredded cheddar cheese, canned chili, shredded lettuce, sliced
olives, diced tomatoes, salsa and sour cream.
To make a haystack,
crush a handful of corn chips on a plate. Spoon a layer of warmed chili
over the chips and add cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and olives. Top with
sour cream! Dig in and enjoy!
*Rainbow
Fruit Parfait: Start with layering the following ingredients in a
parfait cup: yogurt (any flavor), granola, fresh fruit (blueberries,
strawberries, raspberries and pineapple work well). Add a dollop of
whipped topping and serve with a long handled spoon.
*Biscuit
Bears: For this Care Bears birthday party recipe, you'll need 4
packages of refrigerated biscuits, raisins, poppy seeds (or sesame
seeds), and vegetable spray.
Divide each package of biscuits in
half, and knead each portion. (You'll have 8 equal portions of dough.)
Separate each portion into the following parts: 1 small ball for head, 1
large ball for body, 7 smaller balls for ears, nose, hands and feet.
Spray
a baking sheet with vegetable spray (or cover with foil) and set each
"body" on it. Place a head above each body, and add ears, hands, feet
and nose. Poke raisins in the center of the ears and the nose. Make eyes
and belly button. Sprinkle bodies with poppy or sesame seeds to create
"fur," if desired.
Bake according to package directions until golden brown. Set aside to cool.
*Mini Pizzas
*Fruit Kabobs
*Honey Flavored Candies
*Ice Cream
Care Bears Birthday Party Drink Ideas:
*Rainbow
Punch: Freeze several Kool-Aid® flavors (lemon, lime, orange, berry,
grape, etc.) in ice cube trays. (Fill trays half-full so more cubes will
fit into each glass later.)
At serving time, place ice cubes in a
large bowl and let the kids fill their cups with their choice of
colors. Pour lightly-colored soda into each glass.
*Grape Juice
*Lemonade
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- jess80
on Jun. 18, 2012 at 3:25 AM