Summer Vacation Party Ideas?

Question

My children, ages 10 (girl) and 13 (boy) are having a party after the last day of school for their friends and classmates, about 75-100 kids. I'm not expecting everyone to come. We're having hotdogs, chips and veggies with dip, and s'mores. The party is scheduled for five hours, although it's on a Wednesday, so it will probably break up in about four. I need some ideas for games or activities that are preferably free. Any ideas?

Answer 1

10 and 13

you could get a clown

Answer 2

Have a theme party, check http://www.pinatas.com/Theme_Party_Suppl...

Answer 3

Why not get some craft activities from orientaltrading.com and have them do some of them. Also, make a treasure hunt ahead of time for the kids to do. You can do all sorts of contests, games etc.. too to keep them entertained.

Answer 4

You can have some games that both will like, like relay races.  You can do potato sack races, three legged races, the wheelbarrel races where one holds the other person's ankles and they race to the finish line.  You can do the egg on the spoon race, where you put the raw egg on the spoon and race to the finish line without dropping or breaking the egg.

If you don't mind the kids getting wet, let them have some water balloon fights. Then get an inflatable kiddie pool, fill it with water and do a tug of war, the losing team falls into the water!

Have a slip and slide and let them have fun on it!

Set up a volleyball and badmitten net, do some team sports.  Softball, kickball, etc.  That's something both the boys and girls can do.

Set up some lawn chairs and towels with umbrellas for the kids that can't or don't want to play.

For food I would do hamburgers and hot dogs and chips and snacks.  I would also have lemonade and iced tea along with the water, soda, etc.

You can also set up an ice cream bar.  Go to Costco or Bjs or Sam's, get those big tubs of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream, and some toppings.  Sprinkles, whipped cream, cherries, and chocolate syrup.  Then get some paper bowls and let the kids make their own sundaes.

I would definitely have some music.  Set up some speakers or a stereo system outside and let the kids pick the music.

I wouldn't fill every hour with things to do, I'm sure the kids are going to want to do their own things and want some down time.  I would also ask your son and daughter what they would like to do and what things they would like to have and see what ideas they have.

I hope some of these ideas help and that the kids have a great party.

Answer 5

First play a game called "throw away the veggies." Kids hate veggies, ecspecially at parties. Another game is spin the bottle!! They should be kissing at age ten!! Another game is pin the big butt on the fat teacher!!!

Answer 6

i think you should go to geauga lake it opens this wendseyy so yeahhhhh

but yepperrrssss

Answer 7

maybe like an arcade or a pool or a picnic??

Answer 8

Well, one thing you need is music. Kids that age love music and dancing. If you have a stereo set it up somewhere let them get their CDs out or turn it to a good stations and let them dance. Get some face paint and do some face painting like they do at festivals and stuff.

Answer 9

We used to love playing games like tag, whiffle ball, dodgeball. Kids also love having a net set up to play badminton, volleyball, etc.

Someone else said music, and I think that's a great idea too. The kids will love listening to the music they like and dancing or just hanging out...

Oh and, waterballoons are always a hit! (literally!)

Answer 10

Hi!  This article has alot of fun ideas - scroll down, esp. towards the end:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

It's written for a July 4th party, but the ideas are still great.  

Hope this helps! :)