Don't Eat Pete

I learned this game in one of my classes at BYU. (Recreation Management is such a hard major ;) But I had forgotten all about it because Gwen was too young to play at the time. I am excited to play it with the girls and wanted to share in case there was anyone else who either had not played it before or had forgotten about it's magical fun.

This link has a download for the game board and game rules. but you can easily let your kids make their own game board.

http://www.candacetodd.blogspot.com/2008/12/dont-eat-pete-free-download.html

Happy Munching :)

Transformers B-Day party ideas

I'll get some pictures on here later, but I thought I'd give a quick outline of games we played at my son's birthday party this week. I "borrowed" nearly every idea from other places online, so I can't get credit for the ideas. It was a simple, fun party and the time flew by!

Transformers Games:

1) Starscream Splat--the boys tossed water balloons at a picture of Starscream (bad Transformer, for those who don't know. :))
2) Autobots, Roll out!--plain old Red Light, Green Light, but instead of saying those words, the kids said Roll out! or Halt!
3) Search and Rescue--Hide and Seek inside the house (we could have played this FOREVER)
4) Find the Allspark--treasure hunt outdoors using clues that "Autobots left behind for them." The Allspark was a gray cube I made out of cardstock; I included Optimus Prime masks for the boys and they loved that.

If I could have done it all again, I probably would have had more water balloons ready (that went quickly), and we could have played the Autobots Roll out game longer, too. After cake and presents, I just let the boys play on their own for a while. Wade was good about sharing his toys with his buddies. (It was a small crowd, too, or I would have kept them playing outdoors.)