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Fun For Kids
And Moms - Throw A Teddy Bear Party
by Jamey Sackville |
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A fun teddy bear party is not a
difficult thing to pull of with a little creativity and some
things that you can find round your house! Here are some quick
ideas for making the party "beary"
fun!
Invitation ideas
Buy some inexpensive rubber stamps
with bear images and let your little one make homemade invitations.
Or cut a piece of cardstock into the shape of a bear and write
your invitation on that. Free clipart can be found for this purpose
in many places on the Internet. Make sure you include the request
for all the guests to bring their own bear to the teddy bear
party too!
Decoration ideas
When kids think of bears they
usually think of honey and bees, so a big hit for decorations
is LOTS of yellow and black balloons and streamers. If possible
have various teddy bears all around the room as well to tie in
the theme.
Menu ideas
When you're hosting a teddy bear
party even your menu should be centered on teddy. Here is a cute
way to turn Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches into a beary fun
treat! |
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Spread your peanut butter and jelly
onto eight whole-wheat hamburger buns. Now here's where the fun
begins. Cut four of the eight buns in half. On a large tray or
covered cookie sheet, arrange the buns into a shape of a teddy
bear. For the tummy, put one whole bun and surround that with
4 half buns. Another whole bun becomes the head/face, with two
half buns on the topsides of the head for the ears. Two whole
buns become the legs and the final two half buns turn out off
of the body to make arms. Garnish the face/head bun with raisin
eyes and a strawberry slice mouth and you've got a bear! Use
a separate tray for additional sandwiches and watch for all the
smiles! Mix some honey and yogurt together for a great dip for
cut fruit and your menu is complete!
Bear Party - Activities and craft ideas
Crafts with a bear theme abound
but here are some quick ideas for your teddy bear party. Make
a paper bear chain (paper dolls) that the kids can color and
decorate. Use paper plates to make paper bear masks. Bead a bear
collar (necklace). Take a picture with all the kids and their
own bears and decorate a simple scrapbook page to honor the occasion.
Decorate teddy bear cookies with colored icing and various decorations.
Bear Party - Game ideas
Pin the honey pot on the teddy
bear - if you have an artist in the family, draw a large teddy
bear on poster board and cut out honey pots. Blindfold each child
individually and see if they can put the honey pot into the teddy
bear's hand.
Hot Teddy
Bear - like hot potato only pass the teddy bear to the music.
When the music stops, the person with the teddy bear is out.
Toss the honey pot - draw
a large bear head with an open mouth on poster board and lay
it on the floor. Using yellow beanbags as the "honey"
each child throws the bag to see if it will land in the bear's
mouth.
Take home gift ideas
Purchase yellow lunch bags (available
at party stores) and decorate with bee stickers. Fill with gummy
bears, teddy grahams, miniature stuffed teddy bears and fun bear
jewelry. Or if you want to go all out, hire a stuffed animal
party planner to come and have each child make their own stuffed
animal as part of the party. |
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