All Aboard

Toddlers typically have short attention span, and don't participate well in structured activities. Normally they'd be happy just running around in the yard. But if you're having kids of varied age groups, it pays to plan ahead to keep the kids occupied and happy.

Some basic pointers:

1. Keep the party short (2-3 hours work best for a kids party)
2. Stay away from competitive games
3. Involve mummy and daddy

Here's a sample itinerary for a transportation themed party. But don't worry too much about keeping to the plan. In H's party, the kids were more interested in free play, and they were having just as much fun :-)
 

Craft for transportation party

As an ice-breaker activity, we made these cute little paper clay luggage tags for the kids to colour and decorate while waiting for their little friends to arrive.

These were the plain luggage tags. We painted in the outlines to make them easier for the kids. What's so great about using paper clay is that you can use colour pencils, crayons, magic markers or paint to colour on it. We gave the kids magic markers and colour pencils to avoid the mess :-)

These were some we painted using acrylic paint for the babies.

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Ticket to Fun

I made this boarding pass invitation card for H's birthday party. It's got everything he wanted - airplane, train and car :-)

Not sure if H really knows what an invitation card is but he's staring to grasp the concept of having a birthday party. Kinda weird huh how toddlers pick concepts up. I showed him his invitation cards and told him these were for his little friends, so that they can come to his party. And everytime he sees the cards, he wants them. He will hold the cards and name everyone he knows to come to his party - "poh poh come to my party, cheh cheh come to my party, .... ". How cute!

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How to make a train cake

H's birthday is around the corner and we're doing a transportation theme party :-) Was trying to get him to decide what cake he wanted. First he said he wanted a car, an airplane and a boat, then after much coaxing, he agreed to having only one cake. For the longest time, he insisted he wanted an airplane cake, then he changed his mind. He wanted a car instead. And most recently, he's decided - "I want a train cake". Since train cake isn't that hard to execute, we'll attempt to do it ourselves. I think it'll be fun cos you can decorate the train carts with lots of different and colourful candies. H will definitely have fun helping out! Check out this cool video on how to make a train cake.