Party plans
Timed plans and family traditions, written so you can set them up ahead of time.
A 45-minute classroom Halloween party plan
A timed plan with three stations, one whole-class game and five minutes for cleanup.
Thanksgiving kids’ table activities for a long dinner
How to set up a children’s table that helps keep them busy from sitting down to the pie, using paper, crayons and a few printed games.
How to make the letter to Santa a family tradition
Choose a day, give the letter a shape, and keep every one in a box. In ten years you will be glad you kept them.
Set up a gift wrapping station and wrap everything in one sitting
One table, one roll of paper, one color of ribbon per person. A system for wrapping everything at once and knowing whose present is whose.
Christmas party games for ages 5 to 85
How to plan one hour of games that a five-year-old, a teenager and a grandparent can all play at the same table.
New Year’s Eve at home with kids, with an early midnight
Borrow midnight from another time zone, open a countdown bag every hour, and get the children to bed long before the real fireworks start.
