Celebrate Good Times Come On....Just Pray it Doesn't Rain!

do you have a dollar store or dollar tree around you? if so, go there for things to put in the goodie bags. i usually see big bags of candy, as well as little toys and stuff. they might/most likely have the actual bags you can use too. things you can include would be little cars and maybe GI joe-type men for the boys, and any kind of little plastic animal, dolls, or play makeup things for the girls. kids of both genders could use things like crayons or bubbles. a dollar store, or a discount store, like walmart or k-mart should have a lot to choose from available.

for activities, if it doesn't rain, you could do like slip 'n slide. if you choose this, of course, you'd have to have parent supervision to make sure nobody gets hurt and drags wet dirt and grass into your house lol. water guns or balloons could fit into this too, if you'd be willing to clean up the extra mess from the second.

inside(or outside), kinda played out, but pin the tail on the donkey. i see a lot of kids that love this game, no matter how old it is.

you could also have a pinata. if you did this, you wouldn't really have to make goodie bags. fill it up with candy, and allow the kids to pick their own.

you could also have sidewalk chalk out.

you could set up stations of these things so all kids could be doing something at all times. nobody would get bored waiting their turn, or anything like that.

these are just some suggestions. if i think of more, i'll let you know!

and most importantly, GOOD LUCK! lol.

OMG!!!!

"But maybe some of you can save my sanity"

I think we are too late to save your sanity under these circumstances! In your shoes I would be hiring a dj, a function suite and letting them have a disco - not trying to keep them occupied in my home for 3 hours! In fact just thinking about brings on the need to have a lie down ... I will come back with some ideas soon! xxx

Well at least you know you'll have back up there to help.. LOL!! I'll take a look into what indoor games will not make your yellow carpet change colors. I'm cringing at the sunday idea but how about 500 water balloons at the very end so the parent can take home clean kids. LOL!!! Or worst case scenario we can play dogde ball with paint ball guns he he he he he he! Ok that is a bad idea but you can't say you didn't laugh or smile at it now. LOL!!! I'll check into a couple things and see what I can come up with and you know I'll be there to help clean up and to help you get ready. LOL!!! I think all in all we'll get through it.. I'll let you know when Eric's bday is going to be down it'll be at my house in my back yard like I did it last year. Eric's bday is may 9th soit'll ne either then or the later. LOL!! It all depends on my family. See I love the fact that I have a swing set in the back yard so that helps. But I guess you can have a water balloon toss and have little prizes for those who win. My neighbor did a carnival for her daughter's bday party. Um I guess it would depend on how much help you have and what your willing to pay out.. We'll talk more about it later I'll call you tomorrow when the kids are at school.

My twins are 8 so I have kinda sorta already done this. Honestly, sounds like you have the activities covered. You could do some kind of a craft thing though and have the item that the kids made be the treat instead of a treat bag. Or instead of a treat bag buy them a small toy or something. Some toys end up actually being cheaper than assembling a treat bag. And/or you could have a pinata and that way they have fun and some candy to take home too. (this is all just coming out in no kind of order lol)... On the other hand, I could just ask my twins this evening and then come back to the discussion with ideas from somebody who is that age instead of somebody who is old enough to be their grandma. lol