For Declan's big 5th birthday we went all out! After all, 5 is a big deal! We were going to do a pool party or something similar but after looking into it realized we could do a pretty awesome party at home for the same cost! Declan actually had nothing to do with the deciding but I know he loved it because he keeps telling me that he wants to have the same party with different kids next year!
I was so excited to actually be putting some of my ideas to work! We have never done a big party at our house because it is so small but this time I was determined to make it work! We moved all the furniture around so that the front room was the lab. We covered the carpet with some of that saran wrap style stuff that protects it from spills and stains. We had twelve kids so that was definitely necessary!
When the kids first got there we ate pizza and drank our crazy bubbling kool-aid concoctions. After that they were "transformed" into real scientists- lab coats, badges and safety goggles! Next we did the first experiment- alka-seltzer grenades. That one was pretty cool....when they hit the ground they would completely explode! For the next part we split them into two groups...the first group made glow in the dark slime and the other group made play-doh and then they switched. Then they had to decide what color of frosting to make for their own cupcake and mix that up in true scientist fashion. We barely had time for presents! It worked out perfectly because their goody bags were filled with the slime and play-doh they made and they got to take home their scientist costumes. They also got test tubes full of pop rocks and other candies and some tattoos.
It was a big success and I can't wait for the next excuse to do another big one!
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