sweetnpetite
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Check this out- it's from a party idea site, this is the most involved birthday party I have ever heard of, but it sounds awsome! (I"m a big Wizard of Oz fan). This was a party for a 5 year old! But hey, WOO is dedicated to the young and young at heart, so I guess that's me
I began by ordering personalized invitations on-line which read, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Lauren's 5th and Nicholas' 2nd Birthday Party." I included that costumes could be optional if their child wanted to dress-up.
I arranged for the party to take place at my house from 11:30am to 2:00pm and lunch would be provided for all. I then began the task of making the sets and purchasing the goodies for the party. All of the goodies were purchased on-line and so were the costumes. (Ebay is great!)
I began the party by having the children enter my front door and walk over a rainbow. In my foyer was a large spiral beginning to the yellow brick road I drew and painted. I purchased all of the materials at a local teacher store. (paint and large butcher paper)
Hanging from my balcony over-looking the foyer was a large movie poster from the Wizard of Oz and there were Wizard of OZ pink and purple balloons on either side. My daughters play house was also in the foyer and half in my living room jacked up on one side, and the roof caving in. The Wicked Witch of the Easts feet were sticking out of the bottom into the room. (These were inflatable ones pirchased on-line, but you can make your own)
I directed the children into my dining room where the table was set up with materials for the children to make a crown to wear as a party hat. They decorated them with stickers and glitter. The boys made lion crowns and the girls princess crowns.
Once all of the children arrived, I sat them all down in the dining room and showed them the picture book from the Wizard of Oz. I explained that they were now in the land of Oz and they were going on a journey. They would meet a Good Witch, a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, Lion and a Wicked Witch on their journey. I then gave each of them a handled Official Wizard of OZ bag(purchase on-line) that I wrote their names on, that they would take on their trek and collect items along the way.
I then told them in order for them to get home they needed to collect as a group the diploma from the Scarecrow, the Heart from the Tin Man, the Badge of Courage from the Lion and the Wicked Witch of the West's broomstick and take them all to the Wizard. Then he would grant their wishes and they could go home.
My daughter was dressed as Dorothy and carried a special basket to keep all of the items in as they were collected. Before their journey began, Glinda appeared (my 15 yr. old babysitter) and presented them with bubbles and Glinda party blowers to put into their goodies bags to start them off. Them she followed them on their journey.
Each child began on the spiral and then followed the yellow brick road (made of a giant roll of yellow table cloth bricked off-purchased at a party store)into my living room. The living room had flower pots filled with giant lollipops (bought at Cracker Barrel) and blue balloons to represent munchkinland. They played pass the ball in a circle to the Wizard of Oz CD and the person with the ball got out and picked a lolipop to put into their bag. All children won!
The yellow brick road then led them into my sunroom where I had painted a giant cornfield. My brother was sitting in there dressed as the Scarecrow and had a dance party with the kids. He then gave them all a diploma (coloring sheets of OZ characters and a maze-off the internet) wrapped in ribbon and a sticker seal as a prize. One person got the official diploma to take to OZ.
Then it was back onto the yellow brick road down the main hallway filled with trees (painted and silk) along the way and found a blown up picture (life-size from KINKOS) of the Tin-Man. They then played pin the heart on the tin-man and the closest one got the heart with the clock to take to OZ. Everyone also got heart pencils and springs to put in their goodie bags.
Then we followed the yellow brick road into the family room which was filled with paper poppies and mult-colored balloons (I made the poppies out of construction paper-hundreds of them). The kids laid down in the poppies to fall asleep until the Lion came out (my nephew dressed up) and told them to wake up and find one silk flower. Once everyone had one,(I hid them around the room like Easter eggs) there was a sticker on the bottom of one and that child got the badge of courage to take to the Wizard and all kids got small bouncy balls and metals to wear and put in their goodie bags.
I began by ordering personalized invitations on-line which read, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Lauren's 5th and Nicholas' 2nd Birthday Party." I included that costumes could be optional if their child wanted to dress-up.
I arranged for the party to take place at my house from 11:30am to 2:00pm and lunch would be provided for all. I then began the task of making the sets and purchasing the goodies for the party. All of the goodies were purchased on-line and so were the costumes. (Ebay is great!)
I began the party by having the children enter my front door and walk over a rainbow. In my foyer was a large spiral beginning to the yellow brick road I drew and painted. I purchased all of the materials at a local teacher store. (paint and large butcher paper)
Hanging from my balcony over-looking the foyer was a large movie poster from the Wizard of Oz and there were Wizard of OZ pink and purple balloons on either side. My daughters play house was also in the foyer and half in my living room jacked up on one side, and the roof caving in. The Wicked Witch of the Easts feet were sticking out of the bottom into the room. (These were inflatable ones pirchased on-line, but you can make your own)
I directed the children into my dining room where the table was set up with materials for the children to make a crown to wear as a party hat. They decorated them with stickers and glitter. The boys made lion crowns and the girls princess crowns.
Once all of the children arrived, I sat them all down in the dining room and showed them the picture book from the Wizard of Oz. I explained that they were now in the land of Oz and they were going on a journey. They would meet a Good Witch, a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, Lion and a Wicked Witch on their journey. I then gave each of them a handled Official Wizard of OZ bag(purchase on-line) that I wrote their names on, that they would take on their trek and collect items along the way.
I then told them in order for them to get home they needed to collect as a group the diploma from the Scarecrow, the Heart from the Tin Man, the Badge of Courage from the Lion and the Wicked Witch of the West's broomstick and take them all to the Wizard. Then he would grant their wishes and they could go home.
My daughter was dressed as Dorothy and carried a special basket to keep all of the items in as they were collected. Before their journey began, Glinda appeared (my 15 yr. old babysitter) and presented them with bubbles and Glinda party blowers to put into their goodies bags to start them off. Them she followed them on their journey.
Each child began on the spiral and then followed the yellow brick road (made of a giant roll of yellow table cloth bricked off-purchased at a party store)into my living room. The living room had flower pots filled with giant lollipops (bought at Cracker Barrel) and blue balloons to represent munchkinland. They played pass the ball in a circle to the Wizard of Oz CD and the person with the ball got out and picked a lolipop to put into their bag. All children won!
The yellow brick road then led them into my sunroom where I had painted a giant cornfield. My brother was sitting in there dressed as the Scarecrow and had a dance party with the kids. He then gave them all a diploma (coloring sheets of OZ characters and a maze-off the internet) wrapped in ribbon and a sticker seal as a prize. One person got the official diploma to take to OZ.
Then it was back onto the yellow brick road down the main hallway filled with trees (painted and silk) along the way and found a blown up picture (life-size from KINKOS) of the Tin-Man. They then played pin the heart on the tin-man and the closest one got the heart with the clock to take to OZ. Everyone also got heart pencils and springs to put in their goodie bags.
Then we followed the yellow brick road into the family room which was filled with paper poppies and mult-colored balloons (I made the poppies out of construction paper-hundreds of them). The kids laid down in the poppies to fall asleep until the Lion came out (my nephew dressed up) and told them to wake up and find one silk flower. Once everyone had one,(I hid them around the room like Easter eggs) there was a sticker on the bottom of one and that child got the badge of courage to take to the Wizard and all kids got small bouncy balls and metals to wear and put in their goodie bags.
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