Category: Party Ideas

Royal Icing

 

Ingredients

  • 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 2 egg whites, beaten
 

Directions

  1. In a bowl, sift together confectioners’ sugar and cream of tartar. Using electric mixer, beat in 2 beaten egg whites for about 5 minutes or until mixture is thick enough to hold its shape.

Remember a Name

1. Commit

Begin by making a commitment — a conscious decision — to remember people’s names.


2. Concentrate

You can only remember what you observe in the first place. If you are distracted or if you aren’t paying attention, you won’t register the person’s name so you can’t possibly remember it. Concentrate, then, on 1) paying attention to the person’s name when you first hear it, and 2) forming an impression of the person.

3. Repeat

Repetition helps engrave the name in your memory.

  • Use the name immediately.
  • Repeat it silently to yourself.
  • Comment on the name, if possible.
  • Use it occasionally in the conversation without overdoing it.
  • Use it when leaving.
  • Write it down afterwards.

4. Associate

Try to make an association between the person’s face and an image the name suggests. If you exaggerate the image — make it larger, say — and give it movement — have it slam into some feature of the person’s face, for example — you will make the image even more memorable.

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Hula Hoop Game

This is a fun game for a group of 4 or more kids. Especially good for getting a group of kids to work together.

All you’ll need is a Hula hoop, and a space big enough for kids to join hands in a circle.

Instructions:
  1. Ask the kids to stand in a big circle, slip a hula hoop onto one child’s arm, and have them all join hands.
  2. They then must find a way to move the hula hoop all the way around the circle without letting go of each other’s hands.
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String Treasure Hunt

This is a fun and easy party game for a small group of kids.

You’ll need:

  • String or Yarn, one color per child or team
  • Prizes

Set up: Take the strings and wind them all over your property, inside and outside. Up the stairs and then back down. Over and under furniture, beds and chairs. Tie a prize to the end of the string.

To Play: Show the children or teams where to start. They must wind up their roll of string to find the treasure at the end of the roll.