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Every parent wants their childs’ birthday party to really make their child feel special- because they are! We often go to great lengths to achieve this outcome, spending either too much time or too much money, or both. But it’s out of love. For those with just as much love but without the time or the creative muse to pull it off, Birthday Party Games Lady party packages exist to offer the same terrific kids birthday party experience that make your child as special as they can be on their special day.

I just read about an incredible party for a three year old at Secret Agent Josephine’s blog. For a 3 year old girl who loves green, mom put on the great big green puppet show birthday party, and from the picture it was a hit with all and the birthday girl was thrilled. I certainly applaud her mom’s creativity, but I have a question to pose to all parents who might be considering a party effort of this magnitude.

Expectations can be a very difficult thing to manage in our children. What if next year, when there’s a new baby in the house or reduced financial circumstances, you can’t pull it off? Then, how do you manage their diminished feelings? How do you assure them you love them just as much as last year? At 4, that’s tough. By the time they’re 16- whatever can you do top what’s gone before?

If you’ve got the creativity and resources to manage these expectations over the years- great. Go for it. But do a reality check before you lock yourself in to an avoidable and unnecessary spiral that might become difficult to control.

Pre-school kids are easily thrilled. They have little to compare with their own experiences, and so are relatively easily satisfied. This is one of the main reasons that Birthday Party Games Lady party packages are designed for school age kids- they have higher expectations for us parents to meet, so assistance in putting the party together is of greater benefit.

Whichever side of this fence you might sit on, the green puppet show mom has some terrific ideas you might use. Keying your pre-school party to a favorite color is a great alternative to paying premium prices for character paper goods and decorations- plain is always cheaper. Paper bag puppets for a craft project is inexpensive and does indeed allow the kids’ innate creativity to play out. I really love her all green food idea, but sadly this doesn’t work too well if your color scheme is blue.

The idea of posting the food list up on the frig, to remind yourself and any helpers, is inspired. This could easily be expanded beyond food to a true schedule of activities with needed items and their locations available to your helpers as well. Helps your helpers to actually be helpful!

So, kudos to the green puppet show mom!! Parents- be inspired. Just don’t get yourself in a trap that will make things harder next year.

And for birthday party ideas that are substantially more manageable for busy parents, Birthday Party Games Lady has 5 great parties for age 6 to teen.

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I have always advocated that parents’ and their birthday child consider turning the birthday party present tradition into charitable gifts for those in need. To help with charitable birthday gift ideas for kids, I even created my Good Gift Pool to make it easy.

But the very idea of asking your excited birthday child to give up all or even some of their presents is a tough one. No matter how much you’d like to avoid the glassy eyed stare as they contemplate their pile of gifts, or the wrap-rip that follows as the attack the present pile, it’s a tough thing to take away on their special day. But perhaps not…

On your invitation, ask your party guests to bring any unwrapped, used but outgrown or now under-used sporting equipment to your birthday party. Or make the theme old dolls, stuffed animals, books, games – whatever your child loves and is passionate about. Make two ‘piles’ – one your child’s gifts and the other these gifts for less fortunate children.

After your child’s gifts have been opened, announce that you’ll be donating all the items the kids brought to wherever you’ve chosen to make the donation. Your local Boys and Girls Club, homeless shelter, head start program – whatever you’ve got in your community.

Here’s the key to success. Make the actual donation of these items with your child, shortly after your party. His or her involvement will plant the seed. Talk about the giving and how it makes them feel.

You’ll not only have done a small thing for less fortunate kids, you’ll have started your child not just thinking about but personally taking action to help those in need. Not just hearing about it, but experiencing it, and learning that giving doesn’t have to mean giving up – a very hard thing for children to contemplate.

Do this once, maybe twice, and I’d bet the following year your child will be very willing to give up that pile of  party presents, most of which they play with once and then put on a shelf, and do a more meaningful charitable donation instead.

Charitable gifts are birthday gift ideas for kids that actually have an impact- instead of becoming dust collectors in their room.  And you’ll have truly begun to teach  them the joy of giving.

I’d been meaning to post this since the Holidays, but life got in the way. But when I saw the Quaker Oats company generous offer to donate bowls of oatmeal to the hungy in conjunction with a blog contest about how to help others, sponsored by www.startwithsubstance.com and blog.parentbloggers.com, I knew I had to get in gear and get it done. So, this post was written for Parent Bloggers Network as part of a sweepstakes sponsored by The Quaker Oats Company.

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