2 cups apple sauce
1 cup apple cider
1 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons Vermont maple syrup
1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses
and serve.
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Birthday Party Games - Birthday party games are the best ways to keep the guests busy and also have fun and enjoy the party.
British
Bulldog
Caution: This game can get rough.
All the players (except one) line up at one side of the
playing area. The remaining player (The Bulldog) stands
in the middle. When he is ready, he shouts "Go" and all
the other players have to get to the other side without
being caught. Any player the The Bulldog can lift off the
ground while he shouts "British Bulldog", joins him in
the middle as a Bulldog. On subsequent runs, the
Bulldogs may work together. The winner is the last one
to be caught.
Mummies
Split the patry goers into teams of three and give each
team a toilet roll. Two persons then wrap the third in the
toilet roll so that they look like an Egyptian Mummy.
The winning team is the one who in a set time (say 2
minutes) have the neatest and most covered Mummy.
Stations
Everyone stands a circle (except one who is standing in
the middle) and has been told to remember a different
station name. The person in the middle calls out two
names. The stations have to change places quickly,
before the person in the middle can get to one of the
empty spaces. Who ever is left without a place is the
person in the middle for the next game.
Pass the
Orange
Arrange for teams of about 8 to stand in a line, one
behind the other (arranged boy, girl, boy,...). Give each
team an orange which the first person should tuck under
his chin. This should be passed to the person behind.
When the orange gets to the last person, they come to the
front of the line and start again. The winnnig team is the
first one which gets their starting person to the front
again.
Sleeping
Pirate
All the children (except one - The Pirate) sit Cross
Legged on the floor in a circle. The pirate sites Crosslegged
in the middle of the circle, blind-folded, with a
large bunch of keys on the floor in front of him.
A child is nominated to creep up and take the keys and
then return to their place, without the pirate hearing
them. The Pirate has three goes to point to where he
thinks the raider is. If he is sucessful, the raider becomes
the Pirate.
Balloon Pop
Place notes inside un-inflated balloons,1 or 2 of the notes
should indicate that this balloon is a winner. Inflate the
balloons and hang them around. Let each child pick a
balloon then pop it to see if their note is a winner.
Balloon
Relay
Divide the children into 2 or more equal teams and stand
them in a line. Give each team ten balloons in a basket.
The first in each line takes a balloon and runs to the other
side of the room/yard/area and sits or stomps on the
balloon to pop it. After poping the balloon they run back
to the line and tag the next person who does the same
thing. The game goes on until one team has poped all of
their balloons. The winning team gets a small prize (like
a ribbon) while EVERYONE gets a small toy.
Toy Walk
This is done like a cake walk. Have numbers on the
ground for as many children (1-10). Walk on the
numbers until the music stops. Have numbers on some
small toys. If a child is standing on the number of the
toy, they win the toy.
Whistling
Crackers
You give every child 3 soda crackers. When you say"GO" every child puts all the crackers at once in his/her
mouth. The first one to whistle wins. (You can also
substitute the soda crackers with peanut butter but make
sure there are no Allergies).
Can You
Guess
Put several small items into a brown paper bag. Blindfold
one person and hand them one of the items in the bag.
Give them a few seconds to guess what the item is. If
they are unsuccessful they are out. The last one wins.
Stuck in the
Mud
One person is 'IT' and has to run round touching as many
people aas they can. When they have touched someone,
that person has to stop and stand with their legs apart and
their hands outstreached, until someone crawls through
their legs. If you've been caught three times, then you are
out. The game ends when everyone left is standing still.
Ducky
Ducky
Everyone sits in a circle except one who is given a pillow
and blind-fold. They then go and place the pillow on a
persons lap, sit on it and say ducky ducky. The person
should say"quack quack" this can be done only 3 times.
If the blind person guesses the name the person, they
should now be given the blind fold and the game run over
again - after everyone has changed their places.
