Planning a Children's Easter Party

Planning a Children's Easter Party

If you'd like to do more this year for Easter than a traditional egg hunt, consider planning a party as well. Kids love to have fun, play games, and earn prizes while searching for eggs. Here are some ideas for activities you can do to make your party a hit.

Pin the Chick on the Egg
Draw a large egg on a piece of white poster board. Cut it out, decorate it, and pin or tape it to the wall. Mark the center clearly. Let the children draw chicks on construction paper and cut them out. When they are done, fold a piece of tape and stick it to the back of each chick. Blindfold each child in turn and let them see who can tape their chick closest to the center of the egg.

Word Games
Many Easter word games are available on the internet for free. Search for “Easter word games”, and print out a few to photocopy for your guests. These printable pages have activities like word searches and word scrambles that are grouped by age. Give a prize to the winner of each game.

Duck, Duck, Goose!
Have all the children sit in a circle. One child will walk around the circle behind the others tapping each “duck” on the head until they decide which one of their friends will be the “goose”. The “goose” has to get up and chase the first child. If the first child makes it back to the empty spot without being touched, then the second child becomes the new “duck”.

Easter necklaces.
Cut strips from pastel colored construction paper. Show the children how to make chain links. Fold the paper in a circle, dropping a spot of glue or using a glue stick on one end. Then press the two ends together to form a circle. For each new link, fold the paper in a circle around the previous link so they form a chain. When the chain is long enough to fit over the child's head as a necklace,add one more link to join the two ends of the chain.

Treats
Everyone loves fun food. Serve party snacks like little sandwiches, juice, and a small dessert. For a change, use cookie cutters in the shapes of Easter characters to cut the sandwiches. There many fun recipes on sites like http://www.foodnetwork.com/

You don’t need too many activities to keep children happy at a party. Remember, there's also the excitement of the egg hunt to keep them entertained. Have fun making this an Easter to remember!

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Marcia Chumbley is a work at home mom and grandmother in Minnesota. She is the owner of a Christian Work From Home Moms and Grandparents web site at http://www.faithfulgrannies.com Bringing generations of Christian Work From Home Moms, Grandmothers, Parents, Boomers and Families together while providing resources, inspiration and affordable advertising while balancing the work at home experience.

Teaming up with other WAHMs on Joint Ventures

Teaming up with other WAHMs on Joint Ventures

There is no doubt that the Internet has changed the way people network and when it comes to Work at Home Moms, networking has never been easier. Before the World Wide Web, people were left to handing out business cards, attending trade conventions, and meeting contacts through word of mouth. Though these methods are still valuable, the Internet has provided people with an instant form of communication, e-mail.

Today, work at home moms can build their network by simply emailing someone. Forums allow people with similar interests to interact on a daily basis and have reshaped the way people communicate. When it comes to meeting other work at home moms, the Internet is your most valuable tool.
It won’t take long before you realize that your Internet friends and business associates can offer services that you may not excel in, and vice versa. As these friendships develop, it is natural for women to extend their friendships, expertise, and experience through the avenue of joint ventures.

Joint ventures are when two or more work at home moms team up to sell, create, or distribute services. The advantage is that both women can bring their experience and expertise to the partnership and create, produce, and distribute products and services that they otherwise would not be able to deliver. Some examples of joint ventures include affiliate marketing, web design, graphics and logo creations, web master, pod casting, video recording, accounting and bookkeeping, printing, Ebook creation, Newsletter development, Ecourse creations, establishing, moderating, and operating blogs and forums, creating, running, and operating seminars, promoting services, affiliate program promotions, writing, software development and more. The possibilities for joint ventures are virtually endless.

If you have an idea for a joint venture but don’t know whom to contact, simply join some forums and get to know people. You can also email people whom you may be interested in working with and ask them to join you in a venture. By communicating with other work at home moms and participating in relevant conversations and discussions, you’ll soon find like-minded women who share your business passion and enthusiasm. When it comes to joint ventures, the possibilities are endless.

It won’t take long before your imagination and creativity run wild and you and your business partners will soon be brainstorming numerous ideas. However, you and your business partners must realize that working with other people isn’t always easy. First, you must make sure that you trust the person with whom you are endeavoring into a partnership with. Both of you must also make a firm commitment to set goals and keep them. Just like any relationship, communication is vital to ensuring that your joint venture is successful. It is important to continue an open dialogue with your partner and discuss any problems or issues that you encounter immediately. By keeping open communication you can prevent any problems from occurring and make certain that you discuss and resolve issues as they occur. By working out any problems, creating a business plan, and setting and keeping goals, you’ll find that your joint venture will be successful, enjoyable, and profitable.

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