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  • 5 Halloween Party Games - Family Friendly Fun - Our Little House in the Country
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    5 Halloween Party Games for all the Family

    October 29, 2014 /

    Party games always add to the fun of Halloween!  These 5 games have been family favourites for years and years! As Halloween draws ever closer, only 2 days to go, all my kids can talk about is Halloween, costumes, ghosts, goblins, trick or treating and dunking for apples!  Over the past few days we have been talking a lot about our favourite Halloween party games, so, today I am sharing out top 5 Halloween games – no doubt you are familiar with most! Our Top 5 Halloween Party Games: Bobbing or dunking for apples:  When I think of Halloween games, this immediately comes to mind!  Filkl a basin with lots…

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    Water Themed Birthday Party Games!

    July 19, 2014 /

    My son is a summer baby and every year for the past 5 years we have had amazing outdoor birthday parties and thankfully the weather has always held up!  Since Easter he has been planning this year’s party.  All he wanted was a BBQ, his buddies and a water fight – perfect for a July birthday!  The weather has been great so far this summer (for the most part anyway) but as it drew closer to his big day the weather forecast looked increasingly depressing – rain, rain and more rain was predicted.  I anxiously tracked the weather everyday on my phone hoping that the rain would not come!  Guess…

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    Top 10 Party Games – for younger kids!

    July 13, 2014 /

      My little man Doodles turned five on Friday, as a result we have a had a busy weekend celebrating!  Some of the highlights of the weekend were the fun had by all with these all time favourite party games! Pass the Parcel: I loved Pass the Parcel as a child and it is a “must have” game at all of our parties.  As the vast majority of the children at the party were under 6 I tucked a little gift into each layer of wrapping paper – whistles, badges, crayons, bouncy balls, etc. Musical statues/bumps:  Most kids love to boogie and they also love a good competition.  Musical statues…

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