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THE THREE STOOGES
The Stooges aren't really my cup of tea, but they seem to be universally adhored by third grade boys.
So it was only a matter of time before we had a Three Stooges Party.
Flyer-like invitations were delivered. | Kinkos/FedEx printed a black and white poster of the menu for $2.50. |
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A Three Stooges Sound Effects Album was purchased through iTunes along with the Stooges TV Theme Song from the album Retro TV Themes. These were played as a pre show warm-up. The theme song was played after every fifth sound effect. Yes, I did find that annoying. No, the boys didn't seem to care a bit. A sample of the melodic pre show entertainment has been provided for your *enjoyment*. |
| A ten minute countdown clock, which originally included clips from vintage drive-in ads, was modified to include clips from old Stooges movies instead. An edited clip is shown at the left. For more about countdown clocks, go to Countdown Clock, Intros, Trailers, and Slides and Creating a Pre Show Countdown Clock. |
The boys wore wigs and stood under a Stooges Sign. Lots of pictures were taken. Everyone got a chance to be photographed in each of the three wigs.
I looked for wigs online ($25 - $40. Ouch!) and ended up purchasing inexpensive wigs from a local costume company.
The Moe wig is a Beatles wig after it was given a bowl haircut.
Larry's wig is an Afro Wig with a piece of rubber skull cap glued on top.
Curly is made from a skull cap colored with brown marking pen.
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Swiss Family Robinson
Basically, this was a low-keyed luau party with a movie.
 | We served snow cones in plastic coconut cups. Eight children (plus siblings) were invited. I always make the number of Recipients of Free Stuff much larger than the actual number of people invited. Everyone goes home with a party favor.   |
Coconut Bowling
We played this on the grass.
The portable snack bar got some "bamboo slipcovers" on its side poles,
a grass table skirt, and a new sign.
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| A new 10 minute countdown clock was created. And, yes, I know the Swiss Family Robinson story takes place somewhere in the West Indies, but I had to grab island clips where I could find them, so this had to do. |
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Pirates of the Caribbean
 | This is an intermission clip made for our Pirates of the Caribbean Movie Night. Although the invitees were all under 12, parents and siblings are always welcome. This was created mainly for the enjoyment of the parents. |
 |  | Speaking of pirates . . . We asked our guests to dress up as pirates when we showed Pirates of the Caribbean, so probably wouldn't have used this little iPhone/iPad app (iArrPirate). However, it is sort of fun. You take a child's picture and she can pick hats, jewelry, head and facial hair, and birds. You can email the picture to yourself or her parents or send it directly to your iPhoto album, right there on the spot. |
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The portable snack bar was given a new sign.
Click here for snack bar construction details.
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THE GREAT GATSBY
As much as I love the book, I've never cared for any of the movies (even the one starring Redford, my personal heart throb).
Still, I'm hoping the latest one will live up to its hype.
In anticipation of next summer's (2014) DVD release, I'm already starting to prepare for a Gatsy BYT party.
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Despicable Me
 | We got lucky with this one. Athough Despicable Me 2 held the top spot at the box office, none of the guests had seen it yet, so this showing was a nice refresher course before going to the theater to see No. 2. |
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We made two - one for the girls to break, and one for the boys to demolish!  |  |
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|  Just before the movie started, we served Despicable Freeze Ray Cones (snow cones with blue bubble gum and yellow lemon syrup). |
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THE BAD NEWS BEARS
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postseason schedule is about to begin. reaching record breaking temperatures, a Baseball Movie Night seemed a good way of bringing our BYT season to a close. The photo booth was available throughout the night. |
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 An enlarged version of the above backdrop was painted to use inside the Photo Booth. ------- > If you're looking to paint your own backdrops (party stores sell them for $16 and up), do a Google image search for your backdrop image, adding the words "coloring pages" or "cartoon" at the end of your search criteria. This helps to locate a simplistic picture that's easier to duplicate. I found this image by googling "baseball backdrop cartoon" and clicking the images tab. |  | |
A Bad News Bears logo was located on the internet. Three logos were printed and colored with felt pens. The logos were cut out and glued to yellow baseball caps.  | a white t-shirt, yellow puffy paint, and a black felt-tip pen  | |
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What fun! Loved your neat ideas!
ReplyDeleteFun post! Love the themes and the photos accompanying them. The hubby would go bonkers for a Three Stooges fest!
ReplyDeleteclever! clever! clever!
ReplyDeleteWhat total fun!
What a great way to entertain the kids in the summer. You should patent it.
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