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Teddy Bear Birthday
Teddy Bear Birthday
Party!
Teddy Bear Birthday
(click here for a birthday supply checklist)
Invitations:
- Invitations can be made by using a simple
teddy bear stencil to cut the card out of construction
paper, or purchase invitations -- many bear styles are
out there. Try Target in San Jose (lots of great ideas),
Hallmark, or Birthday Express.com.
- If you're feeling more creative, make
simple sugar cookies cut with a bear cookie cutter,
attach the party information on paper using a ribbon
around the bear's neck. Hand deliver to your guests in
cellophane bags. For brown bears, use a gingerbread dough
instead of sugar cookies.
Games:
- Make it a "Bear Tea Party" and
have your guests each bring their own stuffed animal to
have tea and cake.
- A fun game is to guess how many
"somethings" are in a jar, and the closest
guess wins the jar and contents. Try yellow and black
jelly beans (to look like bees in a honey jar), or little
honey candies. Make sure you count them before the party!
- Try musical chairs with your teddy bears.
Start with 1 chair less than the total number of kids;
when the music stops everyone sits in a chair; the
remaining child watches the rest of the game (put her in
charge of music for the next round); remove another chair
and repeat until one child is left.
- Play Pin-the-Bow-on-the-Bear -- instead of
tail on the donkey.
Activities:
- An activity you can try is having everyone
make their own bear by gluing pompons together and adding
googoo eyes. (you know what I mean!)
- For a different location, try Build-A-Bear
Workshop in Valley Fair, San
Jose. Your guests can each make their own teddy bear,
create a "birth" certificate, and have cake
right outside the store in the play area of the mall.
Food:
- For a cake, bake your own using (1)
8" round cake layer and (3) cupcakes for ears and
the nose. Decorate with chocolate frosting and use
colored frostings for eyes, nose and mouth. Or you can do
individual cupcakes and use M&Ms for the ears and
nose, frosting for eyes and mouth.
- Serve sandwiches cut into teddy bears (use
a large cookie cutter on the bread). Try honey and peanut
butter -- bears like their honey!
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