Children's holiday: we go to visit and organize ourselves

A holiday for children aged 4-7 can not take place without the participation and assistance of adults. But sending out invitations and calling future young guests is only half the battle. Organize a real children's fun - that's a serious task and a lot of work of the popes and mothers of the happy culprit of the celebration. And even if you are not the hosts of the holiday and your children themselves were invited to a little birthday, you will have to try not only for those who invited you, but also for you, the parents of a small guest. If your child is a guest
Parents of the girl from the kindergarten group, where your 5-year-old daughter goes, invited her to celebrate the names of her children? Within three days, be sure to tell them if you can come. After all, to count food and drinks, in advance to invent games and entertainment can only be guided by a certain number of kids. If your child suddenly falls ill on the eve of the name day, warn that you will not be able to come. And from your side it will be very nice to send at least a symbolic gift to the birthday girl.

Do not take the "heap" of the elder or younger brother or the sister of your invited child with you. The rule is simple: never bring someone who is not called! Most likely, your 4-year-old kid himself will feel awkward in the company of first-grade boys, and they will not be able to play with him and compete on an equal footing. By bringing a "unplanned" child to the company, you can destroy the whole scenario of the holiday.

If you invited only one baby, without parents, calmly leave the child, go away, asking how much to take your child. Imagine if every child will come and there will still be mom and dad, the number of guests will triple! The apartment just might not be designed for such a large number of guests. The optimal total time for a children's celebration is 3-4 hours, if it lasts longer, the children become tired, capricious and the holiday turns into a farce. Leave your coordinates, phone number just in case, and leave. Do not worry! Nothing terrible will happen. A second after your departure, your baby, who just expressed embarrassment, immediately gets carried away by the game.

Do not come to visit too early - this rule applies to any visitors, regardless of age. Do not take away from the hosts the last half hour of preparation for the celebration.

In advance, find out the scenario of the holiday and dress the child accordingly. If it's decided to celebrate a birthday in the water park, a white tuxedo or suit for your little son will not be useful - the main thing is to take the melting along. Too elegant "princessess dress" in frills and ruffles, most likely, will prevent the girl from participating in general active games. And it's very important that your daughter does not look smart than the birthday girl. Better to dress the child smartly, but not too pretentious.

Parents of the birthday will surely be happy if you offer your assistance in advance: maybe you need to grab some props for home play, costumes, games from home.

Feed the child before a visit to visit. Yes Yes! Excited by a noisy children's company, kids are unlikely to eat unless they intercept their favorite chips, fruits or sweets. But seriously hungry child can surprise everyone with whims, so it will be better if he comes to visit satiated.

The four-year-old should already be able to introduce himself, to name his name and get acquainted with those whom he does not know yet. At the end of the holiday, it will be great if the kid says: "Thank you, I was glad to meet you." I liked you very much, you also come to visit us. "

If your child is the culprit of the celebration
First of all, it is necessary to send out invitations or orally invite guests at least 10 days before the event, so people can prepare - pick out an outfit, buy a gift.

In advance, think up a holiday scenario. What exactly will it be - a home show, sports, watching cartoons, a circus with tricks and real clowns? Write the script yourself, or find somewhere the options for quizzes, games, competitions, age-appropriate children.

Be sure to introduce the children if your son or daughter decided to call friends from different "societies": classmates, children from the music school, art studio, sports section and neighbors at home at the same time.

If you see that children have begun an impromptu game in "daughter-mothers" or in "machine-soldiers", do not interfere, do not destroy the company.

But if the children are bored and have already begun to play a trick, take the initiative in your hands: make riddles, hold competitions. For example, for kids 4-7 years old there are simple but interesting games:

The game "What is not?"
Arrange small soft toys in front of children. The child remembers what is in front of him, then closes his eyes, at this time the adult hides one of the toys: "What is not?" The kid needs to guess what has disappeared. Before the 4-year-old baby put 4 toys, before 5-year-old - 5 toys, etc.

Game "Catch the tail of the dragon"
The children line up one by one. The first is the head of the dragon, the last is the tail. Children need to run in a circle so that the "head" caught up with the "tail".

The game "Charades"
Children, if they are 6-8 people, are divided into two teams. The team guesses the word and says it to the ear of the guide from the enemy team. He must portray "it" for the members of his team so that they guess the word.

Do not forget to prepare in advance and prizes - sweets, badges or stickers. The main thing is that the prizes should be equal: you can not give a balloon as a prize to one, but a jeep on the control panel to another. Such uneven prizes can become a subject of contention and quarrel between kids.

Otherwise, the parents of the birthday boy should behave exactly as if the adults came to the house: be attentive to everyone, try to entertain, if someone suddenly was sad and did not fit into the company. In a word, as with adults, with the kids one must be hospitable and hospitable masters.