Thread: How To Ideas Please- Adult AND Kids Party Together

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Thanks in advance for any advice! The small adult cocktail party I was hoping to have has turned into an adult cocktail party/kid party. Long story.

So, how on earth can I keep the integrity of the cocktail party while entertaining kids as well???

There will be kids activities outdoors starting early in the evening.

Is it possible for you to set up a kids room? So they aren't consistently a huge part of the party, but still around?

What age are the kids as well?

make mocktails for the children, and have kid friendly but in an 'adult" display. What is your party theme?

Yeah, I was going to have a set-up for them on the patio. And, by the way, none of us drink much at all and i plan to be sober. The kids are ages 5- 9.

ETA- Inside the house, I am doing a kind of elegant Martha Stewart-y thing. On the patio for the kids I'm doing black and green with touches of orange. Some green lights, spiders etc.

If you are doing a Martha Stewarty type them why not set up some arts and crafts on the patio for the kiddies? Maybe give them those little pumpkins and some washable paints to make their own little Halloween buddy. Or maybe have some dried macaroni, construction paper, glue, glitter, cotton balls, little pieces of fabric, pipe cleaners and other such creative stuff available and have a little contest to see who can make the most creative Halloween display, and have the adults do the "judging". Halloween coloring books and crayons might be a good thing too?

These are just the things coming off the top of my head at 12:30am, so if I'm way off, please excuse my sleep-deprived musings.

A scavenger hunt has always been fun with the kids involved.. maybe hire a teen to entertain the kids for a "spell"- that way you can have some "adult" time as well??

I'll have to think about some of the things we have at school during the carnival. One of the things I enjoyed at a booth one year was picking out a rock and decorating it to look like me. I still haave this on a shelf. They had the eyes, little pipe cleaners for mouths, eyebrows, etc.

Everyone seemed to enjoy it.

Have them play musical chairs to HAlloween songs. A karaoke machine would be a lot of fun for the kids. (we use it for adults, too.) I print off the lyrics to a lot of Halloweenie songs--Monster Mash, Thriller, etc. and then play the CDs.

Great ideas, everyone! Thanks so much.

another simply idea too, have some kid friendly Halloween DVDs ready. We always have a "family" party as most of our friends are married and have children, just about all the kids end up inside watching Goosebumps or something.

I had the same thing happen to me a few years back - and since you know ahead of time you can prepare.

We partitioned off part of the downstairs with cheesecloth and that area was for kids only - NO ADULTS ALLOWED. We kept the kids busy with games, prizes, etc. and only had to resort to a dvd once while they were eating pizza (It's The Great Pumpkin Charley Brown). Having one or two adults who know how to entertain kids helped.

All those parenting magazines have great games we used - and the adults were really happy to have adult time and know the kids were looked after.