Questions Tagged With parties tagged <span class="tag">parties</span>enFri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:09 -0500What are some ideas for a Mad Scientist Party?<p>A friend of mine was throwing a "Mad Scientist Party" for his daughter, which is a children's party where the activities generally revolve around fun physics and chemistry activities (dry ice, <a href="">air guns</a>, etc.).</p> <p>If you were going to throw such a party, what are some good ideas, or resources for good ideas for activities? Has anyone been to such a party, or even hosted one? Do you have any feedback or tips?</p>ScottFri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:09 -0500 needed for very short-notice entertainment for a 3-year-old's birthday party<p>My son's birthday party is tomorrow. Maybe we didn't plan well enough, but now it's occurred to us that we don't know how we're going to entertain the kids tomorrow! I was thinking that they'd be able to entertain themselves - there's loads of toys around the place - but I'm also thinking that we have to do <em>something</em>.. </p> <p>.. so, I'm appealing for ideas! What's a quick-and-easy way to entertain about 10 kids in the house on a saturday afternoon???</p>DaveDevFri, 15 Oct 2010 21:10:27 -0400 infect your child?<p>I'm curious as to who here has intentionally infected their child with something for the sake of immunity -- especially chicken pox or flu. How common is this? Did you wait until a certain age? Do you think it's a good idea at all?</p> <p>(Some of the responses to <a href="" rel="nofollow">this question</a> touch on this a bit, but since that thread is supposed to be something different, I'd like to address it here.)</p>DinahTue, 17 Nov 2009 16:18:12 -0500 Boy is Turning 2 . . . Big Party or Small Party . . .<p>As we are approaching our son's second birthday I have been contemplating whether or not to have a big party or just a small get together with some close friends. Last year for his first birthday we just had a small get together which I think was perfect since he had not really started playing with other children yet. Now that he has more little "friends" I am not sure if we invite all of them (this usually includes their families) or still just do a small get together. I feel that if we start inviting some children, we have to invite all of them so none of the parents feel left out :). What have some of you done in the past?</p>Melissa 1Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:57:19 -0400 to do at a chicken pox party?<p>So a parent hears that another parent's toddler is sick with something like chicken pox. Then they throw a party or some gathering where the kids will play and hopefully swap germs and get each other infected.</p> <p>The hope is that the healthy kids will get sick themselves and when they fight off the illness, will have built up their own immune system without having to go through the vaccination for that particular disease.</p> <p>But what are the protocols, rules or customs to follow with something like this? If any?</p>EmuMon, 14 Sep 2009 16:01:29 -0400