I told him he could invite 11 people and asked him who he wanted to have come & his list said:
Beckham, Jaeger, Josh, Zachary, Max, Chase, Keegan, Amity, Olivia, Kira, & Treyce.
There are many other kids we'd have loved to have come, but I thought 12 seemed overwhelming enough for the first year! (; I was so happy Beckham made the list & he was too!
We decided on an Indiana Jones theme (of course) & I scoured Pinterest for ideas. My favorite and most used post was HERE. She did a great job & I didn't go quite as elaborate as her, but still enjoyed what we did do.
the invite:
I did most the prep work beforehand, but the day of Grayson helped me finish up some details. He cut all the grapes for the eyeball soup & loved being included in the planning stage.
Wendy & Newell were kind enough to let us use their new garage which was perfect. We borrowed a big propane heater from my dad & it heated the garage super well & fast. Fischer got to hang out with Grandma which he loved!
All invited came except Amity, so Lyla & Lucy took her place. After all the guests arrived, I started by reading a letter from Indiana Jones. Everyone got a fedora for their treasure hunt & we followed the clues:
Whip practice: this was comical. Max loved snapping it & even gave a quick tutorial on proper whip snapping!, Grayson was a huge cheerleader for everyone else, the girls were more timid & everyone had a blast.
Pankot palace buffet: dipping their hands in eyeball soup (cut up grapes in water), & snake guts (spaghetti). A few of the kids-including Beckham-wouldn't touch this stuff. Haha! The clue was hidden in a ziplock baggie in the snake guts.
Sands of Egypt: container of oatmeal filled with gold coins. They each had to dig for a gold chocolate coin. The clue they found here had them stop for a drink break. After they drank a bit of orange soda, we realized they'd been poisoned! They had to each hurry & grab a balloon to pop and find a paper telling them where the antidote was (blue squeeze-its in the fridge). They were saved from the poison, phew!
Blow dart guns: After the balloon popping they had to shoot the natives with their blow dart guns (thanks to my parents for putting these together!). This was probably the highlight of the party for the kids-they loved this part!
Bug & snake pit: their final clues were found in the bug & snake pit (crawling under the pin pong table with creatures). They lined up with their clues 1-12 & found the treasure chest in the water heater closet!
The chest had a bag for each kid with gold chocolate coins, candies, snakes/spiders, & darts for their guns. They took their guns, hats, & treasures home & were super excited.
After the treasure hunt, they ate dried beetle wings (potato chips), old bones (pretzels), & deadly snakes (licorice) + cake & ice cream cups. The kids chatted animatedly & told me adventure stories & giggled lots. Grayson opened some awesome gifts & we got pics of him with his friends & the parents started collecting kiddos. All in all it was a great success & Grayson said it was a GREAT day & the best party ever, so that made it worth it!
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