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Decorations
(A castle fit for a knight party)
Three possible color
schemes:
- Yellow, green and gold
- Green and purple
- Red, blue and silver
Use colored
cellophane to
turn your windows into stained
glass windows.
Use
skeletons and other
Halloween decorations to create a
dungeon (either an entire room or just in one corner). Stretch out
cobwebs and
sprinkle with plastic spiders. Crumple a tin pie plate and cover it
with dirt
and place dried bread on it, then set it next to a skeleton.
Make
a sword in the
stone. Stuff a brown paper bag with
crumpled newspaper and wrap with tape until it vaguely resembles a
rock. Cover
with black or grey butcher paper. Make a sword from cardboard covered
with foil
and place it in the stone.
Turn
pillowcases into
royal banners. Trim the bottom edges
to a point and use wide ribbon to add vertical stripes.
Print
this knight birthday banner to hang up.
Cakes (For the
Lords and Ladies)
Crown
Cupcake Cake
Decorate a
rectangular
cake as a castle. Use upside down ice
cream cones for the turrets. Decorate with small candies. It
will look so delicious your guests will wish you could hold the knight
party here.
Cut a rectangular
cake
into a shield—decorate with a blue
background and a white cross.
Costumes/Dress
up (Attire for the nobles of the realm)
Cut shields from
cardboard boxes and cover with foil
Make swords from
foam
noodles
Provide simple
tunics
made from pillow cases with rope for belts
Fold hats from
newspaper
print, or wrapping paper and stick
a feather in it, Robin Hood style
Games
and Activities (A joust and a juggler)
Collect
the Taxes (ages 3-8)
Hide gold covered chocolate pieces
around the playing area. Give each guest a bag and allow them to
collect as
many “taxes” as they can.
Castle
Play (ages 3-12)
Make a large castle from large
appliance boxes and play.
Break
the Castle Wall (ages 3-16)
Build a wall of empty boxes (not
too large). Wrap them with brown or gray butcher paper and draw bricks
on the
sides. Allow the guests to take turns breaking down the castle wall.
Then have
everyone help build the wall again so the next person can knock it
down. For
older children split into two teams and have them knock down each
other’s walls
and keep their wall built and strong to protect their dragon egg—or
other
treasure.
Dragon Egg Hunt (ages
3-16)
Hide a watermelon before
the guests arrive. When it’s time
for refreshments explain there is a hidden dragon egg somewhere on the
castle
grounds and the king has asked they search for the dragon egg.
Take
the Throne (ages 3-16)
Make a relay obstacle course. Make
two identical obstacle courses that end at the same castle. Lead the
course
under chairs, around a tree and through a wading pond to get to the
castle
where there is only one throne. The first one to get to the throne
receives a
crown and becomes king. Split the guests into two teams and allow one
participant from each team to race. After they have finished, allow the
next
participants from each team to race. The team with the most crowns at
the end,
wins.
Flee
the Dragon (ages 3-16)
This game is a form of tag. Tell
the guests they are to flee (run from) the dragon. Designate one guest
as a
dragon by having them wear a dragon hat. That guest tries to give
another guest
the dragon hat to make them the dragon.
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