In the Night Garden party ideas !! ... Any suggestions welcomed : )

[Erinsyl]

I am having an In The Night Garden themed party for my son when he turns 2 this month and I have just starting trying to think of ideas. I would like to see if I can make an Iggle Piggle Pinata! I have some instructions in a magazine on how to make one, but I am sure you could find some instructions if you google it.

If I come up with any other ideas I will let you know. Good luck!

[smiles4u]

Oh Erin, PLEASE do ... the pinata idea sounds super ... throw any other ideas my way if you think of any ... Thanks heaps Erin

[Just Me]

Not sure if these are the sort of ideas that you are after but here are some ideas I can think of:

- Get some ITNG music to play in the background. Have the kids dance to the music.

- All the words for each characters rhymes and clips are available on the ITNG website so you could learn these and do them with the kids. They are bound to know them anyway but most kids at this age LOVE to dance and sing.

- You could play Iggle Piggle says (instead of simon says) - or whatever ITNG character you like.

- you could do a craft - there are colouring in pages on the ITNG website you could download and colour those in or you could get some different coloured cardboard and have each of the kids make a head band to wear with their favourite character (red hats for the pontipines, coloured streamers off a cardboard headband for Upsy Daisy and so on). Alternatively, you could make some ginger bread men biscuits, but don't decorate them and have some bowls of different coloured icing and some different coloured lollies and let the kids decorate the ginger bread man to look like their favourite ITNG character.

- You could build a stepping stone path (out of cardboard cut into shape and painted) leading into your house or where ever you are having the party.

- You could do a variation of that old game 'Dead Ant'. You pick 4 characters from ITNG and decide on an action they would do (eg - Upsy Daisy - spin in a circle, Pinky Ponk - spin arms on side of body (to simulate propellors going round), Iggle Piggle lies on the ground (to simulate falling over) and Pontypines - line up in a straight line). When you call a character's name all the kids do that action. The last kid to do it is out until there is only one child left and they win. Start out slow while kids get the idea and let them have a few practice rounds. You have to demonstrate how you want each of the actions done. When they get good at them, you can call a few character's out quickly so they have to change what they are doing quite fast.

- You could do a variation on the game Duck, Duck, Goose with Upsy Daisy, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka.

- You could do a treasure hunt. You could tell the kids that Upsy Daisy's hair has fallen out and she needs help finding it. Hide snake lollies around the party area and let the kids go on a hunt to find them. Lollies probably do need to be wrapped up so snakes might not be the best choice, but you could use a similar idea to do a treasure hunt.

There are some suggestions. I don't know if that is the sort of thing you are after, but I have done variations of these games and activites with 3 - 5 year olds and they just love them.

Hope something from the above list is useful to you. Have fun party planning

[Erinsyl]

Hi!

I had my In The Night Garden Party yesterday and was pleased with how it went. My son is turning two and the kids at the party were of a similar age and one little girl was 5 so they all seemed to really enjoy it. Here's what I did -

Pinata - I ended up just doing a simple Easter Egg pinata as it is Easter this weekend. Would've liked to have done an Iggle Piggle shape but as I was pressed for time I went with the easier option. The kids loved it. It wasn't difficult to make either. I blew up a balloon and placed it in an icecream container to hold it steady. The paste was made of 2 cups of flour, 3 cups of water. Dip newspaper strips in the paste and layer the balloon. I tied a long piece of string around the tie at the top of the balloon so that I could hang it outside in the sun. Instructions I found were for 4-5 layers of paper, but because it was for little kids I did about 3 layers around the middle of the balloon, and 4 layers at the top and bottom to make sure it was strong enough - this was just perfect. If you paint it wait till it is completely dry (1 day or 2 later). I started to paint it a little earlier and it sunk a little, so I stopped and waited for it to dry completely. Some instructions say to tape the hole at the top after it is filled with goodies, but I left it open and was glad I did because I remembered some hidden goodies later! I put in a variety of goodies - easter eggs, freddo frogs, turkish delights, tattoos, party whistles, Easter chicken toys and I cut up lots of thin strips of coloured crepe paper and added that. It looked fantastic when the pinata exploded.

Wall Cutouts - I bought some coloured cardboard and made large haahoo cutouts for the walls. The haahoos are pretty simple designs. I enjoy a bit of craft so I was able to do them in about 1 and 1/2 hours. My son went crazy when he saw them on the wall.

Music - We have an ITNG DVD so I put it on one of the settings where Iggle Piggle is asleep in his boat and music is playing softly in the background. We have a large tv in our lounge room, where the party was held, so this looked good.

If I had time I would've also played a game "Where's Iggle Piggle's Blanket?' We have a little Iggle Piggle blanket and I wanted to place it somewhere so the kids could look for it and get a prize.

Also made a tiered cake. The lower layer had the ninky nonk on it and the top layer had figurines on it.

A couple of little girls came to the party with their hair like Upsy Daisy - 6 little ponytails at the front of their hair. - it looked great with different coloured hairbands. I had an idea that came too late to make a red crest like Iggle Piggle's to wear using red felt and elastic to tie under his chin, but not enough time to make it - my son probably would've refused to wear it anyway.

Hope that helps. Love the other idea above about the yellow stepping stones!



It was rather simple in the end but then the kids were so young that I am sure they were satisfied!

[sarahhill0502]

Hi, I amd doing a similar party for my daughter Jasmine in May. I was also short of ideas but have looked around and got some daisy cutters for sandwiches, and found a itng cookie cutter on ebay! Also going to get some big pieces of cardboard and draw the characters and cut them out for on the walls - the kids can help too! If I think of any more ideas I'll let you know!

[jtran]

Whoo hoo, INTG party stuff has arrived within a week from the UK ... all in one piece

Arrived via courier two days ago and i had to sign for it, ... apparently it was insured

(What a bonus the young courier man was very cute too )

Anyone wanting to know the UK party supplier i purchased the goodies from just PM me !!!

*** Marlene ... i have just PM'd you

*** And AnnaT ... yes, i'm still very interested ... I DO need more items (will pay$ you for the lot & postage )

Hi,

I'm looking for INTG party supplies for my daughters 1st bday on 6 June. Could you please give me the details of the UK supplier you got them from? Thank you. I'm new to bellybelly so not sure how to PM's you.

Thank you!

Jennifer

[smiles4u]

Hi Jennifer ...i purchased from eBay UK seller lady-penelopes

(Mods please remove if this is regarded as a Link ?? ...As i'm not sure if it is ...My apologies if it is)

[oneal]

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[cocapops]

Just so you all know, my DD 1st birthday is this sunday the 20th of June, and we were also struggling for iggle piggle ideas, i was able to find a costume shop in melbourne that has an Iggle Piggle costume so if any of you want the details, just PM me.

[MelissaB]

Just so you all know, my DD 1st birthday is this sunday the 20th of June, and we were also struggling for iggle piggle ideas, i was able to find a costume shop in melbourne that has an Iggle Piggle costume so if any of you want the details, just PM me.

My little girls 1st BDay and she loves In the Night Garden....Can you please give me the details of the shop that had the Iggle Piggle Costume for Hire in Melbourne.
Thanks