How to Have a Great 8th Birthday

March 23, 2008

First, invite the people that you want to invite and make it a sleepover. Make sure the kids bring sleeping bags and a pillow.

Second, put a jumpy on your lawn that has punching bags and a fence. Make sure it has a slide.

Third, turn it on and take the first kids out onto the jumpy and tell them the rules so the kids are safe.

• Rule one: don’t hurt each other
• Rule two: have fun
• Rule three: be nice to other kids

Have the kids put on finger lights if you go out into the jumpy at night. When I did these things, I had a really good time and no one got hurt. We couldn’t see who was who, but we could see where the people were. Make sure they go down the slide safely. The time I did it I went down the slide and fell off and got a scratch on my face. It’s still there, I think.

Fourth, when you guys are done outside, take some ice cream and some pound cake and put some whipped cream on top and a strawberry. Put the candles on the cake – put how many candles you’re turning and put one extra candle for good luck. If you happen to have an ice cream maker, put big chocolate chunks into the ice cream, which would be vanilla. Make sure the cake is good and sweet, and you might find a tunnel inside your cake.

Fifth, if you have a hot tub, tell the kids to bring bathing suits. Make sure the hot tub is not too hot and let the kids go in.

Sixth, tell the kids to put out their sleeping bags and let the kids watch a movie. I would suggest The Thief Lord. Even though the trailer is scary, the movie is really good. At the end of the movie it’s time to go to bed. Make sure that they don’t have their finger lights so they don’t stay up all night.

The last thing is to open the presents in the morning and let the kids play or watch a little bit of a movie to perk them up. Make sure the kids don’t wake each other up too early. To make sure, wake up early and go into the room and wait to see if they wake up early. If they do, jump out and yell “You’re so bad!” and then they’ll say, “Sorry”. And then you’ll be perked up. (Let the parents do that part.) Give the kids goody bags that you think the kids will like.

Good social skills would be telling them goodbye, I had a good time, and I’ll miss you.

That’s how you have a fun party.