Let children design their own Hawaiian leis.
Create a tropical paradise for your child by throwing him a Hawaiian-themed birthday party. Plan several activities for party guests to prevent boredom and get everyone involved. Awarding Hawaiian-themed prizes, such as grass skirts, leis, coconuts and seashell jewelry, will keep everyone at the event ready for the next activity.
Hawaiian Jewelry
As children arrive to the party, let them make their own Hawaiian jewelry. Setup a table with elastic string, beads, flowers and glitter. The children can make necklaces, bracelets and flower leis. Kids can also take the jewelry home as favors after the party.
Have the children make edible jewelry by giving them Life Saver candies, cereal and other edible pieces to string on their elastic.
Pass the Coconut
Have all the children sit in a circle and hand one child a coconut. Play Hawaiian music and have the children pass the coconut around the circle. When the music stops, the person holding the coconut is out of the game. Keep playing until only one person remains, who is the winner. Give him the coconut or another Hawaiian-themed prize.
Prize Pool
Before the party, purchase several plastic flip-flops, pineapples, seashells and fish (be sure they will float). Write the number 1, 2 or 3 on the bottom of the plastic items. Fill a plastic swimming pool with water and put the plastic items in the tub.
Make prize bags with the same numbers and put to the side. One child at a time will pick one plastic item out of the pool. He will get a prize bag corresponding to the number on the bottom of the plastic item he plucked out of the pool.
Coconut Bowling
You will need 10 empty two-liter soda bottles and a couple of coconuts. Put a small amount of play sand in the bottom of the bottles to make them more stable as bowling pins. Make a starting line about 20 feet from where the bottles sit. Let the children stand at the starting line and take turns rolling the coconuts to try to knock down as many bottles as they can. Award prizes to the children who knock down the most bottles (pins).
Coconut Decorating
Purchase enough coconuts for each child to have one. Let the children decorate the coconuts with markers, paint, googly eyes, glue and puff paints. Tell the children to make their best coconut head. Award prizes for the best, funniest, scariest and silliest coconut head.
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