THE DINOSAUR BIRTHDAY

J-25 If you are very well organized, now is the time to prepare your boxes. Of course, you have already determined the birthday theme. Normal, you are the organization pros.

J-25 always. A trend will emerge when you make this decision. DIY boxes or ready-made boxes? Personally, I belong to the team Marcel Duchamp. I am a mussel, which is overwhelmed.

J-25 always. It must be said that DIY dinosaur invitation card imagined by Marinette is super beautiful, but super tough. I decide to report it to the challenge, but I keep it to myself and frame it.

J-20 You fill in the boxes or your child fills in the boxes, but that depends on their mood, their age, their patience... To make the operation fun, you can provide them with stamps, stickers...

J-17 It's time to have a little idea of ​​what you're going to do. If you are on this page, you have decided to do everything yourself and the good news is that the following list is exhaustive and very thoughtful and should allow you to make your own list. .

J-15 It's time to order or buy what you need depending on the birthday games and manual activity workshops that you have chosen and of course, of the chosen theme. As a bonus, I add a dino costume for the child, a few figurines that I could slip into the surprise bags and a kit for a super cake decor anniversary !

J-10 It's time to imagine your outfit so as to be presentable if you meet Chris Pratt. It's a dino birthday, so Jurassic, so it's possible. (You can also swipe to the trend, Denver the Last Dinosaur, that works too). I advise you to take out a beige or khaki green Bermuda shorts, if you don't have one, your husband should have one. It's forced. A brown belt, a short-sleeved shirt matching the Bermuda shorts, a pair of high socks and for the fashion touch a pair of Timberland boots and a pair of binoculars around your neck. That should be enough, no need for Tintin's hat. With all that, if Chris Pratt doesn't show up, you'll at least be in tune with the cosmos and the Jurassic. This essential point being settled, we will be able to get to the heart of the matter. FYI, Gabi and I dressed as explorers, with Tintin's hat on top. Unfortunately, I don't have a photo.

J-7 Preparation of the playlist, printing of printables, printing of the list of games and birthday games themselves, …

J-1 at night in my kitchen. I prepare the ingredients for the banana splits that I will assemble tomorrow and I make a chocolate cake covered with ganache in the shape of a footprint. I motivate myself to make smaller ones in the shape of different dinos straight out of the Jurassic: a stegosaurus and a brotonsaurus! I don't seriously mess around with birthdays. At the same time, it's my job. After all, we know each other or we don't;)!

J-1 always in the evening – now in my living room. I do most of my dino decor, I inflate my balloons if it's air, because I understand that if it's helium, you have to wait until the day of the party. I've already been had. It's good, I know.

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⏰ D-DAY ⏰

9h I have already been on a war footing for 2 hours compared to my son who has been up for 3 hours. We make gift bags. I go out my treasures (plastic dinos, dino pins, dino stamps…), I make piles (a candy pile, a gift pile, a sticker pile, a pouch pile) and he fills it. Easy.

10 h I inflate the balloons, I install them, I set the table, I stick my dino cake topper on my cake. The decor is all green, there are dinos everywhere, it looks like it, limit, I'm afraid.

11 h I'm done, I'm a star! I'm going to get my nails done (always in relation to Chris Pratt and the cosmos).

13 h We have lunch on a corner of the table compared to the snack table which is already set…

15 h They ring! There's something that children don't know, it's the ¼ hour politeness, they are always perfectly on time. Past the usual compliments and the heads of parents bewildered to see me in this extremely salient outfit, annoyed to the point of not wanting to go through the front door, so I can go and welcome the children in good and due form.

15h01 We make a round, we sit down and we introduce ourselves. You're the one who starts: “I'm the mother of…, I'm not a mistress. ". Everyone gives their first name, their age, the name of their mistress, their favorite game, their favorite color, their favorite cartoon. And on the tone of confidence, you can say what the dinosaur games will be and what the rule of the afternoon is: we all play together!

15h05 Let's go. We start with a dinosaur quiz, just to make everyone agree.

15h15 We play a game that explorers used to test their speed in the event of imminent danger: when hands stack.

15h20 We continue on a small aerobics session, well yes because it's nice to want to hunt the dinosaur, but we will have to ensure the physical abilities of the team.

15h35 Well the physical, it rolls, what about your memory? To be an entomologist, one must have the memory of an elephant. I know a game that will allow me to test it: memorable story.

15h45 You have worked well, you are almost ready to become true explorers. To congratulate you, I would like to give you a present. The only thing is, I only have one and you all deserve it. This is a somewhat special gift since it is the musical gift.

16 h Well I'm dead, let's do a workshop and give life to triceratops, Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus... by making dino puppets !

16h30 Your puppets are amazing. You will collect them before leaving home. Before tasting, let's stretch our legs! Let's make a train! Yes, I know, it's an anachronism. It's my Jacques Demy side.

16h32 Organization of the snack. Can I get you dino juice? In truth, from mint to water…

16h45 Let's clear the table and do what you've been preparing for all afternoon: digging up dinosaur bones.

17h30 I am now going to have you make a game that the dinosaurs would have liked a lot, the game of Poor little sick cat. Because I imagine that if there had been cats in the days of the dinos, they would have loved them!

17h40 I really want to dance (= I really want to relax), let's do them musical statues dinosaur version. Are you ready to take the Velociraptor break?!

17h55 And to finish theopening gifts !

18h05 Liberated, delivered, you can go to bed. Because obviously, you have taken our advice into account and you have not planned to have dinner tonight.

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Friendly advice (part 1): this count gives pride of place to the dream. This is the ideal birthday snack in my opinion. It doesn't take into account games that are brushed off by kids out of hand, it doesn't take into account kids who huff before you've even finished your sentence, and kids who want to skip over and over to the boss. orchestra. Don't hesitate to click on your child's age and pick games that have not been suggested in this list. There are plenty !

Friendly advice (part 2): This countdown was written for kids who love dinosaurs, and kids who love dinosaurs are often 6, 7 or 8 years old. For smaller (very precocious) or older children (the vocation of entomologist is a real subject), I advise you to take a look at the selection of games for your child's age. It will be more suitable!

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