Get Creative With Games.
Okay, I admit it, I do enjoy going to kid parties that have a bouncy castle. It is awesome to be able to just throw your kid in there so you can have 5 minutes to yourself to have an adult conversation and maybe even a beer. But I simply cannot afford one. So when I throw a kid party, I have to get a little creative. One year I made an “outdoor arcade” for my daughter’s birthday party using the empty 2-liter bottles from the soda I’d used for the punch and the cake (that’s right, I put soda in my cake and here’s the recipe). I removed the labels and here’s what I came up with: