Thread: Bellydance birthday party ideas??

Calling on all collective Bhuz kiddie wisdom...

I want to spruce up my bellydance birthday party offering. There's a fair few party services out there (mostly fairies, clowns and discos) that all seem to offer 100-cheap-presents-for-every-child. I don't really want to compete on a give-em-everything basis. It adds to the cost (OK, not much, but some), and I also don't really like this whole mentality of giving kids piles of more and more crap. Instead, I'd like to get more creative in terms of activities, and how I market the package.

So, what sort of kid-friendly phrasing spruces up the line of offering 'a dance class teaching great moves and a fun routine'?

I'm also looking for kiddie games that I can 'belly-ise' and give fun names to. For eg, I'm thinking of musical statues being called 'Freezing Genies.' and 'Queenie Queenie who's got the ball' can be 'Genie Genie who's got the lamp?' Anyone have any other ideas? I don't have kids, so it's really stretching the memory trying to remember what games we played when little!

I thought I could offer a few dance-based games, like sitting everyone in a circle and playing a song with repetitive lyrics. Then every time a certain phrase is uttered or I play my zills the kids have to stand up and do certain moves. Any popular kids song ideas or other dance activities you think might work?

PS - I'm aiming for kids from 6 to tweens, and am looking at offering Bollywood themed parties, too, so ideas on that would be welcome!

A similar discussion about 2 months ago...
http://www.bhuz.com/forum/business-b...y-parties.html

The party games that are still played here are musical statues, musical bumps, pass the parcel, musical chairs, and pin the tail on the donkey. Oh to be a child again, seems so long ago now. *eyes wander off day dreaming of days gone by*.

How about pin the crown on the belly dancer? Or musical magic capet? (have a "magic carpet" and the girls walk over it until the music stops whoever is left on the carpet gets to wear a hip scarf?
Oh I could really get going on that.... 20+ years of early childhood education meets belly dance, fun!