October Activity of the Month: Halloween Scarecrow

Why this activity? Planning for Halloween is very exciting for most children as they get to decorate their house all spooky, carve a pumpkin, wear a fun costume and go trick or treating! Involving children in Halloween activities such as, making a wooden spoon scarecrow craft to decorate the inside or outside of your house can be very entertaining. Children love to show others especially their friends the crafts they created!

Items you will need: A large wooden spoon, wooden shish-ka-bob skewers/coloured pipe cleaners, scraps of fabric (i.e. cotton, felt), construction paper, markers, yarn, 2 googly eyes, pom-poms, feathers and glue.

Where can you buy the items? Wooden spoons can be purchased at your local dollar store or can be found in your kitchen (recycle your kitchen utensils). The craft supplies can be found at Michaels, various dollar stores or any other art & craft stores.

Suitable ages: 5 1/2 years old to12 years old. This craft can be modified to make it suitable for children under 5 years old.

***Please note: Adult assistance and supervision during this craft for children ages 5 years and younger is a must! ***

King City - Private Residence: Wedding Child Care

On August 28, 2010 we had 2 events the same day working with Spectacular Spectacular & Devan Events! One event was held at a private residence with all girls and 1 boy and the 2nd event was at the Gardiner Museum with all boys and 1 girl! Both events were tons of FUN!!! One consisted of lots of arts and crafts and dress-up fun while and the other had car racing competitions and lots of play-dough making...can you guess which event was which???

For the event that was held at a private residence, we were given one room to transform into the children’s room...images are posted below, let us know what you think!

Riverbend Inn & Winery: Wedding Child Care

Can you believe it summer is gone and now on to fall? June to August was incredibly busy over here at Little Party-Goers. Our weekends were fully booked with amazing new clients, events and adorable children who just wanted to have fun partying....and of course we need just that!

In the next week few weeks we’ll be posting pictures from our super summer fun events! A big shout out to all of the wonderful event professionals & venues that we had a pleasure working with: Spectacular Spectacular, Bliss Events, Cynthia Martyn Events, Savoir Flare, One Fine Day, Alicia O'Brien, Devan Events, Graydon Hall Manor, Langdon Hall, Gardiner Museum, ROM, Four Seasons Hotel, Ancaster Mill, PeterandPauls, Le Jardin, Boiler House, Mimmo and Naz, Crimson Photos and Nikki Leigh McKean! Also a big THANK YOU to all of our LPG staff for their amazing work and team spirit!

Here are a few images from Riverbend Inn & Winery...we transformed a suite into a playroom!Comments always welcomed!

Our craft table for children under 3.5 years old...


Our craft table for children 4 years old and up


Our baby and toddler play area...


For preschoolers to school-age children!

August Activity of the Month: Kidsports

Why this activity? I don’t know about you but if I was a kid I would love to go to an 18,000 square foot indoor playground filled with a 3 level maze with tunnels and slides... Oh let’s not forget the 2 large ball pits that children can jump in while having tons of fun! There’s even an area called “Wee Challenge” for children really young who want to have fun too! If this doesn’t sound exciting I don’t know what does? Kidsports is the perfect place to take your children on a rainy day or even host a birthday party at, as they’ll have an amazing time and won’t want to leave!

Items you will need: A pair of socks is a MUST, no outside food and an adult for supervision....that’s all!

Suitable ages: 1 years old to 12 years old... although I saw a few adults trying to fit their bodies in the maze that’s made only for children in hopes that they could join in on the fun!

Where is place located?
Kidsports
4500 Dixie Rd. #8, (Dixie & Eglinton)
Mississauga, On
905.624.9400
www.toronto.com/kidsports

Hours of operation: Open Monday to Sunday from 10am to 8pm

Mimmo&Naz: Unique Photography & Cinematography

Image courtsey of Mimmo and Naz

This post is way over due however we could not forget to thank Mimmo and Naz for providing Little Party-Goers with the images posted above. Back in June we had the opportunity to work together with Mimmo and Naz at a wedding! Mimmo is a talented photographer, his style in capturing images is absolutely amazing, unique and candid. Naz on the other hand is an incredible cinematographer who captures memories through his super 8mm camera lens...his video’s remind you of the film taken in the 1950's and 60’s ....absolutely love!

For more information about Mimmo and Naz visit:

Website: http://www.mimmoandnaz.com/
Blog: www.mimmoandnaz.com/blog

F.A.O. Schwarz: The Greatest Children Store

A few months ago I had the pleasure of visiting F.A.O. Schwarz a children’s store extraordinaire in New York City. This place is fabulous, definitely a perfect place to bring your child or visit if you’re in New York City.... from large animals and I mean LARGE from floor to ceiling stuffed animals, tables filled with bubble gum, every type of candy you can imagine (chocolate covered cookie dough .... so yummy), an aisle filled with princess/ballerina dresses, a room filled with everything LEGO and last but not least the most coolest thing ever a LARGE floor piano that you can dance on!!! This place is SO exciting not only for children but for adults as you won’t want to leave once you step foot in there...I didn’t!

Below are some pictures of the coolest children store EVER F.A.O –Schwarz....ENJOY!


F.A.O-Schwarz.... and of course being silly outside the store!



The first floor of the store (in the back) is filled with candy everywhere...



One aisle of all princess dresses...every type of style & colour you could imagine!

The amazing BIG Dance Piano....so much FUN!

Goodie of the Month: The Robert Hampson Tabs for Kids Fund

Robert Hampson with 806 pounds of pop tabs

Robert Hampson is the definition of inspiration. He is the perfect example of what determination is all about…he dreams big and never lets anything stop him from achieving his goals. This is exactly why The Robert Hampson Tabs for Kids Fund had to be Little Party-Goers Goodie of the month.

At the tender age of 4 Robert was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He underwent surgery to remove the tumor which caused him to lose his eyesight. Robert was determined to not allow this to be an obstacle and continued pursuing his dreams.

At the age of 5 Robert was introduced to the idea of raising money by collecting pop tabs in order to make wheelchairs. His desire to help his friends in wheelchairs, resulted in the creation of The Robert Hampson Tabs for Kids Fund.

After spending 8 years collecting millions of pop tabs, Robert finally bought his first wheelchair. In 2005 President’s Choice Children’s Charity partnered with Robert in order to help him find children to donate the wheelchairs to. Since then The Robert Hampson Tabs for Kids Fund has bought 3 wheelchairs, a van lift and an accessible bathroom set up!

***Just a reminder to save your pop tabs in order to help support The Robert Hampson Tabs for Kids Fund or contact Little Party-Goers and we’ll be happy to collect and deliver your tabs to Robert.***


(Left Image) Getting money for tabs (Right Image) 800 pounds of tabs

Here are some questions that we asked Robert:

LPG: What do you love most about your charity?

Robert: I love knowing that children who need a wheelchair or other piece of adaptive equipment will get what they need. A child shouldn’t go without equipment just because he/she can’t afford it.

LPG: What is the number one thing you want people to know about you and your charity?

Robert: This is a charity where anyone can help no matter their age or ability. It is about kids helping kids.

LPG: What goals do you want to achieve and where do you see your charity in 10 years?

Robert: In ten years I would like the charity to be like it is now, but if for some reason I cannot keep collecting tabs and running it, I would like a group of kids to keep it running. A goal I have for the charity is to have collection centres all around Canada so even more people can help.

For more information please visit:
http://www.poptabsforwheelchairs.ca/