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Pigs-in-Blankets

Doughboys

Celery and carrot sticks

Cupcakes

Toasted marshmallows

Apple juice

DECORATIONS

A picnic table or cleared area in the woods is all that is needed. Make sure there is a safe place to build a fire and a good way to extinguish it afterward. Make sure there is a safe place for the children to run around and play. Have another grownup along to help supervise.

FAVORS, PRIZES, ITEMS FOR TREAT BAGS

Frisbies, whiffle balls to play with at the cookout, small magnifying glasses for woodland observations, butterfly nets, insect cages

Note: If it rains, have the picnic inside. Sit on the floor. Put down a white paper tablecloth and have the children draw ants crawling over it.

INSIDE GAMES (IN CASE OF RAIN), NONCOMPETITIVE

1. Fish for Presents

2. Ring, Ring, Who Has the Ring?

3. Secret Leader

4. Simon Says

INSIDE GAMES, COMPETITIVE

1. Pin the Tail on the Squirrel. Play like Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

2. Bull's-Eye Toss

3. Camouflage

OUTSIDE GAMES, NONCOMPETITIVE

1. Catch (a Frisbie, a ball)

2. Spud

3. Run, Rabbits, Run!

4. The Blob

OUTSIDE GAMES, COMPETITIVE

1. Scavenger Hunt

2. Relay Races

3. Dodge Ball or Baseball

4. Stone