MENU
Whatever was planned for outside can probably be eaten inside. There's usually no need to change your menu.
DECORATIONS
Have the children draw a sunny-day scene on a table covered with a white paper tablecloth, brown paper, white shelf paper, or even old wallpaper, taped to the table back side up.
Cut out a yellow construction-paper sun and hang it on the wall near the tablecloth. Give everyone a sheet of paper and some crayons. Ask everyone to draw one outdoor thing to add to the sun on the wall. As the pictures are finished, display them.
If you were going to go on a picnic, spread a tablecloth on the floor and have everyone pretend he or she is outside, wherever the party was supposed to be. Unload things from the picnic basket. Don't bother to set up a different (nonpicnic) way.
FAVORS, PRIZES, ITEMS FOR TREAT BAGS
Give out inside whatever was planned for outside. If the treats are outside treats (balls, squirt guns), be sure to give them out at the end of the party so they aren't used. |
