This one is fantastic if you need a few minutes to organise something as it doesn't need a lot of supervising!!
All you need is a group of children and a reasonably large space!!
Depending upon the number of children you have, choose either one or two people to be "IT". Then let them all run!!
When a child is taged by the person on it they have to stand still with their arms out and their legs apart - like a star jump position. One of the children who is still free must crawl between their legs to release them.
It's that simple but it can keep them happy for quite a while. Changing who is "IT" every few minutes will keep the interest level going.
Give it a go!
Helen
www.catswhiskers.biz
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Go Wildcats!!
My daughter is a little crazy about High School Musical!! So for her latest birthday we had a High School Musical party - obviously with face painting!!This is Sharon's fantastic Wildcats face painting design, which was so popular with all the girls that we're planning on adding it to our design portfolio!
Go Wildcats!
Helen
Traditional Party Games - The chocolate game
Have you tried the chocolate game??
You will need: dice, a big bar of chocolate, a tray to put it on, a knife and fork, a large woolly hat, gloves and a scarf.
How to play:
Get the children to sit in a circle and put everything in the centre except the dice. (If you are feeling generous, you can unwrap the chocolate!)
Each child takes it in turn to throw the dice. If they get a double six, they run into the middle and put on the hat, scarf and gloves then using the knife and fork have to cut up the chocolate bar into squares. Once it is in squares they can eat it.
Meanwhile the dice has been continuing around the circle and as soon as someone else gets a double six the person in the middle has to stop & remove the hat,gloves & scarf and then the next child takes over.
You can make it easier by changing it to any double gets into the centre or you can make it simpler still by using only one dice (technically a die) and saying that anyone rolling a six gets into the middle.
My Mum used to freeze the chocolate bar before the party to make it really difficult to cut. LOL! Obviously it's much more entertaining if the hat, gloves and scarf are an adults and therefore much to big for the children!
Have fun.
Helen
www.catswhiskers.biz
You will need: dice, a big bar of chocolate, a tray to put it on, a knife and fork, a large woolly hat, gloves and a scarf.
How to play:
Get the children to sit in a circle and put everything in the centre except the dice. (If you are feeling generous, you can unwrap the chocolate!)
Each child takes it in turn to throw the dice. If they get a double six, they run into the middle and put on the hat, scarf and gloves then using the knife and fork have to cut up the chocolate bar into squares. Once it is in squares they can eat it.
Meanwhile the dice has been continuing around the circle and as soon as someone else gets a double six the person in the middle has to stop & remove the hat,gloves & scarf and then the next child takes over.
You can make it easier by changing it to any double gets into the centre or you can make it simpler still by using only one dice (technically a die) and saying that anyone rolling a six gets into the middle.
My Mum used to freeze the chocolate bar before the party to make it really difficult to cut. LOL! Obviously it's much more entertaining if the hat, gloves and scarf are an adults and therefore much to big for the children!
Have fun.
Helen
www.catswhiskers.biz
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Cats Whiskers team training day
On Sunday the Cats Whiskers team got together to share ideas and practise new face painting designs. It was a really relaxed day with lots of laughs and more than a little creativity!
Here are some of the pictures:
Face painting designs on the practise head by Jo.
No one was safe......
Sharon's finished eye:
Michelle's finished eye:
Sharon doing Henna on Jo:
The finished Henna design:
Princess face painting design:
Roman Centurion face painting design by Len:
Here are some of the pictures:
Face painting designs on the practise head by Jo.
No one was safe......
Sharon's finished eye:
Michelle's finished eye:
Sharon doing Henna on Jo:
The finished Henna design:
Princess face painting design:
Roman Centurion face painting design by Len:
Monday, January 19, 2009
UWE Freshers Weekend
At the beginning of January, as the students went back to University, the Cats Whiskers team of face painters and balloon modellers returned to UWE for the freshers party.
Len (the other Helen), our balloon modelling expert, excelled herself with a spectacular top hat for Aled - chief Angel - and Sharon was on form with henna and face paint as the pictures show!
Helen
http://www.catswhiskers.biz/
Friday, January 16, 2009
Congratulations to Simon at Blue Skies Photography!
Simon from Blue Skies Photography has let us know that he received a Gold Award in the Commercial Photography Category for SWPP (Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers) at the end of last year for his photograph of my body painted baseball guy!
Congratulations!! :)
Helen
http://www.catswhiskers.biz/Monday, January 12, 2009
Happy New Year!
I hope that you have all recovered from the fun and excesses of Christmas and the New Year! Now that the children are back at school and routine has returned in the Cats Whiskers office, it seems like it was a very long time ago!!
The Christmas designs are once again back in the seasonal file and we're looking forward to the weather warming up so that we can dust off the Spring and Easter face painting designs and balloon modelling creations for our customers.
We're planning a big training session for all of the Cats Whiskers team this coming weekend to develop some new and exciting designs for the new year. We hope you'll like them!
Sharon did amazingly well to get onto the Finalists page of the Snazaroo Halloween Free for All http://www.snazaroo.us/08/8halloween5.htm back in December and was pipped to the prizes by some stunning work! We're still very proud of her.
We look forward to seeing you all again in 2009!
Helen
http://www.catswhiskers.biz/
The Christmas designs are once again back in the seasonal file and we're looking forward to the weather warming up so that we can dust off the Spring and Easter face painting designs and balloon modelling creations for our customers.
We're planning a big training session for all of the Cats Whiskers team this coming weekend to develop some new and exciting designs for the new year. We hope you'll like them!
Sharon did amazingly well to get onto the Finalists page of the Snazaroo Halloween Free for All http://www.snazaroo.us/08/8halloween5.htm back in December and was pipped to the prizes by some stunning work! We're still very proud of her.
We look forward to seeing you all again in 2009!
Helen
http://www.catswhiskers.biz/
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