Gracen's Birthday: The LPS Adoption Center

The end of this month is Gracen's birthday. She has decided that she would like a Littlest Pet Shop birthday party, so we have been busy brainstorming some party plans.

Here are some of our ideas so far:

Games and Activities

~ Cake walk-type game - We will color these LPS coloring sheets and laminate them (one for each child attending the party). I will shrink each image and use them to make cards. To play: Put the cards inside a bag. Lay out the laminated coloring sheets in a circle on the ground. Have each child stand on a coloring sheet. Play some music and direct the children to walk around the circle on the sheets. Stop the music and have the children freeze. Pull a card from the bag. The child on that coloring sheet wins a treat. We will be making LPS cookies to use as the prizes. Here are the recipes:
Lps Recipes

~ Pin the Hair Bow on the Pet - Enlarge a LPS coloring sheet to poster size. Color or paint it. Make hair bow shapes out of construction paper. Play just like "Pin the Tail on the Donkey".

~ Setting up an Adoption Center - We will set out the Littlest Pet Shop Pet Adoption Center Playset with the pets. We will also set up an adoption center for stuffed animals. This adoption center will include stuffed animals, leashes, pet food and water bowls, a toy Dr. kit, a small pet carrier, an old computer keyboard, an old phone, pens, pencils, and notebooks.

~ Find the Bone - Fill a Rubbermaid tub full of dirt or sand. Bury small dog bone treats in it. The children put socks on their hands and dig to find the dog bones. We will give each child 3o seconds to dig and then count how many bones she has found.

~ Kibble Bean Bag Toss - Set out a large dog food bowl. The children will try to toss bean bags into the bowl.

~ Dog Adoption - Each child will pull a dog collar bracelet from a bag. Each bracelet will have a small sticker on it. Next, each child will "adopt" the puppy that has the sticker that corresponds with the sticker on her bracelet. Once the children have found their puppies, we will create adoption certificates for them. Here are the certificates I will be using.

~ Craft - The children will create small dog houses for the puppies they "adopted". We will decorate these boxes with craft foamies, markers, sequins, etc.

~ Additional Craft - I am going to set up a craft table as an alternate activity for children who may not want to participate in the group games. On this table I will have copies of these LPS masks and the supplies needed to make them.
lps masks

Party Favor Bags

Our party favor bags will contain LPS magnets and keychains from Tracie76 Photography, a little LPS coloring book (which I will make by shrinking these coloring pages), some crayons, these bone candies, and Puppy Chow. For the bags, I am going to use colorful mini gift bags and decorate them with LPS stickers.

The Food

Bredenbecks, my favorite bakery in Philly, is generously donating the cupcakes, which I will top with adorable cupcake toppers from Lil Boo & Co. We will also have ice cream. For finger foods we are going to have fruit with this yogurt dip, crackers and cheese, chips with salsa and hummus, and plain potato chips (Gracen's favorite). I will serve this punch, water, and lemonade.

Paper Products

Gracen's favorite color is yellow, so I am going to buy plain yellow cups, plates, and napkins from the party supply store. I will decorate the cups with LPS stickers.


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Our ideas were compiled from our imaginations and the following sites and blogs:

• Amazing Moms
• Birthday Party Ideas
• Whimsy Love