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the children on doing a great job and tell them they’ve all won some magic sparkles that you will give them at the end of the party.
18. PARACHUTE ACTIVITY WITH HIDING: ‘The Pterodactyl Flaps Her
Wings’ (tune of ‘Two Teddies on a Trampoline’ by Linda Bance)
“The pterodactyl flaps her wings up and down like this (demonstrate). We’re going to make our own Pterodactyl wings using the parachute.” Perform the following movements with the ‘imaginary parachute’ and then with the real parachute. Move the parachute up and down in time with the pulse, making sure to go up on “up” and down on “down”, as you sing the song acapella. For the spoken part, lower the parachute to the ground (so the children are crouching), and move it gently from side to side. Everyone jumps up and says “Roar” at the end.
The Pterodactyl flaps her wings, Up, down, up, down.
The Pterodactyl flaps her wings, Up, down, up, down.
(Spoken) When she’s feeling tired, She goes to sleep and snores, And all the baby dinosaurs, Wake her with a “Roar!!”
Choose three to five children (including the birthday child) to be dinosaurs and hide under the parachute. Repeat the song and movements as before. The dinosaurs in the middle should be hidden during the spoken part and revealed as everyone says “Roar!” Encourage the children in the middle to jump up and do a loud “Roar!” at the end. Repeat the activity until all the children have had a turn of hiding underneath the parachute.
If you have a party assistant or if there is a willing parent nearby, ask them to hold the opposite end of the parachute and encourage the children to all go under together as you sing the song one final time.
19. ACTION SONG OR POEM TWO: ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ performed by Lucy Sparkles & Friends
“To be real dinosaurs you have to be very clever so now we’re going to do the tricky version of ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ to see just how big and strong your brains are!” Play the track and perform the actions indicated by the lyrics. Don’t forget to sing along and remind the children when to use their “thinking voices”. See if you can catch anyone out!
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, And eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
20. MAKE A MAGIC BIRTHDAY CAKE*: ‘Chop, Chop’ by Traditional and ‘Happy Birthday’ by Traditional
Tell the children that it’s almost time for bubbles but first they must make a magic birthday cake for the birthday child! Choose some volunteers to tell you which ingredients they would like to put in the magic birthday cake. Place the suggested ingredients onto your chopping board (flat palm facing up). Chop them with your knife (other hand) to the pulse as you say the first two lines of the poem. Mime putting the ingredients into the mixing bowl on the third line and repeat the chopping action again for the fourth line. Pretend to stir the mixture for the fifth line then have a cheeky taste!
Chop, chop, choppity chop,
Chop off the bottom and chop off the top. What we have left we will put in the pot. Chop, chop, choppity chop.
Stir it round, stir it round,
Tell me what you have found.
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