Brother S has been planning his shark birthday party for a long time. When we saw this big shark pinata at Walmart we HAD to get it for the party. We had pizza and a variety of gold fish crackers.
The kids set up an "ocean" in the toy room. We played "walk the plank" with everyone assigned to do various things like walk blind folded, skip down the plank, hop on one foot etc.
Then we made it even harder. They had to throw a little shark into the great white's mouth.
Success! Cousin B was the first winner. She got a little stuffed shark for her prize.
We tested out several variations of "ocean cake" made with jello. We discovered that the most important things were: #1 insert gummy fish and sharks into the "ocean" and serve immediately (so they don't get squishy), #2 quickly dip each gummy fish in water before sliding it into the jello ocean, #3 one must have cool whip on top, and #4 letting everyone help makes it more fun.
It looks kind of small in this picture, but to fill this bowl we used five boxes worth of jello mix!
The pinata worked great. Everyone got a couple turns and the candy came out gradually as it fell apart.
The littles hits were the cutest.
Little Miss Rainbow Unicorn...
Batter up! We had to make it extra hard for cousin L's powerful swing. Daddy was lifting the pinata up and down.
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