Monster BASH
Invitations:
Sayings: ‘Let the Wild Rumpus Start’, ‘We’ll eat that cake, we love it so’, ‘Come to Where the Wild Things Are’
Send a simple postcard that you can print on cardstock (think Max and the Wild things) and tear the edges to make it look like it had been ‘eaten up’
Decorations:
Monster Tracks – Cut outs - Put them all around the party area
Green crepe paper – for vines & a forest
Green & Gold balloons
Large drawings of the ‘wild things’
Palm trees
Favors:
Wild Thing T-shirt. Purchase some inexpensive white t-shirts (you will need to know guest’s sizes) and some printable iron-on transfers. Let your imagination run wild.
Wild Bag – I used plain old lunch bags and crumpled them up and tore the tops a little. I printed some pictures from the ‘where the wild things are’ book and glued them on the bags. I put each child’s name on the bag. Fill it with goodies or better yet, give this to the children as they go on their Monster Hunt (see below).
Games / Activities:
Monster Hunt – print out the monster tracks and arrange them throughout the party area. Have them stop at certain areas (like a plant, a couch, a tree, etc) and hide some ‘monster treasure’ where they stop. Have the tracks start again and lead to another treasure spot. Challenge children to follow the tracks and collect the loot. (stickers, rings, candy, etc.)
Pin the Tail on Max – blow up a picture of Max from ‘Where the Wild Things are’ and cut off his tail. Make extra copies of his tail and have fun-tac or tape ready. Blindfold children, turn them around three times and set them toward Max to try to get his tail on straight. Classic game with a twist.
Big Foot Monster – give each child his/her own die and have an egg timer set to 1, 2 or 3 minutes. On ‘go’ each child rolls the die and counts the number. He/she then takes that many ‘monster steps’, carrying the die with them. They then roll again and continue until the timer dings. Inside variation: see how many rooms they can get to. Outside variation: see who has gone the furthest.
 Monster face cut out – using foam board as your pallet, enlarge one of the wild things (or draw using a grid - http://www.ehow.com/how_12732_enlarge-drawing-using.html ) Cut out the area where the wild thing’s face would be. Make the hole large enough for a child to be able to put his/her face in so you can snap some photos.
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Monster Party