For the last installment of the birthday party DIY, I'll share a secret that you already saw in the title. It's true, kids love coloring contests, bingo, and trivia! The secret to success is to tailor each activity to the party theme.
Since Frank's (not his real name) party theme was Dogman, I wanted to make the games specific to that book series. As I mentioned before, Dogman is a book series of the same name created by Dav Pilkey.
For the coloring contest, I traced a picture of dogman pencil and then went over the lines with a permanent marker. I made several copies and had two impartial judges pick the winner and runner up. The runner up picked a prize from the prize box and the winner got an extra special wrapped gift. The contest is fun and is its own decoration. Here are all the finished products:
I put a lot of thought into how to make Dogman bingo. I decided it would be cool to do a regular version as well as a picture version that used characters from the series. It would be quite a bit of work to make all of the cards from scratch so I decided to see if there was anything online that would do this for me, for free, of course. Birthday parties cost enough, I'm certainly not going to pay for bingo cards.
I put a lot of thought into how to make Dogman bingo. I decided it would be cool to do a regular version as well as a picture version that used characters from the series. It would be quite a bit of work to make all of the cards from scratch so I decided to see if there was anything online that would do this for me, for free, of course. Birthday parties cost enough, I'm certainly not going to pay for bingo cards.
I found an awesome site called bingobaker.com and you can either search for a theme that someone has already created or you can create your own. It was easy enough for me to figure out and I made a few versions of both picture bingo and standard bingo, with Dogman as the free space. The site does the hard work for you and mixes up the cards so that all you have to do is print them. They were a huge hit. Here are screenshots to give you a peek:
I discovered that kids love trivia a few years ago when we would have annual winter parties each January. The winter party was a different theme each year and were something we did just because we are so friggin' cool. I would create trivia questions and every so often I would announce it is time for another question. The kids would get all excited and really enjoyed it. I decided to give trivia a new life for Frank's first birthday party with school friends. I don't know as much about Dogman as he does, so I spent about two hours going through the six books in the series to create a ten question trivia. Of course, the kids loved it and each time someone got a prize for the right answer. If your son wants a Dogman party, you can use my questions and answers and save yourself about two hours. You're welcome.
Dogman Trivia
Q: What was the dog's name before the dog and the cop became dogman?
A: Greg the dog.
Q: What does Dogman do when he's been bad?
A: He hides behind the plant at the police station.
Q: Who are the fleas?
A: Piggy, Crunky, and Bub.
Q: What do you get when you cross a chicken with a monkey?
A: Diarrhea. (Li'l Petey joke)
Q: How did Flippy get so smart?
A: By eating Chief's Supa Brain Dots.
Q: What is the name of Petey's secret lab?
A: Petey's Secret Lab.
Q: What was the cop's name before the dog and the cop became Dogman?
A: Officer Knight.
Q: What do you call a worm from King Arthur's court?
A: Diarrhea (Li'l Petey joke)
Also acceptable: A "Knight" crawler or Sir Squirms-a-lot (guesses by Petey)
Q: Who is the "kitty sitter?"
A: Mrs. Suspicionflame (Petey in disguise)
Q: What does 80-HD stand for?
A: 80 Hexotron Droid-Formigon
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