The best way to teach children just about anything is to make it fun for them. If your child's birthday is coming up and you are beginning the planning stages of the party-to-be, you should strongly consider throwing a green party. This will help to educate your and your friends' children about green living and environmentally safe decisions. Use this basic guide to assist you in your planning.
1.) Location
Location, location, location! Keep it nature. Find a clean and open park to host your birthday party. Also obtain permission from the city, if necessary. If the weather is against you, find a local community center and put up posters, banners, or pictures of trees, the sun, flowers, or whatever you can think of, to give it that 'outside' feel.
2.) Games
The games you decide to play must be taken seriously. Although the children will think they are just messing around and trying to win prizes, they will also be learning an important subject that could greatly affect their lives in the future. A good start is to develop a list of the animals, plants, and 'wildlife' that live on or near your park and make a checklist for each child and parent to find. This can also be done inside if you use your imagination. Another general idea is to have them play games that they normally play, like tag, but give it an Eco-theme. For example, instead of having someone just be 'it', have them be pollution, and whoever they tag has to join the 'it' person to tag everyone else. The children that have not been tagged can get their friends off of the 'it' team by 'cleaning' one of the 'its' if two 'clean' children tag him at the same time. This shows that teamwork can reduce pollution!
3.) Food
1.) Location
Location, location, location! Keep it nature. Find a clean and open park to host your birthday party. Also obtain permission from the city, if necessary. If the weather is against you, find a local community center and put up posters, banners, or pictures of trees, the sun, flowers, or whatever you can think of, to give it that 'outside' feel.
2.) Games
The games you decide to play must be taken seriously. Although the children will think they are just messing around and trying to win prizes, they will also be learning an important subject that could greatly affect their lives in the future. A good start is to develop a list of the animals, plants, and 'wildlife' that live on or near your park and make a checklist for each child and parent to find. This can also be done inside if you use your imagination. Another general idea is to have them play games that they normally play, like tag, but give it an Eco-theme. For example, instead of having someone just be 'it', have them be pollution, and whoever they tag has to join the 'it' person to tag everyone else. The children that have not been tagged can get their friends off of the 'it' team by 'cleaning' one of the 'its' if two 'clean' children tag him at the same time. This shows that teamwork can reduce pollution!
3.) Food
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