D's Amazing Race Party

Last weekend our eldest turned 9.. and we threw him an amazing race birthday party!

As with all the boys other parties.. I bought a plain white cake from Wegmans and let D decorate it himself.

We had a total of nine kids.. they picked bandanna's out of a bag to create 3 teams.

First Task

Not all the kids knew each other.. they were too amped up with the idea of winning that they couldn't manage to calm down and read the clue.. so we had to really guide them through it.. they made mistakes and we let it go.. it seemed a tad chaotic.. 

Second Task

I had 33 little medicine cups filled with M&M's and Goldfish crackers.. 6 of them had stickers on the bottom. The first two teams found the sticker in the first try... what are the odds!? And the third team had to eat a lot of snacks before they finally found their sticker.

Third Task

I bought 48 piece puzzles from the Dollar Tree. The boys took their time making them.. it was then that we finally got a chance to take a breath and just be able to watch them all at work.. 

Fourth Task

The kids had a blast with this one.. M and I disagreed on a few of the details regarding this task. First he thought filling the glass to the brim with only a bandanna was too much so we settled on 75% full. Then I thought the bucket was too high up on the hill so we moved it slightly lower.. We were both so wrong. These are 9 year olds.. they should have been filling the cup to the brim and the bucket should have been farther up because even though they were huffing and puffing the task took them barely 5 minutes.. they were breezing through these!!

Fifth Task

Sixth Task

We assigned a different color of Fruit Loops to each team.

Seventh Task

This was another fun one.. the kids had to make multiple trips to get the sequence correct.

 Eighth Task

This game was such a hoot.. the boys even took turns playing it once the actual race was finished. 

Ninth Task

M and I tried this activity to see how long it would take.. we had to really shake it! The kids twerked 'em all out so quickly I didn't even get a picture!

Last Task!

The secret message read - Congratulation You Have Completed The Amazing Race

All the Winners!

The kids went through the games quicker than we had expected so they filled the rest of their time playing more Pantyhose Bowling.. soccer.. just running around and a water balloon fight. Then it was time for cake and pizza

It was a great party.. it had been a little tricky keeping all the games a secret from D.. I gave all the kids jump ropes as party favors.

Here's a look back at some of his previous birthdays
1st Birthday
4th Birthday
5th Birthday
7th Birthday
8th Birthday

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