Treasure chest pi?ata

Nikki,

We already had the party. It was a huge success. I thought it might be a little too young for the age group, but they really enjoyed it.

The party consisted of 10 boys ages 9-12. We hid the treasure in the house in a chest that had a lock on it. I gave them a key along with the map. We live in central California and the temp. last Sat. was 104 degrees....much too hot to do the entire hunt and party outside (this is why the treasure was inside as it took them quite a while to find it).

I put the treasure (candy and small toys) inside of a treasure chest pi?ata. When they found it, they then got to take it outside and do the pi?ata. This pi?ata was the kind that had strings attached to the bottom and the kids took turns pulling the strings until one of them released the candy. It was great. They mostly liked the stations and games that were played there. I made the pirate beach station out by the pool and incorporated the walking the plank game into the pool area.

Thanks for everything...it was well worth the money.

Kelly Coulter, California USA

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