One World Birthday Bash-1

8/7/2019 One World Birthday Bash-1

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ONEWORLD:OneBigBirthdayBash

Note:Gamescaneitherhavewinnersifyouhaveenoughprizesorcanbenon

competitiveeveryonewins/nolosers

I am different from my head to my toes(point to self then to head and toes)I am different from my eyes to my nose(point to self then eyes and nose)I come from a place that is far and wide(point to self then spread arms wide open)

A place where we all smile instead of cry

(act like you are tracing your lips into a smileand bring hands down eyes as if you were crying)I am very different as you can see(point to self then at a friend)But I still have a lot of YOU in me!(point to self place hand over the heart

then hug yourself)

SHARED COMMON TRADITIONS in most countries:

Child is given whatever they want all daymake it a happy dayno chores

Allowed to stay up later than usual

Made to feel special if go to school (School in Spain do not honor birthday child)

Children wear beat clothes (except in Israel wear they dont dress up)

Child gets special foods & treats (most include some form of candy/sweet fruit)

Special cake with candles (make a wish & blow out) or dessert. The 1st piece

goes to the birthday child.

Sing traditional Happy Birthday song or receive a special birthday greetingBirthday child is never reprimanded or spanked on birthday


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AFRICA

EGYPT: Birthday parties are full of singing & dancing. Decorate home w/chains ofgarland that look like snowflakes.GAMES:

Unofficial:Mummify the birthday child by wrapping them in toilet paper.Walk like an Egyptian song (dance & act out)King Tut song by Steve Martin (dance & act out)Balance towels on head relay (Egyptians carried everything on their heads)

CRAFT: Snowflake garlandsSheets of paper or foil cut in squares. Fold each square twice so youll be able to cut intosnowflakes. Make about 2 dozen for each garland & tape them together.

GHANA: On their birthday, children wake to a special treat called oto (AH-toe) which is a pattymade from mashed sweet potato & eggs fried in palm oil. Later at their party they have a treatcalled kelewele (kelly-welly), fried plantain (similar to bananas) chunks.

GAME: Ampe (AM-pay) - played by two or more players. (6-12 best)Children stand in a circle. The birthday child is the leaders & stands in the center. The leaderselects the 1st player & faces that child. The leader & player clap their hands. They jump into theair, & each chooses a foot to kick forward. If the leader & the player have both kicked outdifferent feet, the leader scores a point. If the leaders & the player have both kicked out thesame feet, the leader doesnt get a point. The leader then goes on to the next player, until hehas jumped with each player. (or until the leader has earned a pre-determined number of points)Then another player becomes the leader & claps & jumps w/each player in the circle. The gameends when each player has had a turn to be the leader.

KENYA: When baby is born, the mother takes that baby strapped to back into the thornyenclosure where the cattle are kept, and there, her husband & the elders wait to name the child.

NIGERIA: The 1st, 5th, 10th & 15th birthdays are extremely special events. On these, there is ahuge party with up to 100 or more guests with a feat consisting of an entire roasted cow or goat.Birthday child gives presents to everyone. Doesnt get any presents.GAME: Pass the parcel Select a prize: a book, a small stuffed animal, an inexpensive game orlots of small prizes. Wrap the main prize in many layers of newspaper. Tape each layer closed.If using smaller prizes, tuck them into the newspaper layers. Everyone sits in circle. Turn musicon. As music plays, guests pass the parcel. From time to time, the music stops. The childholding the parcel unwraps it until the music starts again. The last child to unwrap the parcelkeep the main prize. (more exciting if include smaller prizes throughout the layers because moreguests have chance to unwrap a prize. Be sure to have enough extra little prizes though soeveryone ends up with something.)

SOUTH AFRICA: parties are usually outside because of warm weather. Children are given apaper basket filled w/candies. Birthday cake is frosted fruit cake w/candles. Ice cream,puddings, jellies (jello), lemonade, Coke are favorite treats. But, trifle (layers of custard & piecesof sponge cake, w/whipped cream & maraschino cherries & nuts on top) is a must. Gifts areusually toys, clothes, books or money from family.GAMES:Wolf: Children line up on 1 side of the room. The other side of the room is the Den(safe area). The Wolf stands in the middle. When the wolf calls: Run the children run to theDen. If the Wolf tags someone before they reach the Den, that child becomes the Wolf.


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Hide the item: a variation on the HOT or COLD game. Several items (small gifts/favors) arehidden instead of only 1. The birthday child, hides the gifts (instead of playing) & calls HOT orCOLD to the other children as they try to find the gifts which each child will take home.

SUDAN: Children who live in the cities celebrate their birthday whereas in the country theydont. Children usually drink a red punch called karkady made from hibiscus flowers , have a

cake w/candles & eat pizza. Children may not receive gifts like toys or clothes but might begiven money instead.GAME: The Sheep & the Hyena 6-20 players.Birthday child chooses 1 child to be the sheep (sheep sign around their neck) & another to bethe hyena (hyena sign around their neck). The other children form a circle. The sheep goesinto the middle. The hyena stays outside the circle. The children move around in a circle, tryingto stay close to one another so that the hyena cant sneak into the circle & catch the sheep.When the hyena enters the circle, he becomes the sheep & the sheep becomes part of thecircle. Another child is then chosen to be the hyena. Game ends when everyone has had aturn to be the hyena.

ANTARCTICA

GAME: Unofficial:Insert small pieces of paper into white balloons w/prize on each. Children must sit on balloons topop them & they get prize listed on paper inside.

ASIA

CHINA: When a baby is born, traditionally he/she is already one year old. It is a very importantevent. Parents might set the babys fortune by placing the baby in the center of a group ofobjects & wait to see which object the baby picks up. Chinese people believe the first year of lifeis unsafe because in past history babies often got sick or maybe even died. Historically,everyone celebrated their birthday on Chinese New Year even if it isnt the official date of birth &

everyone would turn another year older. However, families today, celebrate twice after a babyis bornat one month old & then again at one year old, when the family believes the baby isnow out of danger & healthy. The family has a party (Chinese feast of at least 12 main dishes).During following years, the family celebrates on the childs actual birthday. Everyone eats extra-long noodles & boiled eggs, both symbols for long life. The egg shells are dyed bright red forgood luck. Birthday child wears new bright colored (red, green, blue & yellow) silk clothes &shoesit is important for the birthday child to wear new things to show that a new year of lifehas begun. Brilliant red is also important because it symbolizes prosperity, life, fire & joy. Childis given an extra-long noodle representing a long life & good luck for breakfast on birthdaymorning. People in China dont eat many sweet things. They might have a birthday peach(steamed dumpling made of flour & water that is a little bit sweet) instead of birthday cake. Thepeach has a red dot on it, standing for good luck. Sometimes, there is a surprise inside

toomaybe coins. Guests bring presents: paper money folded & tucked into small, redenvelopes. The envelope is red for good luck & is called a red bag. Jade w/a symbol cut into itrepresenting a long life/good luck is a common gift for babies. Believe that jade keeps themsafe.GAMES: Chase the dragons tail gameChinese Whispers - Whisper a long phrase (to one person, that person whispers to the next, thelast person announces what they heard) I had the girls whisper San Yat Fy Lok, which meansHappy Birthday in Chinese.


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Chinese Chances (Chinese are famous for their belief in luck and good fortune and this game isall about that). For this game you will need 2 confetti filled eggs for each child invited to theparty (one egg filled with one colored confetti - an unlucky color, the other egg will be filled witha different color of confetti - a lucky color). The person who gets the unlucky egg will get a task -make it a silly, or funny task... The person who gets the lucky egg will get a small treat!Chinese Fortune game - Set objects on a table: book, pen, spool of thread, videocassette/dvd,

wooden spoon, computer disk, music cd, coin, doll, etc. Blindfold child & let them reach for anobject. Choosing these objects might predict: coin=wealth; doll=children; pen=writer/journalist;book=teacher/scholar; thread=designer/tailor; video/dvd= film producer; music cd=musician ;wooden spoon=chef; computer disk=programmer/computer specialist; abacus=business etc.Unofficial:Red Balloon stomp- attach a balloon on string to the ankle of each child. Children try to stomp

each others balloon without letting theirs get stomped. Set rules because they do get excited.Red balloon popinflated balloons are scattered on the floor. Children sit on the floor & haveto pop the balloons with their bottoms.Noodle slurp contest w/spaghetti noodles? Who can slurp the longest length? Children bite &swallow their slurp & leftover piece is measured. Who has smallest leftover length?Children pick up gummy fish/marshmallows with chop sticks.

Balanced Chopsticks 4 Players stand around a stool, blindfolded, each is given a chopstick.They are asked walk around the stool and balance their chopstick on the top of the stool. Thefirst one to complete the task wins.Chop Sticks Pick-up: Needenough pairs of chop sticks for everyone in the small group, lots oflarge cotton balls, paper plates. Description: Explain to a small group of preschoolers that noteveryone eats with forks and spoons. Introduce the chop sticks and tell children they are usedfor eating. Let the children help put the cotton balls (pretend food) on their paper plates and askthem how they could use the chop sticks to pick up the pretend food. Permit the children toexperiment with ways to pick up the cotton balls.CRAFTS: Chinese lanterns, dragons or fansUnofficial:Beaded chopsticks (hair ornaments for girls ponytails etc

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INDIA: On a Hindu childs 1st birthday, his head is shaved, cleanses the child of any evil in pastlives, symbolizes a renewal of the soul. Hindu children dont have to go to school.All children wears bright, colorful clothes. If child goes to school, he passes out chocolates.Afternoon meal included a dessert treat called dudh pakh, a rice pudding with pistachios,almonds, raisins & cardamom mixed in. Dance with shiny ankle bracelets. All day longeveryone tries very hard to give the child a happy daypraise them & make them feel goodinside. Gifts: beads, bracelets, scarves, new records etc. Children sing & play games outside inthe garden.CRAFT: ankle bracelets - bells strung on gold string.

JAPAN: The 3rd, 5th & 7th birthdays are more important. During these special birthdays, childrenparticipated in the Shichi-go-san (Seven-Five-Three) Festival on Nov. 15th to say thank you forhealth & strength & to ask for continued well-being in the future & a long life. Children alwaysdress in their finest clothes whether traditional kimonos or western-style clothing. A special treatis a trip to buy special bags of candies with the words Sweets for 1000 years of life written onthem. Gifts: younger children - clothes & toys; Money to older children. To request or make a listindicating a preference for a special gift is considered impolite. Sometimes, a birthday cake is
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purchased. But, more important is Osekihan, a rice dish mixed w/red beans or Osushi, ricemixed with vegetables & seasoned w/vinegar. Japanese tea or a punch are favored drinks.GAMES: Fuku warai (funny version of Pin the tail on the donkey) Laminate large face outline& several sets of eyes, lips, noses, eyebrows etc. Arrange facial features on the floor & blindfoldchildren who try to place them onto the face.Hanetsuki: 10 or more children.

Use 2 large toy balloons (punch balls/beach balls). Divide children into 2 groups. Each groupforms a circle & is given 1 balloon. At the signal, the balloon is batted into the air. The object isto hit the balloon w/an open hand, keeping it up in the air & not letting it touch the ground.Japanese tag: 4 or more.IT tries to tag a child. A tagged child must put 1 hand on the spot touched by IT- back,shoulder, elbow, knee etc. In this position, the tagged child must chase the other children.Tagged child can only remove his hand from touched spot when he tags another child.

Unofficial:Chopstick Relay # 1 (Pick up an object from one dish and move it to the next dish usingchopsticks. Pass the chopsticks to the next player. Objects could be jelly beans, rice etc.Chopstick relay # 2 (Chopstick relay- Each team gets a pair of chopsticks and must carry, push

etc. a balloon to one end of the course then back to the next in line. They may not touch theballoon with their hands.Carry balloons w/chopsticksTokyo Doodles (Each player gets a sheet of paper taped to their back. The players stand in aline, with each player facing the back of the child in front with piece of paper taped to their back.First player draws an object on the paper of the person in front. Second player then tries to drawthe object, by only what she felt was being drawn on her back, then the 3rd player does thesame, and so forth. At the end, you compare the drawings this is quite a funny game.Balanced Chopsticks 4 Players stand around a stool, blindfolded, each is given a chopstick.They are asked walk around the stool and balance their chopstick on the top of the stool. Thefirst one to complete the task wins.CRAFTS: Origami

Paper fans

KOREA: On the 100th day after a childs birth, a small feast is usually held to celebrate the childhaving survived this period. Celebrate with rice cakes & sweetened red & black bean cakes. It isbelieved that if the rice cakes are shared w/100 people the child will have a long life & so ricecakes are usually sent to as many people as possible to help share the happiness of theoccasion. Those receiving the rice cakes dont return the serving containers empty, but w/skeinsof thread expressing the hope of longevity & w/ rice & money symbolizing future wealth. The red& black bean cakes are believed to bring luck & happiness & are placed @ the four compasspoints within a house.

MALAYSIA: Friends & family visit bringing and ang-bao, small red packet/envelope filledw/money. Even amounts of money are considered lucky. Birthday ribbon cake Alternatinglayers of cake & colored butter.GAME: Pass the box small box wrapped in bright colored paper is passed from child to childwhen adult says stop/music stops, the person holding box must sing a song.

NEPAL: a mixture of rice yogurt & color is placed on the birthday childs forehead for good luck


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PHILLIPPINES: early in the day, the family goes to church to say thank you. Birthday cakesare baked in various sizes & shapes. Celebration includes extra-long noodles representing along life. Outside of house has blinking colored lights at night.GAME: Cat & dog (Pusa at Aso) - 10-12 childrenAll children are cats except for 1. They sit in a circle around a pile of sticks, shoes, stones orother objects which represent a pile of bones. 1 child is chosen to be the dog & he sits inside

the circle guarding his bones. He cant move around (seat glued to floor) & can only tag thecats by touching them from where he sits w/only his hands or feet. The cats try to steal thebones w/o getting tagged. If the dog tags a cat, they exchange places. If the cats get all of thebones w/o being tagged, a new game starts w/a new dog.

VIETNAM: They either dont know or celebrate the exact day they were born. Everyonesbirthday is celebrated on New Years day (Tet is 1st morning of New Years). A baby turns 1 onTet no matter what day he was actually born. Child is presented with red envelopes that containLucky Money by parents, family & friends.

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

Parties are barbeques. Treats: fairy bread/Hundreds & Thousands sandwich (buttered breadcovered w/tiny candy sprinkles called hundreds & thousands & cut from corner to corner toform 4 triangles); chocolate crackles (rice krispie balls covered in chocolate); lollies; lamington(squares of sponge cake dipped in chocolate & rolled in coconut).1st slice of cake (fruitcake withcandle for each year on top) goes to birthday child. Children sing traditional happy birthday songbut clap, one for each year & one for luck. Gifts are simple things like books, hair ribbons &toys.GAMES in both countries:Skippyroo Kangaroo- as many as 25 or as few as six; ages 3 and up. Kids sit in a circle and anadult asks 1child to go into the middle-- the first Skippyroo/kangaroo. Skippyroo crouchesforward on the floor with eyes closed while the kids in the circle chant: "Skippyroo, kangaroo,dozing in the midday sun, comes a hunter, run, run,run." At this stage an adult points to a childsitting in the circle, who then touches Skippyroo's shoulder and says, "Guess who's caught you

just for fun?" and waits. Skippyroo tries to name the owner of the voice and if guesses correctly,swaps places. The game continues until all the kids have had a chance to be Skippyroo.Magic Parcel: Children sit in circle on floor. Wrap a surprise in lots of layers of paper & tiedstring. The parcel is passed as music plays. When the music stops, the child holding the parceltries to unwrap it as much as possible (w/o tearing paper & knots must be untied) before musicstarts again. When music starts, the parcel is passed around the circle until the music stopsagain & the next child unwraps/unties until surprise is revealed & given to the birthday child.Variation: insert small favors among the paper layers so that every so often a child uncovers afavor they keep. The surprise is given to the birthday child. Be sure to have enough extrafavors on hand so each child gets to take something home.NEW ZEALAND:GAMES: Share the chocolate- 2 teams; 2 chocolate cakes (or enough mini cupcakes for group);2 hats; 2 pairs of gloves; 2 knives; 2 forks. Divide items out between teams & place everythingon a table an equal distance from each team. The 1st one in line for each team runs to teamscake, puts on the hat & gloves, cuts off a piece of chocolate cake w/fork & knife, sets down knife& fork, eats piece cut, removes hat & gloves & runs back to end of teams line. 2 nd child in linerepeats. Team finishing cake first is winner. Note: if using mini cupcakes, wont need knives &forks, but each child will need to finish eating a mini-cupcake before removing hat & gloves.


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Hunt the slipper: 1 child hides a slipper. Other children must hunt for it while the child who hid itsays HOT (getting closer) or COLD (getting further away) from hidden slipper.CRAFTS: Party hats or masksCardboard Boomerangs (can find instructions for several different kinds on line cardstock too)Aboriginal art trace hand on black construction paper. Lay out examples of aboriginal artwork.Children create their own masterpiece using construction paper crayons (or any bright colored

medium that will work on black construction paper)

EUROPE

BELGIUM: Birthday child is on the look-out all day because family tries to sneak up on them &gently pick w/a needle for luck. Birthday child doesnt have to do any chores all day & gets tostay up later than usual. Sometimes, a special outing rather than a party.

DENMARK: Child wakes on birthday morning to find gifts lined around their bed or even stuffedunder their pillow. Child is given a small Danish flag (birthday flag that they carry around allday). A large Danish flag is flown outside the house so everyone knows someone inside is

celebrating a birthday. Money is most common gift. Ice cream is very popular treat on birthday& hot cocoa and soda (Sodavand). Lower grade teachers read Hans Christian Andersen story &sometimes class will make clay figures. The birthday child brings hard candy treat for teacher &classmates.GAMES: Stafetlo- Relay race w/potato or hard-boiled egg on spoon.(No NameIts a mess but they love it) - blindfold child who must feed himself gooey cakeand/or ice cream. Variation they enjoy even more: blindfold 2 children & they must feed onanother.Pin the tail on the pigBilledloterri: bingo game played w/animal pictures instead of numbers

ENGLAND: celebrate birthdays with a Fortune Telling Cake, small, symbolic objects/charms are

baked right into the cake & fortune is revealed depending on which token you get in your slice.A ring might symbolize marriage; a thimble that you remain single; a button that you will live avery simple or even poor life; a coin that you will have wealth. (Guests are warned before eatingcake so no broken teeth or swallowed treasures.) Birthday child is given bumps (child is liftedin the air by their hands & feet or under their arms & raised up & down to the floor, 1 for eachyear & 1 to grow on. Children usually drink squash, an orange or lemon flavored kool-aid-typedrink made from syrup not powder. Special treats: chocolate biscuits (chocolate cookies) & jelly& ice cream (jello in a bowl w/scoop of ice cream on top & decorated w/ tiny colored sprinkles) .Games: Musical bumps played like Musical chairs but children can sit anywheresofa, chairs,floor, etc. The last 1 to sit down is out.Sardines: 1 child hides. Other children look for him. When they find him, they stay w/ him quietlyuntil the last child finally finds them all hiding together. The fun of this is not only the hunt but

also the ingenuity of the 1st

child finding a hiding place where everyone can pack together & notget the giggles giving away the hiding place.Tray: several things are place on a tray which is shown for 1 minute to all children then removedfrom sight. Children write down names of as many objects as they can remember.Craft: Crackers (see CANADA for instructions)

FRANCE: It is rumored that it is bad luck to have leftover birthday cake. Cocoa or fruit juicefavorite party drinks.


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Makeover party- mustaches, glasses etc. for boys; make-up, accessories etc. for girls or miniMonet/art party with watercolors. Some will have costume parties. Gifts: toys, accessories butnot clothes. Clothes are considered to be improper gift.GAMES: MonopolyCard gamesHot potato

GERMANY: Childs chair @ the breakfast table is pile of simple gifts (ribbon, toy, book etc.)from the family that must be opened before child can eat breakfast. The table has a specialwooden birthday wreath containing small holes for candles & a holder in the center for the life-candle, a taller, beautifully decorated candle which is lit each year until the child reaches ages of12. This light of life candle & candles in wooded wreath are usually lit at sunrise birthdaymorning & remain lit entire day. Each guest has a party hat. Sometimes small charms/surprisesare baked into the birthday cake & children keep them. A candle for each year is set in a circlearound the edge of the cake w/1 extra to grow on. Candy & cocoa w/whipped cream aretreats. Sometimes children are taken to puppet show. Birthday child doesnt receive homeworkon their birthday & dont do chores.Game: Kommando Bimberle - Everyone sits around table. 1 child commands: Do this w/ your

hands or Dont do this w/your hands or some other command. If a child does the wrong thing,they must put something that belongs to them on the table. When a previously specified numberof objects are on the table, the children to whom they belong must redeem them by doingwhatever forfeit stunts they are told. (see List included)Chocolate Bar: (Better if group isnt too large. KODAK moment! Its hilarious!)Need: hat, scarf, gloves, knife & fork, wrapped chocolate bars & dice. Children take turnsthrowing dice. If get a double, child puts on hat, scarf & gloves, tries to undo the chocolate barw/only knife & fork & then eats as much as he can, still using only the knife & fork. Meanwhile,the children keep taking a turn rolling dice. The child working on the chocolate bar continuesuntil someone else rolls a double. Then that child quickly puts on the hat, scarf, gloves & trieshis luck unwrapping & eating a new chocolate bar w/only the knife & fork.

GREECE: Greek cookies & pastries like baklava instead of cake. Ice cream is special treatitstops!

HOLLAND/NETHERLANDS: Birthdays are very important events. You will find a birthdaycalendar hanging in the bathroom of almost every Dutch home to remind everyone of specialdays. Birthdays 5, 10, 15, 20, and 21 are called "crown" years. The birthday child usuallyreceives an especially large gift (from a list that the child has made) on a crown year birthday.Receiving a present wrapped in black & white is considered bad luck. Family decorates thebirthday childs chair w/ flowers, paper streamers, paper flowers & balloons. Children eatpancakes sprinkled with powdered sugar and taarties (tarts made with different kinds of fillings& covered with icing or whipped cream) served with lemonade or hot chocolate. Child bringshard candies to school. Birthday cake but no candles.

GAME: Koekhappen (bite-the-cake) - soft cookies are hung from a dangling rope & thechildren, blindfolded, attempt to eat them. Unofficial version: hang donuts; children arentblindfolded but must try to eat w/hands behind their back.

ICELAND: A dish of canned fruit maybe w/whipped cream on top is special treat. Birthday cakeis covered w/whipped cream & sometimes canned fruit on top. No candles. Ponnukokur (paper-thin pancakes folded in quarters & filled with jelly/jam or whipped cream) & kleinur (small oblongdonut-like fried cakes) are also favorite treats along with chocolate candy & hot chocolate. It


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RUSSIA: Birthday pie (might be a big rectangle instead of our round pies) with a specialbirthday greeting cut/written into the crust. Birthday childs family put masks on the table thatchildren take home after the party. Children might put a show on at the birthday partysing asong, tell a storyeach child takes a turn while others watch. Children bring present they thinkbirthday child will likeflowers are traditional gift for girls. Guests pull the birthday personsearshold both ears & tug gentlyonce for each year. Family gives presents in a special

wayleave by childs bed so they are there when child wakes up birthday morning. Russianchildren love magic tricks.GAMES: Clothesline game Hang the clothesline across the room. Place small prizes indecorated lunch bags. Twist the bags & tie the top closed tightly w/string or ribbon. Tie the bagsto the clothesline/rope. Blindfold each child. Lead them to the clothesline. Let each choose thebag he wants. Have an adult help snip the bag off the clothesline.Karavai (kah-rah-VEYE) (the round loaf)Children join hands to form a circle as big as they can w/birthday child in center & sing:For childs name birthday we cooked karavaiA very high loaf (hands up high)Not way down low (bend down low)A very wide loaf(hands out to sides)

Not skinny & narrow (all move together toward birthday child in the center)Karavai, karavaiChoose another person quickTo make more funThe birthday child picks someone else to be in the center & the children start the song again.

Crocodile Genas Birthday Song: (popular birthday song featuring famous cartoon character)Let the pedestrians walk clumsily through the puddlesAnd let the water run over the asphalt in a river.Its unclear to the passersby,On this rainy day,Why Im so happy.

But Im playing the concertinaFor all the passersby to see.Unfortunately,BirthdaysOnly come once a year.

I wish that a wizardWould fly in, in a light blue helicopter,And show a movie for free.He would wish me a happy birthdayAnd probably, leave as a present

500 ice cream sandwiches.

But Im playing the concertinaFor all the passersby to see.Unfortunately,BirthdaysOnly come once a year.


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SCOTLAND: A child is given a pound note for every year old plus 1 extra for good luck.Friends give soft, little punches for each year.

SPAIN: Cakes & pastries are rare because homes dont have anything in them to bake.Therefore, sweets pasteles must be purchased. It is a big event for the birthday child to go tothe pastry shop to choose the treats for their celebration which will also include hard candies &

cocoa. No birthday cake, candles or birthday song is sung. Guests greet the birthday child & tryto pull his ears as many times as years old. Gifts: toys, books, clothes, school supplies &occasionally money.GAME: Hit the bucket 5 or more players.Children form semicircle around a bucket, standing a distance of 8 to 12 ft away. Each child hasa stone, beanbag or some other object to throw. A signal to throw each player in turn tosses hisobject @ the bucket. Those who miss must pay a stunt/forfeit. (See List included)

SWEDEN: Use national flag to decorate. Children are often served breakfast in bed. Entirefamily comes to birthday childs bed to wake him up & wish Happy Birthday. Neighbors comeearly too to sing before child even gets out of bed. They sit on the childs bed & have a smallparty of hot cocoa & cookies. Then relatives join family members for a birthday party in theevening. Children at the party are given loot bags filled w/fruit & candy. Klubba (lollypops) area favorite treat. Birthday cake is very fancy molded ring made of lemon pound cake with 1large candle (Life Light) in the center which stays lit until parents extinguish when party is over.Smaller candles, 1 for each year, are placed around the edge of the top in a ring. These are forchild to blow out. Cake is served w/side dish of whipped cream & strawberries that are put oneach piece after its sliced. Besides the birthday cake, an ice cream cake (thin layers of cakebetween thick layers of ice cream) is served. The Swedish Birthday Song is sung & aremembrance photo of birthday child with friends is taken. If family can afford it, fireworks areset off in the evening. On the 5th, 10th, 15th & 20 th birthdays, there is a larger party & more

important, bigger gifts.GAMES: Fiskar (fishing) A wall or barrier is set up, big enough for an adult to hide behind.Each child fishes w/a fishing line for a small gift/treat that an adult attaches to the line for thechild to pull up.CheckersHopscotch

MIDDLE EAST

ISRAEL: Parties are big events of 30 or more children because all classmates are invited. The

largest room in the home is emptied of all furniture except for a serving table & 1 decoratedchair for birthday child to sit on. Children attending do not dress up. Plates arent used becauseall food served can be held in hands. Decorative napkins are provided as favors (not for use)because many children collect them as a hobby. Birthday child wears a crown made fromleaves or flowers and sits in a chair decorated in streamers. Guests dance around the chairsinging and raising and lowering it the same number of times as the child's age plus one forgood luck. Birthday cake is usually in the shape of a special interest of the child dog lover=dog; soccer=soccer field or ball; teddy bear collector= teddy bear etc. Gifts are small (candy bar,


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handmade gift etc.) & are never opened while guest are still in home. Sometimes the childrenwill put on puppet shows or shadow plays for the guest.GAMES: Race w/potato on spoon (or other relay games or games of skill)2 teams/players each holding a spoon in his mouth. Someone puts a potato/hard-boiled egg oneach of their spoons. Walk across the room to finish line, hands at sides or behind back. Theteam/player who reaches the finish line 1st w/o dropping the potato/hard-boiled eggs wins.

Peanuts in the bottle: a bottle is placed on the floor. Child kneels on chair w/1hand behind back.With other hand, he tried to drop peanuts into the bottle.Hide & seek (Israeli version): A group of children hide and object & sing as 1 child looks for thehidden object. They sing softly when child is far from it & loudly as he get nearer to it.

MUSLIM: traditionally give gifts to the poor to say thank you. After child is a week old, its headis shaved & family donates an amt. of silver equal to or more than the weight of the childs hair.Family & friends then have a feast & naming ceremony.

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA

CANADA:(Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland) the birthday child isambushed and their nose is greased w/butter for good luck. The greased nose makes the childtoo slippery for bad luck to catch them (this tradition is reputed to be of Scottish decent). Awrapped coin might be found between the layers of the birthday cake (whoever finds it is thefirst to get a turn at all the party games).CRAFT: CrackersPlace a toilet paper tube at the narrow end of tissue or crepe paper. Insert small prize(s) intotube. Wrap the tube by rolling it in the paper. When completely rolled, seal the seal w/tape. Tieeach end w/ribbon. Decorate w/stickers.

CUBA: Paper lanterns hung over strings of colored lights outside. A magician or musicianentertainer. Sometimes guests are taken to an amusement park for rides. Child doesnt have to

go to school. The highlight of the party is a piata (easily made by filling large paper bag orcolored-paper shopping bag w/candies, stapling or taping it firmly closed & decorating w/animalfigures or colorful designs, crepe-paper curls, ribbons etc.) Children are told stories: favoritesare La Caperucita Roja (Little Red Riding Hood) & Los Tres Osos (The three bears)GAMES: Fishing game: a type of standing well is made big enough for an adult to hide inside.Each child fishes in the well w/ a fishing line that has a pine attached. When line is lowered, theadult pins a small or funny gift on the line for the child to pull out. Children love this becausethey always catch something.Musical chairs (variation); Players march in a wide circle far from the chairs & must run a gooddistance to claim a chair when the music stops.CRAFT: Paper lantern

MEXICO: piata and FIESTA ideas. In Mexico, there are 2 celebrations you have for yourbirthday. 1st is your name/saints day @ church & 2nds is @ home w/ family & friends. Birthdaycake w/candles & get 3 wishes if they blow out the candles w/1breath. Birthday child getschetes (gentle spanks).GAME: Coyote & sheep up to 12 players. 1 person, the shepherd is at the head of the line.Sheep form line behind the shepherd, placing their hands on the waist of child in front ofthem. Choose a child to be the coyote. The game begins when the coyote approaches &shepherd asks: What does the coyote want? The coyote answers, I want a fat sheep! Theshepherd answers: Then go to the end of the line where the fattest sheep are. The coyote


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runs toward the end of the line, trying to touch the last sheep. The shepherd defends his flockby extending his arms & running in all directions, attempting to prevent the coyote fromtouching the last sheep. The line of sheep helps by weaving back & forth behind the shepherdw/o breaking the line. If line breaks, the shepherd becomes the coyote & the next person inline becomes the shepherd. The same is true when the coyote tags the fattest sheep.Sack Race (potato sacks/burlap bags)

NATIVE AMERICAN: Tribes usually placed significance on milestones in childs developmentrather than on the day they were born. For example, the day a child takes first step, the dayaccepts the responsibilities of an adult, day they get married or become a parent etc. TheWinnebago have a big birthday that begins in the evening & lasts all night long. Anyone canattend because the invitation is spread by word of mouth. Whatever the birthday child wants toeat is usually served even if its difficult to obtain because they believe its important to pleasethe birthday person. The birthday cake is a very large sheet cake & is carried around & shownto guests. It is considered an honor to be asked to cut the cake. After the meal, the children playhand games.GAME: Native American Hand game Need a stone or bone, which you can decorate if youlike. Divide into teams. 5 on a team works best. Choose somebody to hold the stone or bone.

Each team lines up separately. The first player guesses which hand the object is in. Then thenext player guesses. Sometimes 2 people are in charge of holding an object. Then 2 bones orstones move through 4 hands, so its harder to guess. As the players guess, the person orpersons holding an object change which hand its in. The team w/ the most correct guesseswins. A variation would be to change the holder each time someone guesses correctlyallowsmore children chance to be the holder. Could play Native American music during the game ifyou wanted.

SOUTH AMERICA

ARGENTINA: the birthday child receives a pull on the earlobe for each year.

BRAZIL: Decorate with paper flowers & banners. Instead of a birthday spanking and a "pinch togrow an inch", Brazilians pull on children's earlobes for each year of their birthday. Ice creamcake is a very popular birthday cake with different flavors of ice cream between the layers &topped w/whipped cream. Ice cream of some kind & Coke are a must. Children eat colorfulcandies shaped like fruits & vegetables. Sometimes they are almost too beautiful to eat sochildren take them home to enjoy for a while before eating them. Sweet treats are a tradition:Chocolate balls covered in sprinkles or coconut put in mini paper cupcake cups. Birthdaypresents are opened during the party, put on childs bed & guests go to his room later to see alleverything.GAMES: Anel (Ring): The children form a circle & hold hands behind their backs. 1 child is IT &stands inside the circle. Another has a ring & passes around the outside of the circle pretending

to give the ring to children. The child does finally give it to someone & IT has to guess whoreally got the ring. IT gets 3 guesses & if they dont guess correctly must pay a forfeit. (SeeList included)Peteca: A small leather pouch full of sand w/feathers tied to the top or a bean bag works too.The pouch/bag is tossed in the air by 1st child & w/1 hand me must hit it back up in the air over& over w/o letting it fall to the ground. As they do this, they recite the alphabet w/each touch.The child who gets through the most leters before missing the bag & letting it drop wins.


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Coelho na Toca (Rabbit in his house): children are paired off, holding hands. They are thehouses. 3rd child stands in front of each house & the house children circle them by holdinghands on either side. 3rd child is the rabbit. Need 1 extra rabbit to be IT. When the rabbitshear, Rabbit in his house, all the rabbits must duck out & find a new house.The extra rabbitalso it trying to find a house. Whatever rabbit is left homeless becomes IT.Pin the tail on the rabbit

Apple on a string: An apple is hung on a string. W/ both hands behind their back, child mustcatch it in their mouth.Morral (Grab bag): Fill a bag w/strips of forfeit stunts (See List included). As each child drawsa slip, he must do the stunt.CRAFT: Paper Flowers

CHILE: CRAFT: rainsticks

ECUADOR: On birthdayschildren might only receive a phone call. Not much of a celebration atall. Saints Day parties (children are named after saints) are big celebrations: afternoon teaparties w/raisin cake, fancy tea cookies & hot chocolate

PERU: Children almost always receive fancy paper hats & 2 kinds of party favors or

recordatorio which means souvenir. The first is a good box/bag & the second is a pin made in

honor of the event. The pins are so elaborate that children collect them. The Birthday child has

a hat shaped like a crown.


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LIST OF STUNTS/FORFEITS for GAMES

Dance around the room with a broom for a partner

Repeat rapidly BLACK BUGS BLOOD six times

Repeat rapidly SIX SICKLY SONGSTERS SIPPING CIDER three

times

Neigh like a horse

Quack like a duck

Imitate blowing bubble gum

Spell your name backwards

Shake hands with everyone

Imitate a baby crying

Pick up a hankie from the floor with your teeth

Imitate a girl putting on make-up

Imitate a farmer calling hogs

Pretend you are a chicken

Pantomine a nursery rhyme (Little Miss Muffitt, Jack & Jill etc.)

Pretend you are a plane

Lap up a saucer of milk without using your hands

Hold one foot in your hand & hop across the room & back

Hold your nose & sing a song

Move your right hand up & down vertically, & at the same time

move your left hand back & forth horizontally

Pretend to eat a full meal (cut you meat, butter your bread, drink)


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Birthday Trivia

3774 10 Get to know how Birthdays Aroun RaLpHaTnEgAm 24773 trivia-discussion/

1:

W hat do Chinese kids have for lunch on their birthday?

hoisin

siopao

siomai

noodles

Question 2:

K ids from Russia celebrate their birthday with a chocolate birthday cake.

False

True

Question 3:

In Scotland, kids celerati their birthdayare given 1 for eveyyear of ther age

True

False

Question 4:

B irthday celebrants in Mexico get blindfolded and have to it a __________.

paper animal (piata)

jar

pet dog

clay pot (palayok)

Question 5:

In Hungary, kids celebrating their birthday give out what to their classmates?

a chocolate bar

a cake

a delicious dish for lunch

a candy


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Question 6:

O n their birthday, Canadian kids get their nose greased with a margarine or butter for good luck.

False

True

Question 7:

D anish kids mark their birthdays by which of the following activities?

putting a flag outside their house

not wearing their school uniform

putting a scarf around the neck

giving their classmates chocolates one day before their birthday

Question 8:

J apanese kids always look beautiful on their birthday because they get a brand new set of clothes.

False

True

Question 9:

E veryone in Vietnam celebrates their birthdays during what holiday?

Mother's Day

Christmas Day

Father's Day

New Year's Day

Question 10:

In Italy, kids celebrating their birthday get tapped on the arm.

True

False


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HappyBirthdayEverywherebyArleneEhrlbach

BirthdayPartiesAroundtheWorldbyBarbaraRinkoff

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AliciasHappyDaybyMegStarr

CarolinasGift:astoryofPerubyKatachaDiaz

Chato&thepartyanimalsbyGarySoto

EveryyearonyourbirthdaybyRoseA.Lewis

FisforFiestabySusanMiddletonElya

FiestaFiascobyAnnWhitford,Paul

HappytoYou!ByCaronLeeCohen

HenrysFirstMoonBirthdaybyLenoreLook

Justaminute:aTricksterTale&CountingBookbyYuyiMorales

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ApartyinRamadanbyAsmaMobinUddin

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