So the boys (and one girl cousin, Rebekah) were welcomed to Camp Half-Blood by the Activities Director (me) and were instructed to prepared their armor. I had already cut out circles from cardboard and painted them black so they just had to decorate them with gold paint. I taped posterboard strips on the back for the straps but that didn't work too well, if I did this again i'd need to come up with a different plan. After their shields were painted they began their quest. Scott was my assistant so the two of us each took a group to help and answer questions as they moved through their challenges.
They had to:
1. Defeat Medusa by throwing darts at a dartboard where a picture of her that was covered in small balloons was taped. (This was a bit of a challenge, especially after a few of the balloons were popped, the last boys had a harder time popping what was left.).
2. Have a chariot race (using two scooters on my mom's long driveway).
3. Defeat the Minotaur by shooting marshmallows at it.
4. Power-up by getting a clue out of the sprinkler (Percy Jackson is stronger in the water).
After their quest was over they were rewarded with their swords (cool light-up swords that my friend Katrina found for me).
After the quest they played Steal the Flag (Titans vs. Olympians) and were joined by Scott much to the dismay of the opposing team.
Then after a quick lunch of hotdogs our Camp Weapons Instructor (Justus Lawrence) did a sword demo and taught the kids some moves and directed some practice battles. I think everyone thought that was fantastic especially Ryan who got to battle all of his friends (although I think he was pretty pooped by the end).
We opened presents and ate cake and ice cream and it was officially done!!
3 comments:
SUNNY!!!!! I am so impressed. Doesn't this make you want to plan another?? Looks like everything was perfect! Good work!
what a fabulous party! Way to go!!
Ahhhhhh what a fun party!! Te really loved it and I can see why :)
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