Henry will be 8 at the end of March, and he has announced that he wants a "herp birthday party." I'm all for it, and I have found some lizard/frog party goods. I am looking into the possibility of having a reptile show organization come and do a party presentation with hands-on reptile learning and fun. It's expensive, but if they can bring animals different from those we already have, it might be worth it.

I wondered if any of youse guys might have other ideas for "herpy" birthday decor, games, activities, etc.

Thanks!

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Amy

i'm not sure if they still make them... but when I was a kid we had plastic frogs with folded balloon leg things attached to a hose and a hand pump. when you pumped it the legs straightened out and the frogs would jump! surprisingly far at that... i thought they were the coolest thing ever. who am I kidding... i STILL think they're the coolest thing ever!!!

i can try to track down what they were called if you like, i would think they still make them.

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Yes my name is D... Yes as in the letter... No i wont tell you what it stands for!!!

Pin the tail on the iguana?

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Merlin,
What's Life Without A Little Magic!

When my son was young, he desperately wanted a Pokemon party (he'd kill me if he knew I admitted this, lol). I created bingo cards, and devised a scavenger hunt (my folks have 40 acres), and of course gift bags.

You could easily create herp bingo and herp-related gift bags.

I LOVE Merlin's idea of pin the tail on the iguana... especially since that's just what we want to do when they lose it!!

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~~Steph

"This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world." John Steinbeck

Amy, If I lived closer, I would pack up and come down for ya, but its quite a hike to Virginia. Yea those "professionals" are quite expensive, up to $350 for an hour....Check out the dollar store (do you have a dollar store??) I always find bags of rubber lizards and such or contact me and I can pick up some here and ship em to you. Not sure if all the Walmarts sell these, but for about a dollar, they have those wooden snakes that you have to hold at a certain angle and it looks like they move...they are sectioned and made of a light wood material. I have a bunch of live snakes and my kids still love these lol....or get some white Tshirts (at an outlet or something ) and have a lizard drawing contest on the Tshirt....just some thoughts

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Warmest Regards from Lyn

Thanks for the ideas, guys. I think we'll do pin the tail on the leo, and I ordered about 100 plastic snakes that they will go hunting for outside. I did go ahead and book a "show" from these folks: reptilesquad.com They're affiliated with the MARS rescue in Maryland. Henry is excited, even though he knows that this party IS his present from his dad and me!

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Amy

Do you need our address for the invitations..I wanna come I'll even find a reptile costume for ya.

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MARSHA

:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

Marsha, you know you are invited! Just don't ship yourself here via DHL...

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Amy

Check out Oriental Trading Company for plastic frogs, snakes etc..Party supplies, crafts, party decorations, toys: Oriental Trading What age party are we planning (sorry I can't remember)? You could go to walmart and get some herp material (3.00-4.00 yard) and make tote bags. Let me know the age this sounds like fun....

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Colleen

LOL, I just placed an order with Oriental Trading this morning, Colleen! Henry's turning 8.

The tote bags sound neat, but I don't sew much. (The slug costume I made was constructed from duct tape, remember!)

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Amy