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| Rock Party | Make a tomb in a darkened area of the house and give the kids flashlights so they can explore inside.
Make a "pit" of Lego's with "hidden jewels" (jelly beans and chocolate coins).
- Put the "pit" under a table.
- On top of the table stack a few boxes and drape the boxes and table with a white sheet, thus creating a pyramid.
- Use some cardboard boxes taped together to make a tunnel leading under the sheet.
Then the budding archaeologists have to crawl through the tunnel to reach the tomb and search for treasure. Everyone has 30 seconds to search.
Purchase a plastic laminated world map and play "pin the pyramid on Egypt".
Thus, with this same map you can do a geography quiz.
You should hand out foreign coins and let the kids locate the country they come from. Also, as prizes for correct answers, use the foreign coins.
Learn how to tie some knots in ropes as all archeologists need to know this skill.
For a craft make pyramids out of sugar cubes and "mortar" (egg white with powdered sugar).
Turn birthday child or willing participant into a mummy using toilet paper.
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