Decorations:
Get newsprint (or you can use Butcher's paper) and made different sea life paintings. Then hang them on walls and windows at the child's height. Try to cover from one end of the room to the other.
Cut out and place little Nemos in the scene. When the children arrive have them come in and "find Nemo" on the sea life paintings.
Take various shades of blue, green and yellow streamers and hang them from the ceiling...from the entrance of the house to the party area. Also hang up blue and green balloon to look like bubbles in a tank.
Get two pieces of black poster board and make them into one big cone shape (volcano). Color this to look like a volcano in orange and yellow paint then put a face on the volcano.
Try orange streamers and tape them on the inside at the top of the volcano (for the "fire" look). A little desk fan can be placed under the volcano so the streamers blow up in the air.
For the table where the food is to be placed use more newsprint or butcher paper and colored a beach scene...sand, footprints, toys and starfish.
Use the Finding Nemo dvd and put one of their aquarium scenes on.
Cake & Food
Round cake decorated with Nemo's face.
Elongated cake decorated with blue (sea like) icing and use Swedish fish and put them in "the tank". Make icing seaweed and a treasure chest.
Goldfish crackers
Nemo snacks:
- Use white sliced cheese and orange sliced colored cheese and stacked about six on top of each. - Cut into small bite size pieces.
Games:
Nemo Toss:
- Use a box and wrap it in newsprint and draw a picture of a diver (P. Sherman).
- Use snorkels, goggles and a small fish net to decorate the box.
- Make orange and white bean bags and have the kids toss them into the box.
Fishing for treasure:
Use small Chinese take out containers and put inside: stickers, fish suckers and foiled chocolate coins. Illustrate a pond scene on newprint and place it on the floor.
Locate all the takeout containers in the pond. You should use a fishing pole made with a small hook (out of a wire coat hanger..about 2/3 inches). Use a rubber worm hooked on it and a bobber for affect, to be the children's goodie bags.
Play a Memory Game - See if they can remember better than Dorrie.
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