On the last weekend of May, my family and I are getting together to celebrate.... We are having a three day party/ fun time. Friday night will be banana split night and hay ride time... All day saturday will be bar-b-que, swimming, moonwalk, horse shoes, ect... We will be having a talent contest (no losers/everyone wins) with the grandchildren, and the older children will be doing kareoke. I am putting together a scavenger hunt, for things they will find in their home towns for a month before the celebration and will bring with them that weekend, and of course there will be prizes for that. We even have plywood paintings with the faces cut out, that kids can stick their faces in and get their picture taken (do you know what I mean) Am going to try and figure out how to get the ex and two sons faces in the holes so we can throw a pie at them.. The grandkids want a dunking booth, which we plan on renting. One family is doing a skit, and I have a skit planned that is a practical joke, where everyone that does the skit ends up falling over (no one has ever gotten hurt in the past) I also plan on doing a practical joke using a contest to see which grandchild can get the mentos into the diet coke bottle the fastest (with the help of some adults!)and yes posture will have to be enforced so they dont get hit in the face (surely everyone has seen that video yeah? how did my family miss it??) but would still like to get one last joke in....Later that night, we will be having fireworks (thanks to the new daughter in law) and apparently we are going to try and have a grown up version of hide and go seek in the dark.. the game is called spot light and its played in the back 10 acres.. I think this grammommom will be watching movies with the grandbabies during that. Sunday is still in the works... I want a pancake breakfast, and am considering getting a load of sand brought out to the house so that we can have a sandcastle contest.... But, I need that one last practical joke... anyone got one... skits are great, but at this point, I am open to any and all suggestion (well as long as they are rated g for the general audiance!!!)
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Back when I was a kid, we had a tradition that everyone (read: my sisters and mom) would bake a whole lot of goodies for Christmas "breakfast" (cakes, cookies, pastries, etc.).
Well, one fine Christmas, my brother-in-law baked a chocolate cake. While we were in the middle of eating it, he asked the kids in the family if we detected anything different about the cake. We didn't. It tasted just like a normal chocolate cake.
Turns out, he put broccoli into the cake. The strong chocolaty taste masked it but it was in there. We couldn't believe it! Tricked into eating broccoli!
I wonder if that might be a fun practical joke. Put unusual ingredients (that can be masked) in delicious foods. Then give each guest a list a of odd ingredients and make them guess which ingredient is in which dish ... after they're done enjoying them and thinking that they're simply decadent desserts.
I think they even have recipes and cookbooks devoted to kids that simply won't eat healthy foods otherwise.
Just a wacky thought. Whatever you do ... I hope it's a great time for all.
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Sorry I am just now getting back to this.... I have had internet problems.... These sound like some interesting ideas!!!! My kids are use to me doing the unusual tho, but my grandkids havent ever seen different colored pancakes, so that might be an interesting morning... I have also made pancakes with wisteria flowers in them, so I will admit they are a bit cautious when they eat my food... My youngest daughter has been doing border patrol, and is learning how to cook mexican food, This past weekend she has not only tasted, but learned how to cook a dish with cow tongue (UGH!!!!) I told her she could make it for all of us when she gets home... So that will be one unusual dish! But I like that idea....
Gerry, I am reading!!!
Thanks all for the great info everyone, and I am sure I will be able to figure out how to post pictures on here for ya'll to see....
Be sure to use natural colors for the pancakes, not the artificial food colors from the store.
red beet or raspberry juice for red
blueberry juice for purple
tumeric for yellow
Carrot juice for orange
chocolate for brown
spinach juice for green
Thanks Sharon for the reminder!!!! When I was growing up, we used stuff like that to color our easter eggs!!!
I found this joke in the list that Gerry sent, I havent gotten too far in the list, but some are awesome!!! I have a partner in crime so to speak.. my youngest daughter will be helping me, so this ought to be good!!!
Quote:
Tell someone you can pin a glass of water to the wall -- a real glass, not a paper cup, using an ordinary straight pin. Naturally they won't believe, so you set out to prove it.
Get a glass of water and a pin. Hold the glass up to the wall and start to pin it up. And then drop the pin. You've got the glass in position just right, so you ask your victim real nice to get the pin for you. When they bend down to pick it up, dump the water on their head.
This works especially well when there's a crowd of people watching. It can also be very dangerous for the joker, so be careful if you try it.
the whole concept of that joke, is that it cant really be done... so as you are pretending to start pinning the glass, you drop the pin, and ask your victim to bend down and get it for you... as the victim is bending down picking up the pin, you pour the water on his head... I also liked the one where they end up pouring water down a funnel into the victims pants, but I like those, because the grandkids can pull those off and have a laugh at aunts and uncles without getting in trouble for it....
I sent a few of these to my daughter, she cracked up.. I am sure a few of these will be used in her neck of the woods soon.
If you come up w/a good recipe for using squirrel meat,
let me know. A friend in AZ is trying to get rid of an
abundant supply of them, and I suggested cooking a few.
In some parts of the US aren't they considered a goodie
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We use to cook squirrel all the time! We normally just put it in a crock pot and allow it to simmer till its falling off the bones. I usually just use onions, garlic and bell peppers for seasoning
My dad used to have the neighborhood kids go all over town collecting washers (like between a bolt & and a nut). He would help the kids plant the washers in his garden. They would see him watering the washers for the next week. Finally on the following Saturday he would allow each kid to harvest his crop, which would be a shiny new quarter.
Another time he paid kids a dime for every frog they would catch. He had dozens of kids catching frogs all over town. He would drive to the south side of town and release the frogs.
When I was in elementary school, we had a school carnival and the big event was the turtle race. Each child was encouraged to paint up a turtle with nail polish and enter the race. There was a big marked circle about 10 ft diameter. In the center was a small circle of about 3 ft diameter. The turtles were placed in the center circle and everyone would cheer on their turtle to hightail it to the finish line. My dad rigged my turtle by stuffing a cuckleburr in a crevice between the turtles skin and his shell.
My turtle's legs were flying, even before I set him in the starting area. When the race started, my turtle crossed the finish line before the competing turtles even peeked their heads out of their shells. After my turtle won the first 3 or 4 races, the principal retired my turtle as the champ, and then allowed the other turtles to participate. Only now, do I reveal the details of the fixed turtle race. Don't tell PETA.
I need a practical joke
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