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A Pedal Party
Take Your Kids on a Bicycle Trek
One of the highlights of parenthood is teaching children how to ride their bicycles. "Once kids (and their friends) know how to ride bikes, they'll enjoy attending a bike party," says Penny Warner, author of Kids' Outdoor Parties: Hundreds of Fun Things to Do at Outdoor Parties for Kids 4-12 (Meadowbrook Press, 1999). "At a bike party, kids can have fun in a clean, safe way. And it takes little effort to organize."
Warner says the first step is to send invitations to your children's friends, giving them all the details of the event. For optimal effect, make your invites out of bike decals, with the party information written on the back of the stickers.
Encourage the children to come dressed in colorful biking outfits. Provide decorations so the kids can customize their bikes before the rally. Supply things such as colored reflector tape, handlebar streamers and horns.
Once the guests are ready, get on your bikes and ride to the party location. If you're holding the event in an empty parking lot, set up a racetrack. You can mimic orange traffic cones by creating markers out of stiff tagboard.
