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Hiking/Backpacking

Invitations

A caricature of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah boy/girl dressed in hiking/backpacking gear.

Welcome Area

As guests enter through the door, have a sign that says …

"Last Stop Before You Leave On Your Backpack Trip
with (child's name) Hiking Adventure Tours"

If there's a lobby area, an overhead sign (3'x8') that says (Child's name) "Hiking Adventure Tours Souvenir Shop & Trading Post." Have five "guides" (all cut-outs) wearing polo shirts. On each shirt is their name and the "(Child's name) Hiking Adventure Tours" logo. Make these "guides" with faces guests will recognize …

• Arnie: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Mikey: Mike Myers
• Stevie: Steven Seagal
• Brendan: Brendan Fraser
• Harrison: Harrison Ford

Each guide is holding a box/basket trying to sell different items: sunscreen, bug repellant, water bottles, etc.

Sign-in Area

Have a giant backpack made out of foam core set up on an easel so people can sign it.

Or have a 3D sign in book personalized for your child.  (There are camp themes available for boys and girls!)

Seating Cards

Camping Theme seating cards attached to a flashlight keychain.

Or, hiking/backpacking gear that includes a full size canteen, pretend Swiss army knife, periscope, and compass tagged with the name and table number.

Seating Card Sign

"Your seat is not much of a hike." Have a bouquet of balloons for this area.

The Party Room

Decorate with foam core balloon trees with moss hanging down. Have directional signs coming off the bases (remember to make them woodsy looking) indicating the way to: Ivy Hollow, Butterfly Meadow, Wolf Den, Mosquito Pass, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Olympus, etc.

Mixed in with the trees and signs are mylar and latex balloons that depict grass, frogs, flowers, butterflies, bumblebees, ladybugs, caterpillars…things you would find on a hike in a "meadow" area.

Kids' Area: If you're planning to have a kids' buffet, decorate the table with giant inflatables --- ants, grasshoppers, etc.

Cocktail Napkins: Have them printed using the hiking/backpacking logo.

Tables:

Centerpieces/Adults: Plush bears, moose or other wild animals to be given as Tzedakah piece with balloons coming off (in nature's colors). Or, use hiking boots with florals/ferns for a vase effect - place this "vase" on a tall platform.

Centerpieces/Kids: Large mylar bug balloons with multi-colors mixed in with nature balloons.

Other options: votive candles, logs, candy (chocolate bears and moose)

Band Backdrop: logo with caricature of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah hiking

Personalized Cameras: personalized Bar and Bat Mitzvah cameras on each table to take pictures of your guests singing at the seats!

Party Favors

• Personalized Photo Chocolate Favors with your child's picture at camp!
• Hiking How-To Guide/Itinerary at each place
• Camouflage shirts

Out of Towners

For people coming in from out of town, you can prepare a Survival Kit/Backpack as a welcome. Deliver to the hotel - one for each room. In each kit you can have a compass, binoculars for bird watching, water bottle, bug repellant, zinc oxide, an "energy bar" using the Bar/Bat Mitzvah's name (make a label for a chocolate bar), and "Choc Aid" (chocolate bandaids that you can eat for mosquito bites).