| Tired of the same ol', same ol' when it
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| | Equipment required: A stagnant water
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| come to entertaining your garden party
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| | source such as a neglected pool, pond or
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| guests? Weary of boring badminton and
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| | bucket. Kids love this one!
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| jarts? Croquet not your style? Then
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| you're in the right spot! Here are games
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| | The winner is whoever come up with the
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| sure to make your next party the hit of
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| | largest water strider. Incentive for the
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| the gardening social season!Icebreakers
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| | competitively spirited: Anyone bobbing to
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| | the bottom retrieving the hapless mouse
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| Game #1: The Gnat Slap
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| | that slipped in about a month ago
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| | qualifies for the National Bobb-Off!
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| Equipment required: A garden of any
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| size.
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| | Game #7: Slug Races
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| | Equipment required: A slug for each
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| As your guests arrive, invite them for
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| the obligatory 'stroll through the
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| garden'. Tell them they are welcome to
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| | We suggest two events: The 4" sprint and
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| slap the gnats but only those gnats
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| | the 2-foot marathon. Guests may mark
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| annoying another guest; never are they
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| | their slugs in any way they wish.
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| permitted to slap gnats hovering around
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| | Tip 1: Use an air-horn to signify the
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| their own eyes, nose, ears or mouth. The
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| | start of the races. Slugs are hard of
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| winner is the last guest standing. A
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| | hearing.
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| great icebreaker!
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| | Tip 2: Entrants in the "Watch the Lawn
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| Game #2: The 3-Legged Butterfly Chase
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| | Go Dormant" game can play this game
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| | simultaneously.
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| Equipment required: Rope or wire to bind
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| legs.
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| | Game #8: Hornet's Nest Pinata
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| This is lots of fun. Tightly bind two
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| | Equipment required: 1 large hornet's
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| guests' legs together to make a
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| | nest, a stick long enough to reach the
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| three-legged contestant. Then tell them
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| | nest, a blindfold.
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| you'll unbind them only after they've
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| captured a butterfly.
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| | This game really livens things up after
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| Tip: For a longer lasting game, declare
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| | the slower pace of the slug races and
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| the quarry to be a hummingbird.
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| | helps work off dinner.
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| Game #3: Competitive Weed Pulling
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| | Game #9: Blindfolded Lawn Mowing
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| Equipment required: Weeds of any kind.
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| | Equipment required: A power mower and
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| | the blindfold from the Hornet's Nest
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| This is a great game to reward the hard
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| | Pinata game if it isn't too bloody.
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| working guest. Entrants don't eat until
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| the entire garden is cleaned of weeds.
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| | Everyone loves this sport! One by one
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| Winner: The person with the most weeds
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| | guests are blindfolded and told to mow
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| eats first and most, and so on down the
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| | the grass. The winner is the contestant
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| line. This game teaches the rewards of
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| | who runs over the fewest trees, shrubs,
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| the Puritan work ethic.
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| | flowers, pets and other guests. Lotsa
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| | laughs!
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| Game #4: The Wasp Dodge
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| | Time Saving tip: Dial 911 before the
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| | game begins.
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| Equipment required: More wire for
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| binding, an in-ground wasp nest or two
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| (Yellow Jackets are the best!), a small
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| | Games for After Dark
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| amount of kerosene.
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| | Game #10: Firefly Shooting
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| With hands tightly wired behind their
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| | Equipment required: A BB gun for
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| backs, have your players stand in a
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| | everyone.
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| circle around a wasp nest entrance.
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| Irritate the wasps by sprinkling a little
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| | After a fun day of activities and food,
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| kerosene over the hole and oh, boy! Stand
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| | gather everyone in the center of the
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| back! Entrants are judged on style,
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| | garden in a large circle to try their
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| grace, self-defensive acrobatic movements
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| | hand at nailing a few fireflies. The
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| and number of stings.
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| | winner, and don't expect one, is anyone
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| | who actually knocks a lightening bug out
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| Games to Play While the Frozen Turkey
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| | of the sky.Time Saving tip: Dial 911
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| Cooks on the Charcoal Grill
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| | before the game begins.
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| Game #5: Watch the Lawn Go Dormant
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| | Game #11: Feed the Mosquitos
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| Equipment required: A dry turf.
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| | Equipment required: Go figure.
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| This is for those guests that had a poor
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| | Play this last game while lingering over
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| showing in the other games. The winner is
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| | "good-byes" in the garden.When Tom
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| the person still awake when the lawn is
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| | Schneider isn't trying to find new guests
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| actually declared dormant.
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| | to invite to his garden parties, he and
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| | his wife Deb are busy with their on-line
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| Game #6: Bobbing for Aquatic Insects
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| | machine embroidery design business,
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| | WindstarEmbroidery.
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