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Illustration
is from The Anne of Green Gables Treasury
Let Bala’s
Museum help you plan a “perfectly scrumptious”
Anne of Green Gables birthday party.
Old-fashioned
games, such as ones run during the Avonlea Sunday School Picnic,
will be sure to please your guests:
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Egg-on-a-spoon
race requires soup spoons and hard-boiled eggs. Bala’s
Museum recommends brown eggs to be authentic to Anne’s
era. Don’t forget a small rope or line for the finish
line. (Contestants must not hold the egg while running!)
Three-legged
race requires only strips of fabric about 3 feet long
to tie the contestants’ legs together. You may want
2 volunteers to hold the finish line and decide who comes
1st, 2nd and 3rd. (Photo at left shows Anne & Diana
winning the 3-legged-race in the 1985 “Anne of Green
Gables” TV movie).
Sack
races give a whole new meaning to hopping! Inquire at
the produce counter of your grocery store to see if they
will save burlap bags for you. Don’t forget to cheer
the contestants on.
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Let Bala’s Museum help you plan a "perfectly scrumptious”
Anne of Green Gables birthday party. |
An
Anne hat with braids makes a lovely photo op for
the guests. Have your digital camera ready
to get shots of each girl wearing the anne hat.
Yes, we sell Anne hats @ $20.99 (bangs included!).
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We
have inexpensive Anne postcards (75 cents each) that can
be used for invitations. You may want to suggest that guests
come costumed as one of Anne’s friends or classmates.
A prize could be given for the best costume.
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Goodie
Bags are easy to fill, thanks to Bala’s Museum
1-888-579-7739.
We
suggest a small Anne of Green Gables bag filled with a variety
of Anne items.
(large, $2.00, small, $1.50)
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Bookmarks
@ $1.25.
(Kindred Spirits)
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Anne
pencils (left) are 45 cents a pencil.
The pencil on the right with an eraser is $2.50.
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Paper
Doll Kit with four outfits for both Anne and Diana,
plus a Green Gables backdrop that can be used for display.
Limited number available..
$6.95
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Matthew’s
buggy that brought Anne home from the station doubles
as a
pencil sharpener! $4.95
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You
can buy jute sacks for your own sack races!
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We
have a limited number of jute bags for your own sack races
at $2.99 each. (Sorry, Anne, they are coffee sacks, not
PEI potato sacks)
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Anne of
Green Gables Birthday Party Refreshments
 Puffed sleeved Cookie Cutter $2.00 each.
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Young guests
will appreciate dainty tea sandwiches, cookies, raspberry cordial
and - of course! - ice cream.
Raspberry
juice is an easy way to make raspberry cordial.
Just add one teaspoon
of lemon juice to re-constituted raspberry juice. Delicious!
Cookies in
the shape of a puffed sleeved dress will be an instant hit.
. Bake ahead
gingerbread cookies - and let the guests decorate their
cookies with coloured icing in an icing decorating gun.
The museum's 26th birthday cake was designed
and prepared by Lyn Luksa in 2018.
We love this Anne peeking over the fence!
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Here
is how your invitation might look!
We
happily accept e-Transfer, Visa and MasterCard. Contact us if
you want further advice about making your Anne Birthday
Party a hit. Have fun!
1-888-579-7739
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