“Rescue Injured Soldier” Divide up soldiers into two teams. Provide each team with a gurney (tarp or beach towel) and a roll of toilet paper. One person on team will be “Injured Soldier” and should be positioned about 40 yards from his teammates. When you say, “Go” team runs across yard to their injured soldier. They first wrap up injured soldier in toilet paper, then transfer him to gurney and finally transport him back to their starting position (I would suggest having one child hold a corner). This game is guaranteed to be loads of fun!

“Mine Field” Start out by placing a bunch of water balloons in yard and blindfolding each soldier. Have them try and walk across minefield without breaking any balloons.

“Grenade Toss” Before party, construct some bean bags out of camo fabric and fill them up with rice. You could also purchase beanbags at your local party or fabric store. Place to cement blocks about 3 feet apart and place board on them. Next, setup of different types and sizes of pop bottles for targets. Give soldiers beanbags and let them take aim. Try different distances to increase difficulty.

“Water Grenade War” Begin by constructing two barricades for children to hide behind (these can be made out of cardboard and spray painted for effect). Give kids balloons and watch fun unfold before your eyes. Just remember, you can’t have too many grenades!

“Obstacle Course” I would suggest placing this game last in your order of Birthday Party Games. This will be most challenging and exciting. Here are few ideas on different obstacles you could incorporate into your Ultimate Course. Use a board as a plank to run across a water obstacle or between to cement blocks. Get some tires for soldiers to step or run through. Use 5 gallon buckets with poles taped across for soldiers to crawl under. Make some obstacles soldiers can run and weave around, such as, garbage cans or buckets. Throw in some physical exercises like jumping jacks and pushups. While soldiers are running through obstacle, make sure you are acting just like a Drill Sergeant. There should be lots of yelling and encouragement. You could also be shooting a water gun at them or throwing water grenades. This should be Ultimate game, so take your time designing course and have fun!

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- Dilute juice by at least half and half. Most grocery stores have a baby aisle with juice specially diluted for babies. These juices also contain more Vitamin C than regular juices, but are also more expensive.

- Never give your baby juice from a bottle. And never give them juice from a cup to suck on all day. This can cause tooth decay.

- Don't give your baby juice at bedtime.

- Babies shouldn't have more than 150ml (one half cup) of juice a day.

- Instead of giving fruits in liquid form, try giving them real fruit!

- If your baby is thirsty, give them water instead. If your baby doesn't like water, try flavoring water with a little bit of juice.

- If you start feeding your baby water from beginning, they won't naturally prefer juice instead of water.