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Mother/Son Activities - Father/Daughter dances
are always successful, but what about the rest of
the family? What has been the experience hosting
events for mothers and sons?
Several NRPA members offered the following
suggestions:
We started a Mother/Son Monster Mash about 10 years ago,
and it has become very popular. It's held in October and we encourage mothers and their sons to dress in costumes. We have
photographers there to take portraits, games, a haunted house,
bounce houses, a DJ, raffles and snacks. The fire department
brings out a truck, the police department brings out a SWAT vehicle and our public works department also brings out a few pieces
of equipment for the kids to climb on.

Our mother/son event is called Adventure Night. We do themed
activities that require the parent and child to work together and
there's a prize at the end. This year's theme is Mission Impossible, and we will have various stations, invisible ink, nerf gun
target timers, food and a dance at the end. We switched our
Mother/Son-Daddy/Daughter programs this year to Adult/Child to
be more inclusive of non-traditional families.

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Last year, we did a Mother/Son Game Night where we served
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other in more than 20 different Minute-To-Win-It games (set up
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