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My DD and SIL have been fostering 2 adorable little girls for many years. The oldest, J will be 5 in May and they got her at 10 months. The youngest, E, they got from birth and she will be 4 at the end of Aug. They are coming to visit in early July and we will be having an
Adoption party picnic for them. I'm planning on having a "Fingerprint Tree" for everyone to do when they arrive. I think that will be nice for the girls to have. I don't know how to copy images here so heres a link. http://www.oneprojectcloser.com/adoption-shower-and-celebration/. I'd also like to have some kind of short unity ceremony for them, that they will have a keepsake from. I was thinking of a sand ceremony, but not definite. I'm also going to get DD and SIL something with the adoption symbol on it. Here are some ideas from Etsy. https://www.etsy.com/market/adoption_symbol

It will be at a park that has a playground for the little kids and Frisbee golf for older ones, plus we will have ladder golf and corn hole at the shelter.

Any other ideas for a unity ceremony w/keepsake or game ideas? Attendees will range from baby to 90's. The party itself will only be a few hours, but we have the shelter until 9pm so would like to have activities for everyone if they decide to hang out longer.

Thanks in advance.
 
I think it's really sweet to celebrate their adoption with a family party! I will continue to think on ideas, but one that popped in my mind (and might take some logistical planning) would be to take a photo (from up high - a tree, tall ladder, etc) with them in the middle of a circle of the family members, signifying all of the love that surrounds them.
 
Thanks JoCoJenn. That is a cool idea. I'll have to figure out if that would be a possibility. They will be having 2 adoption celebrations. Ours is in the East in July. They are also hoping to have one in the west in Aug. That was one reason I thought of the fingerprint tree. We can start it out here, and they can take it home and have the people out there finish it up. Those 2 little girls and DD and SIL have such a great support system. We are blessed.

The party is for family and friends. So many people have gone on this foster/adoption journey with them. We've laughed and cried and worried and stressed and been let down and back up again. It's been a roller coaster.
 
No suggestions, but congrats!
 
I was a very shy child and a lot of public ceremony would probably have been uncomfortable for me - so my thought would be to keep it simple on the ceremonial aspect and emphasize the fun. It goes without saying though that your DD and SIL are in a better position to assess what might be right for their children than this internet stranger!

I like your emphasis on creating keepsakes for the kids to appreciate later - when they're older and probably better able to appreciate the significance of the event. So - lots of photos! Is a photo booth a possibility? Or recording each guest's good wishes in a scrap book or video?
 
VRBeauty|1485643736|4121274 said:
I was a very shy child and a lot of public ceremony would probably have been uncomfortable for me - so my thought would be to keep it simple on the ceremonial aspect and emphasize the fun. It goes without saying though that your DD and SIL are in a better position to assess what might be right for their children than this internet stranger!

I like your emphasis on creating keepsakes for the kids to appreciate later - when they're older and probably better able to appreciate the significance of the event. So - lots of photos! Is a photo booth a possibility? Or recording each guest's good wishes in a scrap book or video?
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Hi VRBeauty. Thanks for the response. The girls are not shy at all. But, they may be with all of the "strangers to them" around. It will be 2 years since I've seen them when they come out. There would only be a short simple ceremony if there is anything type of ceremony at all. We will definitely take lots of pictures. The video recordings is a great idea. We did that for my mothers 90th birthday party. Everyone did their own short video clips and sent the recordings to my brother, who made a DVD for mom. We watched it at the party, but won't have access to equipment to watch it at adoption party.
 
siv1 said:
... We are blessed. ...
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UGH! :wall:

Don't do this.
If you do, make everyone wear masks and stay 6 feet apart and not be inside a building together.
Better yet, hold the party looooooong AFTER there is a vaccine and new C19 cases have plummeted.

Because of lack of evidence I don't believe so-called gods or in this so-called "blessed" thing.
I'd say a "blessing" was not increasing the chance of spreading permanent illness and death to people you love, or to strangers for that matter - but hey, that's just me I guess.
What do I know?
 
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@kenny this is an old thread from 2017. A spammer put it at the top by responding. FYI.
 
So.
Old or new thread ... it's all about the content.

My points remain.
 
kenny said:
So.
Old or new thread ... it's all about the content.

My points remain.
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Yes. I hope people aren’t having any type of parties with anyone but their immediate family. That is, people who already live in the same household.
 
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