| Throwing a party about the increasingly popular | | | | great on the ceiling or above the ship. Fishing nets |
| movie, How To Train Your Dragon? What a great | | | | would also look good. Consider what you could do |
| idea! Vikings, dragons, bad guys, good guys, | | | | to make the place look like a large cave, or an |
| unlikely heroes--all the stuff we love and can | | | | ocean side. |
| relate to in some way. | | | | Games: Have some contests that would include |
| This kind of theme has a lot of possibilities for | | | | feats of strength, or games that would require |
| some great fun. | | | | some working together to accomplish the goal. |
| Invites: How about some kind of viking hat | | | | Given that everyone is in endowed with strengths |
| shaped invitation. Or, you can make a dragon with | | | | in different areas, as is displayed in the show, |
| a "pull-out" tongue of fire with the party | | | | having something to do that makes it so |
| information listed on it. Invite your guests to begin | | | | everyone is needed may make the party more |
| their middle ages adventure by dressing up as | | | | memorable. |
| their preferred character from the show. | | | | One option is to start or end your party by |
| Food: Have some authentic Viking Victuals. | | | | attending an afternoon matinee in costume. A little |
| Evidently Vikings were heavily into protein laden | | | | challenging, probably more so for the adults, but |
| foods. It is highly improbable that you will find a | | | | great fun for the kids. You will be the local hero if |
| beached whale anywhere around to consume, but | | | | you dare to dress up too. Engage the kids in a |
| you can serve a variety of fish or meat. If the | | | | discussion on the way home about ways they |
| kids are smaller, you can go with breaded shrimp | | | | can apply what they learned in being braver, |
| or fish sticks, and just clue them in that Vikings | | | | kinder etc., and encourage them to practice it as |
| ate a lot of fish. If you are in earnest about a | | | | they interact when everyone gets home. Another |
| Viking menu, you will be able to find some Viking | | | | fun thing to do is to see which guest matches |
| recipes online. You can also make a cake in the | | | | which character in the movie. The rule has to be |
| shape of a dragon. | | | | that everyone is kind, good sports, and sensitive |
| Decor: You can decorate a room to look like a | | | | to others. Make it fun and keep it light-hearted. |
| Viking ship. Brown butcher paper has tremendous | | | | I'm sure there is plethora of other ideas just |
| possibilities to transform an ordinary wall into the | | | | waiting to be hatched. Have fun. |
| side of a ship. Some dragon cutouts would look | | | | |