When I’m in pajamas, everything just seems right. Work is better, ideas flow, smiles are all around. At ThePajamaCompany.com pajamas are everywhere! In all shapes and sizes. I love pajamas and hope you do too. All is just better… in pajamas. -- Ellie Badanes
Take a break from your Thanksgiving leftovers and online shopping for an early Christmas Movie. Make today a "Pajama" Day to kick off the holidays. No need to loosen the belt when you are having a pajama day! We found a great list at Moviefone of the Best Christmas Movies of All Time. See if you agree.
Halloween is the perfect time for a spooky sleepover. With
decorations available everywhere it's easy to go all out inside and
out. Put pumpkins outside your door and fake spider webs inside with
all the creepy decorations you love. Be sure to add the spooky sound
effects with a Halloween CD or download. Halloween party food ideas
are easy to find all over the internet. We love the Ghoulish Halloween recipesfound
here, including chicken "fingers", "night eyes", "eyeball assortment",
"bat wings" and "mad scientists". Make your party complete with some
perfect games. Here are a few ideas:
Pass The Pumpkin (Perfect for younger kids) This musical
chairs type game involves passing small pumpkins and gourds and when
the music stops the person without a pumpkin is out. Play until there
is a winner. Kids sit in a circle and you hand out one less pumpkin
then children in the group. Then instruct the children to start passing
the pumpkins when the music begins to play and continue passing until
the music stops. Once the music stops the child without a pumpkin is
out of the game. Now remove a pumpkin from the group and restart the
music. This pattern continues until you have one pumpkin with one
winner.
Worm Bobbing Each player is given a bowl with 6-8 worms all
mixed up (should be same amount for each person) in the whipped cream.
The worms can be gummy worms of course! Then with their hands behind
their back they must bob with their heads into the bowl of whipped
cream and pull out the worms and place them on the plate. The first
one to finish wins. Blindfolds make it even more of a challenge.
Scary Stories is always a classic. Everyone sits in a
circle in a darkened room, each holding a flashlight. One player
starts the game by saying "Once there was...." and goes on to say one
or two sentences. The next player continues the story with another
sentence or two. Once everyone has added to the story one person in
the circle can end it. The scarier the better!
Spider Web requires only a ball of black yarn. Everyone
stands or sits in a circle. One person starts with a ball of black
yarn and begins by holding the end piece and throwing the ball across
the circle. The person who catches the ball must say a halloween word,
grab a bit of the yarn and then throw the ball across the circle.
Continue until the ball is nearly finished and a huge web is created.
Mummy Wrap is always fun. Teams are split into pairs with
one person being the mummy and the other being the wrapper. Each team
gets one or two rolls of toilet paper. When the game begins, the
wrapper begins wrapping the mummy with toilet paper circling around and
around covering as much as possible. The best mummy wins!
Memory Game is a fun twist on a popular game. Find about 20
different Halloween items. We love the bowl of cold spaghetti, rubber
bats, ping pong ball eyeballs, skulls and more. Place everything on a
tray and cover with a cloth. Each player gets a paper and pencil and
has 60 seconds to look at all the items before they are covered.
Because it's a memory game each player then has to remember what spooky
items were on the tray and write them down. Of course, the one with
the best memory wins!
Monster Mash Freeze Dance is so much fun for kids and
adults. Put on this classic song full volume and have everyone dance,
dance, dance but when the music stops everyone must freeze. Whoever
moves is eliminated. The last one dancing is the winner.
Witch Hunt involves picking up a bunch of cheap witches hat
from your local discount store. Hide them in random places around your
house or yard. Have your guests run around finding them and the one
who finds the most wins.
Worst Makeover Ever rewards the most disasterous makeover.
Divide your guests into teams and give each team a bag of makeup. They
are told to do the worst makeover ever. Everyone votes on the biggest
makeover disaster.
When everyone is settled in comfy pajamas choose one of these spooky
movie classics keeping in mind what is best for the age group.
Hocus Pocus
Nightmare Before Christmas
Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory
The Blob
Rosemary's Baby
Nightmare on Elm Street
Saw
Tell us which horror classic films we missed and any other recommendations for a perfect kids sleepover.
The holiday
season also means it’s the party season – why not take advantage of the time of
year to have an adult pajama party?There are many fun-filled activities you can prepare for your guests and
planning for an adult sleepover is easier than you might think.Following are some tips and tricks for making
your holiday pajama party a fun and festive event.
Drinks and snacks – be sure have a
variety of beverages available, both cold and hot, and have snack food
such as cheese, crackers, bite-sized vegetables, popcorn, chips and dip
available to munch on.
Make a list of activities – it might
not be all about conversation or movie watching.You could have an adult sleepover that
includes your guests making their own party favors! It can be an arts and crafts project,
something that reminds your guests of pajama parties from their childhood.Have a stock of fun games on hand for
added enjoyment.
Fun pajamas should be one of the
center points of your adult sleepover -- the more outrageous, the better,
with bonus points for feathered robes and the big bunny slippers!
Pick a selection of movies to suit
the theme of your party, if you have one.If the participants in your pajama party are women, consider
renting modern "chick flicks," as well as classic romantic black
and white movies.
Continuing on the girls’ night in
idea, why not bring the spa to your sleepover? Take the time to indulge yourselves with masques,
facials, foot soaks, herbal treatments, and even delicious chocolates.
Designate a “quiet corner” – this is
an area where the first of the sleepyheads in your pajama party can nod
off.Typically, some adults will
want to sleep early, others will be up till dawn.
To breakfast or not to breakfast -- decide
whether or not you're going to provide breakfast and what to have. It can be as basic as coffee and
doughnuts or as elaborate as a continental buffet.
I like to think of myself as kind of an expert in the fine
art of lounging.Lounging doesn’t come easy
to everyone, I know some who have to work hard to lounge but fortunately for
me, lounging has always come easy.I
remember one summer day in-between my 6th and 7th grade
year when I managed to lay on the floor in the same spot in front of a teenie weenie
black and white TV for seven hours straight.It was beautiful.Never once did
I leave my spot.I couldn’t get enough
of “Password”, “Concentration”, “What’s My Line”, “Bewitched”, “Gomer Pyle”, “That
Girl” and more.Today, many many years
later, I still have a great feeling remembering that day.No guilt, no “wasting my life” angst, none of
it.Just pure happiness.And things haven’t changed that much
today.My TV has just gotten bigger,
better and is now in glorious color.Oh,
and has a zillion more choices but given the chance at a channel from 1968 TV,
I might still choose that one today.
Back to the fine art of lounging.Lounging is simply plopping yourself down in
a comfy spot and not leaving it.There
is a little preparation required for ultimate lounging.You need a few basics, any of the following
pieces of furniture (or just floor, beach or grass) will do nicely depending on
your preference:a great chair, a great
soft rug with pillow, a great bed with stacks of pillows, a great sofa that
fits you just right, a lounge chair, hammock, or blanket if you prefer to do
your lounging outdoors.Lounging is not
about good posture, it’s about slunking into your chair, and it’s about
sprawling on your bed, ground or sofa.Lounging is having your legs hanging over sides of furniture or propped
on pillows.Perfect lounging is actually
about not being perfect.
Clear the way for your perfect lounge time and space.Get the lighting just right.Soft or dim for TV/DVD watching or music
listening, stronger for reading.Surround your lounge space with things you love.Perhaps candles, flowers, TV, music, books, newspapers,
magazines, laptop, DVD’s, your phone, iPod and of course your remotes.Food and drink are also very important
elements to perfect lounging.Whatever
your comfort food or drink might be, have it accessible.Remember the first rule of lounging is:NO GETTING UP!So we have now covered the required
furnishings and space for proper lounging.We’ve covered the props.Let’s
get down to another particular expertise of mine, what to wear when
lounging.I began my pajama business www.ThePajamaCompany.comfour years ago because I love to lounge and
because I love to lounge in pajamas.Something told me that I wasn’t the only one with these quirky loves.I know now that there are thousands just like
me who love their lounging and who love their pajamas.To be a happy lounger requires comfortable
clothing.I love pajamas because of the great fabrics,
the fun prints, the drawstring waist, the comfy tee shirt tops or menswear type
tops but that’s just me.The point is to
be totally comfortable.Be it sweat
pants, boxers, robes, footed pajamas, nightshirts, workout shorts, swimwear,
oversized shirts or nothing at all, comfort is key.You may have that favourite tee shirt that
always makes you happy; by all means throw it on for your perfect lounge.Again, the key is comfort so work hard to
find what is truly comfortable for you.
I’ve discussed here the “things” required for perfect
lounging but let me say for many “nothing” might be all that is required for
perfect lounging.The thing about
lounging is that for some, perfect lounging might just be grabbing that feeling
of quiet and calm. It might be lying on
the perfect sofa with closed eyes clearing the cobwebs of the day, the week,
the month and finding a place of calm and creativity. Lounging can be the place
where great ideas brew. When in a world
of noise, stress and turmoil…the perfect lounge might just be a totally quiet
place. Doing “nothing” may take some work at first but work you must because truly
doing “nothing” for even 10 minutes is perfect lounging.
Is it OK to nap while lounging you ask?The answer is yes.A power nap (anywhere from 2 minutes to 20
minutes) has proven health benefits including lower stress, cell repair, heart
health, improved memory and mood.Ever
notice how fresh ideas seem to bubble up after a nap?So if you nod off during your lounging, not a
problem.Let your mind and body rest.
Lounging isn’t just about “me” time mind you, it can be “us”
time at its very best.Perfect family
moments can happen while lounging.A
family TV or movie “Pajama Day” is an event I have long promoted.“Pajama Days” are Lounge Events.Get the kids involved in planning the perfect
“Pajama Day” and see how many hours you can lounge.(Remember my record is seven.)Lounge Events promote family fun and
take away a little of the day to day stress from one and all. Desperate for
date ideas?Make it a “Movie Night” a
“TV Night”, again a Lounge Event.Pull out that DVD and watch episode after episode of your favourite old
TV show.The beauty of old TV series is
that the show takes you back to your childhood, the show brings back memories
and fun. Old Disney movies are always
winners as well. We’ve all had that favourite Disney movie that came along in
our childhood.Put it on and sing along
with every song. You will love it. Again,
the perfect Lounge Event.
So here’s to the art of perfect lounging.Follow my tips and you will only have lounging
success.
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