SCHEDULE
10:00-11:00 Arrive and set up
11:00-4:00ish Shopping!!
12:00 Fire up grill
1:00pm People group picture, then Pony group picture
2:00 Announce contest winners
2:00-3:00 Play games
3:00-4:00 Group show and tell
4:00ish Door prizes / farewell
(Note: You're welcome to say later if you want to - I'll probably get a bonfire going come nightfall in any case. I've had a hankering for s'mores lately. LOL!)
ACTIVITIES
•Buying and selling ponies!
•Show and tell - rare ponies, customs, first ponies etc
•Group photo of host pony (Applejack)
•My Little Pony cartoons (playing on the house's lower level)
•Wear something pony-inspired
•Vote for contest entries
•Free bin for all your get-rid-of stuff
GAMES
•$10 Mystery gift swap (optional, one gift per participant)
•Gift Grab dice game ($1-$3 prizes, many small gifts)
•Aurora's Bag Game, Icebreaker Game, and "What's in the Box" Game
•Guess How Many candy jar(s)
•Raffle!
(Raffle details: I was thinking all guests get two tickets at the door, and additional tickets are 50¢ each. Selective raffle boxes can be made up for certain groups of items (e.g. MLP prizes vs non-MLP gift set prizes, etc.)
CONTESTS
•Art Contest featuring Applejack (Any kind - paintings, digital, sculptural etc)
•Haiku Contest - submit an Applejack related haiku to me and I'll print them for all to vote on their favorite! Funny, poignant, witty - anything goes!
•Can I get a head count on who wants to do the custom pony contest? Please let me know if you would like to participate!!
PRIZES
•Game prizes
•Art/craft contest
•Raffle prizes
•Custom pony contest (if doing)
•Door prizes (if leftover prize table prizes)
ATTENDEES! PLEASE BRING THE FOLLOWING:
•Ponies and other merch to sell/trade
•Cash, including a good mix of smaller bills
•Your potluck food contribution
•Haiku (submitted to Silver Glade) and art contest entries, if participating
•Items for prize table, unwrapped (maybe like 2 or 3 things? Small/inexpensive; pony or non-pony okay)
•“Gift Grab” dice game gifts, wrapped (if participating. Not mandatory but super fun. These are $1-$3 gifts, the fun is in the game!! Works best if each person playing has brought at least two gifts)
•$10 Mystery Gift, wrapped (if participating, not mandatory. One to one swap.)
•Ponies for “Show and Tell”
•Items for free bin
•A spare table
•Camping chairs/folding chairs
Definitely bring tables if you have them! I have a feeling we'll run out of surface area fast at my house, though I do have several folding tables I can set out. I have about 14 outdoor chairs and (of course!) furniture indoors, but the more chairs the merrier, I say.
Would anyone like to volunteer to be a photographer? I have small digital cams, but a big honkin' Nikon or somesuch would work even better!
Please let me know, if you haven't already, what you're bringing for potluck. That should be it - any questions you may have, ask me! We'll be seeing each other soon!