Link’s birthday party
For his twelfth birthday Link wanted “something Linkish” as in “something like the Legend of Zelda games”. He decided that fighting cardboard monsters in the back yard would be a good choice. At first I was a bit daunted by this challenge as I pictured us constructing elaborate monsters which would then be attached to poles, or something. But then I realized a much simpler plan would suffice.
We began with these boxes, of which I have many laying around. We bought prizes and treats to put inside the boxes, but then I pictured the fate of those goodies once they had been battered around inside a box.
Instead, I put a ball inside each box. The ball became the heart of the beast. Each guest could gain a treat bag by bringing me the heart of their monster.
The party guests were each given a box and some markers and they got creative.
Each guest was issued a sword from the armory.
Then they all departed into the back yard and the pummeling began. I can’t think of a happier activity for four 12 year old boys (and one 14 year old girl, and one 8 year old girl, and one 6 year old boy.) than to be given permission to pummel boxes into utter destruction.
They were victorious.
And there were treasures.
A good time was had by all.