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Step 1
A great place (and cheapest) to get bones is at a butcher shop. Explain to the butcher that you want the largest bones they have (usually beef legs) with the least amount of meat on them. Take them home and in a large roasting pan, boil the tar out of them. Once they are completely boiled and free of anything but bone, allow them to dry in the sun for a couple of days. These look fantastic and look great around a dig site or near a temple idol.
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Step 2
Plan an exciting archeology themed treasure hunt. You can either create one yourself or download one (see the RESOURCES section below for a link to download a ready made archeology themed treasure hunt.)
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Step 3
Another trick for cargo is to sew big sacks of burlap, stuffing them with pillows or crumpled newspaper. Using stencils, spray paint (black) the words of your location (i.e. Nairobi, etc.) Stacked up in corners or against the wall look really great, especially if next to the crates.
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Step 4
Plan a few games of archeology themed Bingo! For a downloadable archeology themed Bingo set, click the link below under RESOURCES.
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Step 5
Make signs (using the driftwood approach as described earlier) at the entrance to your event saying “Valley of the Kings Dig Site” or “Oxford University Archeological Team” or even “Enter at your own risk!” Depending on the locations you have chosen to take your guests (African jungles, Mayan ruins, etc.) you could also use foreign languages.
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Step 6
If your guests will pass by a plot of dirt of any kind, transform it first into some quicksand. Dig a wide, but shallow, hole and line it with black, painter’s plastic. Cover the plastic with dirt and fill with water. Place dried leaves on top, not completely covering the pool, but enough to hide its shallowness. A driftwood sign with the words “Beware of quicksand” will finish off the scene.
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Step 7
In your invitations, give each guest a specific title, career and area of specialized knowledge. (i.e. Dr. Bill Jones, Director of Antiquities for the New York Metropolitan Museum of Natural History, or Professor Eileen Wilmer, renowned Egyptologist, etc.) If you are especially clever with a computer (or know someone else who is…) you can even make ID badges of sorts for each to bring and wear to the party/event.
Comments
offgrid said
on 12/21/2008 Ha - good ideas - I would have never thought of them. Now where did I put that hat and bull whip. ....