Family Reunion Picnic
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Family Scavenger Hunt
Along with invitations to the reunion, send a request for interesting but little known bits of trivia about family members. When everyone arrives at the ...
Peaches Filled with Tuna
Ingredients:
1 can peaches in half
1 can of tuna
100 grams of rice
Cocktail sauce
A lemon
Parsley
How to Make:
Boil the rice and let it get ...
Oriental Cucumber Salad
2 med. size cucumbers, peeled and seeded
2 tsp. salt
1/2 C. white vinegar
1 Tbs. sugar
1 Tbs. water
1 1/2 tsp. soy sauce
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
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Apple Apricot Compote
10 dried apricots, halved & sliced
1/2 C. water
4 medium apples, peeled and sliced
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/8 tsp. grated lemon peel
1/8 tsp. ground ...
Hawaiian Cake
The frosting/filling is what really makes this cake yummy!
1 large Cool Whip
1 cup coconut
2 pkgs. of instant vanilla pudding mix
1 large can crushed ...
Picture Board
Have all family members bring a baby picture for the bulletin board. Number them, and have everyone try to figure out who is who. If it's like our family,...
Quick Dry Chicken
Quick Dry Chicken Instructions:
Mix chicken pieces with tumeric, red chilly powder and salt to taste. Fry onions with ginger garlic paste in 2 tablespoons ...
Brown Sugar Weinies
To make brown sugar weinies you'll need 2 packages of hotdogs (cut in 3-4 equal pieces), 2 packages of bacon (you'll get 3 pieces out of 1 slice), light ...
Coin Search
All of the adults at our family reunion pitch in a few dollars worth of coins; pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters...Sometimes even a few half-dollars ...
Ice Cream Ball
We had a family reunion at Lake Tahoe and used an Ice Cream Ball to make ice cream. You can get the mega balls on Amazon.
Fill the ball with ice ...
Easiest, Best Meatballs Around
Take it to the reunion in your crock pot; plug it in there, and viola! Great meatballs. I always come back with an empty pot.
EASIEST, BEST MEATBALLS ...
Pick Up Truck Required For This Moveable Feast
When we have a family reunion we have a fun way to keep everything sufficiently iced for the duration of the day.
Plastic totes and open coolers are ...
Fresh Summer Salad
1 can black beans
1 can tuna
1 large tomato
1 cucumber
1 medium onion
1 lb. frozen corn, thawed
Juice of 1 lemon
2 TB olive oil
Salt and pepper ...
Mango Cream
Mango Cream is very simple to make.
We take Mango Sherbet (or any other flavor) and stir in whipped topping (Cool Whip). Don't blend it too well, but ...
Homemade Rootbeer
Directions for making Homemade Rootbeer:
Stir one and a quarter tablespoons of rootbeer flavor/extract and one cup of sugar into a half gallon of ...
Party Sandwiches
Blend a hole can of Spam and half a jar of Cheeze Whiz in the blender.
Add canned red peppers (to suit your taste).
Mix and spread on bread.
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Family Tree Cupcake
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Make cupcakes and build them into a family tree. You can write the name of the family members with icing and color code them. Everyone can then clearly ...
Take Home a Piece of Each Other
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Have every one bring a photo of something they love in their life when you send out the invtations.
Have a table set up with glue, scissors, colored ...
We Love to Play Croquet
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I was so excited to see this game on Big Brother this year. And yet, so surprised that they had no idea what it was. When we get together we love this ...
Perfect Picnic Burgers
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2 lb. lean ground chuck or round
3/4 C. wheat germ
2 eggs
1/2 C. half-and-half
2 Tbs. minced onion
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. salt ...
Keri's Cheesy Crispy Chicken
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1 cup chedder cheese crackers - crushed
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
2 eggs beaten
1 cup oil
Salt and pepper
Your favorite chicken parts (I like the legs ...
The Middle Name Game
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As a family grows larger it's hard to remember everyone's name. Cousins who we knew when we were little have children we don't know at all, people get ...
Yummy Refried Bean Dip
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l can (l6 oz) refried beans
l carton (8 oz) sour cream
l carton (8 oz) avocado dip
l bunchgreen onions, chopped
l up chopped black olives
2 cups shredded ...
Juicy Sausages
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Buy a pack of sausages at the market. Poke a thin stick through the middle of each and then pull the stick out. Take a thin straw and poke that through ...
Favorites
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Have everyone complete a questionaire asking questions such as...
If you could have dinner with 3 people (dead or alive) who would you spend it with?...
Sandbox Surprise
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Sprinkle coins and bury them in a sandbox. The children enjoy digging for the coins. Great activity for younger and older children.
Line Up!
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This is a quick and easy game we love that takes NO materials, has NO winners (therefore NO whiners), and provides for LOTS of activity and laughter.
1....
Connect 4
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My mom, age 80, is one of 12 children and in June of 2007 my sister and I organized the first ever family reunion. 128 people attended the picnic.
There ...
Rappie Pie
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Boil Chicken with Onions and your favorite spices until cooked, or desired flavour.
Take ten pounds of potatoes and peel them.
On a four sided cheese ...
Name that Ball
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On a long table, put different kinds of balls in a row such as a baseball, a football, a soccer ball, and a basketball. Then, cover each one with a cloth....
Mutton Delight
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Mutton Delight Ingredients:
250 gm mutton/lamb
1 cup wheat-soaked overnight, drained, pounded & husked
3 tsp curry powder
3 tbsp of mixed lentils-...
Beer Boiled Shrimp
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Beer Boiled Shrimp Ingredients:
Water
5 lbs 31-40 count Shrimp
1 pkg Zatarain's Crab Boil
1/2 bottle liquid Zatarain's Crab Boil (more if wanted)...
Saucy Sausages
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1 pound smoked sausage, cut in rounds
1 small jar mustard
1 small jar plum jelly
1 cup BBQ sauce
Combine all ingredients in a crock pot, cook on ...
Baked Beans
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1 large can of Bush's Baked Beans
4 Tbs. Ketchup
3 Tbs. Yellow Mustard
1/2 onion, finely diced
1/2 bell pepper, finely diced
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
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Picnic Food Tip
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Don't leave your party potato salad outside in the sun all afternoon. It will poison your guests.
Jammin'
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At a recent family reunion, many of the young people brought their musical instruments and put on an impromptu jam session for our entertainment. They ...
Kreamy Krab Picnic Pasta
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What you need:
1 pkg of small or medium sized pasta shells
1 lb Imitation Krab
2 1/2 cups of Mayo
1/2 cup of relish
1 tsp of paprika
2 tsp of ...
Watching the Clouds Go By
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Sometimes, in this hurry-hurry, dash-dash life of ours, we forget that things like a picnic are times to slow down and enjoy the simpler things in life....
La Vie en Rose Mango and Nectarine Jam
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*1 ripe mango (about 600g whole and about 300-350g peeled and chopped)
* 6-7 ripe nectarines (about 900g whole and about 600-650g peeled and chopped) *500g ...
Spam Potato Salad
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This doesn't sound appetizing...but it's wonderful and I've never met anyone who doesn't like spam potato salad.
Ingredients:
5-6 medium potatoes ...
Low-cal, Low-fat Chicken Wrap
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Ingredients
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1 baked boneless, skinless chicken breast strip, cubed
1 Tumaro's Honey Wheat Gourmet Tortilla
1/8 cup ...
Spinach Dip
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Spinach Dip Ingredients:
1 large carton sour cream (2 cups)
1 cup mayonnaise
1 pkg. frozen, chopped spinach, drain well
1 pkg. dried leek soup ...
Take Along Spice Cake
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This cake gets raves for taste and looks! It travels well and looks fresh even after sitting on the dessert table.
CAKE
2 cups all purpose flour
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Grapes Romanoff
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1 lb green seedless grapes
1 lb red seedless grapes
1 lb purple seedless grapes
1 pt sour cream
brown sugar
1-2 t vanilla
Wash and dry grapes. Remove ...
Croquet, Baby
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Years before the movie "Heathers" ever came out, our extended family would get together for a family reunion, and we would always play croquet. It was ...
Family Thanksgiving Day Cruise
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Instead of a family reunion picnic, let a cruise ship do your cooking!!
There's no cooking, or cleaning up and kids can`t complain that they don`t like ...
Water Balloon Relay
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At hot picnics in the summer, we cool off by playing water balloon relay, tossing water balloons back and forth in a catch style game until one breaks....
Instant Snow
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Buy blizzard in a bucket. It's safe and fun for kids to make and play with the snow in the summer, especially if they live in an area without snow.
All ...
Who Belongs to Who
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We are a large family and at our yearly family reunion there is a lot of new members as people marry, have children, or more family members show up.
Each ...
Have Races
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We all get together at my grandparents in the country. When I was growing up all the cousins use to race each other to my grandparents mailbox (which is ...
Easy Taco Dip
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Ingredients:
1 pkg Taco Seasoning Mix
1 pint Sour Cream
1 cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing
Directions:
Mix ...
Chicken with Cream
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Ingredients:
2 tsp VINEGAR
8 tbsp OIL
1 kg Chicken
4 tbsp Cream
Salt as per taste
2 tsp Chili powder
1 tsp Garam Masala
¼ Tomatoes, chopped ...
Update the Family Tree
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When our growing families get together for reunions, we add news to our family tree and every family, even those who didn't make it, gets a copy. This ...
BLT Pasta Salad
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1 (7 ounce) package rotini pasta or other pasta, cooked and drained
8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
1/...
Stick Pony Relay
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We made stick ponies from dowel rods and made cardboard heads for the ponies, attached with hot glue.
Divide into teams of 2 people. Set up an osbtacle ...
Water Balloon Dance
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My family loves this fun game when we have a picnic reunion.
We bring a boom-box and play dance music.
Everyone is given a balloon filled up with ...
I Am-You Are
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Family Reunions always have seldom seen cousins/relatives.
Line everyone up single file starting with the youngest to the oldest. The first in line ...
Little Known Facts
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Everyone writes their name on a slip of paper. Then, everyone draws someone's name (not their own) and relates some little known fact about that person....
Zesty Corn Salad
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2 cups frozen corn
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup mushrooms
1/4 cup red peppers
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup ...
Girls vs Guys Scavenger Hunt
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The Ladies Vs. The Guys:
. Each team is given a list of edible plants, nuts, medicinal herbs.
. A ref should be appointed (Either a friend or a passing ...
Bubbles
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I save old sample shampoo bottles and shrinky dink bubble wands. I glue wands to cap of bottles. When we go on picnics I bring these with some glue and ...
White Elephant Gift
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We all wrap up some odd things from our houses, bring them to the reunion, and then exchange them as gifts. It's very amusing.
Spider Web Game
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The kids loved this game when we played it at our family reunion. Even the older ones, who I thought would think it was boring, loved it.
Buy a small ...
Funky Tater Salad
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Boil some new red taters till just tender.
Cut up in smaller pieces.
Put in bowl.
Crumble in some crisp bacon.
Throw in some fresh baby spinach leaves ...
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