Creative Juices: Party Ideas

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5/28/13

Party Decor

When it comes to Birthday Parties & Church Parties I am always looking for Inexpensive Decor. This is what I came up with. I took branches from a tree and spray painted them lime green and put them in a glass vase (from Ikea) filled with rocks (from Dollar Tree). Then I made miniature Party Poms Click Here for Instructions out of tissue paper and attached a string to them to hang on the branches of the tree. Turned out so cute! I used these for a Relief Society Spa Party and put a square of wrapping paper under for a finished centerpiece. I also used them for my daughters Owl Birthday Party and spray painted pine cones to go with it. (They're inside the vases but you can't see them very well)

8/14/12

bug party

My little boy turned FOUR in July. All he wanted was a BUG party! Here are some pictures from the party:

I made the invitation and other decor using bugs and caterpillar from free download HERE is the link.

The cake was very simple, I just put plastic bugs and gummy worms on top and he loved it.

I found the NETS at Dollar Tree and the BUG JARS were less than a dollar each in on the canning aisle at Walmart. I punched breathing holes in the top with my cropadile.

The party food was DIRT DESSERT with gummy worms and bugs on top. We had a bug dig where the kids dug in the sand filled bucket for bugs to put in their jars.

We played games such as:
'bug, bug, who has the bug?' (like penny, penny)
'build a bug' (like pin the tail on the donkey)
'I have a little bug and he won't bite you' (like I have a little dog...)

The BUG party was super fun and we had a great turnout. The kids seemed happy with their bug jars and nets to take home. :)

Here are some printouts you can use!

9/20/11

Dinosaur party

My sister-in-law, Nichole, made these yummy foods for her son's dinosaur birthday party. So cute and a big hit!

7/11/11

Radley's Root Beer Party

So, this year as we were trying to think of a theme for my son's 3rd birthday, I kept thinking "Root Beer." It is afterall his FAVORITE drink ever and he's been asking waitresses for it since he was one. With Root Beer at the back of our minds, we kept finding Root Beer things, like taffies, jelly bellies, barrels, and more, so before we knew it, we had enough Root Beer paraphernalia to have a party. :)

For his '3' shirt, I bought the blue shirt and fabric at Hobby Lobby. I cut out a three and hand sewed it on. The total cost of the shirt was about $3.50.

We had a great turnout and ended up having the party at a park. We had pulled pork with Root Beer bbq sauce. (it is made by A&W and I found it at Lee's Marketplace)

This is the 'Root Beer Smorgasbord' table. I got these root beer mugs at Hobby Lobby and filled them with Root Beer float taffies, root beer dum dum suckers, root beer jelly bellies, root beer barrels, and gummy soda pop candies, which are actually coca cola. (shhh...) The kiddos had fun filling up a little treat sack to take home.

We also sent the kids home with their own glass Root Beer bottle. I labled them "Radley's famous Root Beer" and tied a tag to each saying "Thanks for Celebrating with me! Radley" I taped an old fashioned paper straw to each. I ordered the straws here. (they deliver super fast)!

Don't ask me where this came from, but my dad had it, and was sweet to let us borrow it. We filled it with ice and put the glass bottles of IBC Root Beer in it. It was the perfect touch!

Here are the Root Beer float cupcakes. They were the easiest cupcakes I have ever made. The birthday boy even got to help and he's only 3.

I got the recipe for these EASY cupcakes here.

The three items above are ALL that you need for the cake. Your kitchen will smell like a yummy soda shoppe. I also tried French Vanilla cake mix and it works too. I liked this one better because it is super moist. I just used Betty Crocker's vanilla icing, and then stuck a soda straw cut in fourths in each one.

(The best part about cooking with soda and not eggs and oil is that your cupcake liners don't get all greasy and ugly. They stay colorful.)

The cake is the same recipe, and I put root beer barrels around the outside. They did start to melt and get gooey. :)

It was a BEAUTIFUL, hot, July 9th, summer day in Utah. My biggest concern was if we should move the tables a little more into the shade so it wasn't too hot. Thats when I heard the thunder. No sooner had we heard the thunder, there was a big dark cloud hanging over us. It was exactly 6pm, time to start the party. Thankfully, I listened to my husband, and we moved everything under a pavillion that had just become vacant. And then, it hit.... the BIGGEST rain storm I've ever been in. It was raining SO hard and blowing so hard. Even under the pavillion, we got wet. My husband quoted Forest Gump and said, "It was raining sideways, and the rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath."

At first, the birthday boy was nervous and just clung to me.....

but then, the puddles were ALL worth it.

The party was perfect, even if we were wet, the party banner blew away, and the Root Beer bottle favors got all wet. It was a very memorable party, we were with our family and friends, and my baby turned THREE! The only thing that could have made it better, was if it had rained ROOT BEER.