Party Planning is my middle name. Okay, so it's not. And thank goodness, because that would be a long middle name (you hear that, Chef Oliv...

Photo Booth Castle for Highlands Kids: We wanted a photo-booth for our Summer Blast (VBS) promotion day. Our theme is more or less medieval, so I thought a castle might be fun. This is how I made Castle Kids.

Finding Dory Ocean In A Bottle Party Favor: Party favors not only say Thank You for coming to my party but they also can serve as a reminder as to how

Theme parties are definitely one of my favorite things to plan and post about here on the blog! I recently told you about Lily’s Amazing Race Party, which you can read all about here in case you missed it. My husband and I have done this for our first 3 kids’ 13th birthdays, and I […]

This will be a long post, but we figured keeping all of the activities and information in one place would be worth it! Hope you get some ideas that you can use if you ever get to have a Pokemon party! We looked a few different places for Pokemon decor and Amazon definitely had the

The key to a great Minecraft birthday party is awesome decorations. And making your own couldn’t be easier. Take your Minecraft party to a whole new level with these DIY Minecraft party decoration windsocks!Simply gather the tools and materials listed below and follow my step-by-step tutorial to make yours today. Plus I’ve created a free pattern to help you along the way. Be sure to download your FREE Printable: Minecraft Windsock Pattern before getting started.This post contains affiliate l

This spectacular "SURVIVOR" INSPIRED TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Wendy Updegraff of Daydreaming & Sightseeing. What a fun party theme for either a boy or girl. I think it's so awesome that this party plays out a whole survivor competition. I especially love the awesome Survivor cake, Survivor cookies, and fun grass table skirt. This party is full of great ideas that would work perfectly for anyone (adults included) that love the hit show Survivor. The Survivor party ideas and elements to look for from this fun birthday bash are: The awesome Survivor cake The cute Survivor cookies The fun invitations The awesome roll and chicken wire mesh covers The cute team flags and MORE!

Having one or two Pokemon party games planned to go along with a Pokemon birthday party is almost a requirement! Games for a game-themed party, …

Save Let’s make some music….. what a fun and inexpensive craft to make with your kids. They will love it and will want to rock out all day long. Here a

Have you picked winter wonderland theme party this year? In that case, you're right on trend! Winter wonderland theme is an all-time favorite for the winter season and used for all sorts of parties -

Oh my, it is nearly two years later and I am FINALLY posting pictures! I have seriously got to get a handle on that! We have SO much fun putting together our Epic vacation bible school every year and I wanted to share with you what we have been up to! With it nearing VBS season again I thought I would take a trip down memory lane and share with you some great ideas that you can use for your own VBS! This year (2014) the theme was Wilderness Survival. The vision was to decorate the church with both desert and jungle themes! This was my first time in the role of "lead decor" and I had NO idea what I was doing (picture having to keep this all in fire code, yikes!) but luckily it all came together in the end! I will try to explain my technique for making things as I go... Here we covered the wall in kraft paper (Lowes or Home Depot in the painting section). Using tan wall paint and a large rectangle sponge, we "stamped" the wall to create bricks then went back and outlined sections in dark brown to make them stand out. It goes really fast if you stick to groupings of stone instead of every single one. The "sand" is just tan fabric by the yard from Joann's. I believe we ordered a few bolts online. The camel prop was ordered from the VBS catalog (we have since created out own VBS curriculum). The rocks are painted pieces of styrofoam. Keep going to see how we did the palm trees and vines. This large hallway I wanted to look like a cave! We used brown paper bags (amazingly cheap on dollartree.com) and crinkled them up and stapled them to the wall. WARNING: this took forever so I would suggest you stretch them as your staple to cover way more wall with less bag. And MUCH less staples! The effect in here was amazing! Here are our palm trees! We used pool noodles to create these. Cut a hole in a box a tad smaller than the noodle (so it stands up), cut the bottom off brown paper bags, and string them onto the noodle! I put a large paper plate on top to tape the leaves to. The leaves are just traces and cut from a roll of non-fade green paper. Drape the base in burlap or tan fabric to look like sand. That last picture is of our class photo area! The vines were my favorite craft! We used plastic table cloths from the Dollar Tree in a couple of different shades of green. These were really easy and each table cloth yeilds a ton of vines. Fold your tablecloth the long way a few times will it is about 5" wide. Trim the sides so you end up with long strips. Cut diagonal lines to the middle. TIP: make sure you stagger them so you dont ever cut all the way through! And even if you do you can always use short vines too! We used these EVERYWHERE! They were great fillers and really tied the theme together! As you will see in the second picture, we also used nets and hula skirts (dollartree.com) everywhere! The monkeys were also ordered online and below I will tell you how we made the rope vines... These rope vines were made using cut, twisted and staples brown paper bags. If I did this again, I would use skinny strips of rolled kraft paper instead. If would have gotten done much faster! We stapled leaves (again cut out of the non-fade paper) when we were done. These also went everywhere and were great for covering large expanses like the ceiling in the cafe. We also wrapped them around the check in area. Also on the ceiling you will see colorful paper lanterns. These are from Oriental Trading Company. This giant tree was my biggest project! The frame is made from PVC. It ended up being 12 feet tall! We used the rolls of brown kraft paper here as well. It is simple... roll it out, wrinkle it up, stretch it out, and tape it on top to bottom! The last picture shows you what it looked like from the inside. The branches were made the same way but left wrinkled and twisted. I wanted to add more but we ran out of time! This hallway is always the kids favorite. The black light hallway! Luckily one wall was already dark, the other we wrapped with a roll of black non-fade paper. The volunteers had fun make fish, octopus, turtles and other sea creatures using white paper and fluorescent paint! These were then stapled onto the wall. The floor was covered in clear balloons that we squirted with the florescent paint on the inside. The jellyfish are paper lanterns lightly painted with fluorescent paint, with streamers and white string hanging from them. The ceiling also had streamers and nets. The openeing to this hallways was made to look like a waterfall. We used clear celo wrap, paper bags (done in the same way as the cave hallway) and the flowers were made using more non-fade paper. And because the nursery kids are important too... we gave them a little decor!

We just love this camping themed party we got to do for Jace's 10th birthday party. With lots of treats including a trail mix bar, worms in dirt jars.......

Cowboy Baked Beans (aka Calico Beans) are loaded with ground beef and applewood smoked bacon. A great party food recipe for large groups.

Cute and fun Encanto crafts and recipes inspired by the popular movie

'Tis the season for pumpkins everywhere! Pumpkin party games are so fun for fall festivals and activities. Here are 30 pumpkin themed games to play this fall.

Halloween Party Games by Age Group. Check out suggested Halloween party games and ideas by age. Find diy and printable games perfect for kids, tweens, teens and adults.

Who doesn't love Friends? I feel like lots of grew up watching it and still feel nostalgic watching old reruns. So I decided to create a round-up for my "Friends" 😉 of some amazing free printables, DIYs, recipes and my favourite merch. Get free Friends party printables from Daisy Created Get a free printable Friends themed birthday card from the Cottage Market Get this free printable Chandler Bing-O game from Nickelodeon Free Friends themed party printable from AW designs Canada Free printable 2020 Friends calendar from the Cottage Market Find top ten Spring cleaning tips from Monica and two Friends recipes including "Could this BE anymore Fattening?" Cheesecake and Monica's Meat lasagna (two pages) from JaMonkey Or you can find the unofficial Friends Cookbook on Amazon Find free printable food labels, Monica's towels sign, lyric posters and tons of photo props from the show from Ginger and Ivory Find free cake toppers from topodeboloparaimprimir Free printable cupcake toppers from Cupcakes Diaries Blog Ginger and Ivory offers twelve different Friends themed iPhone wallpapers Check out this Friends Trivia from Meebily Make your own Friends Peephole frame with instructions form Doodle and Stitch Carry Friends with you wherever you go with this Paladone Central Perk Travel Mug Get this free Hugsy pattern from Cozy Little Mess Get the free crochet pattern for Monica's Peep Hole frame from Once upon a Cheerio Get your own Friends themed Desk Planner from Paladone And you can also check out my guide to a Friends themed Friendsgiving -with recipes, free printables, decorations and more - or pin it for later.

The perfect weeknight family meal or holiday side dish! This versatile classic is a favorite in our home and is loved by everyone who tries it.

Fortune and glory abound in this Indiana Jones Birthday Party by Party Magic, out of Manila, Philippines! Filled with adventure and loads of mysterious fun, this 1st birthday celebration is a glorious one! So enter, if you dare and be sure to track down these incredible details: Indiana Jones Stationery + Signage Snake Entrance Temple of Doom Indiana Jones Themed Cake Awesome Indiana Jones Dessert Table

"For real life?!" ― Bluey's catchphrase[source] Bluey Christine Heeler is a main character of Bluey. As the titular protagonist, she is the older daughter of Bandit and Chilli, the older sister of Bingo, the older cousin of Muffin and Socks, and the older niece of Stripe, Trixie, Rad, Frisky, and Brandy. Bluey is a member of the nuclear Heeler family. She is the daughter of Bandit and Chilli, and has a younger sister, Bingo. She has a best friend named Chloe, and is also close friends with Macke

Planning a shark-themed party? Get your fin on with these creative ideas, decorations, foods & more that will make any occasion a splash hit!

Top 20 30th Birthday Gift Ideas . Opt for versus our extensive range of artistic gift guidelines that will create their eyes sparkle with wonder. Our distinctive and intriguing birthday […]

10 Western Game Ideas for a western themed party. Fun for adults and kids alike. Easy to do! Yeehaw! If you're having a western party, you'll love these ideas!

Save the day with these Incredibles Games! You won't want to miss how much fun my whole crazy fam enjoyed playing these games!

This free printable mermaid paper crown is a great diy party craft for your kids. They will enjoy coloring their own mermaid costume!

The best in fear factor birthday party games to help you throw an awesome Fear Factor Theme Party!!

The Hilarious TREX game is here! Dinosaur party games that will take your dinosaur birthday party games to another level of FUN!

Simple and inexpensive DIY carnival party games and activities.

Planning a Robot Party? This list of must have robot birthday party ideas is your go to resource to make sure you cover all the essentials.