Every July, we have a big party for my son Cam. His birthday is right in the middle of July. This year he is turning 12! Here is the invite I just designed: This year we decided to have a pool party, as mid-end of July here in OH is usually in the 90s! Next, I went over to Celebrateexpress
Backyard movie parties are a great way to spend an evening with family, or connect with friends while staying safely distanced. With so much time spent apart this year, trying to figure out how to get together again (while keeping everyone healthy) can be a bit challenging. Luckily, you can leave the difficulty and s
Hi y'all! Just wanted to pop in and say that in lieu of my regular FRIDAY FREEBIE here on my blog, I had the amazing opportunity of guest posting for Laurie Locurto while she's cruisin'. How cool is that?!?!?!!? (very!!!...
Calvin turned 8! We decided to celebrate him with a pool party! It is so special is our pool just completed and it was the first time having anyone in the pool. Double celebration. Calvin loved it when we visited Hawaii, so we thought it would be perfect to have his party be Calvin’s Cabana.…
Sue and I may be twins but we have totally different ideas on how to celebrate our 43 birthday. Sue is a die hard Disney fan and I'm all about sharks (read: Sharknado, Sharktopus) We decided to compromise and hold a half shark party and half Disney party. We wanted to share our fun and easy ideas for both parties with everyone. Some of the photos we will link to other posts where we will have recipes and/or how-to's. If you have questions on how we made anything, please feel free to leave us a comment or question in the comment section below. First up THE SHARK PARTY: Sue made me my cake - this awesome Shark Attack Cake. She even put a photo of me on the doll. I admit it. Sue comes up with some fun-tastic ideas sometimes. One of the cutest shark party treats was this Bagel and Cream Cheese Snorkeler. (Click HERE for the how-to and recipe) He was super easy and super tasty! This guy isn't a shark but he is a scary water related monster soooooo.... he counts towards the shark party half of the party. I carved this cucumber shark to put on the veggie tray. I thought he turned out pretty great. He only took a few minutes - the hardest part was carving all those spooky teeth. Speaking of teeth.... How about some (mozzarella) shark teeth. Doesn't get much simpler than that. Speaking of simple --- toss some shrimp in some seafood sauce and you have the perfect shark bait. Sue and I worked together to carve this watermelon shark. Another quick and easy addition to the shark party. What shark wouldn't love to dive into a bowl of goldfish crackers? (This beautiful wood shark is Gary, my niece, Kenzie, brought him back from Cuba for me!) Delicious gummy sharks from Orientaltrading.com. So Yummy. And some after dinner mints with a shark twist go perfectly. Another Orientaltrading.com purchase. Adorable shark cups. They actually hold a lot and make you feel really cool while drinking out of them. To drink in the shark cups? Well, that would be Chum Punch, of course. (Otherwise known as lemon-aid, strawberries in syrup, grenadine, and ice.) I made a paper mache shark to act as a table center. He turned out pretty cute - except he kept getting into the snacks. Sneaking the shrimp and... He kept trying to eat our bagel guy. And of course, we had to have some sushi too. We all know how much sharks love sushi. There is the over view of the shark table. And now, on to THE DISNEY PARTY: Since Sue and I had to make each other's cakes, I decided to find something that was cute but not too, too difficult. Then I recruited our other sister, Orra, and our friend, Taylor, and we came up with this Ratatouille Cake. Doesn't he look adorable in the fridge sneaking some cheese? Sue was happy with him and that is all that matters! What's a Disney party without at least one reference to Cinderella? Sue made this Bread bowl carriage drawn by 2 fine steeds (dollar store finds). (Click HERE for our Spinach Dip Recipe) Pretty sure Cinderella would have preferred this ride. Sue has several Mickey shaped bowls. Chips and Dip in one.... Nachos and salsa in one.... And BBQ's Farmer's sausage in her casserole dish. All you need is some Pillsbury Pizza dough and a Mickey cookie cutter and you can whip up these Disney-rific Mickey Pizzas. Or these Mickey Mouse Sandwiches.... Or even these Mickey Mouse tortilla chips. One of my favorite Disney movies is Emperor's New Groove so I made some of Kronk's Spinach Puffs. A little fiddly with the filo pastry but otherwise tasty. To up the cuteness factor we made these Mike Wazowski Rice Krispie Treats. Super simple! All you need is the usual Rice Krispie ingredients plus some green food coloring and some candy eye balls. *Voila* Done. This one isn't immediately recognizable but it's supposed to be Rapunzel's braid. (From the movie Tangled). Those are pepper flowers in the braid. And there is an over view of the Disney table. Our mom gave us the beautiful flowers in the center for our birthday. Now.... what to do for next year's birthday..... We're sharing at these fun linky parties - Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons, Wondermom Wannabe, Carole's Chatter
Today was the end of the school year party for little La La and I wanted to do something extra special for my favorite four-year olds. I knew what the theme would be... a Have a Ball this Summer Party! They love playing with all types of balls, so when I saw the printable at Dixie Delights, I
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A friend of mine won a service I offered at our church womens group service auction. I offered up hosting a party- I plan and host it, they *just* had to pay for the goods involved (not my time and energy :) She chose for the theme Under the sea! Seems a bit popular on this blog as of late. I honestly wasn't at all an influence on her choice, surprising?? I was a bit disappointed at first as I wanted to expand my horizons, but 20 seconds later I was really excited to be doing ocean again. I've mentioned this before, and I'll say it again. I LOVE FONDANT!! Could these be any cuter?? The crabs and turtles you've seen before, but I added a friendly whale. Including a birthday whale for the birthday girl. My original idea was to have the lanterns look like bubbles around the room, but things got a big crazy and we ended up hanging them across the room in a line. The party was outside for the most part, so I didn't want to do much on the inside decorations. The table is, however missing the little umbrellas I bought for it. I still have no idea where they disappeared to. Dessert & Favor table I scoured the internet for ideas for this party, and of course it's no surprise that there are A TON of great and creative ideas!! The birthday banner was made with my Silhoutte- my favorite paper craft tool!! How cute is a goldfish bar?? I got lots of ideas from this post, and the goldfish bar was one of them. I wanted to jazz up the obvious choice of using Swedish fish. :) "Sushi" We've been making these for years. I believe I first saw the idea at family fun magazine. However, when I just did a google image search for "fruit roll up sushi", I was blown away with how far it's come since I originally saw the idea. And you think *I* go overboard?? Just go do the search and you'll think I'm a simpleton. I love candy coating marshmallows. SO EASY and so fun. I added blue sprinkles to them. The pixie sticks can be purchased individually at Party City. Lots of candy can- as well as at grocery store candy bins. I love to shop for candy in bulk bins when I'm trying to buy specific colors. Dum Dum lollipops wrapped in purple tissue paper. I "planted" them in a bed of uncooked rice. They stood up perfectly. If I had the time, I would have colored the rice blue. This oh so cute fish cake pop stand was copied inspired by This idea. I used glitter cardstock in aqua colors. I was covered in glitter for a few days after making it. I'm such a sparkly person :) Fish cake pops!! I loved the idea here. I made a few changes. My favorite part was the heart candy confetti used for the mouth. These cakepops were almost scratched from my party plans after a 105 degree heat index day which included 85% + humidity. Not fun conditions for cake pop making. Even my basement wasn't a safe haven for making them. I used starburst for the fins. It was STICKY! Incidently, at the party, the starburst had dried up, and the fish weren't sweating any longer. Starfish chocolate covered Oreos. I used Wilton dark chocolate candy coating. The stars are made from star burst candy. I went through the trouble of making a cute dot pattern on the starfish, but then with the humidity, they kind of stuck inside the plastic. If you decide to make these and will be in any kind of heat, I'd skip those kind of details. (I'm sure you're probably thinking you'd skip most of the details that I put into things by now) The favor part of the table had bubbles Go fish cards which I bought a the Dollar store in a variety three pack (so they ended up only being about $.33 each) Shovels which came with the buckets Fishes And MY FAVORITE PART!! Ocean in a bottle. I used Target's Market Pantry brand flavored water bottles because I liked the size and shape. They are filled with two orange fishes-like the ones on the table cloth in the previous picture water with blue food coloring, and baby oil. I hot glued the lids on The kids played a relay game with fins. Played on a inflatable waterslide and had a bubble machine. Happy Birthday my little fish friend.
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I have been meaning to post these pictures for a couple weeks. They are from Pia’s 6th birthday party which was a “Hawaiian Luau Theme!” (her choice!) where we had so much fun! Just wanted to share… These Gorgeous Leis and head pieces were made for the girls by our neighborhood florist Jeannie and her …
These fish-in-a-bag glycerin soaps are sure to fool your kids--at least for a minute. And they're easier than you think to make. We made up ...
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Traipsing for tropical bliss?! If so, this Tiki Hut Luau Party by Kimberly Shen of From the Heart Events, out of Glendora, CA, USA, is a tantalizing hit! Filled with flowers, tiki torches and more, this adorable party is tropical to the core! So don your leis and hula on in, the following details are where the fun begins: Tiki Hut Treat Table Tropical cake Tiki totems Shell plate place settings with leaf coasters and palm tree cups Fish net runners Gorgeous tropical flower centerpieces Hibiscus flower cookies And party tables and benches draped with grass skirts!
