Join in on lots of Halloween fun with A Spooky FaBOOlous Pastel 5th Birthday Party submitted by Adriane Manson, out of Rancho Mission Viejo, CA! ...From the custom backdrop to the ghostly decor, this event is a bash you'll want to get spooked over! Favorite details, include: FaBOOlous Haunted House Backdrop + Photo Op Color-coordinated Balloon Garlands Boo-tiful Birthday Cake Pastel Halloween Floral Arrangements Checkered + Ghost Table Settings
Jellyfish Jewelry for Mermaid / Merman: People asked me how to make jellyfish accessories when I blogged these on 8tokyo... it was two years ago! Not late enough to make some accessories for Halloween mermaid? ;) How to make them is very simple and easy, but slightly dangerous. Please ma…
Don't all things begin with a desperate need to buy themed vintage stamps from an etsy shop???? How could I ever resist? :) It's taken a while to blog Charlie's ninth birthday party because I was waiting until it was featured on Hostess with the Mostess which finally posted on the same day I flew to Boston WITHOUT my laptop! They had told me it would feature at the end of the month so I was not ready or prepared at all for a mid-June feature! And of course, I had to wait an additional five days to get home from B-town to even access my images! Crazy times! :) I started planning Charlie's party back in November. The second Henry's Monster Party wrapped, my talented party-styling girlfriend, Rachel, wanted to know what was next. We asked Charlie to give us a theme to start working on -- and he said "LEGOS!!". That didn't really work for us. There are too many lego parties already out there. It might've taken a little persuasion to get him to decide that what he reeeally wanted was a chemistry party. :) Rachel runs RV Parties with her BFF and partner, Victoria. They design the most adorable printables for pretty much any party theme. You can buy the science printables from this party as well the monster printables from Henry's party -- or a variety of many other themes - HERE at their etsy shop! You'll also see lots of my photography there. I'm their favorite professional photographer. I was seriously & intensely proud of the large chalkboard that we used for our backdrop at the dessert table. I knew two things: 1., there was NO WAY that I could handwrite anything on any chalkboard and have it look adorable - not to mention, I'm way to OCD to have the font on a backdrop not completely match with the party design/font, and 2., I did NOT want to buy a new, giant chalkboard and then have no idea what to do with it when the party wrapped. But, thats why engineering prints from Staples are the greatest thing in the whole wide world. Yes. You heard me. The greatest. If you need something printed in a very large size (this one was 36x48) but don't want to pay your child's college tuition for it - and it happens to be a black and white image - then head to Staples. I had Rachel design a large print to look like a fake chalkboard and had it printed for $6. Then I tacked it to a corkboard that I already had hanging over my desk in my office. Perfect. We had so many amazing treats on our dessert table! Miss Lulu's Sweet Treats sent us the cake pops atoms on a stick. They are the best cake pops I've ever had in my entire life. No joke. I *might* have lied to a couple of the children who asked if they could have one and said they were for display only so there'd be a few leftover. And the chocolate-dipped Oreo Molecules were her idea and I looove how creative and perfectly themed they are! And the amazing Jessica of J&J Bakeshop - local here in VA - provided us with the perfect cookies decorated to look like the element of Charlie!! She is so talented, y'all. I ordered specialty cookies from her for Christmas gifts last year and I encourage you all to find a reason to need cookies just to see what she can do! And I made the cupcakes because I'm a cupcake snob now and can only eat the cake that my BFF, Mandie, makes or the cake my BFF, Mandie, taught me how to make. I was also really proud of my party favor idea! Last summer, I taught Charlie the Mentos + Diet Soda reaction - read about it here - (so many links in this post!!). He loved it so much that I figured it should either be an experiment at the party or the favor! Since it's pretty messy and doesn't take very long to react, I figured, favor it is! I think it's always best to send the messy stuff home to the parents. Just like it's always best to serve the guests all the sugar RIGHT before the end of the party. :) Did you know that lab coats are RIDICULOUSLY expensive?? And that even the costume ones for kids to play doctor and dress up with on Halloween don't even dip below $10 each?? As much as I wanted real lab coats that I'd have embroidered with guest names for the party, that's just plain insane and I could not encourage the market to continue to charge those prices! Harumph!! Instead, I bought the 5-pack of two-sizes-too-large white undershirt tees from Target and cut them up the middle! Voila! Lab coats on the cheap! I did splurge on party color lab goggles for about $3 each. Totally worth it. So cute. And Charlie's adorable science shirt was a custom design by Ella Mella who rocks my world with their awesome kid's fashions. And Henry's shirt was sent to us from Periodically Inspired! I just love how she smooshed periodic table elements together to form geeky-chic words. Henry's my precious little GeNiUS!! And a bit of a camera ham, too! Once the house was decorated and the kids dressed, it was time to paaaaartay! An amazing woman, Calsin, runs a business of bringing science, technology, engineering and mathemathics to parties and playdates and schools, oh my! She. Is. Awesome. She told me that if she didn't have her business, she'd set up a lab in her garage and experiment anyway! I loved it. That's how I feel about my photography. If there wasn't work, there'd STILL be pictures. Her business, STEM-KIDS, is such a great concept. Learning can be a BLAST (literally!) and parties don't have to lack brain power, either! Calsin can tailor the experiments for any party. I didn't want the party to cross sciences (OCD, much?) so everything had to stay in a "chemistry" theme. Duh. And, the experiments also needed to entertain eight very active nine year olds. Calsin knew just what to do -- MESSY, hands-on chemical reactions that would result in slime, exploding "elephant toothpaste" and a giant bowl full of smoky, bubbly dry ice! EXPERIMENT #1: SLIME The kids loved this. Calsin set up a table full of the necessary ingredients and as the kids started to mix everything together, it started forming ooey-gooey slime! After they finished squishing it in their fingers, we packed up their custom-colored slime in take home bags! EXPERIMENT #2: ELEPHANT TOOTHPASTE Whats better than seeing foamy goo grow and grow and grow, so much so that it spills up and out of a bottle and into a tray for you to play with it!? NOTHING! Birthday boy was the first one to pour in the special ingredient to make the chemical reaction activate! He was SO excited!! And, um, he's also incredibly cute. EXPERIMENT #3: SUBLIMATION DEMONSTRATION I'm a creative. I photograph things. I can write fairly well. And I daydream great things. I enjoy and am awed by science but, I am no scientist. So, I have to admit that when Calsin said we'd do a "sublimation demonstration", I just blindly nodded my head like I had a clue what she was talking about. Google and Wikipedia say that sublimation is "the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through an intermediate liquid phase." So, why the dry ice turned into a smoky gas without any water sneaking in between those phases, all makes sense now. (Can you tell I was concentrating on proper exposure and focus while she was explaining all of this to the kiddos???) Oy. Adding in some dish washing liquid will create a giant bubble that will enclose the smoke inside of it and when it pops, the smoke explodes out! It's really fun and the kids obviously LOVED getting the chance to be the one to pop the bubble! And then it was time to blow out the candles and for me to cry the weepy mama-cry because my baaaaaaby is NINE!!! See the party with all our vendor info plus more of my wit and charm in describing the details (and more pictures!!) on the fabulous and well-followed Hostess with the Mostess blog HERE.
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Perk up your ears and sniff around, this 5th Birthday Puppy Paw-ty by Angela Lane of Peony Puppy Events and Styling, out of Gold Coast , Australia is full of adorable ideas to be dug up and found! So wag your tail and jump in, this party is one that will definitely make you drool! Details sure to get you barking from this fun celebration, include: Adorable Dog Themed Cakes Puppy Cupcakes Plush Puppy Adoption Monochromatic Dog Plates + Cups Dachshund Chocolate Bars Dog Themed Balloon Installation And Perfectly Precious Puppy Paw-ty Signage!
This post contains affiliate links. Updated June 2022 An excellent Hogwarts letter is the key piece of a Harry Potter surprise treasure box. I knew I wanted to do it up, to make a really cool replica compared to the movie props, so I searched high and low to find the best projects, and I
How to host a royally fun princesses & knights themed birthday party with a punny invitation, DIY castle backdrop, a golden birthday banner, creative activities for kids of all ages & party favors galore! Party Theme As we left Raina’s “princesses & knights” themed birthday party this March, Juniper leaned over to me and said,...
Frozen still got no.1 in every princess' hearts. Every girl loves it! aaaand, Frozen party theme still no.1 most popular birthday party theme, Moana comes second. And today we will share about FREE Printable Frozen invitation template especially two popular characters, Anna and Elsa.
This DIY Cardboard Castle is the answer to your "I'm bored" dilemma! How much fun would your kids have playing in this beauty? The best part? You can get them involved in the building process.
So my youngest daughter's 5th birthday was last weekend and she had a Disney Frozen party. A while ago I had been researching my Cricut cartridges for something I could use to make a Frozen birthday card. I found the perfect image on Paper Doll Teen Scene Cricut cartridge that would work for an Elsa image. I hadn't used this cartridge yet and I was a little intimidated by it. Let's just say there a many cuts you have to do for these paper dolls, so very time consuming. I also found on Life's a Party Cricut cartridge a castle that would work great for Elsa's frozen castle. I cut the castle card feature at 11 inches out of white cardstock...I wanted it to be as big as possible. I then cut the castle layer out of blue cardstock. Then I decided that Elsa needed to be pretty big too so I cut her at 5 inches. I also made some alterations to her dress to look more similar to Elsa's dress in the movie. Once I had all of that put together and attached to the card, I added the iridescent snowflake sequins and the other iridescent sequins. Lastly, I printed Olaf out from my computer and hand cut him out and attached him the inside of the card. I then added the Happy Birthday stamp. I used these items to create my card: Life's a Party Cricut cartridge - castle card Paper Dolls Teen Scene - Elsa Iridescent snowflake sequins Iridescent sequins Diamond and Glitz Bazzill cardstock Shimmery blue and white Recollections cardstock Computer generated Olaf image Happy Birthday stamp I am entering my card in the following challenges: BBTB2 - Anything Goes Challenge DL ART - November Linky Challenge - ANYTHING GOES Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my Disney's Frozen Elsa inspired birthday card.
Octonauts, proceed to the launch pad! You've come to the correct place if you're looking for creative DIY Octonauts birthday party. Today I'm presenting these completely handcrafted Octonauts party invitation templates that I created for my daughter's 6th birthday party.
An Ice Cream Laboratory was the perfect idea for a Science Birthday Party. Getting clever with sprinkles in test tubes and our little mad scientists go crazy.
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to be honest when arlo got so into mario and requested a mario theme this year, i was not super into it. we all know primary colors are not really my forte lol. but the more i pinterested, the more…
So Moo is turning 5 in just a few days now! Moo had decided she wanted a Princess party. So we made Princess castle invites, suitable for all the princes and princesses being invited. You'll need: Kraft Card / or what ever colour you chose for the castle (I use Kraft card cause it's cheap and you need to use quite a lot.) Coloured card - for the turrets, doors and windows Glue stick Star sticker to close invite Pens and glitter to decorate. Invite insert to paste inside or hand write the info. Templates- use my template or create your own. Trace templates on to card and cut. Fold castle along fold line. Trace and cut out the turrets in coloured and glue. Decorate! I really can't believe this has come around so quickly. I still love watching Moo sleep peacefully like she did as a newborn and I love the crazy beautiful little girl she's turned into. Templates print out on A4 pages.
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Make a splash with this Party Like a Narwhal Birthday Party by Jennifer Jones of Prettiest Print Shop, out of Belton, Texas, USA! Swimming with cute, creative and custom details, this ocean-inspired event will make you sail! So dive in for loads of fun and be sure to locate these magical details: Cute Swimming Narwhal Dessert Table BackdropNarwhal Party Invite + StationeryCustom Narwhal Themed Sugar CookiesColorful Candy KabobsNarwhal-topped Ocean CakeDessert Table covered with Custom Ocean Waves
{This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting this site!} We have some serious catching up to do! There have been first and twelfth birthdays celebrated, big stacks of share-worthy boo
