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Before the clock ticks off the last minutes of the old year, you've got some finishing touches to do! If you're like one of us and adore a good DIY, a New Year's Eve party
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Canadian designer Paige Russell (previously) whipped up a clever 24 "carrot" cake--that is a carrot cake made with 24 baby carrots and shaped like a gold
Ahoy Matey! Looking for buried treasure are ye? If so, check out this awesome Pirate Birthday Party! Submitted and styled by Emnie Papaioannou of Isabel's Confetti, out of Sydney/NSW/Australia; this awesome party is full of pirate loot, you just can't miss! So grab your compass and your map and find the following, included clues, where "x" meets the spot: Skull and crossbones backdrop Crossbone jello cups Pirate photo booth Custom pirate party signage Gold coin cupcakes Pirate place settings And creative pirate games!
You can find golden goblets at party stores (I found the one below at Diddams) but they cost $2 each and if you need several of them for a party, they will all be of the exact same design (I believe they only come in 2 designs, with pink jewels or blue...). SO we decided to make our own ! We bought plastic wine glasses in gold from Party City and we found the jewels in the dollar bins at Michael's. The girls really enjoyed making theirs and being able to help with this crafts (I am such a control freak that they don't often get to help me...). Quick and easy !
Holy moly, the time has finally come - I have sorted through the gazillion photos I took of our party and am SO excited to share them with you now! Hope you are ready for a super photo overload ;) This theme has been in my top ten 'dream' parties to style, so when our son choose this I was over the moon! The party was held at our house in the evening, leaving many of the boys to spend the night for some late night gaming. This was great in theory (and everyone had a blast), but WOW was it a lot of work! I kinda felt like I ended up planning several parties - the real one with activities and goody bags, the 'late night' one with night time activities and treats, and then breakfast in the morning. And with a house full of boys - whew, there was a ton of, um...movement :) The party started off with these fun invitations: To start off the party, when our guests entered the house they were greeted with a sign that told them to grab a hat and mustache (crowns were available for our "Princess Peaches"): I'm going to be honest here: I had better plans for the red plant monster, but things fell apart...literally :) So plan B came into play: Unintentionally, it turned out to make quite the great spot for a photo op: To kick start the party, the kids each made their own personalized pizza in "Luigi's Pizza Kitchen". Each pizza was served in an individual pizza box. The kids could write their names on it and it helped us keep track of who's pizza was who's. Plus, it's just fun to get your own box ;) After dinner, were the activities - I think my favorite part about the party! For the egg hunt, I purchased a ton of white eggs and just painted polka dots on them. They were filled with all our left over Halloween candy - a win-win situation! Next up was the OBSTACLE COURSE! The entire time that the kids were running through it I had the Mario theme song playing from our stereo to really make it feel as if they were in the game. (downloaded from iTunes). First up the kids had to do a run with a red ball between their legs and then go through a red tunnel. I never took photos of this, but I did take photos of the good stuff: {and, ahem, pardon our hot mess of a back yard. It's been a long winter} For the ghosts, I purchased 36" balloons from online (resources below) and just made paper cones for the arms and printed up the face/eyes from an image I found online and glued it on. You could paint a face, but I knew I would never be happy with my own handmade job - plus I think this saved me time on the actual day of the party. For this part, I just printed up some of the red plant monsters and attached it to a stick that I jammed into some spray painted oatmeal cans. The board was an amazing find that a friend and I got from a garage sale for a $1! I just painted it green and added some photos of the 'bad guys'. I then purchased some tennis balls and wrapped them in blue and red tissue paper for the fire and ice balls. The last part of the obstacle course was the hit of the party: I just purchased some brown/gold balloons and taped on their faces that I printed off the Internet. I then cut a paper plate in half, punched a hole through both of them and pulled the bottom of the balloon through it and taped it secure. After all that hard work came the dessert table: {these cake pops were one of my favorite things about the party!! I will be posting a tutorial on how I made them soon!} We went the same route that we did with Cayden's snowflake cake, where we purchase a cake with fondunt from a local bakery and then did all the decorations ourselves. The figures were purchased and the rest I made out of fondunt at home. To go with the cake, Jason made some amazing homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream (birthday boy's favorite!} that we placed in some cute "Gelato" cups garnished with (what else?) mustache spoons. Finally, favors were handed out: I was really inspired with how Kara had painted a tv blue for her party, so when I saw this beauty laying on the side of our street one day, I just knew it was fate and had to paint it! Two of my favorite items in the goody bags? These custom made "Yoshi Tongue" blowouts (available in the shop now!): And these adorable mustache whistles: After the first batch of guests left, we played some fun games outside, including glowstick tag in the dark. Finally, it was time for the boys to come inside where they settled down into their jammies and watched a Mario movie and played some Wii. For the snack we made popcorn from our machine as well as a couple of chocolates: After a night of {very, very little} sleep, Jason came down and made some pancakes for everyone, adding his own little Mario spin to them: This party has definitely made it to one of my top 5 favorites! I had a blast styling it :) And here is a roundup of all the amazing supplies I used in this party: Lollipop Sticks (used in the cake pops) Mustache Ice Cream Spoons Red Polka Dot Straws Chevron Paper Straws (used on the chocolate mustaches) Star Confetti and Star Paper Straws Yellow Paper Bags (used for the popcorn) Large, White 36" Balloons Bowser figure on top of cake Smaller figures on top of cake Wii Chocolate Mold Ice Cream Cups Mustache Chocolate Mold Mustache Whistles Pizza Boxes Anything else was either purchased at the dollar store, Target, or something we owned :) Feel free to ask if you have any questions! Thanks for stopping by! xo, Rachel
Kathy's 60th Birthday Cake Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday dear Kathy (Mum), Happy Birthday to You. Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! 60th Birthday Cake I made this cake for my beautiful mother Kathy. This was my first attempt ever at stencilling a cake with Royal Icing. Dessert Table Display. My Mum is the most amazing woman on this Earth. She is my Best Friend, My Support Always and I Love her so Dearly. Mini Meringues, Jaffas - Choc Orange Balls, Raspberry Bullets covered with White Chocolate and my Mums favourite Liquorice Red, Black and White Ribbon Details with Diamante Buckle Mini Meringues and Fresh Strawberries. 3 Tiered, Chocolate Mud Cake covered with Chocolate Ganache and RTR Icing Stencilled with Royal Icing Damask Pattern. Topped with 20 Fresh Red Roses.
Easy Peanut Butter Fossil Cookies Recipe - 3 ingredients and a few plastic insects transform ordinary cookies into fossil cookies, perfect for an Indiana Jones or Halloween party!
Treasure Chest Cake Yellow cake with buttercream with a ganache basecoat covered in fondant. The bottom portion is cake while the top part...
Eli turned 2 this week. Can you believe it? The kids decided they wanted to be Jake and the Never land Pirates from Disney channel, Jake (Jacob), Izzy (Daisy), and Cubby (Eli). So for the birthday cake I decided to build a treasure chest! This was an overwhelming task! I was worried all week but it turned out so awesome! The top is made out of a rice crispy treat that I molded into shape and covered in chocolate. It took 3 batches! The bottom is chocolate cake and chocolate frosting! I used a 11"X15" cake pan and cut it in half and stacked it. The top is held on with 5 wooden dowels, 2 on the sides to look like the hinges, and three hidden inside the back of the cake. Jake and the Never land Pirates Treasure Chest Cake I piped on all the trim, I was going to use fruit leather but could not find any in yellow, but I think this turned out way better! I loaded it up with chocolate/gold coins, gold nugget chocolates, ring pops, candy necklaces, rock candy and anything else that looked like pirate loot! My MIL piped on the swords, I was not sure I could do that. And it was her idea to use a rice crispy treat for the lid! It turned out great and was time consuming but no where near as hard as I thought it would be! I think everyone really enjoyed it!
This fantastic party was submitted by Ana Ledesma of ambAR'deco out of Benavidez, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spiderman Birthday Party Be sure to catch these fabulous ideas and elements (using your trusty Spider Webbing) from this Amazing Spiderman event: Sweet and simple backdrop made from balloons, paper lanterns, tissue balls, pom poms and ribbon streamers Spider web sugar cookies Darling ribbon tassel + paper rosette Spiderman name banner strung across the dessert table Fun dessert labels/tags Red and blue Spiderman eye masks Sweet jar labels adorned in lace and blue/red ribbons and MORE!
Looking for a great "blingy" accessory to complete your party? Look no further! Here's how to make your own gem-shaped piñata. Happy swinging!
It's easy to create a FUN pirate treasure dig for kids! A pirate treasure hunt is the perfect activity for a pirate party or just for fun. Get the how to!
Check out this easy recipe for amazing geode cookies from Delish.com!
