tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56980623407779284102024-03-06T21:34:22.186-06:00The Party Wall...a blog about parties, crafts and pretty thingsSmita Bhaktahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12752087719005681777noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698062340777928410.post-84282369478125226042018-10-10T21:45:00.001-05:002018-10-18T17:16:18.668-05:00Get Out The Vote/Election Watch Party InspirationCheck out this "<b>Get Out the Vote</b>" dessert table that I created for a recent Civic Engagement Day event for Leadership San Antonio! The message of the day was that we all have a duty to show up, get engaged and vote!<br />
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So why not engage YOUR passion for desserts and throw your own "Get Out the Vote" party to get out this critical message?!<br />
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This dessert table could also be a great addition to an <b>Election Watch Party</b> as you make plans to watch this critical mid-term election on November 6 with family and friends. </div>
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#engageyourpassion #civicengagement #lsa300 #bestdayever #midtermelections #getoutthevote #electionwatchparty<br />
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Here are some of the highlights, with links to my FABULOUS vendors! Do check out their Etsy shops!</div>
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Democratic "donkey" (on the left of the table) and Republican "elephant" cookies (on the right of the table) from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/3CSC">Christina's Confections & Creations</a>. Check out her Etsy shop for these and many other sugar cookie creations!</div>
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Attendees also loved these cake pops from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CarlaCakePops">Carla Cake Pops</a>, which I arranged as an American flag in the center of the table. They tasted as good as they look.</div>
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But the "show stopper" and my ABSOLUTE favorite element of this dessert table, were the towers of customized, personalized fortune cookies from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FortunatelyYours">FortunatelyYours</a>. Guests were blown away to open the fortune cookies, set out in individual gift bags, to find a personalized call to action for each person! Dawn's Etsy shop contains literally hundred of fortune cookie designs that could work for any event! I wish I'd found her shop when I planned this <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2016/03/origami-dojo-japanese-inspired-birthday.html">ninja party</a>! </div>
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Even the drinks got in on the fun, with an election run off between our favorite drinks. Check out the washi tape drink stirrers, using washi tape from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/maryhawkins">Mary Likes Postcards</a>.</div>
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So engage your passion...and get out the vote!! <b>Election day is November 6, 2018!!</b></div>
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We'll be thanking our attendees and reminding them to vote using these awesome postcards also from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/maryhawkins">Mary Like Postcards</a>. Order yours today.</div>
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<u>Vendor links</u>: </div>
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Christina's Confections & Creations: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/3CSC">https://www.etsy.com/shop/3CSC</a></div>
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Carla Cake Pops: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CarlaCakePops">https://www.etsy.com/shop/CarlaCakePops</a></div>
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Fortunately Yours: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FortunatelyYours">https://www.etsy.com/shop/FortunatelyYours</a></div>
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Mary Likes Postcards: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/maryhawkins">https://www.etsy.com/shop/maryhawkins</a></div>
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The Party Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158755211591686550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698062340777928410.post-64098350870729917642018-03-02T22:36:00.001-06:002018-03-02T22:50:47.212-06:00Wonderland "Unbirthday" Mad Tea Party<br />
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...Well, when it takes this long to post it, then it really is an "unbirthday" party, isn't it?<br />
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There are so many details to share about this Alice in Wonderland -themed party that I don't know where to begin! Alice in Wonderland would wisely advise me to "start at the beginning and when you come to the end, stop", so that's what I'll do.<br />
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<b><u>Entry and Arrival: </u></b><br />
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Upon arrival, guests followed either (i) the path to the real front door, or (ii) the white rabbit's paw prints to a mini version of the front door! Playing card guards flanked the entryway and there was plenty of signage to both guide and confuse the guests.<br />
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If the wreath didn't sufficiently warn the guests to run while they still had the chance, they entered to be greeted by a whole topsy-turvy wonderland inside, complete with a mad tea party! </div>
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The entry table contained playing card activity cards listing all the activities to be enjoyed at the party, rabbit headbands for the little guests to wear, and signs quoting some words of wisdom (and other such nonsense) from the book. </div>
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<b><u>The Dessert Table</u></b>:<br />
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The backdrop featured giant paper flowers that I made from cardstock and giant playing cards. In addition to a topsy-turvy cake that I decorated with fondant toppers (from Ana Montoya etsy shop), the dessert table contained cupcakes with "teacup-shaped" wrappers and topped with fondant toppers (from Ana Montoya etsy shop), queen of heart home-made jam tarts, curious oyster filled cookies, vials of candies labeled "eat me", mini sugar cookies labeled "eat me" (from CousinsCookies etsy shop), more sugar cookies featuring the cheshire cat and other motifs from the book (from CousinsCookies etsy shop) and character cake pops (from Faye's Cake Pops etsy shop) served in tea pots.<br />
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But this party was so much more than just a pretty dessert table....decor, food & drinks (including tea!), lots of activities...<br />
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<b><u>Decor and Mad Tea Party Table Setting: </u></b><br />
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Oh yes, we did! My daughter loved the tea cup ride at Disney World and wished for one for her birthday, so we made one out of a tire and an old chair! </div>
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The Party Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158755211591686550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698062340777928410.post-89472241327532486222016-11-17T21:24:00.001-06:002017-06-26T17:34:49.674-05:00Harry Potter-inspired party, Part 2: Dessert table, Honey Dukes, Great Hall and Hogwarts Grounds, Favors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them</i> releases tomorrow! We can't wait!! </div>
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So here's the second of two posts about this magical Harry Potter inspired party. </div>
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For <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2016/11/harry-potter-inspired-party-part-1.html">part 1, click here</a>. </div>
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Dukes Candy Shop and House-themed Dessert Table:</u></b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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over, the students were allowed a trip to Hogsmead. The dessert table is always
very popular, but this time, the </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Honey
Dukes Candy Shop</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> was the crowd favorite. I took a bookcase I had and loaded
it with home-made </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Chocolate Frogs</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">,
jelly beans from Party City re-packaged as </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Every
Flavor Jelly Beans</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">, and various other candy from Party City labeled as </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Pepper Imps</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">,</span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> Acid Pops</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">,</span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> Droobles Best
Blowing Bubble Gum,</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Fizzing Whizzbees</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">The dessert table was themed around the four Hogwarts houses—Gryfinndor,
Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin, with house banners representing each house
and decorated with magical textbooks and cauldrons filled with dry ice. The
birthday cake was topped with the words “</span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Happee
Birthdae Sohan</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">” akin to the birthday cake Hagrid makes for Harry’s 11</span><sup style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">th</sup><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
birthday in the first book. I made </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Sugar
Quills</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> with melted Jolly Rancher hard candy and </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Golden Snitches</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> with Ferrero Roche chocolates. I also plated
various store-bought chocolates and truffles as follows: salted caramel
truffles topped with pop rocks became </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Exploding
Bon</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> Bons, chocolate pretzel bites became </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Cockroach Clusters</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">, caramels with raisins became </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Fudge Flies</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">, gummy worms became </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Jelly Slugs</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">. The dessert table also
contained </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">house-themed cupcakes with
fondant toppers and cookies</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> (artistically designed and decorated by MJ
Taboush), and </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Cauldron Cake</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> cake pops
(beautifully decorated and made by Fayes Cake Pops).</span></div>
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<!--StartFragment--><b><u><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Great Hall and Hogwarts
Grounds</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;">: For the party, we essentially transformed our home into Hogwarts—talk
about magic! All the fabulous signage came from <b>Etsy Shop, Printyca</b> and the wonderful tabletop printables came from
my dear friend at <b>Birdsparty.com</b>. Our
living room became the <b>Great Hall</b>,
filled with the four <b>house tables</b>
decorated in the house colors. I used fancy plastic tableware from Party City
to complete the <b>majestic place settings</b>.
We also had <b>house banners</b>
representing each house and <b>floating
candles</b> suspended by fishing string over the house tables. The floating
candles were flameless candles that I glued into paper tubes; I dripped glue
gun down the sides of each tube to look like dripping wax. Throughout the
space, I stacked <b>magical textbooks</b>—hardback
books (mostly my old law text books!) covered with hand made, customized “dust
jackets”. We had great fun creating a <b>potions
display</b> using old bottles and jars, labeled as various potions from the
books. I also created a Hogwarts portrait gallery on one wall, although the
portraits did not move. The powder room was decorated as Moaning Myrtle’s
toilet and functioned as the <b>Chamber of
Secrets</b> in the scavenger hunt game. Our floating staircase was perfect to
become the castle’s famous <b>shifting
stairs</b>, so I set a portrait of the <b>Fat
Lady</b> at the base of the stairs. The backyard became the Hogwarts grounds,
complete with <b>Quidditch field</b>, <b>Whomping Willow </b>with a car stuck in it,
the<b> Dark Forest</b>, and<b> Aragog</b> in his nest. </span><!--EndFragment--></div>
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<b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u>The
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Broomsticks, serving up </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Butter Beer</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">,
</span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Pumpkin Juice</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Gilly Water</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">. The drink stirrer
broomsticks were made using raffia and drink stirrers. The Hogwarts kitchen
served up </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">British fare--shepherd’s pie,
fish and chips, scotch eggs</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">—for the </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Great
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attending lessons and then feasting, the students ended their day with a Quidditch
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counting up the house points and awarding the house cup. We took make believe
to the next level with this party and by the end of the party, the kids were
all “in role” and excited to see which house won. The students left the party
with their robes, wands, quills, broom and marauder’s maps.</span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">After such a magical party, normal thank you notes just wouldn’t
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stories about events at the party and a personalized thank you from the
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you could easily incorporate these ideas into a Harry Potter themed Halloween
party…or even a movie-watching party. Fantastical Beasts and Where to Find Them
releases this November! This is Part 1 of two posts. <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2016/11/harry-potter-inspired-party-part-2.html">Click here for Part 2</a> for many more details and photos.</span><br />
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<b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u>Invitations</u></b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">: The invitations for
this party were </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Hogwarts acceptance
letters</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">, sent by “</span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">owl post</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">”,
complete with </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">“H” wax seals</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Hogwarts Express train tickets</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">. The
students were thrilled to receive these; some thought they were real acceptance
letters. Lol!</span></div>
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<b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u>Diagon Alley</u></b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">: Upon arrival at
the party, the “students” entered Diagon Alley. The first stop in Diagon Alley
was </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Gringotts Wizarding Bank</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> to pick
up their gold so they could buy their school supplies. At </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Olivander’s</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">, they picked four of their favorite wands, then they
used the patented “Wand Selector”®™ to figure out which wand would pick them. Each
student then visited </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Madam Malkins’s
Robes</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> to buy their Hogwarts robe, </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Quality
Quidditch Supplies</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> to purchase a broomstick, and </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Flourish and Blotts</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> to purchase a feather, writing quill. The
guests also left messages for the birthday boy in a </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Monster Book of Monster’s guest book</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">. We made the guest book from
an old album and furry fabric that we bought at a craft store. Each student was
given a </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Marauder’s Map</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">, which was
customized to show the layout of our home and labeled with various places from
Harry Potter’s world. (The map was later used in the charms lesson and scavenger
hunt; see below.) Before leaving Diagon Alley, the students took photos in the </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Platform 9 ¾ photo booth </b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">and the </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Prisoner of Azkaban photo booth</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">. They
then left Diagon Alley through the </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Platform
9 ¾ concealed “brick wall” entryway</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">. After a trip on the </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Hogwarts Express</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> using the train ticket
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Sorting and Hogwarts
Houses</span></u><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;">: </span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">Upon arrival at Hogwarts, the student entered the <b>Great Hall</b> and participated in a <b>Sorting Ceremony</b>. We used our cell phones and our Bluetooth AV
system and speaker to project the “voice” of the Sorting Hat into the room. The
kids loved interacting with the hat in this way and many were begging and
pleading with the hat to be placed into one house or another. Once sorted,
every student received a <b>house tie</b>
in the color of their house and I explained to them the <b>house point system</b>—good behavior would earn points and bad behavior
would lose points for their house. We used glass beads to represent points and
the teachers gave out and took away beads throughout the party. At the end of
the party, the students from the house with the most points were awarded <b>house cups</b>.</span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u>Lessons:</u></b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">The sorting was just the start. The
real fun began when the students went to their lessons with their houses. Each
house rotated through various lessons described below. </span></div>
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<b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u>Charms with Professor Flitwick</u></b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">: In
Charms, the students used their </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Marauder’s
Map</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> to locate various plaques on the floor around the house and backyard.
The children had to stand on each plaque and perform a spell:</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Augamenti</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
(turned on the waterfall in the pool), </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Incendio</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
(turned on the fireplace), </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Alohamora</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
(opened and closed the garage door), and </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Lumos/Nox</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
(turned the lights on and off). Thank goodness for remote controls! A fifth
plaque, for the spell </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">Wingardium Leviosa</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">,
proved a little more challenging. Contrary to what my son may think, even I
can’t make things levitate or fly! So I gave them balloon (to create static)
and various small, light objects and ask them to figure out how to make the
items levitate.</span></div>
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lesson involved designing and making a </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">baby
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Potions, the students used various household products (think vinegar, baking
soda, powdered sugar, food coloring, pop rocks etc.) to make </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">magical potions</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">. I made </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">potions booklets</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> containing the
“recipes” for each potion. I changed the names of the ingredients in the
potions booklet to give everything a magical name. It was great fun watching
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(Professor) Hooch/Marauder’s Map Scavenger Hunt with Professor McGonagall:</u> </b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">The
fourth lesson was listed on the class schedule as Quidditch Practice with Madam
Hooch, however, shortly after beginning the </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">flying lessons</b><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">, the lesson was interrupted by Professor McGonagall
(me) asking the kids for their helping solving a mystery. I told them that one
of their house members had been petrified and they needs to help me find the
culprit using the clue left behind: a receipt from Eeylops Owl Emporium. The
first clue led to many others, in a </span><b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">scavenger
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<span style="text-align: justify;">“The sun’s shining bright, it is now time to play, so we hope you’ll join Aashi, for her 3rd birthday”. So began the birthday invitation for Aashi’s Cat in the Hat-inspired birthday, in much the same way as the book. She loves Dr. Seuss (who doesn’t?), especially Cat in the Hat. She can’t read yet, but she has memorized the entire book, so this seemed like the perfect theme for her birthday party.</span></div>
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Since there’s so much great party inspiration to be found in Dr. Seuss’s other books, part of the challenge here (and the fun) was to stay focused on Cat in the Hat. This was a very artistic party -I hand-drew the vast majority of the images for the decorations and games with Sharpie markers.<br />
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The invitation for this party was a red and white striped hat, containing a pop-out cat. The party details were written, in rhyme of course, on the back of the cat. The invitations were hand-delivered and, once the guests figured out how to actually open the hat box, the reactions to the pop-out cat were priceless. </div>
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The guests were welcomed to the party by a giant cut out of a Cat in the Hat on the door and a whimsical wreath made with feather boas, reminiscent of Thing One and Thing Two hair. The Cat in the Hat (in costume) was also there to welcome them when they stepped in on the mat! The centerpieces and fluffy table runners also played off of Thing One and Thing Two hair. I also made a giant wall mural with elements from some of our favorite scenes from the book. I hand-drew all of the pieces for the mural on poster board with Sharpie markers. My favorite party decorations were the Thing One and Thing Two that I made, complete with kites and fluffy blue hair (made with paper pom poms) that we set on the bar top. Their kites stretched out over the kitchen and created a great 3D effect.</div>
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In addition to the Cat in the Hat being in costume (from Party City), I made Thing t-shirts for the family members who were helping out with party game. The “Thing” patches on the t-shirts were also from Party City. The birthday girl wore a cute Cat in the Hat pillow dress from Doodlesbabylicious. </div>
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DIY Banner</h3>
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No books were harmed in the making of this dessert table: I made the banner over the dessert table from book pages that I copied onto card stock, not the actual book pages! </div>
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DIY Birthday Cake Stands</h3>
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When planning this dessert table, I couldn’t shake the image of the cat balancing numerous objects (including a cake) on himself and the image of the cat eating cake in the tub (from the second book). I HAD to figure out a way to make this happen! So I created my own elevated cake stands on which to balance the birthday cakes. </div>
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Rather than a tiered cake, I opted for two cakes, one for each stand. The first stand was created using a plastic toy bath tub, containing a hand-drawn cat in the tub. I rigged several clear glass platters and stands together to “balance” the cake so it looks like the cat is holding it and eating from it. Rigging together a tall, clear glass vase and a clear glass cake stand, I managed to create the second stand tall enough to feature the hand-drawn cat balancing everything on himself—including the birthday cake on his head. The two cakes were topped with the fish in a fish bowl and Thing One and Thing Two fondant toppers from MyArtisanBakery.</div>
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In the book, the cat tells Sally and Conrad that he will play games with them, including one called “Up, up, up with a Fish”. This game featured on the dessert table in the form of tiered stands, going up, containing jello fish bowls, topped with a hand-drawn fish in a bowl of sixlet. </div>
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The other game the cat plays is called “Fun in a Box”, which featured in the form of Thing cotton candy cups in two red boxes, complete with a big hook on each box! </div>
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I wanted to include as many elements from the book as possible, so the table also features rakes, a tea cup containing rock candy, a milk bottle fill of candy, “hat”-inspired sugar cookies fromTreatsBuyTerri, “thing”-inspired cake pops from Fayes Cakes Pops, and “thing”-inspired cupcakes topped with fondant toppers from My Artisan Bakery. </div>
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The food and drinks followed the theme. Look out for strawberry banana “Things”, Catnip Dip, Stripes-On-A-Stick, Cat in a Blanket (shaped like fish), Goldfish crackers, and the Cats’ Whiskers pasta. Drinks for the children (Things 4 Kids) included Pink Ink (strawberry milk), while Things 21 And Up enjoyed Adult Things (beer and wine). I had to really resist the temptation to serve Green Eggs and Ham! </div>
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When the guests arrived, each guest was given a cat in the hat headband and neck-tie to wear during the party (and also to take home as party favors). They were then free to explore the various activity stations, each described by rhyming signs placed throughout the party: </div>
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The children could design and decorate a new hat for the cat, using various craft supplies. The hats were actually store-bought Cat in the Hat headband that I just flipped inside out. </div>
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The kids loved this game, consisting of two blue butterfly nets and some plastic balls bearing Thing One and Thing Two patches. They had a great time throwing and catching balls in nets--almost like a mini Lacrosse game! </div>
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This game was inspired by The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. I painted some stacking blocks and decorated them with letters and Cats A, B, C, D, E, F, G , H, I, and J! The children, mostly 2-3 year olds, had fun stacking them up. Simple games are great at this age. </div>
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I decorated each corn hole board with hand-drawn cut outs of Thing One and Two, each holding a fish bowl on its head. The children had to try to get the fluffy fish, which we used instead of beanbags, into the fish bowls. </div>
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I hand-drew the cat onto poster board, without his hat. The children had to pin store-bought hat cut outs onto the cat’s head. Instead of a blindfold, we just used a large, striped hat to put on their heads and cover their eyes. </div>
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Again, I hand-drew the Things for the photo booth. The children had great fun posing as Thing One and Thing Two. I also had various other photo props on hand. </div>
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The children left the party with treats from the dessert table, in gable boxes decorated to look like Sally and Conrad’s house. Each family also left with a new pet - a betta fish, which hopefully didn’t make the parents as grumpy as Sally and Conrad’s disagreeable pet fish. </div>
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As featured on <a href="http://karaspartyideas.com/2016/03/japanese-inspired-ninja-party.html">Kara's Party today</a>, here's our Origami Dojo, Japanese/Ninja Party...<br />
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boy likes—the perfect combination for a Japanese-inspired birthday party that
was fun….and very educational! I chose a contemporary Japanese theme with a
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bamboo from our garden. The bamboo was placed in vases wrapped with inexpensive
bamboo placemats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hung paper
lanterns and origami paper cranes throughout the party area and used rice paper
screens as backdrops. A banner reading “Happy Birthday” in Japanese was hung on
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had numerous Japanese arts and crafts stations set
up for the children to enjoy: Origami (the Japanese art of paper folding),
Kokeshi (Japanese wooden dolls), Koinibori (Japanese carp windsocks) and
Kakemono (Japanese rice paper scroll paintings). Yes, this party required some
serious research! I placed signs at each station explaining the Japanese
traditions associated with each craft and the children actually had a great
time reading them and educating themselves on Japanese culture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Kokeshi dolls we made
were “ninja” dolls, wrapped in washi tape, with ninja sword cupcake picks. </span></div>
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rice paper Koinibori were decorated with markers, then painted using water
colors. We then sprayed the Koinibori with water to make all the colors bleed
together. It created really pretty windsocks! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Kakemono scroll paintings
were composed of calligraphy using Japanese Sumi ink, scraps of Japanese
decorative paper and washi tape. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-indent: 0.5in;">n addition to the Japanese arts and crafts, we also
created our own version of a Ninja training station, consisting of Sumo Sushi
Toss, Nunchuck Ladderball, Shuriken Target Practice, and the Fastest Chopsticks
in the West (we do live in Texas!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Sumo Sushi Toss was creating using a
corn-hole game, on which I taped a hand-drawn </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">picture of a sumo wrestler. The
goal was to feed the sumo wrestler the hand-made sushi </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">beanbags. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-indent: 0.5in;">Nunchuck
ladderball was just that; ladderball, but played with foam nunchucks instead of
the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-indent: 0.5in;">typical balls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For the target practice game, I bought some rubber shuriken
(ninja stars), which were tossed at the foam-backed ninja target. </span></div>
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The Party Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158755211591686550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698062340777928410.post-6855481221813777212015-07-16T17:30:00.000-05:002015-07-16T17:30:09.381-05:00Chef Elmo Play Kitchen Birthday Party<br />
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I'm so excited to share with you photos from our Chef Elmo play-kitchen-inspired birthday party, which was featured on <a href="http://blog.hwtm.com/2015/07/chef-elmo-kitchen-inspired-birthday-party/">Hostess with the Mostess</a> today!<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Birthday girl, Aashi, loves to make-believe. She spends countless hours in her play kitchen making pizza, tea, lemonade and other tasty treats! With that thought in mind, we wanted to throw her a play kitchen-inspired 2<sup>nd</sup> birthday party. She also loves Elmo, so we decided to incorporate Elmo into the theme as well. We did not want to make the party Sesame Street-themed, per se, so we made Elmo the “head chef”, but we ditched the rest of the Sesame Street gang. Sorry, Cookie Monster! We opted for a sleek, modern (but girly) color scheme of black, white and red, coupled with hints of orange, a vibrant chevron pattern and chalk writing. </span></div>
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The invitations for the party were created using premade, felt, Elmo
invitations (from Party City). We customized
the invitations to add felt chef hats. Then we backed the invitations with
chevron-print paper, layered with a vellum paper sheet imprinted with the party
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For the dessert table, we wanted to incorporate as much kitchenware as
possible. The Elmo macarons were presented on wooden spoons; the marshmallows
were served up in the bowl of a stand mixer; the Elmo-, chef hat-, and
chevron-cake pops (from Faye’s Cake Pops) were displayed in box graters; and
the Elmo cookies (from MJ Tabush) were served on cutting boards. Children
always come up with the most creative ideas and our favorite idea for this
dessert table came from Aashi’s 7-year old son: Elmo rock candy! Other treats
included cupcakes topped with Elmo fondant toppers (from MJ Tabush). The
two-tier birthday cake (by Cake Crumbs SA) featured Elmo popping out of the
cake, wearing his chef hat and carrying a fondant wooden spoon. But the most
amazing thing about this cake was the taste—one layer was watermelon flavor and
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paper pompom decorations and hung paper lanterns. Custom printable signs were placed
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When the guests arrived, each guest was given a personalized apron and chef hat
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created a play-food-centric, make-believe world for the young guests, featuring
Aashi’s own play kitchen, plus a customized market, tea shoppe, lemonade stand
and pizza parlor. For the grocery and produce in the market, we utilized
recycled grocery containers and also made our own felt fruits, vegetables,
pasta and lollipops. We even made felt teabags for the tea shoppe! Although it
was a lot of work making these felt food items, Aashi is still playing with
them now, so it was worth the effort! The tea shoppe, lemonade stand and pizza
parlor cardboard standees (from Birthday Express) also doubled as awesome photo
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also translated the play kitchen theme into a taste of real cooking for the
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homemade pizza crusts with toppings of their choice. We pre-rolled and
partially baked the pizza crusts so we could save some time and avoid a lot of
very messy, floury fingers. We popped their pizza creations in the oven and
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the children could top the felt pizza crusts with a variety of felt toppings of
their choice. Each felt pizza was then packaged in a real, mini pizza box (from
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In addition to an Elmo berry platter
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keeping with the kitchen theme. Of course, we also had a bowl of goldfish crackers,
since Elmo loves his goldfish! Dinner for the children consisted of their
homemade pizzas, but for the adults, we served “Elmo Lagasse” meatballs and
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<br />The Party Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158755211591686550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698062340777928410.post-66122733443836215392015-06-09T22:34:00.000-05:002015-07-07T09:53:50.815-05:00Baby Jam: A Music-inspired 1st Birthday Party (Part 2)If you missed <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2015/04/baby-jam-music-inspired-1st-birthday.html">Part 1</a> of this post, <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2015/04/baby-jam-music-inspired-1st-birthday.html">click here</a> to see photos and details of the dessert buffet and baby finger food buffet. Part 2 discusses party games and activities, food, drink, decor and favors.<br />
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somewhat of a staple for all my parties because they are just so much fun; here
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In addition, I made a
“musical wall” with various pots and pans and kitchen utensils for the babies
to play on; most babies love playing in the kitchen!<br />
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Before we had cake and sang
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I tried to incorporate the music theme into the
food and drinks wherever I could. For example, we served “jammin’ cocktails”
(in jam jars) for the adults and milk “shakes” for the children. I made
“rocking” T-shirts for the birthday girl, big brother Sohan and all of my
family that helped out at the party. Throughout the décor, I used vinyl records
and silver bells to embellish. I made “drum” centerpieces out of formula cans.
The drumsticks were made with paper straws and gumballs. The wreath was made
with cupcake wrappers, gumballs and vinyl records. Party favors included egg
shakers, coloring books and CDs with our favorite Music Together songs. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Vendor Credits:</u></b></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Party Styling by The Party Wall www.thepartywall.com </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Party Printables by Bird’s Party www.birdsparty.com</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Music Together www.musictogether.com </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Photography by Abby Kennan www.abbykennan.com </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Gumballs, candy, appetizer cups, plastic tableware from Party City www.partycity.com </span></div>
The Party Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158755211591686550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698062340777928410.post-25322597343344853722015-04-01T09:35:00.000-05:002015-06-09T22:36:18.280-05:00Baby Jam: A Music-inspired 1st Birthday PartyMy, how time flies! My daughter is already one! (And I'm almost a year behind in posting this!)<br />
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vision for the dessert table was for any many desserts as possible to resemble
musical instruments. In addition to the cake, which I decorated myself with
fondant toppers and fondant embellishment from </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mjtaboush"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MJ Taboush</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, we had a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">drum</i> smash cake for the birthday girl to
enjoy all to herself. I made a chocolate-bar <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">piano</i> with Kit Kat and Hershey’s Cookies and Creme chocolate bars, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">drum</i> marshmallow pops and a gumball <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">guitar </i>mosaic. Other treats included <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">xylophone</i> cookies, musical instrument
cake pops including <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">guitar</i> cake pops,
cupcakes with musical instrument toppers, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">jammin’</i>
jelly beans”, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">rock</i> candy and twirly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pops</i>. Yes, lots of sugar! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">We had a lot of older children (and adults!) at the party that really enjoyed the dessert table; but, since the babies were too young to enjoy all the sweets, I had a separate baby finger-food buffet table for the babies. I used appetizer cups from </span><a href="http://www.partycity.com/"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Party City</span></i></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> to serve baby-friendly snacks: fruit, cottage cheese, baby yogurt, cubes of cheddar cheese, Gerber puffs…and of course Cheerios, which every baby loves! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">For <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2015/06/baby-jam-music-inspired-1st-birthday.html">Part 2</a>, Party Games and Activities, Food, Drinks, Decor and Favors, <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2015/06/baby-jam-music-inspired-1st-birthday.html">click here</a>. </span></div>
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I kept to a traditional Christmas color palette of red, green and white and created some Nutcracker-inspired printable bottle wraps to dress up the milk bottles and water bottles. </div>
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For snack, we served fruit and a homemade "mouse king cookie". </div>
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The cookie is a white chocolate dipped Oreo topped with chocolate mouse. The mouse body is a chocolate dipped cherry. The head is a Hershey's Kiss. The ears are slices almonds and the eyes are white sprinkles, with the pupils drawn on with edible marker.</div>
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The first station was a story telling station where the teacher read the Nutcracker story to the group.</div>
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The second station was Christmas-themed Bingo. We used jelly beans for markers00many were eaten along the way, but we did eventually hit a few "bingos"!<br />
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The third station was the most fun--the children created their own Nutcracker-themed snow globes. They had a great time making them and the finished snow globes made a cute keepsake for them to take home.<br />
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We decorated with Nutcrackers brought in by the teachers. I would have loved to have Nutcrackers at each table as centerpieces, but it simply wasn't in the budget....<br />
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So I improvised by using Nutcracker-themed wine bottle bags as centerpieces instead! It still gave the effect of having nutcrackers as a centerpieces, but at a fraction of the cost.<br />
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Get the kids involved in the kitchen this fall with some quick, tasty and eye-catching snacks and treats! Here are some ideas we road tested...and had great fun putting together! Most of these required little to no baking and minimal use of knives so your little helpers will need minimal supervision. </div>
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This fruit kabob turkey is super cute and super easy to make. </div>
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We used watermelon, pineapple, grapes, strawberries and cantaloupe, but you could use any fruits you like. We used a leaf-shaped cookie cutter to make the watermelon "feathers". </div>
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The body of the turkey is a butternut squash.</div>
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This "bread basket" turkey would made a great side for Thanksgiving, which the kids can help to make. The feathers are cheesy biscuits rolled and cut with a cookie cutter before baking. We sprinkled them with paprika and oregano to add some fall hues! The body, wings and beak are bread rolls. We used dried cranberries for the eyes. </div>
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This fruit cornucopia (or rather cone-e-copia!) is a whimsical way to serve up some healthy fruit. </div>
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The waffle cone adds a great crunch too...just be sure to serve right away as the cone does get soggy after a while. </div>
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Add piped-on chocolate stems to chocolate-dipped pretzels and they become pumpkins...! We used orange and green candy melts that melt in the microwave, so no double boiler required!</div>
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And the kids will love to make these acorns. All you need is mini nutter butter cookies, kisses and chocolate chips. Use melted chocolate to "glue" the cookies and kisses together. No baking required! </div>
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I chose bright, bold colors and used funny "googly eyes" throughout. Since the party was for young children, I wanted something cute, not gory or scary for Halloween. </div>
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These monster cupcakes are super easy to make. Just frost the cupcakes, cover in sugar sprinkles and top with two marshmallows. I used an edible marker to draw on the eyes. </div>
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Project cost to make a dozen cupcakes--under $5. </div>
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For party favor bags, I used inexpensive plain goodie bags and added whimsical antennae, googly eyes, etc. The bags were filled with monster themed bubble bottles, monster lollipops and small monster toys. Project cost to make a dozen bags--under $20.</div>
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For centerpieces, I covered some plain, tall vases with colored paper and added similar faces as the party favor bags. the wooly pom pom antennae are repurposed <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2012/10/the-lorax-party-part-2-decorations.html">Truffula trees</a> from the <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2012/10/the-lorax-party-part-2-decorations.html">Lorax Party</a>! </div>
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I wrapped the water bottles with colored paper and added more googly eyes. </div>
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I purchase inexpensive monster masks for each child to wear.</div>
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Party games included a target practice game--the monster targets were repurposed <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2012/10/the-lorax-party-part-2-decorations.html">Truffula tree tops</a> from the <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2012/10/the-lorax-party-part-2-decorations.html">Lorax Party</a>. I just added googly eyes and other monster body parts to turn the former tree tops into fluffy monsters!</div>
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Floating marshmallow googly eyes and gummy worms turned punch into a fun monster drink!</div>
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Other party games included a monster craft station were the children got to make their own monster using home-made play dough, pipe cleaners, pom poms, and more googly eyes. </div>
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Click here for <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2013/08/legos-and-lightsabers-lego-star-wars.html">Part 1: Dessert Table and Invitations</a><br />
Click here for <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2013/09/legos-and-lightsabers-lego-star-wars_9.html">Part 2: Games and Activities</a>.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">For the table settings, I combined licensed Lego Star Wars merchandise from <a href="http://wwwpartycity.com/">Party City</a> with several DIY touches. For the centerpiece, I used a giant Lego head flanked by giant Lego bricks (made using the same technique as the Lego bricks for the <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2013/08/legos-and-lightsabers-lego-star-wars.html">dessert table backdrop</a>). I used black construction paper to create inexpensive place mats, adding a Lego border to tie in with the theme. I even rolled the napkins like lightsabers and wrapped them with paper napkin wraps that I created--tutorial and template for the napkin wraps to follow. I used large building blocks for the place card holders. </span></div>
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by <i><a href="http://www.kathietamphotography.com/">Kathie Tam</a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><a href="http://www.kathietamphotography.com/"> </a> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><i><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></i></span></div>
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licensed merchandise, paper lanterns, darth vader standee from <a href="http://www.partycity.com/">Party City</a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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This post is the second post about my son's Legos and Lightsabers (Lego Star Wars inspired) birthday party. This post focuses on the games and activities at the party. </div>
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arrived, they received a “Jedi Mission” card that explained their mission to
them. For each completed mission, they got a gold star to stick on their card.
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mission involved navigating through an obstacle course inspired by Star Wars,
Episode IV. Some of the obstacles included navigating through Storm Trooper
laser fire (red string tied between trees), wading through a trash pit (a ball
pit filled with cardboard tubes), shooting down a tie fighter, bowling down the Storm
Troopers, and finally, bombing the Death Star (a corn hole game).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The tie fighter was made using rolled up newspapers, a paper lantern from <a href="http://www.partycity.com/">Party City</a>, and yes, more plastic plates from <a href="http://www.partycity.com/">Party City</a>.</div>
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packaged an assortment of Lego bricks into Lego-shaped boxes. Each child used
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I made the lightsaber bubble wands by wrapping the handles with cardstock embossed to mimic the lego base plate. I added a red rhinestone for the button on the lightsaber.<br />
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mission was a great way to make sure I got photos of every single guest at the
party. The children had fun posing with the Darth Vader standee from <a href="http://www.partycity.com/">Party City</a>, lightsabers,
various Star Wars masks, DIY Yoda ears, DIY Princess Leia hair buns etc. The
backdrop was made using paper plates as the “pegs” on the Lego base plate and themed streamers from Party City.</span></span></div>
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</span>The Party Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158755211591686550noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698062340777928410.post-58519718976991180722013-08-26T21:31:00.007-05:002013-09-11T21:35:56.812-05:00Legos and Lightsabers, A Lego Star Wars inspired party: Part 1Hi folks! So here's the first of the posts about my son's 6th (Sith) birthday party!<br />
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The party was also featured on <a href="http://blog.amyatlas.com/2013/09/09/legos-and-lightsabers-party-part-ii/">Amy Atlas</a> today!<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">I made the oversized Lego blocks using photo storage boxes from Michaels and clear plastic appetizer cups from <a href="http://www.partycity.com/">Party City</a>. I painted the insides of the appetizer cups to match the colors of the storage boxes, and then I placed them on the storage boxes to create the “pegs” of the Lego blocks. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br />
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The light saber pretzel rods were super easy to make, delicious and a big hit with the children.<br />
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The detail on the Star Wars and Lego cookies from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mjtabush">MJ Taboush</a> was truly amazing. Her cookies are a work of art--almost too good to eat!<br />
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I made the Lego rice krispie treats using a Lego shaped mold.<br />
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<span lang="PT-BR">* INSPIRATION: The inspiration for this
theme came from the mommy-to-be. Since this was her second child, she already
had all the essential baby gear from the first child, but we wanted a way to
celebrate the arrival of her new little one too, so we had a small, informal
luncheon in honor of the new baby, with a creative twist. We a<b>sked each guest
to bring a gift based on a certain time of day</b>, then at the shower, we had each
guest tell the mommy-to-be why their gift would be useful at that time of day.
We ended up with all sorts of gifts—some useful, some funny—everything from
clothes, blankets and bath time essentials for baby to massages and bottles of
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<span lang="PT-BR">* DECOR: We wanted a girly, yet modern,
color scheme, so we selected <b>hot pink, yellow and charcoal grey</b> as the primary
colors for the party decor and stripes in those colors as the primary motif. We
decorated with <b>lots of clocks, sand timers and the numbers 1 through 12</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We made <b>clock medallions </b>using clock
faces we found online and cardstock, which was fan-folded around the clock
faces. The printables had the words “<b>Around the Clock Shower</b>” going around the actual
clock face in the design, in keeping with the theme. We also made a <b>diaper cake</b>
matching the clock theme. The party signs also kept with the theme, with
wording such as “<b>Gift Time</b>”, “<b>Cake Time</b>”, “<b>Lunch Time</b>”. We also made a bunting
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luncheon of light appetizer, pasta and salad. For drinks, we served a
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shower were also in keeping with the clock theme. In addition to opening the
gifts and having each guest <b>tell the mommy-to-be how her gift would be useful
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<br />The Party Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158755211591686550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698062340777928410.post-85416103565411643382013-04-14T17:45:00.001-05:002013-04-14T17:45:43.219-05:00Baby's Room and Alphabet WallSo this isn't technically a post about a party, but I wanted to share our new baby's room!! :-) We're expecting baby to be here in a few days and can't wait!<br />
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I created an alphabet wall over the crib, using a mix of crafted, store-bought and vintage letters.</div>
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If you are wondering why this alphabet has two As, its because baby's name does!</div>
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...and here's the name: AASHI</div>
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I just love the alphabet wall!!</div>
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Here's a closer look at some of the crafted letters...T for Texas Longhorns, of course! :-)</div>
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I let big brother choose a letter and decorate it...he chose Q and decorated it with his fingerprints and rhinestones...he's planning on telling baby about it when she's older...</div>
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Another touch that I love are these dragon flies that we hung, not over the crib, but over the changing table. I don't think babies really need any over stimulation from a mobile when trying to get them to sleep, but hopefully gazing at them will help keep her still during diaper changes!</div>
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I also love this fluffy, silky pillow I found to accent our modern rocker.</div>
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I think the crafted letters (either the whole alphabet, just the name, or even the initials) would also make a great baby shower or birthday gift!</div>
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This fantastic dessert spread included a mix of candy, bakery-bought goodies and homemade treats. You might recognize the foam glitter letters from our <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2011/03/pop-diva-party.html">Pop Diva Party</a>. The backdrop was made from 2 inch circles, which were threaded onto fishing string. </div>
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The cake was made by a local bakery, <a href="http://cakeartsa.com/">San Antonio Cake Art</a>.</div>
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The cupcakes were store-bought, then topped with cute little rubber duckies.</div>
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She also made these duck-shaped rice krispie treats. To make, simply spread your rice krispie mixture into a cookie sheet, then cut with a duck-shaped cookie cutter and dip in yellow candy melts. </div>
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To add height to the dessert table, she topped some old candle sticks, painted yellow, with large rubber duckies.</div>
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Since there were so many sweet treats, Madison's mommy put out empty mason jars for the guests to fill with candy and take home as party favors. </div>
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Her very talented aunt painted this giant sign on butcher paper!</div>
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These centerpieces were made using Styrofoam balls and feather boas, similar to the Truffula Trees from our <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2012/08/the-lorax-party-part-1-dessert-table.html">Lorax-themed party</a>.</div>
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I love the use of the ping pong ball "bubbles" in these centerpieces. </div>
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Madison had a blast with her smash cake! </div>
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The adorable high chair was found (in poor condition) at a vintage store, then painted and decorated in coordinating colors.</div>
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Credits: Photography by <a href="http://kathietamphotography.com/">Kathy Tam Photography</a>. </div>
The Party Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158755211591686550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698062340777928410.post-47291711706722432272013-02-22T10:46:00.000-06:002013-02-22T10:46:16.293-06:00Vendor Spotlight: MJ Tabush Sweet DesignsI am so thrilled to have stumbled upon <em><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mjtabush">MJ Tabush Sweet Designs</a></em>, a relatively new shop on Etsy. MJ Tabush is the creative force behind this <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mjtabush">Etsy shop</a> and she designed the cupcake toppers and the fondant figurines for the birthday cake for the Lorax-inspired party. <br />
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I was literally speechless when I opened the package from her and found these delightful fondant figurines. They were abosolutely gorgeous! Every detail was perfect, especially the eyes. <br />
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The <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/102979992/up-cake-toppers">"Up" inspired cake topper</a> below is my absolutely favorite design from her shop. Just look at the attention to detail. It's amazing! <br />
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You can buy these toppers and numerous others over at her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mjtabush">Etsy Shop</a>. <br />
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Cupcakes, made per your favorite recipe</div>
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I am SOOOOOO excited that Sohan's Lorax birthday party was featured on <a href="http://blog.hwtm.com/2012/11/truffula-tree-inspired-lorax-birthday-party/">Hostess with the Mostess</a> this week. Click here to see the post.<br />
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I'm in party heaven! :-)The Party Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03158755211591686550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698062340777928410.post-24325536723456391522012-10-21T16:57:00.004-05:002012-10-21T17:10:28.840-05:00The Lorax Party (Part 3): The Lorax "show" and Party Favors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is Part 3 of the post about the Lorax-inspired party. This post covers the Lorax "show" and party favors. </div>
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Several weeks before the party (but well into the preparations for the party), I began to question our choice of the theme for the party. What if no one besides Sohan even knew what the Lorax was?! This was right before the movie came out, so I was honestly worried. I decided to remedy the situation by just reading the book to the children at the start of the party. I explained to my son that this was the plan. </div>
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Once the movie came out, he came up with a much more elaborate plan! He wanted props, costumes, a script...in short, a stage production! I was amazed and proud of my about-to-be-5 year old! He even wanted to incorporate the music from the movie. Seriously, he directed the whole thing! </div>
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I'm sure the audience had fun watching, but it was even more fun putting it together with my son. </div>
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Although I made most of the costumes and props, this fabulous Lorax beanie was made by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/littlepopos">Little Popos</a>, from Hawaii. You can visit her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/littlepopos">Etsy shop here</a>. </div>
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I made Lorax mustache props for the children in the audience and everyone chanted along with Lorax (played by my son): "I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees!"</div>
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Everyone also enjoyed popcorn during the show. </div>
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In addition to sweet treats from the dessert table...</div>
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...and Lorax plant pots with "truffula seeds" planted inside, from the planting station...</div>
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...party favors included cute little boxes, with "UNLESS" rocks, to serve as a reminder to be mindful of our environmental and eco-friendly. </div>
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I made Lorax -nspired gift bags to carry home the rest of the goodies....</div>
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Goodies included Truffula Tree crayons, and Lorax coloring books which we also let the children color in at the beginning of the party, while waiting for other guests to arrive.</div>
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We made Lorax hand-puppets out of felt, so the kids could put on their own version of the Lorax "show" at home after the party! :-)</div>
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This is Part 2 of the post about the Lorax-inspired party. This post covers some of the decorations I made for the party, the games and activities. </div>
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I made the "Street of the Lifted Lorax" sign out of some scrap pieces of wood that I picked up at the local hardware store in the salvage bin! I topped it with an inexpensive lantern from HomeGoods (which I'm planning on reusing in my yard). After the party, we decided to keep the street sign and put it in my son's playground for a whimsical touch. </div>
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To make the wreath, I wrapped orange feather boas around a styrofoam wreath (the same wreath from the <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2011/08/spiderman-birthday-party-part-1-2-as.html">Spiderman party</a>, minus the cupcake wrappers!) Then I added a felt mustache and eyebrows, a pom pom nose and large googly eyes. </div>
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The truffula tree centerpieces are made from colorful wool pom poms attached to sticks that I spray-painted yellow. The sticks were recycled from my <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2010/10/bollywood-karaoke-party.html">Bollywood Karaoke party</a> and <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2010/11/lilac-baby-shower.html">Lilac Babyshower</a>. I displayed the truffula trees in tall vases filled with mini marshmallows--a Barbaloot favorite!<br />
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The focal point of the decorations were definitely the truffula trees! The tops are made from styrofoam discs covered with feather boas. The trunks are recycled PVC piping.<br />
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I also made a Oncler house and Thneed Factory, which doubled as decorations and backdrops for the Lorax "show". They were also made of recycled materials. I reused the buildings from last year's Spiderman party! Really, I did!</div>
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What?! You don't believe me? Well, here's the proof--check out the back of the Oncler's house and Thneed Factory and you'll see for yourself.</div>
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I also made a kid-size standee of the Lorax, which doubled as a decoration and a prop for the photo booth. The kids had fun posing with him for photos!<br />
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The banner welcoming folks to the party read "Dr. Sohan-euss".<br />
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Decorations are great, but we had LOTS of fun (and somewhat educational) activities for the children. They truly had a blast.<br />
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<b>To Gain Entry...</b><br />
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The invitation requested that the children bring 15 cents, a nail and the shell of a great grandfather snail to "gain entry" to the party. I put out tin pails for them to put those items in, upon arriving at the party.</div>
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<b>Recycling Station...</b><br />
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The invitation also asked them to bring paper, plastic and glass items to recycle. I put out bins for each of those items, so the children could sort their items into the right bins. It made for a cute little lesson about recycling for the kids--and a gentle reminder for their parents to continue to encourage recycling at home!<br />
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Another game was to save the Humming Fish from the gluppity glupp and schluppity schlupp! I used an inflatable pool filled with inflatable fish, with binder clips clipped to their mouths. I made fishing poles with bamboo sticks, ribbon, ribbon spools, wooden pegs. corks and magnets. </div>
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We also played our own version of musical freeze. I made Swomee Swan wings for kids to wear and they each danced and sang as we played the soundtrack from the Lorax movie. The last swan left was the winner.</div>
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As an extra sweet treat (since we hadn't had enough sugar already!), we enjoyed cotton candy Truffula Trees while playing the games. </div>
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Since the photo booth was such a hit at the Spiderman party last year, we had a photo booth again. The backdrop from the Lorax "show" doubled as the photo booth and I made a Lorax standee for the kids to pose with. </div>
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Here are the long-awaited photos from my son's Lorax-inspired 5th birthday party! Since there are just too many details to share, this first post only highlights the dessert table, and food and drinks, so stay tuned for additional posts about the party decorations, games, favors etc., and see below for a link to the post about the invitation. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><b><u>Dessert Table</u></b>: The backdrop for the dessert table was inspired by one of the pages from the book, with blue sky, green hills and bright, fluffy, truffula trees. The dessert table featured a two-tier birthday cake and lemon-coconut cupcakes adorned with custom toppers from <i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mjtabush">MJ Taboush</a></i>, custom sugar-cookies from <i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hummingbirdbaker">Hummingbird Baker</a></i>, orange and lemon French macarons, homemade marshmallows, homemade cake-pops inspired by <i>Bakerella</i>, and homemade chocolate mustache lollipops. The cookies included "thneed cookies" which I displayed in a "Oncler Wagon" that I made out of recycled materials. We also had lots of “truffula fruit” (dipped strawberries) and truffula fruit kebabs. For drinks, we had "butterfly milk" with magical flavored straws. We also had a "Seuss Juice" cocktail for the parents! </span></div>
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The tops of the truffula trees for the backdrop where made from feather boas pinned onto styrofoam disc. The trunks were made from foam pipe-insulation, which I spray painted yellow. I used green corrugated cardboard for the hills and bulletin board paper for the sky. </div>
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(I tried to recycle as many materials as I could for this party and I'll note which items were "earth-friendly" in keeping with the theme. :-) For the backdrop, I used old pipe insulation and the sky backdrop was reused from our <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2010/10/toy-story-party.html">Toy Story Party</a>.) </div>
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I was especially proud of how the cake turned out. I had no trouble in thinking up the cake design, but I had a hard time finding a bakery willing to make it for me (without charging a small fortune for it), so I decided to get creative! I had a local bakery make the basic blue and green tiered cake, then I decorated it with 3D Lorax, Barbaloot, and Humming Fish cake toppers from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mjtabush">MJ Taboush</a>. </div>
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Although I made a lot of the desserts myself, I ordered the truffula tree cookies and Lorax cookies from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hummingbirdbaker">Hummingbird Baker</a>. </div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hummingbirdbaker">Hummingbird Baker</a> also supplied the "Thneed" cookies, which I displayed in a "Oncler Wagon" that I made from lollipop sticks and ribbon spools, with a sign saying "Thneed Cookies for Sale! Only $3.98".<br />
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I topped the homemade lemon-coconut cupcakes with fondant toppers from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mjtabush">MJ Taboush</a>. The detail on the toppers was fantastic, and I especially loved that they matched the cake toppers EXACTLY!<br />
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I also made the lemon marshmallows (a Barbaloot favorite!) Click here for a <a href="http://www.thepartywall.com/2012/02/valentines-day-home-made-marshmallow.html">tutorial</a> on how to make marshmallows. Homemade marshmallows taste a hundred times better than the store-bought variety and they are fairly easy to make.</div>
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I supplied treat bags, so the children could take home treats from the dessert table as well. I used printables from Bird's Party, googly eyes and orange pom-poms to decorate the bags. </div>
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The magical "butterfly milk" was also a hit. I served plain-old 2% milk--the magical element was brought by the <i>Got Milk? Magical Milk Straws. </i>I also embellished the bottle labels with butterflies cut with a <i>Martha Stewart</i> craft punch. </div>
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The "Seuss Juice" (for adults only) was also a hit.</div>
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We were out of the country on vacation until Saturday and my son's back to school party was today(!), which meant I only had a few hours yesterday to pull things together, amid a sea of laundry and unpacking! Granted, it wasn't a full blown party, just a "sign-up" table, but when has that ever been a reason not to be creative?! Chalk board paint seems to be pretty popular right now...but, well, I didn't have any, and I didn't have time to get any. So I improvised with black construction paper....an inexpensive substitute that created a similar look, don't you think?<br />
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What's great about this party is that it shows that you don't always need a large budget, lots of time, and custom party printables (although I do love printables!) Just repeat the same, simple element over and over to create a cohesive, themed look.<br />
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