Candy Land Dream Party

For Angelle's 5th Birthday Party she wanted a Rainbow Party....  After Goggling ideas for a Rainbow Party (which I would not recommend doing that search :) I decided to do a wonderful Candy-Land Party which has all the colors of the Rainbow in it! 

The invitation for this party was so fun and bright..  I printed the circle on card stock paper  then glued a stick to the bottom and added some curling ribbon.  Easy and Super Cute.

I wanted this party to be everything candy you could dream of... The first step was to make some edible party arrangements.  

This gum ball wreath was the perfect accessory to any wall.

Get a foam wreath, tons of gum drops and tooth picks and stick each gum drop with a toothpick and add to the wreath.  Tie a bow around it for hanging and your done.

 Dum-Dum Topiary

This Topiary made the perfect addition to the food table!  Buy a foam topiary, bags of Dum-Dum suckers (I cut the sucker sticks in half so it was easier to push into the foam) and just push suckers in all over the topiary.  Add a bow and your done!

I added signs around every edible arrangements... so the party guests could be assured that they were edible and to please eat them!

Angelle's outfit was the perfect addition to this party which I purchased at Miss Things Boutique online...  She has every kind of Pettiskirt you can imagine.

 

  The cake was made by a friend of mine.  I think she did a spectacular job bringing everything Candy Land into the cake.

The Desert Table consisted of a Fruit Dray which could be dipped into the chocolate fountain, gummy bears, gumballs, cookies and more.  

 

My mom made these cute edible cupcakes and ice cream cones.   The oversized cupcakes are made out of rice crispy treats and frosted with your favorite frosting.

  

Lollipops!  Big and Small are easy to make and add there extra special look to your party!

My sister in law made these using round Styrofoam she covered with cellophane and add a wooden stick and Curling Ribbon!

To make the perfect candy!  Blow up a balloon wrap cellophane around it tie each end with curing ribbon!!!  Perfectly Cute Candy!

 

  This party was so much fun and the kids loved every part of it.  We had fun games outside a candy land path through the house and a candy shop for the kids to put together there own thank you bags....

This video is just a small look at all the fun I had putting this party together!

 

School Bows "Made Bayou"

School is starting this week and if you have little girls you know how much buying bows can cost....  Why buy bows when you can make your own for MUCH less.

Here are a few easy steps to make the perfect bow and ponytail ribbons!!!!!

To make Ponytail Ribbons is the easiest.....  Pick 2 or 3 or 4 different Grosgrain Ribbons and cut 3 strips of each about a foot long.  So you will have 6 - 12 strips of Ribbon.  

  Trim the Ribbon's edge and simply knot around a pony-tail holder.

Super cute and only takes about 5 minutes to dress up any ponytail!!!

The next bow can be as many layers as you would like it to be.  I like the two layer look!  You can add buttons in the middle or just a cute knot.  I will show you both.  Here is a picture of the supplies you will need.  Ribbon (Grosgrain is the easiest to use), Floral Wire, Hair Clips or Alligator Clips, buttons if you would like them, Hot Glue Gun and scissors!

You Loop the bow to look like this.  Then secure the center with Floral Wire.

 If you want to add a second color follow the same process of looping only make this bow smaller than the first and secure with floral wire. 

I like the knot in the center of the bow.  To do this take about a 6" piece of ribbon and tie in a loose knot.

 

You will then just tie this knot onto the center of your bow.

 

Hot Glue your Clip to the Back of the bow and trim the edges. 

And your finished!!!  One perfect bow you did not have to spend $15.00 dollars on!!

If you would like to add a button or some other type of center.  Do not tie your center piece into a knot, simply wrap it around the bow flat and tie in the back.  Then hot glue your favorite button to the center!!!

 

He's The Man

For My Husband's Birthday this year I decided to throw him a "He's The Man party".   I seen this wonderful idea on karaspartyideas.blogspot.com.  

Cory loved He-Man as a kid...  And in general is always trying to get our kids to watch the "Good Old Cartoons" - Needless to say pretty much everyone younger than about 25 had no clue who He-Man is (so sad)! 

Cory's birthday falls right around 4th of July Weekend so I like to combine the two special occasions and this idea worked perfect for that!

 

The Invitation made everyone wonder what we would be doing for the "Competitions" everyone was kept in the dark until they arrived at the party, including the birthday boy!

The Birthday Cake!  I had so much fun shopping for vintage He-Man Stuff.  The Cake Topper was actually an old vintage He-Man Bank  it worked perfect  And easily let me incorporate my Red and Blue theme for the 4th of July also.

The old He-Man Lunch Box and Thurmas were the perfect addition to the display table.

 








No He man Party is Complete without Sh-Ra and Cute Cupcake Toppers!


















For the He's The Man Competitions... I bought the Large Jaw Breakers and put them in Small Mason Jars with a cute bow and Strong Man Candy Label!

The Table Display!

 


 The Jousting Ring I rented from a local Bounce Place.  Tons of Fun!

Who will be "The Man" of Scrabble!  Cory again.....










No 4th of July Party is complete without "Super Hero Fire Work Glasses"!   My kids for the longest time were scared of the big fireworks we would pop on the 4th, until last year... I made the best discovery ever....  Foam Glasses that the kids can decorate themselves and then at fireworks time put on!  Somehow it makes everything all better!    

Out of This world Monster Party

Connor recently turned Four years old.  So I thought what better way to celebrate my little man's birthday than to have an out of this world party.  When my party planning started months ago, I initially thought to use all things robot, alien, monster and more.  The more and more I pulled ideas together tough, the more it turned into focusing on monsters.  This party was a ton of fun to put together and my little boy absolutely loved it.

I gathered some of my ideas from "j at your service" and through in a few of my own.

The invitations were my favorite!  I used the Monster Cartridge for the Cricut and cut the shapes for the invitations then added the wording and a large googlie eye! Once the legs and arms were fan folded they fit in the standard size mailing envelope!

The Monster Photo Booth provided loads of fun for the kids and the adults!

Me and My Little Man with Our Monster Shirts!

Me and the Girls having fun in the photo booth!  Yes we used it way more than the kids.

Our Wallpaper of Monsters!  I had washable crayons around the house so the kids could color a monster during there down time!  If they had any!  Once again... I think the adults took way more advantage of this than the kidos!

My special helpers....  Helped the kids make Monster Masks of there own!

Connor's Cake topper!   Custom Made by Mommy!

Monster Dust!  To Keep all the scary monsters away!

Monster Treat Bags!

With Monster goodies inside!