Halloween Fun Part 2!

Here are a few more fun Halloween ides!!

Green Glowing Ghost: Martha Stewart: To summon a ghost, snap one or two green eight-hour light sticks so they glow, and insert them into a white balloon. Inflate the balloon and tie it closed. Use a black marker to draw a wide-eyed visage.

Black Cat Treat Bag: Parents.com

Boo-Licious Pizza: A Pretty Life in the Suburbs

Halloween Cones for Safety: Jinjerup

Halloween Pumpkin Spider Candles: Good Housekeeping- Scooped-out mini pumpkins become spidery votives, thanks to tealights and pipe cleaners.

Ghost Spirit Jugs: eighteen25
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Mummy Mickey: Family Fun

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! I hope you have fun making some of these! If you do, please share with me your end results!!

*hugs*
Denice

Halloween Fun!

Halloween is coming up and I am EXCITED!!! I love to dress up and have fun with the kiddos. With my new addiction to Pinterest, I have found LOTS of fun activities and such. I figured I HAD to share!!!

Halloween treat bags: S'more ghost from Southernvogue.com

Vampire Pumpkin from Martha Stewart

Hand Print Spiders For Halloween from The Mother Huddle

Ghosts and Goblins Pudding Cups from Celebrations

Spooky Spider Deviled Eggs from Better Recipes

Last minute Halloween party ideas

13 Creepy Halloween Treats from Family Fun

Crawling Spider Soda from Fahrenheit 350

Have fun! If you think these look fun, check out more holiday goodies on my Pinterest!

*hugs*
Denice

Fantastic Finds- Sept. 2011

Save the date:
Awesome save the date from BridalMusings.com

Via

Outdoor wedding MUST have:
Bug spray available for outdoor weddings/receptions from Stylemepretty.com

Via

Cute kids party ideas:
Thing 1 and Thing 2 Cupcakes from eduperry.com:

Via

Pink Party from thepleatedpoppy.com

Via

End of Summer fun ideas (for the adults)
Strawberry Margarita Jell-o Shooters- from BakersRoyale.com

Via

For the Groom:
Pirate themed reception- Disney style

Via

*hugs*
Denice

Fantastic Finds

Here are some great finds! Check out ideas for a Girls Night Out, Kids Ice-Cream Theme Party, DIY tutorials and MORE! I love finding awesome sites and sharing them with you!

Super cute treat idea using cotton candy: From LivingLocurto.com

Via

SUPER cute idea for a girls night out themed party (bridal shower or bachelorette party!) modernmindy & favors from Bridal Buds

Via

Cake in a jar over at disneyweddingsblog.com 

Adorable Cowboy Baby Shower Theme

All American BBQ theme desert bar

DIY Decorations:

Family Fun- make your own photo holder

Tutorial on frosting a cookie with Royal Icing

*hugs*
Denice

Plants vs. Zombies Birthday Party!

Katie recently threw one of her kiddos an AMAZING 6th birthday party.  I am not sure if you are familiar with the game (available on the iPhone and iTouch) but it is called Plants vs. Zombies.  I personally have never played it, but kid #1...he plays ALL THE TIME!

Of course, Katie and Cindy were super creative.  From the cake to the photo op to the games, it was all hand made! Here are the photos:

 The Birthday Boy, AKA Pea-Shooter

 The Plants

 The Bucket Head Zombies

 The Zombie Cake

 The Plant Cake Pops

 The Plant Cake Pops

 The Plant Cake Pops

 The Plant Cake 

The Decorations

One of the Plants...Yes, kid #2

The photo op- that is me and kid #1

Hope you enjoy!

*hugs*
Denice

Photo Credit: Katie

It's a Jessie the Cowgirl Birthday Party!

My friend Deanna recently gave her 4 year old a fabulous Jessie the Cowgirl themed birthday party, and I had to share it with you!

1) Where did you get the inspiration for your decorations?
After seeing Toy Story 3, my daughter was insistent on having a Jessie Party. I felt the country theme would be easy to create, as there are many products out there. I also was inspired by a couple of parties that I had gone to.

Decorations
My husband and I created the birthday banner out of card stock and rope that you can find at your local craft store. I decorated the tables in tradition picnic table cloths and the tables that held food or beverages were covered with burlap or red and white gingham fabric.

Food
For Food I went went with BBQ Beef sandwiches, potato salad, fresh fruit, veggies, chips and dip. I also had lemonade in a clear glass container with diced lemons to add to the country theme.

Favors
For Party favors are guest took home a bandanna, cowgirl hat, balloon art and a mason jar filled with either army men or chalk. I went to party where they filled mason jars with lemonade for each guest to drink. I thought this was the cutest idea, but after much thought I decided having kids caring and drinking from a glass container would not be safe. Instead they were filled with treats and served as table decorations until it was time for everyone to leave.

2) The water bottles &invitations are adorable, did you make them yourself?
I did not make the water bottle labels or invitations. I purchased them from an online site. It was very reasonable. They send you a PDF file and you print at home. The Labels were four dollars and the invitations were seven dollars.

3) Did you use a local vendor for the balloon art?
I did you a local vendor the the balloon art. We had gone into our local Chili's for dinner one night and he happen to be there making balloons for kids. He is a little pricey, but worth every penny!
Ron's Balloons  (909) 815-1839  or http://www.ronsballoons.com/

4) Were you able to rent the hay or did you have to buy it?
I purchased the hay bails from a local feed store in Rancho Cucamonga called CW Feed, which is located off Archibald between 19th and Baseline. Each bale was $7. My other daughter takes riding lessons and our hope was to donate the bales. However, the horses didn't eat that kind of hay.

5) The bouncer fight right in too!
We were also able to find a Toy Story bouncer from Bounce Around Party Rentals  626-960-9485 

Thanks for letting me share Denice....what a great website you ladies have going!

Thanks for sharing Deanna!!

*hugs*
Denice

Photo Credit: Deanna =)

It's a Wonka Party!

Recently Cindy's school put on a play called Willy Wonka Jr. It was super cute. For the intermission, they had an AMAZING display of sweet goodness. They had chocolate fountains, all sorts of dipping goodness.  Bananas, marshmallows, graham crackers, pretzels.  They also had a candy bar with lots of fun treats.  The BEST part of the entire intermission was the decorations!!! They were amazing and I just HAD to share!!

If you are interested in doing this for a child's party, it would be super easy! It was all done with construction paper, PVC pipe, batting, paint, spray paint, clear cellophane paper, ribbon, foil, card board and lots of white lights!

Enjoy!!

A Wonka bar made from cardboard, foil and paint!

These are paper plates that were painted and glittered. Then they used pipes to affix them too with ribbon and cellophane...poof! A lolly pop!

Construction paper inside the cellophane to look like candy!

This is spray painted batting to look like a mushroom!

*hugs*
Denice

Photo Credit: me!