Movie & Slumber Party

For my daughters birthday we decided to have a late-over/movie party.  Basically it's like a slumber party, but they don't spend the night. 

 

 We got lots of blankets and pillows setup for the movie viewing and glow in the dark dance party.  I also did a "concession stand" for the girls for the movie.  

We had lots of different candies and boxes of popcorn.

 

  I found these adorable popcorn boxes in the silhouette store.  I just got polka dot and plain cardstock and cut it with the silhouette.  They were so fun and just the perfect size for the party.

 For the drink station, the girls got different soda's in liter glass mason jars with the flower lid tops and paper straws.  They each got to make their own pizza for dinner and they painted nails while it was cooking.

 The table was pre-set with hot pink plates, a turquoise hemstitch table cloth, lots of streamers, and puffs made from tulle.  Her Strawberries and Cream cake from Southern Living Magazine was the centerpiece.  I'll have the details on that in a different post.

 

We setup a table near the door with the party favors.  Each girl got a cute turquoise pail filled with bubbles, jump rope, ring pop, and bubble gum.  They were pretty excited.

 I love these fun silly girls!  It was a fun party!

Teacher Appreciation 2013- Mahalo

My friend and I chaired Teacher Appreciation Week again for our school this year.  This year we chose the theme of "Mahalo" and decorated Hawaiian.  I think it turned out really cute.  Here's a few of the decorations.

This was the front of the school where you walk in.  The 2 poles are palm trees.  The coconuts are brown balloons.  We decorated the night before so that's why it's dark in the pictures.

We did another palm tree by the office and some additional decorations. 

 

This was inside the teachers lounge.  We brought in a full catered lunch every day for the whole week.  So this was our main table area for the food.

 These were the tables.  We had these cute Hawaiian table toppers and beach hats.  Last year we used flowers and had to worry about watering them and keeping them fresh.  These were much easier and still cute.
  It was such a fun week and the teachers loved it!

Pop Birthday Party Invite & Baptism Invite

May is a big month.  I've been spending the last few weeks of April getting things ready for May events.  2 of the big events are my daughters Birthday Party and her Baptism.  These are the invitations we sent out for both events.

For my daughters birthday this year we are doing a "late over" (like a slumber party but the girls go home around 9 and don't spend the night).  We're doing dinner, dance party, movie, and lots of treats,  Everything is a polka dot theme or pop theme, so popcorn, soda pop, bubble gum.  So for the invite we did a ticket and made our own little envelope out of polka dot tissue paper.

I used the silhouette to design and cut the ticket.  I did it fairly large and wrote all the party details on their ticket.  The party is Saturday so I'll post pictures of that next week.

 We also got out the invitation to her Baptism.  I got them printed locally.  I love how it turned out.  I'm also starting to prep for the baptism and the family party after.  Fun times!

Easter 2013

Although I didn't sew anything for Easter, it's always a project to put it all together!  Here's the outfits...

 And the Easter Bunny came to our house!  It was a fantastic weekend of egg decorating, cookie decorating, Easter egg hunting, eating yummy food, and enjoying family.

Elementary School Fun Run 2013

 The other huge project I've been working on all month is chairing our Elementary school's biggest event of the year, our Fun Run.  This year my co-chair and I revamped the whole thing.  We started with a kickoff event where the classes competed to come up with our theme for the Run.  The winning theme was "Running of the Bull Dogs."  I love how the graphic for the tshirt, banner, and stickers turned out.

We also had everything organized for the teachers.  They got a bag with all of their tshirts for the class (with list to distribute) and a big envelope with all of their supplies.  They had a map, detailed instructions about the day, and name tags for each child to mark their laps during the event.

 

The event turned out great!  We doubled the amount we raised for the school since last year and had a fantastic turn out for the event.  We just finished doing all the class parties for top fundraisers and handing out prizes and thank you's, so this event is finally done!

St. Patricks Day

I don't usually do a lot for St. Patrick's day.  But here was a fun idea I used to decorate my table for dinner that day.  I have some cute cupcake pedestals.  I put some cute mini cupcakes and lines the pedestals up down the table (instead of by each plate like I normally do).  It was a cute affect.

I also got this cute shamrock tshirt done for my daughter.  I loved the hot pink and green together.

 We were also required to do a leprechaun trap!  I gave general ideas and helped gather supplies, but I tried to let my daughter do it all.  Overall, it was a fun St. Patricks Day!

Indian Themed Birthday Party

My son wanted an Indian Birthday Party.  He really wanted to play bows and arrows with his buddies.  Here's a few of the things we did.

 

Tee Pee's:  My grandparents had some old tee pees in their attic.  I was able to find them and dust them off for the party.  I had to add a little fabric but it worked out perfect for the boys.  They loved it!

And orange chevron runner with green streamers helped round out the decorations.  We had come snacks and pizza that got delivered later.

Scavenger Hunt:  After painting the boys faces with war paint, we had them all gather for a scavenger hunt.  My older daughter dressed like an Indian Princess and helped them along the route by reading the clues.  They had to run all over the park to find the clues and at the end they found their bows!  There was another clue that told them they could find their arrows in the tee pee!  The boys loved the hunt and the prizes!

 Goodie Bags:  Instead of doing big goodie bags, their main thank you gift was the bow and arrows.  The kit I bought also came with a plastic knife, belt loop for the knife and additional arrows (I gave them only 1 for the party so if it broke or got lost, they'd still have ones to take home).  We also had a pinata so they all got to take home a big pile of candy too.

I made some chevron lines to decorate the boys bags.  We put their knives and candy and extra arrows in their bags to take home.

 The boys had a blast!  I had a few set activities but they mostly just wanted to play bows and arrows together and hide along the bushes.  It was really fun.