Grammy cake made for a birthday for someone that was nominated, but didn’t win. Guess if you can’t have the real thing then you can at least eat this one! This was an interesting one to figure out. Things were thrown across the room many times while w
Do you sleep, dream, smell, and eat Warriors? Do you want to have a party for your birthday based on the books? Well this guide to a snappy party is a great idea! Make sure your parents agree. You don't necessarily have to tell your...
My step-by-step plan for throwing a Greek Mythology party! From Greek God and Goddess Costumes to destroying the Cyclops.
I have teenagers, and my teenagers are big readers. I mean BIG READERS. My kids consume books like oxygen. So if there is a popular series out there, you can bet my kids have read it. This type of reading often leads to huge anticipation when a book turns into a movie. Most recently that book-turned-movie was CATCHING FIRE. We don't let our kids watch PG-13 movies in the theater until they turn thirteen. As luck would have it, my daughter's thirteenth birthday coincided with the release of the second Hunger Games movie, so we decided to include the movie as part of her party. Disclaimer: We only have big birthday parties for our kids once every four years. On the other years they have to settle for a small, family party. This year was a BIG party year. Here is a peek at some of the Hunger Games-themed activities we did: Invitations: Our invites looked something like this. Food First of all we tried to pick foods that might look like they came from the capitol. Not necessarily good food, but definitely pretty food. We also included a bowl of "nightlock berries" just in case Seneca Crane stopped by. Quiz: What District Do You Belong In? This took a little bit of work on my part, but was super cool. I wrote up a quiz and weighted the different answers to correlate with each district. When you copy this quiz for the kids, take away the numbers in parenthesis. They are your key for scoring. When I grow up I want to: Work in a factory (3,8,2,5,7) Work on a farm (9,11,13) Work on a ranch (10,1,4, 12) Drive a bus (6) For my birthday I would love to get: Books (7,13,9,11,13) Jewelry (1,2,12) Clothes (8,4,10) Video Games (3,5,6) My room is usually: Spotless (1,2,3,13) A disaster (11,12) Somewhere in between (4,5,6,7,8,9,10) When it comes to money: I’ve always got plenty (1,2,3,4) I never have enough (5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13) In my spare time I like to: Play sports (1,2,4) Go camping (12,7) Garden (9,10,11) Read spy novels (8,13,3,5) Relax (6) I can’t live without: a. TV (3,5,6,7) b. Food (11,12,13,8,9,10) c. Sports (1,2,4) My parents work at: a nuclear reactor (13) a factory (3,8,9) a farm (10,11) Other (1,2,4,5,6,7,12) My favorite animal is: Fish (4) Horses (10) Insects (11) Cats (1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9) Bacon (12,13) I love: a. Painting (6) b. Reading about Roman mythology (2) c. Climbing trees (11,12) d. Legos (3) e. Candy (1,4,5,7,8,9,10,13) I would rather vacation: a. In the mountains (2,12) b. At the beach (4) c. In the forest (7,10,11) d. In the city (1,2,3,5,6,8,9, e. Underground in a Hobbit hole (13) So when the kids arrived, they took the quiz to find out which district they belonged to. Score the quiz by adding up how many answers they selected associated with each district. For example, on the last question if you said you would rather vacation in the mountains, you would get one point towards district 2 and one point towards district 12. Once they had their district chosen, they made arm bands (or head bands if they were so inclined) that they wrote their district number on and wore throughout the party. Pin the Mocking Jay on Katniss Obviously this is just like pin the tail on the donkey, but we drew a life-sized picture of Katniss and printed out little Mocking Jay pictures that we copied online. (I originally suggested "pin the kiss on Peeta" but my daughter said no way!) Darts A bow and arrow would have been more appropriate, but we didn't have any, so we used a regular old dart board to determine who was a straight shooter like Katniss. Survival Bracelets For a craft/activity we made para-cord bracelets (you know, to help the kids survive in the arena, right?). They were super fun and easy to make. For a full tutorial, click here: Para-Cord Bracelet Sponsor Gifts When the kids won a game, they would earn a gift from their "sponsor." We had goody bags featuring gifts from several different districts. Each of the items inside the bags represented something about that district. Candy coal from District 12. Swedish Fish from District 2. Nuclear War Heads from District 13. Fruity candy from District 11. Chocolate coins from the Capitol. The bags obviously could have been a lot cuter, but my printer was broken at the time, so brown paper bags was what we got. Good luck! And may the odds be ever in your favor... Marcia
Happy Sunday! In this week’s post, I want to share with you one of my favorite cakes from last year. I had the honor of making a cake for Grammy award-winning artist, Jason Crabb. The client asked for something classy, with somewhat of a musical theme, and not too feminine, so we came up with the following design: Every part of the cake was edible and made out of sugar. Building the gramophone was probably the hardest part! Even though gumpaste is very durable, it was pretty hard to come up with a design that would be hollow and stand up on its own! Here, all the parts are ready to be assembled and painted: The top tier of the cake was a fondant-covered styrofoam tier since they didn’t need all the cake servings. The music notes are free-handed…no patterns. Here it is waiting to go on top of the cake…. And now for the finished cake! The party was at the Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville. A beautiful location for a beautiful cake!
Like an ace detective, we scoured the web to find loads of ideas and tips are just perfect for an adventurous Escape Room party at home!
My little sister Sam turned 10 in June. A few weeks prior to her birthday she started dropping hints that perhaps I should be planning out h...
Your teenage birthday party should be full of friends, good food, and great activities. Even though your birthday is in the winter, you still have plenty of options for your birthday. Create fun indoor activities or plan winter outdoor...
Check out the ever growing list of teen truth or dare questions to use for your next party! PLUS cool Truth or Dare game ideas!
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Perfect for sleepover parties- here is a free printable list of 50 Would You Rather questions for tweens!
DIY Greek Mythology Party Games that even the Gods themselves would love. This theme can be a blast, and these activities are perfect to ensure that.
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MAKING MEMORIES. When our daughter was younger, I always made a big deal out of her birthday parties but when she hit 7, she started...
Tween birthday parties can be difficult to plan, they are getting too old for childrens parties and are still not ready to move up to teen party activities. This is a guide about 11th birthday party ideas for girls.
What a year age 10 was. My daughter Ally went from hoarding My Little Pony everything to asking Santa for a Clarisonic and lip gloss in a matter of 12 short months. Age 11 has brought a newfound love of all things girly to our life. Ally is passionate about fruity smelling beauty products, YouTube
The Netflix T.V. show Outer Banks has been a household and friend favorite! I love it all from the style of the characters to the beach setting. After binge watching the first season with my husband and college friends, I decided it would be the perfect theme for my sisters 18th Birthday! Food: I wanted […]
This adorable ARCHERY THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Michelle Chung. What an awesome party. I love all of the bright and fun archery colors. I also love how everything is associated with the shape and colors of a target; it's such a cute ideas. This party would be perfect for a tween party or even a Disney's Brave Themed Party. This is what Michelle said about planning the party- "I'm so excited about the colors of Archery - white, black, blue, red and yellow. Every element of the party was bright and the room was full of color. This party is great for both boys and girls. My daughter loves archery and we knew this would be a unique party for her friends. It's an interest she loves sharing. The party started with a one hour archery lesson followed by a fun dinner and dessert". My favorite Archery party ideas and elements from this charming birthday celebration are: The wonderful girl archer cookies on little eisels The fun archery colored candies The cute bow and arrow cookies The target backdrop, arrows and feathers The awesome birthday banner The cute target place settings
My son Kaden absolutely loves ROCKS. Ever since he was tiny he loved reading books about rocks, watching shows about rocks, and listening to his Grandma talk about rocks (my mom is a geologist). In preschool he even told his class he was going to be a paleontologist + geologist when he grew up :]. So for his 7th birthday party he wanted a... GEOLOGIST + GEOLOGY + ROCK THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY! I have definitely never styled a party quite like this, but had so much fun and am happy with how everything turned out!
Candy sushi combines the best of the worlds of sushi (yum) and candy (YUM). Here's how to make the treat that will have your kids begging for more.
We recently hosted a pirate party for my daughter Parker. Not only is “Captain” Parker a pirate fan, she’s also a huge fan of arts and crafts. For this birthday party she wanted to share her favorite crafts with her friends, each of which revolve around the sea and a Pirate’s life. The first craft…
Lots of ideas for planning an anime-themed birthday party, One Piece birthday theme, My Hero Academia party, or Naruto birthday party theme.
