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Rustic Wine and Cheese Party

July 24, 2009 By admin

Some of the new items from Pottery Barn really make me want to have a wine party. This might be something coming soon in the fall!

I love the fruit in the glass hurricanes.

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Think of how many ways you can use this Pizza Cutting Board.

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These cheese markers would be great to have because you can erase them and use them over again.

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Another great item to have that you could use in many different settings is this Iron Condiment Set.

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Anyone up for some wine and cheese???

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Under the Sea / Little Mermaid Party

July 22, 2009 By admin

Here is an Under the Sea party we had for my daughter last year. She loves the Little Mermaid but we were inviting boys to the party too so we choose Under the Sea as the primary theme.

The Food:

· Octopus on Seaweed – which were hot dogs on top of spaghetti that was dyed green.

· Mock Sushi – rice cereal with fruit leather strips

· Goldfish

· Crab dip and crackers

· Blue ocean punch

The Decorations:

· Blue and green balloons hanging from ceiling to give an ocean effect

· Blue and green streams

· Ariel, sea creatures and streamers

· Fish netting with ocean creatures

The Activities:

· Decorating door hangers and sea creature masks

· Sand art

· Water Balloons

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The kids enjoyed the water games and the cake! It was another fun and exciting birthday!

Filed Under: Food and Drink, Kids Parties, Party Central

Dora Birthday Party

July 15, 2009 By admin

Come on! Vamanos!

So here is a short birthday from the past. We had a Dora birthday for my daughter’s 2nd birthday.

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I made backpacks from felt for all of the kids. When they arrived they were greeted with the backpack and a map inside that I made for the party. We had a Dora adventure using the map. It consisted of:

1) Backpack Brain Teaser – They had to feel inside a backpack and figure out the objects that were in there.

2) Maraca Mountain – A table set up with maraca’s for everyone to decorate.

3) Musical Valley – A version of musical chairs but using print outs of characters from Dora to stand on.

4) Blindfold Forest – There were treats hidden in the back yard for the kids to find

5) Pinata Playground – We ended with the big Dora pinata.

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Food – We had mexican food to go with the dora theme. On the tables I set out chips and salsa, tortilla roll-ups, and dora fruit snacks. For lunch, we had enchiladas and beans.

It turned out to be a great fiesta with a lot of food and fun!