One of the best and cheapest tricks for decorating a blacklight party can be found in the office supply aisle. Yellow highlighters glow like crazy under blacklights, so you can use them to add fun glow all over the party. I used … [Read more...]
GLOW PARTY DECORATIONS AND FAVORS
I had never thrown a blacklight party before and I found out the hard way that it is a crap shoot whether a product will react with blacklights or not. I thought I would share some of the products with which we had success, to save you a … [Read more...]
DIY GLOW PARTY
Honestly, I was pretty excited when my daughter told me she wanted a glow in the dark party for her birthday. Not only is a glow party a fun theme to carry out, but the decorations can be DIY'd for not that much money. This week I will be … [Read more...]
STAR WARS SELFIE THANK YOU CARDS
With all the excitement around the release of The Force Awakens and Rogue One late this year, I am sure there will be lots of requests for Star Wars birthday parties in 2016. My son's Star Wars party was one of my favorites I've thrown, so I … [Read more...]
CAMP ARENDELLE: A FROZEN/CAMPING HYBRID BIRTHDAY PARTY
Up to this point, my kids have always requested pretty easy themes for their birthday parties: Star Wars, Mickey Mouse, Superheroes, etc. This year I received my first request for a hybrid birthday party. My daughter loves going … [Read more...]
DETROIT TIGERS M&M CAKE
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of My M&M’S for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Everyone loves M&Ms, right? You can hardly go wrong serving them at a party, since they are so well loved. In fact, the … [Read more...]
TMNT BIRTHDAY PARTY
Both of my kids are huge fans of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series. I didn’t watch the original series when I was growing up, so I’ve gotten a crash course on all things TMNT in the past year. I can tell you all about the … [Read more...]
HOMEMADE FROZEN PARTY FAVORS
I don’t think party favors are required for kids’ parties, but I like to send our guests home with a little something to say thank you for coming. Usually the favors are something small and homemade, like these favors from my daughter’s Frozen … [Read more...]
FROZEN BIRTHDAY PARTY MENU
When it came time to think of what food to serve the guests at my daughter’s Frozen birthday party, I borrowed ideas liberally from other amazing home Frozen parties, like this party from my friend Sara of the blog Mom Endeavors. I … [Read more...]
LAYERING A FROZEN PARTY TABLE
Almost all the action at our at-home birthday parties takes place in the dining room. That’s where I set up the buffet table and where guests deposit birthday presents and pick up party favors. Because of that fact, I usually concentrate … [Read more...]