If I am planning an at-home birthday party, you can bet I will be making multiple trips to the dollar store ahead of time. Tablecloths, gift wrap, streamers... they all get thrown away at the end of the night, so why would you spend a ton of … [Read more...]
BLACKLIGHT REACTIVE CENTERPIECE AND SERVING DISHES
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...]
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...]
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...]
INEXPENSIVE FROZEN BIRTHDAY PARTY DECORATIONS
Instead of buying all licensed Frozen merchandise for my Elsa-obsessed daughter’s birthday party this year, I decided to save money by using decorations that were either A) things I already owned or B) bought from the dollar store. If you hit … [Read more...]