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Knight and Shining Armor 1st Birthday Party {FOOD}
February 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Table:
I had a yellow table cloth left from our oldest daughters party and the blue table cloth I though I bought to layer on top ended up being goodie bags so I used this picnic table cloth I also already had. It worked. The flag streamers are made from scrapbook paper, hot glue, and ribbon.
The feast was an attempt at “Mid-evil Carnival food/ Knight-ish food”.
We made {frozen and cooked according to the package} Corn Dogs!
The holder is a round cardboard cake thing that I covered in tin foil and poked holes through with scissors.
Cotton candy on Popsicle sticks {and my hubs thought I’d never find enough uses for that giant box of 1000 sticks…}. I took tubs of $1.00 cotton candy from Wal-Mart and unrolled it. Then I rerolled sections of it back onto sticks. The only way it would have been cooler is if it were blue…but the pink kinda looks like it goes with the red ;o)
We went with a kid-friendly, less waist version of caramel apple!
Cake balls {affectionately named cannonballs} made from the left over parts of the cake that were cut off to make the castle and smash cake!
Pretzel rods dipped in almond bark with added theme colored sprinkles, aka Pretzel Swards!
This bucket is one we had around the house for Benjamin that I’d found for $1.00 at the Goodwill! Chunked out cutlery in it- voila!
Ice cream, pre-scooped into punch cups and placed back into the freezer right before the party to save time and make for easy serving!
This is the wooden highchair we’ve used for all of children. We just took the cushion off so it wouldn’t get stained by the chocolate, left the plastic tray on for protection, and added part of the flag streamer I made.
Yep! I put on an apron and took his diapered-self straight to the kitchen sink for a quick scrub down before getting redressed for the pinata and presents!
Knight and Shining Armor 1st Birthday Party {PINATA}
February 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Pinata
Since it’s a 1st birthday we needed some kind of simple yet fun game that both big and little kids so do. I decided a pinata would be fun and tried to make this regular pinata into an pull sting pinata…fail. It was a awesome added decoration but my attempt at making it a pull sting so it would be 1-year-old friendly didn’t quite work. Oh well. I’ll tell you how I did it and I’m sure you could figure out how to do it a little better.
*Excuse the laundry basket full of stuff and the rest of the mess on the table- we were crafting that day.
Supplies:
- Steak Knife
- Packing and scotch tape
- Currling Ribbon
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Hot Glue Gun
I chopped a flap open on the bottom of the pinata using the steak knife leaving 1 side still attached.I then cut the curling ribbon the desired length. I chose 1 string to be the “opener” and used the packing tape to make sure that string was securely attached to the flap as to pull open the entire thing when tugged}. Then I lightly taped the other strings around the edge. ***I think this was my mistake. If I had used the glue stick they might have fallen out easier as opposed to any string being the “opener”. OR if I’d punched small holes in the flap and slid the extra strings through without having them attached at all. If you know how LET ME KNOW! Then I stuffed that pinata to capacity.
I chose to use Great Value fruit snacks as a healthier option for the littles that would be at the party. I added in some sheets of stickers cut into individual pieces for added confetti and grab-ability. Instead of greedy grabbing I taped each child’s name around a bag of snacks. I’ve also seen this done with little plastic bags of other snacks. I put an extra in there in case I forgot a name. FUN!
Knight and Shining Armor 1st Birthday Party {DECORATIONS}
February 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
My HUBS MASTERPIECE: THE ROYAL CASTE
Our playroom is where I decided to host the main part of the party. Honestly it was because I liked the idea of the read wall as the back drop ;o)
There was the added benefit of the playroom being open to the upstairs hallway with the decorative banner that could easily be made to look like a castle for the festivities. I printed that same dragon on some yellow scrapbook paper and hot glued them to dowel rods and hot glued those to stand on the ball parts of the banister. Then I measured and cut streamers to be taped from the banister down to the top part of the fan.
We had a few balloons left from an arch my dad made over a doorway so we added those to the fan as well {great detour from kids wanting to turn on the fan and chop down the streamers}.
Mommies MASTERPIECE:
The armor and shield/crest
I hunted a plan gray sweatshirt {which my mom found on sale} and then realized I already had a hooded one in the closet- even better!
I cut the blue vest piece the length of the hoody and then cut a hole for the hood to come through {could have been larger to make taking it on and off easier} and stitched on the yellow fabric that I'd printed and ironed on the matching dragon found several other places in the party.
Nanna's Masterpiece:
The "Bean-O"
Happy Birthday, Knight and Shinning Armor Benjamin Ryan!!!
(in)RL
February 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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