The plates I will be using! Too cute and I got this at the Dollar Store!
Some other monkey decorations
Monday, April 30, 2012
A Chunky Monkey Shopping Spree!
So I'm making about 90% of the decorations and decor myself, but while out shopping today, I came across this Monkey theme party ware and just couldn't pass it up!
Everything I've posted here was bought at the Dollar Store, and you just can't beat that!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Barney's Candy Land Outline Part 2
-Ice breakers-
At the start of the party, I am going to have a table set up with, purple, yellow and green buckets that I am going to measure and print out a photo, similar to the party invitation, that has the picture of Barney and Friends and the Candy land game, and personalize each one with the child's name, and glue those to the bucket. As for the kids, I will have glitter glue, different candy and Barney stickers, markers, crayons, etc. so that they can personalize it and make it their own. This will be there treat bucket that they will collect along the Candy Land game.
To start off, I'm only going to have the Barney's Candy Land Game Sheet in their buckets. I'm going to be making this myself and I'll post pictures of it once I'm done. It's going to have a page for each of the stops along the way, and a spot for a sticker, as well as something from that stop. For example, the 123 learn stop might have counting 1 to 10 on it, and then there will be a square for a sticker. The children will have to collect a sticker from each stop in order to get their Candy Land prize at the end of the game. (The prize is going to be the Candy Land game board for each child). They get their sticker by completing the activity, etc. that each stop has.
-Favors-
As I mentioned above, I am using buckets for the kids favor bags. I like to cut down the cost as much as possible so I've been saving empty formula cans and will take the edges, so no child gets cut and then glue the label I'm making onto it. I'll also twist a few pipe cleaners together and make a handle. You can use any kind of can like this, and just make sure you tape the edges. These buckets will be for the goodies that they will collect in the game.
I will be having three different categories of Goody Bags. The kids two and over will receive a toothbrush, personalized Barney Candy Land Story and Coloring Book, Barney Candy stickers and a tattoo, a Barney pencil, and an inflatable ball. The under two crowd will receive the personalized Barney Candy Land Story and Coloring Book, a toothbrush, fruit snacks, mixed berry yogurt, Animal Crackers in a little Barney Container, and a small candy shaped plush. I always like to have something for the adults to thank them for coming, so I'm going to be making cupcake and lollipop towels as the adult favor. I'll be posting a tutorial on those in the future. Also, at the end of the party, the children will be able to have a turn at the Candy Buffet, and fill the rest of their goody bags with candy.
-Prizes-
I'm not a fan of winners or losers, especially with this age category. The world is such a competitive place already and I don't want to encourage it so young. That being said, I like to make it so everyone gets a prize. The main prize for completing the Candy Land Game and all of its activities is the Candy Land game board. Other prizes that I'm going to have is Barney DVD'S, Barney books, Barney plush, chocolate pudding cups for the Chocolate Swamp, Large Lollipop for Lollipop Woods, Sparkly Notepad for Gumdrop Mountain, tootsie roll banks, mini gumball machine, candy land puzzle, candy land scratch and sniff board books, skittles lip smacker, and probably tons more.
I'm also going to create a couple Punch Boxes. Have you ever seen those? They are so cool! I think it will be a nice alternative than just giving the child a prize. They get to basically pop their hand through tissue paper and get their prize.
-The Pinata-
No party is complete without a pinata! I don't care how much stuff you have planned for your party. The children always go nuts for the pinata, so don't leave this out! Since, I am having a candy buffet, I'm not going to be stuffing the pinata with candy. I'm probably going to go to the Dollar Tree and get little toys, and small packs of play doh, mini books, etc and stuff it with this! I'm not a huge fan of the pinata party packs. The toys are generic, and in the long run it's cheaper to go to the Dollar Tree. Seriously, just go down the toy aisle, and look for toys that come in packs, and it will be a lot better!
-The Music-
I put my idea in the Invite section of my first post but I wanted to elaborate a little more on it. Each stop will have different music playing. (Borrowing a lot of cd players!! Or you can download the tracklist to your phone, etc. but you need to be sneaky about this!)
The track list for the Party that will be used is
It's Cold Burr
Mr. Knickerbocker
On way to Grandpa's Farm
The Elephant Song
Oh Mister Sun
If All the Raindrops
Imagine a Place
Just Imagine
Old Macdonald
Jungle Adventure
Every Animal Talks
When U Mix
Rainb
The Alphabet Song
I will also have different candy songs playing in the Candy Land sections such as "Lollipop and Candy Man". As far as other audio, since I'm having Barney, Baby Bop and BJ there. I'm going to have different speeches from them in their right spots too. This is going to take some incredible timing, because Barney, Baby Bop and BJ are going to be leading Candy Land Game Adventure, so it's only natural that they would be talking to them!
-The Food-
I always like to offer a full meal, with lots of snacks, and desserts. For the main menu for this party, I am going with a barbeque theme. There is going to be barbeque chicken, 7 layer salad, corn on the cob, a baked potato bar, a bow tie pasta salad, and macaroni salad. There is also going to be a "Rainbow Pass Pizzeria" sign which I will have different kinds of pizza, such as cheese, taco, fruit and then a chocolate dessert pizza.
For dessert, I'm going to be making tons of homemade cinnamon rolls, and different kinds of cake pops. I'm also going to have the chocolate bar fountain running, with fruit, rice krispys, and pound cake for dipping. Then of course there will be the grand 3 tier Barney's Candy Land Cake.
For the finale, there will be a Candy Buffet. I'm going to buy tons of glass jars and vases at the Salvation Army and put all kinds of different candies in them to fashion them like an old fashioned candy shoppe. There will be gigantic lollipops, jellybeans, runts, gumdrops, chocolates, mints, different variety of cake pops, chocolate dipped pretzels, mini chocolate bars, peanut m and ms, Twizzlers, skittles, all kinds of different candy. Of course I had to go with the birthday girl's favorites!
At the start of the party, I am going to have a table set up with, purple, yellow and green buckets that I am going to measure and print out a photo, similar to the party invitation, that has the picture of Barney and Friends and the Candy land game, and personalize each one with the child's name, and glue those to the bucket. As for the kids, I will have glitter glue, different candy and Barney stickers, markers, crayons, etc. so that they can personalize it and make it their own. This will be there treat bucket that they will collect along the Candy Land game.
To start off, I'm only going to have the Barney's Candy Land Game Sheet in their buckets. I'm going to be making this myself and I'll post pictures of it once I'm done. It's going to have a page for each of the stops along the way, and a spot for a sticker, as well as something from that stop. For example, the 123 learn stop might have counting 1 to 10 on it, and then there will be a square for a sticker. The children will have to collect a sticker from each stop in order to get their Candy Land prize at the end of the game. (The prize is going to be the Candy Land game board for each child). They get their sticker by completing the activity, etc. that each stop has.
-Favors-
As I mentioned above, I am using buckets for the kids favor bags. I like to cut down the cost as much as possible so I've been saving empty formula cans and will take the edges, so no child gets cut and then glue the label I'm making onto it. I'll also twist a few pipe cleaners together and make a handle. You can use any kind of can like this, and just make sure you tape the edges. These buckets will be for the goodies that they will collect in the game.
I will be having three different categories of Goody Bags. The kids two and over will receive a toothbrush, personalized Barney Candy Land Story and Coloring Book, Barney Candy stickers and a tattoo, a Barney pencil, and an inflatable ball. The under two crowd will receive the personalized Barney Candy Land Story and Coloring Book, a toothbrush, fruit snacks, mixed berry yogurt, Animal Crackers in a little Barney Container, and a small candy shaped plush. I always like to have something for the adults to thank them for coming, so I'm going to be making cupcake and lollipop towels as the adult favor. I'll be posting a tutorial on those in the future. Also, at the end of the party, the children will be able to have a turn at the Candy Buffet, and fill the rest of their goody bags with candy.
-Prizes-
I'm not a fan of winners or losers, especially with this age category. The world is such a competitive place already and I don't want to encourage it so young. That being said, I like to make it so everyone gets a prize. The main prize for completing the Candy Land Game and all of its activities is the Candy Land game board. Other prizes that I'm going to have is Barney DVD'S, Barney books, Barney plush, chocolate pudding cups for the Chocolate Swamp, Large Lollipop for Lollipop Woods, Sparkly Notepad for Gumdrop Mountain, tootsie roll banks, mini gumball machine, candy land puzzle, candy land scratch and sniff board books, skittles lip smacker, and probably tons more.
I'm also going to create a couple Punch Boxes. Have you ever seen those? They are so cool! I think it will be a nice alternative than just giving the child a prize. They get to basically pop their hand through tissue paper and get their prize.
-The Pinata-
No party is complete without a pinata! I don't care how much stuff you have planned for your party. The children always go nuts for the pinata, so don't leave this out! Since, I am having a candy buffet, I'm not going to be stuffing the pinata with candy. I'm probably going to go to the Dollar Tree and get little toys, and small packs of play doh, mini books, etc and stuff it with this! I'm not a huge fan of the pinata party packs. The toys are generic, and in the long run it's cheaper to go to the Dollar Tree. Seriously, just go down the toy aisle, and look for toys that come in packs, and it will be a lot better!
-The Music-
I put my idea in the Invite section of my first post but I wanted to elaborate a little more on it. Each stop will have different music playing. (Borrowing a lot of cd players!! Or you can download the tracklist to your phone, etc. but you need to be sneaky about this!)
The track list for the Party that will be used is
It's Cold Burr
Mr. Knickerbocker
On way to Grandpa's Farm
The Elephant Song
Oh Mister Sun
If All the Raindrops
Imagine a Place
Just Imagine
Old Macdonald
Jungle Adventure
Every Animal Talks
When U Mix
Rainb
The Alphabet Song
I will also have different candy songs playing in the Candy Land sections such as "Lollipop and Candy Man". As far as other audio, since I'm having Barney, Baby Bop and BJ there. I'm going to have different speeches from them in their right spots too. This is going to take some incredible timing, because Barney, Baby Bop and BJ are going to be leading Candy Land Game Adventure, so it's only natural that they would be talking to them!
-The Food-
I always like to offer a full meal, with lots of snacks, and desserts. For the main menu for this party, I am going with a barbeque theme. There is going to be barbeque chicken, 7 layer salad, corn on the cob, a baked potato bar, a bow tie pasta salad, and macaroni salad. There is also going to be a "Rainbow Pass Pizzeria" sign which I will have different kinds of pizza, such as cheese, taco, fruit and then a chocolate dessert pizza.
For dessert, I'm going to be making tons of homemade cinnamon rolls, and different kinds of cake pops. I'm also going to have the chocolate bar fountain running, with fruit, rice krispys, and pound cake for dipping. Then of course there will be the grand 3 tier Barney's Candy Land Cake.
For the finale, there will be a Candy Buffet. I'm going to buy tons of glass jars and vases at the Salvation Army and put all kinds of different candies in them to fashion them like an old fashioned candy shoppe. There will be gigantic lollipops, jellybeans, runts, gumdrops, chocolates, mints, different variety of cake pops, chocolate dipped pretzels, mini chocolate bars, peanut m and ms, Twizzlers, skittles, all kinds of different candy. Of course I had to go with the birthday girl's favorites!
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Barney/Candyland party Outline Part 1
This is almost complete, and I will be posting pictures as I finish everything. My goal for this party was to make it be one of Barney's episodes. Barney is always getting kids to use their imagination to experience really cool things. So once the kids are settled in and finished with their craft, Barney and the gang will show up, and sing the "Imagination" song, and try to imagine a world "full of candy" and then they will enter the Candyland, which will be a life size version of the game.
This particular theme, would work for Barney or candy land. You can omit the Barney parts, or you can omit the candy land parts, and just have Barney. Regardless, Barney is still a very very popular character. So you can use this theme to suit your needs.
-Invites-
I've already posted pictures of my sample that I am using for my invite for this party. It's in the shape of a lollipop stick. I will also be passing out a candyland cupcake with each invitation. The cupcake I'm going to sit inside an ice cream cone, and put two gum drops on it, a chocolate kiss, a peppermint, and a dum-dum lollipop.
Also, because this is an Adventure with Barney in Candy Land party, for each child I will also be attaching a CD with the songs that we will be using at the party, so that they can memorize them, etc. Also on the CD will be a DVD for the Barney, Mr. Knickerbocker dance, because Barney, Baby Bop and BJ will be doing that dance with the kids during the singing and dancing part.
-Games-
There is going to be a life size version of the game Candy Land. There will be 15 stops, 8 of those will be stops from the game candy land, and 8 of those will be stops that each represent a Barney movie.
The Candy Land Stops- Plumpy
, Peppermint Forest, Gumdrop Mountains, Licorice Forest, Peanut Acres, Lollipop Woods, Ice Cream Sea, and Chocolate Swamp
The Barney Stops- Jerrica's House, 123 Learn, Grandpa's Farm, Color's Land, Imagination Island, Musical Zoo, ABC Land, and Barney's House
Each stop will have a combination of some of the following, singing, dancing, activity, craft or game. I will describe each stop under the decoration's section.
-Decorations-
I'm going to list decoration's by section, because it's easier.
The front yard-
I will set up the tree that's in the front of my yard as Plumpy and hang purple balloons on the branches (the plums) and the kids will get to pop one when they get to that section. Each balloon will have a number, 1, 2, or 3 which will relate to a prize, because at this age group, I do not want any losers! On both sides of the drive way, I will alternate large lollipops and candy canes so that they are lining the entire drive way. There will also be a cluster of balloons at the end of the drive way on both sides.
On the front lawn, I will have giant candy sticks, more balloon clusters, and large lollipops. All of these decorations, I am making myself so I'll be posting more on each of these individually. There will be a huge banner hanging from the front porch that says "Welcome to Candy Land" Also somewhere in the yard will be a 4ft tall Barney, Baby Bop, and BJ that I will be making and painting.
Jerrica's House- will be the Dining Room and Living Room. I will have a photo collage on display. I will also have mini Barney and friends centerpieces that I'll make using cardboard, foam, and a dowel and base.I will have a Barney and friends banner, that says Happy 3rd Birthday Jerrica, that I'll be making myself. Here in Jerrica's House, they will decorate their treat buckets that they will need for the game, and I will also read my story of Adventure with Barney in Candy Land. I will be using the story for candy land, but editing it to make it my own including Barney and friends. They will also receive their game sheets, which they will need for the game as well.
As far as decorations in this section, there will be tons of balloon clusters geared towards Barney, Barney clusters- purple and green, Baby bop clusters- green and pink, BJ clusters- yellow and red. I will be using small Barney stuffed animals as weights.
For the craft table, I will have buckets available, with pre measured cut paper of all kinds of different colors, stickers- Barney and candy stickers, markers, glitter glue.
123 Learn- will be in the garage. I will have different numbers everywhere on the walls in different fonts for decorations. I will also have different shapes cut out and on the walls. There will be 10 stepping stones, numbered 1-10 in order, and the activity here is for the children to count the stepping stones. The stepping stones will lead out of the garage. The songs here will be: Barney I'm so Happy, and We Like Shapes. After each child counts to 10 on the stepping stones, they will receive a small prize for their buckets.
Plumpy- As I mentioned earlier this is a tree that is in my front yard, and I will be hanging "plums" on there with slips of paper tucked inside, and each child will have to pop a balloon to see what prize they get for their bucket. The sign will say "Plumpy" and be purple with white lettering.
Peppermint Forrest- I will have candy canes all over this section, as well as giant candy sticks that I have made. I'm also going to take a foam cone, and hot glue mints all over it so that it is covered, and put a couple of those on a foam sheet, so it looks like mint trees. I'm going to hang red and white streamers between the giant candy sticks. Also I'm going to have a few red and white balloon clusters, and a few red and white pom poms. I might put up a few red and white paper lanterns as well.
The activity here will be to weed out the candy sticks that don't belong, and the kids will be able to put those in their treat bucket. The candy sticks will be colored that don't belong.
The sign will be painted red with white lettering that says "Peppermint Forrest" and glued to a candy stick.
Grandpa's Farm- The decoration's here will be all kinds of farm animals, cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, skunk, horses (stuffed animals, and paintings). The craft table will be set up to look like a produce stand, that will have a sign saying "produce stand". The craft here will be to plant a seed and water it. Each child will receive a mini pot, soil, and a vegetable seed, where they will be able to plant it, and then water it with the bucket. The songs here will be "Barney On the Way To Grandpa's Farm, and Old MacDonald". There will also be a game, "What's that Animal Sound" Toddlers love animals!
Gumdrop Mountains- I will have tons of giant gumdrops here that I'm making from paper mache. I'm also going to paint three large gum drop mountains on a refrigerator box, and sprinkle with glue and attach these to my child's slide, so that will be the Gumdrop Mountain. I will have a large Lolly on display here too. I'm also going to have a gumdrop ball, where I will cover the entire styrofoam ball with gumdrops.
The activity here is to hunt for boxes of dots among the gumdrops. The game here is to climb the mountain (the slide) and try and drop 10 gumdrops into a glass container at the bottom of the mountain. Once they have completed, then they get to slide down the mountain.
Colors Land- I'm going to be making large crayons out of cardboard and staking these into the ground for decorations. I'm also going to paint a huge rainbow and have that on display as well. Here there will be a craft table, where each child will receive three mini paper plates, where there are two colors of paint on each plate. They will also receive a brush, and they will mix red and blue to make purple, red and yellow to make orange and blue and yellow to make green. The songs here will be Barney When You Mix, and Rainbow" The kids will receive a box of crayons for their bucket.
Licorice Forrest- I'm going to be making huge licorice trees out of carpet rolls for this section. Some I will cover in black, and some in red for licorice. I will be leaving lots on the bottom of the trees and twisting them to look like large overgrown roots. There will be red and black balloon clusters. The activity here will be to avoid stepping on the licorice vines because they might grab you. Here the kids will receive a pack of twizzlers.
Imagination Island- Here I will have tons of pirate decorations, palm trees, coconuts and treasure chests as decorations. The songs here will be Just Imagine, and Going on a Jungle Adventure. The activity here is that within the treasure chests, are treasure maps. There will be one for each child with their name on it and the children will have to follow their map to receive their prize. They will also receive a gold coin here.
Peanut Acres- I'm going to turn my daughter's house into Gramma Nut's House by taking a sheet and hot gluing peanut shells all over it and then draping it over the play house. I'm also going to have giant peanuts scattered, which I have already posted a tutorial in an earlier post on. The sign will say Peanut Acres, and I will hot glue some peanuts on it.
The activity will be to gather all the peanuts that are scattered on the ground and put them on a baking sheet, which I will then pop into the "play oven" and have everyone count to 10 and then I will pull out a second tray that has wrapped nutter butter cookies which I will pass out to each child for their bucket.
I'm going to make Peanut acres by creating peanut bushes out of cardboard. I'm going to cut out the bushes and glue crumbled green tissue paper all over them, then I'm going to hot glue peanuts all over it. Once I've got quite a lot of bushes, I will create a cardboard base to glue the bushes on.
Musical Zoo- Here I'm going to have different jungle animals(stuffed and inflatable) scattered around. There will be a craft table set up, where kids will be able to make music shakers by pouring a little rice in a cup and then taping another cup to it and they will be able to decorate it. There will also be different animal masks that each child will get to pick one, that they will get to keep. With their music shakers and animal masks, they will have a musical parade to the Barney song "Elephant". There will also be the Barney song "Every Animal Talks"
Lollipop Woods- I'm going to glue two plates together, attach to a dowel rod, wrap in cellophane and tie ribbon on it for a giant lollipop. Using the same concept as Peppermint Forest, I'm going to create lollipop trees by sticking dum dum's through styrofoam cones and covering the entire thing and attaching these to a cardboard base. I'm also going to create a lollipop tree by covering a styrofoam ball with lollipops and then sticking a dowel rod in the styrofoam, and putting the end in a pot and filling the pot with filler so that it stays.
I'm going to attach crumbled green tissue paper to cardboard and poke lollipops through it, and have each kid pick one. Some of them will be marked by a marker, and those will win a small prize. The other's will get to keep their lollipop.
ABC Land- The decorations here will be all kinds of letters, letter blocks, printed letters, etc. Here the activity is going to be finger painting. I am going to have one really large piece of kraft paper covering the table, and each child will receive a section and their own paint to finger paint a masterpiece. The songs here will be the alphabet song, and Mr. Sun. The kids will receive ABC flashcards.
Ice Cream Sea- I will have a little toddler swimming pool set up that will be full of ice cream cones. I'm going to be making ice cream garland, which is just string with cones glued to it. The game here will be to fish out ice cream shaped bubbles for their buckets. I will also have a white tarp around the lake with fake snow and glitter all over it.
The activity here will be to make their own ice cream. It's really simple and it will be a fun activity for the kids, with the help of the parents. The kids will also receive an ice cream shaped bowl and spoon.
Chocolate Swamp- I'm going to paint boxes in a glossy brown for large chocolate chunks. I'm going to put out a large brown table cloth that is cut into a free shape. I'm also going to draw Gloppy on cardboard and attach to foam and put him in the swamp. I'm also going to make mini Hershey trees to put around the swamp by hot gluing hershey wrappers onto cardboard and attaching to a dowel. I'll be making giant Hershey kisses, by covering the bottom 2L bottle with aluminum foil and having a small white paper sticking out of it. I'll also be sprinkling brown krinkles (gift wrap) on the ground.
Barney's House- (This is the end of the game) Will eat, and take pictures with Barney, Baby Bop and BJ. There will be bubble machines going. There will also be more of the Barney balloon clusters, with a huge Barney shaped balloon on top of them. There will be a sing and dance along with Barney and friends, to songs like "Mr. Knickerbocker, Happy and U Know it, If All the Raindrops, and more.
Children's tables will also be set up here. They will have alternating tablecloths, and table ware in the combined colors of Barney and Friends. I will have framed Barney pictures on the tables, as well as mini Barney centerpieces. There will also be candy displays. I'll be using ring pops as holders for the napkins. The chair backs will a Barney and friends photo with large purple ribbon threaded through it.
Alright this is part one outline for this party, I'll be posting part two tomorrow! Don't want to do information overload!!
This particular theme, would work for Barney or candy land. You can omit the Barney parts, or you can omit the candy land parts, and just have Barney. Regardless, Barney is still a very very popular character. So you can use this theme to suit your needs.
-Invites-
I've already posted pictures of my sample that I am using for my invite for this party. It's in the shape of a lollipop stick. I will also be passing out a candyland cupcake with each invitation. The cupcake I'm going to sit inside an ice cream cone, and put two gum drops on it, a chocolate kiss, a peppermint, and a dum-dum lollipop.
Also, because this is an Adventure with Barney in Candy Land party, for each child I will also be attaching a CD with the songs that we will be using at the party, so that they can memorize them, etc. Also on the CD will be a DVD for the Barney, Mr. Knickerbocker dance, because Barney, Baby Bop and BJ will be doing that dance with the kids during the singing and dancing part.
-Games-
There is going to be a life size version of the game Candy Land. There will be 15 stops, 8 of those will be stops from the game candy land, and 8 of those will be stops that each represent a Barney movie.
The Candy Land Stops- Plumpy
, Peppermint Forest, Gumdrop Mountains, Licorice Forest, Peanut Acres, Lollipop Woods, Ice Cream Sea, and Chocolate Swamp
The Barney Stops- Jerrica's House, 123 Learn, Grandpa's Farm, Color's Land, Imagination Island, Musical Zoo, ABC Land, and Barney's House
Each stop will have a combination of some of the following, singing, dancing, activity, craft or game. I will describe each stop under the decoration's section.
-Decorations-
I'm going to list decoration's by section, because it's easier.
The front yard-
I will set up the tree that's in the front of my yard as Plumpy and hang purple balloons on the branches (the plums) and the kids will get to pop one when they get to that section. Each balloon will have a number, 1, 2, or 3 which will relate to a prize, because at this age group, I do not want any losers! On both sides of the drive way, I will alternate large lollipops and candy canes so that they are lining the entire drive way. There will also be a cluster of balloons at the end of the drive way on both sides.
On the front lawn, I will have giant candy sticks, more balloon clusters, and large lollipops. All of these decorations, I am making myself so I'll be posting more on each of these individually. There will be a huge banner hanging from the front porch that says "Welcome to Candy Land" Also somewhere in the yard will be a 4ft tall Barney, Baby Bop, and BJ that I will be making and painting.
Jerrica's House- will be the Dining Room and Living Room. I will have a photo collage on display. I will also have mini Barney and friends centerpieces that I'll make using cardboard, foam, and a dowel and base.I will have a Barney and friends banner, that says Happy 3rd Birthday Jerrica, that I'll be making myself. Here in Jerrica's House, they will decorate their treat buckets that they will need for the game, and I will also read my story of Adventure with Barney in Candy Land. I will be using the story for candy land, but editing it to make it my own including Barney and friends. They will also receive their game sheets, which they will need for the game as well.
As far as decorations in this section, there will be tons of balloon clusters geared towards Barney, Barney clusters- purple and green, Baby bop clusters- green and pink, BJ clusters- yellow and red. I will be using small Barney stuffed animals as weights.
For the craft table, I will have buckets available, with pre measured cut paper of all kinds of different colors, stickers- Barney and candy stickers, markers, glitter glue.
123 Learn- will be in the garage. I will have different numbers everywhere on the walls in different fonts for decorations. I will also have different shapes cut out and on the walls. There will be 10 stepping stones, numbered 1-10 in order, and the activity here is for the children to count the stepping stones. The stepping stones will lead out of the garage. The songs here will be: Barney I'm so Happy, and We Like Shapes. After each child counts to 10 on the stepping stones, they will receive a small prize for their buckets.
Plumpy- As I mentioned earlier this is a tree that is in my front yard, and I will be hanging "plums" on there with slips of paper tucked inside, and each child will have to pop a balloon to see what prize they get for their bucket. The sign will say "Plumpy" and be purple with white lettering.
Peppermint Forrest- I will have candy canes all over this section, as well as giant candy sticks that I have made. I'm also going to take a foam cone, and hot glue mints all over it so that it is covered, and put a couple of those on a foam sheet, so it looks like mint trees. I'm going to hang red and white streamers between the giant candy sticks. Also I'm going to have a few red and white balloon clusters, and a few red and white pom poms. I might put up a few red and white paper lanterns as well.
The activity here will be to weed out the candy sticks that don't belong, and the kids will be able to put those in their treat bucket. The candy sticks will be colored that don't belong.
The sign will be painted red with white lettering that says "Peppermint Forrest" and glued to a candy stick.
Grandpa's Farm- The decoration's here will be all kinds of farm animals, cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, skunk, horses (stuffed animals, and paintings). The craft table will be set up to look like a produce stand, that will have a sign saying "produce stand". The craft here will be to plant a seed and water it. Each child will receive a mini pot, soil, and a vegetable seed, where they will be able to plant it, and then water it with the bucket. The songs here will be "Barney On the Way To Grandpa's Farm, and Old MacDonald". There will also be a game, "What's that Animal Sound" Toddlers love animals!
Gumdrop Mountains- I will have tons of giant gumdrops here that I'm making from paper mache. I'm also going to paint three large gum drop mountains on a refrigerator box, and sprinkle with glue and attach these to my child's slide, so that will be the Gumdrop Mountain. I will have a large Lolly on display here too. I'm also going to have a gumdrop ball, where I will cover the entire styrofoam ball with gumdrops.
The activity here is to hunt for boxes of dots among the gumdrops. The game here is to climb the mountain (the slide) and try and drop 10 gumdrops into a glass container at the bottom of the mountain. Once they have completed, then they get to slide down the mountain.
Colors Land- I'm going to be making large crayons out of cardboard and staking these into the ground for decorations. I'm also going to paint a huge rainbow and have that on display as well. Here there will be a craft table, where each child will receive three mini paper plates, where there are two colors of paint on each plate. They will also receive a brush, and they will mix red and blue to make purple, red and yellow to make orange and blue and yellow to make green. The songs here will be Barney When You Mix, and Rainbow" The kids will receive a box of crayons for their bucket.
Licorice Forrest- I'm going to be making huge licorice trees out of carpet rolls for this section. Some I will cover in black, and some in red for licorice. I will be leaving lots on the bottom of the trees and twisting them to look like large overgrown roots. There will be red and black balloon clusters. The activity here will be to avoid stepping on the licorice vines because they might grab you. Here the kids will receive a pack of twizzlers.
Imagination Island- Here I will have tons of pirate decorations, palm trees, coconuts and treasure chests as decorations. The songs here will be Just Imagine, and Going on a Jungle Adventure. The activity here is that within the treasure chests, are treasure maps. There will be one for each child with their name on it and the children will have to follow their map to receive their prize. They will also receive a gold coin here.
Peanut Acres- I'm going to turn my daughter's house into Gramma Nut's House by taking a sheet and hot gluing peanut shells all over it and then draping it over the play house. I'm also going to have giant peanuts scattered, which I have already posted a tutorial in an earlier post on. The sign will say Peanut Acres, and I will hot glue some peanuts on it.
The activity will be to gather all the peanuts that are scattered on the ground and put them on a baking sheet, which I will then pop into the "play oven" and have everyone count to 10 and then I will pull out a second tray that has wrapped nutter butter cookies which I will pass out to each child for their bucket.
I'm going to make Peanut acres by creating peanut bushes out of cardboard. I'm going to cut out the bushes and glue crumbled green tissue paper all over them, then I'm going to hot glue peanuts all over it. Once I've got quite a lot of bushes, I will create a cardboard base to glue the bushes on.
Musical Zoo- Here I'm going to have different jungle animals(stuffed and inflatable) scattered around. There will be a craft table set up, where kids will be able to make music shakers by pouring a little rice in a cup and then taping another cup to it and they will be able to decorate it. There will also be different animal masks that each child will get to pick one, that they will get to keep. With their music shakers and animal masks, they will have a musical parade to the Barney song "Elephant". There will also be the Barney song "Every Animal Talks"
Lollipop Woods- I'm going to glue two plates together, attach to a dowel rod, wrap in cellophane and tie ribbon on it for a giant lollipop. Using the same concept as Peppermint Forest, I'm going to create lollipop trees by sticking dum dum's through styrofoam cones and covering the entire thing and attaching these to a cardboard base. I'm also going to create a lollipop tree by covering a styrofoam ball with lollipops and then sticking a dowel rod in the styrofoam, and putting the end in a pot and filling the pot with filler so that it stays.
I'm going to attach crumbled green tissue paper to cardboard and poke lollipops through it, and have each kid pick one. Some of them will be marked by a marker, and those will win a small prize. The other's will get to keep their lollipop.
ABC Land- The decorations here will be all kinds of letters, letter blocks, printed letters, etc. Here the activity is going to be finger painting. I am going to have one really large piece of kraft paper covering the table, and each child will receive a section and their own paint to finger paint a masterpiece. The songs here will be the alphabet song, and Mr. Sun. The kids will receive ABC flashcards.
Ice Cream Sea- I will have a little toddler swimming pool set up that will be full of ice cream cones. I'm going to be making ice cream garland, which is just string with cones glued to it. The game here will be to fish out ice cream shaped bubbles for their buckets. I will also have a white tarp around the lake with fake snow and glitter all over it.
The activity here will be to make their own ice cream. It's really simple and it will be a fun activity for the kids, with the help of the parents. The kids will also receive an ice cream shaped bowl and spoon.
Chocolate Swamp- I'm going to paint boxes in a glossy brown for large chocolate chunks. I'm going to put out a large brown table cloth that is cut into a free shape. I'm also going to draw Gloppy on cardboard and attach to foam and put him in the swamp. I'm also going to make mini Hershey trees to put around the swamp by hot gluing hershey wrappers onto cardboard and attaching to a dowel. I'll be making giant Hershey kisses, by covering the bottom 2L bottle with aluminum foil and having a small white paper sticking out of it. I'll also be sprinkling brown krinkles (gift wrap) on the ground.
Barney's House- (This is the end of the game) Will eat, and take pictures with Barney, Baby Bop and BJ. There will be bubble machines going. There will also be more of the Barney balloon clusters, with a huge Barney shaped balloon on top of them. There will be a sing and dance along with Barney and friends, to songs like "Mr. Knickerbocker, Happy and U Know it, If All the Raindrops, and more.
Children's tables will also be set up here. They will have alternating tablecloths, and table ware in the combined colors of Barney and Friends. I will have framed Barney pictures on the tables, as well as mini Barney centerpieces. There will also be candy displays. I'll be using ring pops as holders for the napkins. The chair backs will a Barney and friends photo with large purple ribbon threaded through it.
Alright this is part one outline for this party, I'll be posting part two tomorrow! Don't want to do information overload!!
Friday, April 20, 2012
A Mad Hatter's Baby Shower
I figured I'd post a few pictures of past parties that I have done. This was A Mad Hatter's Tea Party for a baby shower, but could easily be for any kind of event that you are planning.
Invites
The cake
Favors
Table Setting
Invites
The cake
Decorations
Chunky Monkey/Jungle Party Outline Overview
So I just realized that with posting everything, I haven't posted the actual outlines of the parties. I've almost completed them, so this still might be a little incomplete.
A Chunky Monkey Party
-Invites-
I'm still playing around with the invitations for this paper. I showed you the paper and bamboo that I will be using in an earlier post, but I haven't quite made up my mind. I really want the outside of the invitation to be a Monkey Face, and then on the back have the printed party information, but I'm not sure if that will even fit in an envelope!
But the lettering will go something like the following:
Join us in the Jungle
Where monkey's see and monkey's do
And there you'll find "Child's name" too!
So, swing on over for some fun
Our chunky monkey is turning one!
Then under that you post the party information.
I am also going to include a mini banana nut loaf with each parent's invitation. For the children, I will probably include a monkey shaped cupcake, made with nilla cookies.
-Decorations-
I had a picture in my head of how I wanted the Jungle to look, and so the first thing I did was draw my house in sections, by decorations. I came up with a sketch for the front yard, the backyard, and the inside of the house. Trust me, I am definitely no artist, so you don't have to be an artist to do this, but you will be glad you did! Just remember the only person that is going to see the sketches is you!
-On the inside of the house-
I am going to set up a craft table, island medic, safari shoppe, and customs station. I will explain more of these under the Activities category. From my chandelier, I am going to hang tons, and tons of brown vines, green vines, and so forth from all corners of the room. I will have a lot of them hanging down. I want it to look very much like a jungle. I may put a jungle scene setter on the walls if I can find one. I'm also going to have tons of monkeys hiding, and swinging in the vines.
-The front of the house-
I'm going to have a balloon display on both sides of my drive way. On each end of the front porch I will have a palm tree. I am making these palm trees, so I'll be posting a tutorial for those later. In the middle of the palm trees, I am hanging a huge banner that will read "Welcome to Victoria's Outpost". I'm going to hang more vines from one palm tree to the other, and hang a monkey on there.
Also, all over the front yard, I'm going to have signs saying different things like "It's a Jungle in Der" "Beware the monkey mischief". On both sides of my garage, I am going to draw and paint a gigantic snake that will be slithering down the side.
-The backyard-
This is where the actual safari will be. I'm going to have six stations, with four obstacles along the way. I will describe this by sections. It's also important to remember, that all throughout the backyard, there will be tons and tons of palm trees, with swinging monkeys, lions, giraffes, etc, as well as tons of vines hanging between the trees and stations.
Butterfly Meadow
I am decorating this section with all kinds of butterflies, store bought ones, and home made ones (out of pipe cleaners, and magazine pictures, i'll post a tutorial on those later as well) I will also be scattering around tons of tropical flowers among the butterflies.
Here, there will be a small children's table with all sorts of different paint and paint brushes, along with butterfly sun catchers and here each child will get to paint their own.
Fish Pond
This is going to be a child's swimming pool that I have set up, that will have crocodiles and turtles in it. I'm also going to be putting those huge river rocks in it.
Here the children will have to fish a gold coin out, which they will have to return to Treasure Trove when they get there!
Campsite
Here, I'm going to set up a mini play tent, camping gear, and scatter plastic lizards everywhere. The children will have to catch the lizards to get there sticker.
Treasure Trove
Here I'm going to have tons of treasure chests full of gems, gold coins, etc. They will have to drop their gold coin into one of the unlocked treasure chests to receive their sticker for this section.
Tiger Den
I'm going to have a huge stuffed tiger sitting among the grass here, and in order to get their sticker, they will have to sing their favorite song to the tiger so that he falls back asleep.
Dragon Fly Hollow
I'm going to have butterfly nets on the ground here, and the children will have to go back through the safari, and catch one of the dragonfly's in their net, and return them back to their home here in Dragon Fly Hollow.
-The Obstacles-
I'm putting an obstacle between each of the stations.
-The Bug Pit-
I will have lots and lots of plastic bugs sitting on the ground, crawling on dirt, etc. I'm also going to be making stepping stones, and painting them. The children will have to avoid walking on the bugs by walking on the stepping stones.
-The Wooden Bridge-
I am going to have tons and tons of snakes, some rubber, some home made, as well hanging spiders and spider web and the children will have to walk across the bridge to avoid the snakes, and duck low to avoid the spiders!
(This will be on the way to treasure trove)
-Trunks-
Here I am just going to cover boxes with brown butcher paper to make them look like huge boulders that the children have to crawl over.
-Bat Tunnel-
I have been calling around for large appliance boxes (Refrigerator, washer, stove, etc) and I have come up with a couple. I've found appliance stores are more than willing to give you their large boxes! I am going to paint the refrigerator box black, and on the inside hang bats.
On top of the refrigerator box, I am going to be stacking diaper boxes that I have been saving, because my goal is for it to be a Fuming Volcano. I'm going to cover the entire thing with black garden tarp. At the top of the volcano, I'm going to have a bucket with dry ice and water, for the "fuming effect". I'll tape the black garden tarp on the inside, so that the bucket doesn't show. This should be amazing.
-Quick Sand-
The last obstacle is the quick sand, which I'm going to have the sand box, and have lots of little action toys that look like they are sinking by the Quick Sand effect. I'm not sure yet what I'm going to have the kids do to get around this though.
-Other MISC. decorations-
moss,
a mini tiki hut,
other misc jungle animals (a few here and there, don't want them to over run the Monkey Theme, but I do want them present, the lion, zebra, giraffe, and especially the elephant)
signs - "Do not feed the animals" "Welcome to the African Jungle" "Wild Animals" "Monkey Hangout"
banana's EVERYWHERE, going to use these as weights for the balloons
-Activities-
Outpost Station- This is where the craft table, customs, safari shoppe, island medic, and camouflage stations will be.
At the craft table, I'm going to have tons of 4x8 pre cut cards on card stock with this cute little poem, and a circle for the child's hand print. I don't want to say too much on this, because I will be having a tutorial when I make Tori's for a sample.
Then they will go to the island medic, which they will receive a malari pill (red jelly bean in a small white cup labeled Malaria pill) and a typhoid shot (fake toy set)
At the customs stations, each child will receive a passport, and get their photo taken and put into the passport. It will also get stamped, and then they will receive their Monkey Money, which they can take to the safari shoppe, and camouflage stations.
At the safari shoppe, they will be able to purchase their survival kits, which will include a pith hat, jungle safari guide, bug juice, the older children will receive a disposable camera for on the safari, the younger children will receive a play camera, binoculars
Then they will go to the camouflage station, where they can get their face painted like a tiger, etc.
-Games-
The Monkey Dance- Going to tie a yellow balloon to child's ankle and each child has to protect their "banana-yellow balloon" while trying to pop the other's. This should be hilarious, and a great photo op
Guess the Animal Sound
Find The Jungle Animals- each child will be given 3 or 4 pictures, and they will have to find the stuffed animal that matches the picture somewhere in the safari.
I will have a ball pit set up for the young ones, the birthday girl included!
Pin the banana on the Monkey's Mouth
Also At Treasure Trove in the Safari, there is going to be a Treasure Hunt in one of the treasure chests. Each child will receive their first clue, to lead them to their treasure, (not sure what this will be yet!" It will be based on the age too, for example, my almost three year old's clues would be pictures, not words, ie: a picture of the slide"
At fish pond, I will have pictures of crocodiles laminated, which I will glue on yard sticks, and each child will receive 10 water balloons, and will have to try and hit them. (Kids love water, so I always try to incorporate something like this into the party)
-Food-
I will be making a meat tray, cheese tray, and toppings tray for the adults to make their sandwiches. For the meat tray, I'll be having ham, salami, turkey, and pepperoni. For the cheese tray, american, Colby, and pepper jack cheese. For the toppings tray, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles, peppercinis. I'll also be making pasta salad, and macaroni salad.
For the children, I'm going to have PB and J sandwiches cut into jungle animal shapes, monkey macaroni and cheese, cheetah cheese sandwiches, as well as
Baboon Butter with graham cracker sticks (mix peanut butter, chocolate chips and bananas)
Gorilla Eyes- Fruit Skewers made of grapes, with a strawberry at the end
Jungle on a log- Celery sticks with peanut butter
Cheese log- I'm going to form this into the shape of a snake
Monkey Bread
Different kinds of chips, different kinds of veggies with different dips
Dessert- I'm going to set up a Banana Split Bar, with vanilla, chocolate, strawberry ice cream, and all kinds of different toppings, hot fudge, caramel, sprinkles, bananas, whipped cream, etc. I'm also going to set out cups of jello, that have worms and dirt(crushed oreos) and of course cake. I'm almost finished designing the cake with the baker, so I'll be posting pictures of that later.
Drink- I'm going to be making Jungle Juice, and I will have Bug Juices for the kids. I'm going to be freezing ice cubes with raisins inside.
Most of this stuff I'm making all myself, to keep the budget down. Sorry this post was so long! The Candy Land outline coming soon!
A Chunky Monkey Party
-Invites-
I'm still playing around with the invitations for this paper. I showed you the paper and bamboo that I will be using in an earlier post, but I haven't quite made up my mind. I really want the outside of the invitation to be a Monkey Face, and then on the back have the printed party information, but I'm not sure if that will even fit in an envelope!
But the lettering will go something like the following:
Join us in the Jungle
Where monkey's see and monkey's do
And there you'll find "Child's name" too!
So, swing on over for some fun
Our chunky monkey is turning one!
Then under that you post the party information.
I am also going to include a mini banana nut loaf with each parent's invitation. For the children, I will probably include a monkey shaped cupcake, made with nilla cookies.
-Decorations-
I had a picture in my head of how I wanted the Jungle to look, and so the first thing I did was draw my house in sections, by decorations. I came up with a sketch for the front yard, the backyard, and the inside of the house. Trust me, I am definitely no artist, so you don't have to be an artist to do this, but you will be glad you did! Just remember the only person that is going to see the sketches is you!
-On the inside of the house-
I am going to set up a craft table, island medic, safari shoppe, and customs station. I will explain more of these under the Activities category. From my chandelier, I am going to hang tons, and tons of brown vines, green vines, and so forth from all corners of the room. I will have a lot of them hanging down. I want it to look very much like a jungle. I may put a jungle scene setter on the walls if I can find one. I'm also going to have tons of monkeys hiding, and swinging in the vines.
-The front of the house-
I'm going to have a balloon display on both sides of my drive way. On each end of the front porch I will have a palm tree. I am making these palm trees, so I'll be posting a tutorial for those later. In the middle of the palm trees, I am hanging a huge banner that will read "Welcome to Victoria's Outpost". I'm going to hang more vines from one palm tree to the other, and hang a monkey on there.
Also, all over the front yard, I'm going to have signs saying different things like "It's a Jungle in Der" "Beware the monkey mischief". On both sides of my garage, I am going to draw and paint a gigantic snake that will be slithering down the side.
-The backyard-
This is where the actual safari will be. I'm going to have six stations, with four obstacles along the way. I will describe this by sections. It's also important to remember, that all throughout the backyard, there will be tons and tons of palm trees, with swinging monkeys, lions, giraffes, etc, as well as tons of vines hanging between the trees and stations.
Butterfly Meadow
I am decorating this section with all kinds of butterflies, store bought ones, and home made ones (out of pipe cleaners, and magazine pictures, i'll post a tutorial on those later as well) I will also be scattering around tons of tropical flowers among the butterflies.
Here, there will be a small children's table with all sorts of different paint and paint brushes, along with butterfly sun catchers and here each child will get to paint their own.
Fish Pond
This is going to be a child's swimming pool that I have set up, that will have crocodiles and turtles in it. I'm also going to be putting those huge river rocks in it.
Here the children will have to fish a gold coin out, which they will have to return to Treasure Trove when they get there!
Campsite
Here, I'm going to set up a mini play tent, camping gear, and scatter plastic lizards everywhere. The children will have to catch the lizards to get there sticker.
Treasure Trove
Here I'm going to have tons of treasure chests full of gems, gold coins, etc. They will have to drop their gold coin into one of the unlocked treasure chests to receive their sticker for this section.
Tiger Den
I'm going to have a huge stuffed tiger sitting among the grass here, and in order to get their sticker, they will have to sing their favorite song to the tiger so that he falls back asleep.
Dragon Fly Hollow
I'm going to have butterfly nets on the ground here, and the children will have to go back through the safari, and catch one of the dragonfly's in their net, and return them back to their home here in Dragon Fly Hollow.
-The Obstacles-
I'm putting an obstacle between each of the stations.
-The Bug Pit-
I will have lots and lots of plastic bugs sitting on the ground, crawling on dirt, etc. I'm also going to be making stepping stones, and painting them. The children will have to avoid walking on the bugs by walking on the stepping stones.
-The Wooden Bridge-
I am going to have tons and tons of snakes, some rubber, some home made, as well hanging spiders and spider web and the children will have to walk across the bridge to avoid the snakes, and duck low to avoid the spiders!
(This will be on the way to treasure trove)
-Trunks-
Here I am just going to cover boxes with brown butcher paper to make them look like huge boulders that the children have to crawl over.
-Bat Tunnel-
I have been calling around for large appliance boxes (Refrigerator, washer, stove, etc) and I have come up with a couple. I've found appliance stores are more than willing to give you their large boxes! I am going to paint the refrigerator box black, and on the inside hang bats.
On top of the refrigerator box, I am going to be stacking diaper boxes that I have been saving, because my goal is for it to be a Fuming Volcano. I'm going to cover the entire thing with black garden tarp. At the top of the volcano, I'm going to have a bucket with dry ice and water, for the "fuming effect". I'll tape the black garden tarp on the inside, so that the bucket doesn't show. This should be amazing.
-Quick Sand-
The last obstacle is the quick sand, which I'm going to have the sand box, and have lots of little action toys that look like they are sinking by the Quick Sand effect. I'm not sure yet what I'm going to have the kids do to get around this though.
-Other MISC. decorations-
moss,
a mini tiki hut,
other misc jungle animals (a few here and there, don't want them to over run the Monkey Theme, but I do want them present, the lion, zebra, giraffe, and especially the elephant)
signs - "Do not feed the animals" "Welcome to the African Jungle" "Wild Animals" "Monkey Hangout"
banana's EVERYWHERE, going to use these as weights for the balloons
-Activities-
Outpost Station- This is where the craft table, customs, safari shoppe, island medic, and camouflage stations will be.
At the craft table, I'm going to have tons of 4x8 pre cut cards on card stock with this cute little poem, and a circle for the child's hand print. I don't want to say too much on this, because I will be having a tutorial when I make Tori's for a sample.
Then they will go to the island medic, which they will receive a malari pill (red jelly bean in a small white cup labeled Malaria pill) and a typhoid shot (fake toy set)
At the customs stations, each child will receive a passport, and get their photo taken and put into the passport. It will also get stamped, and then they will receive their Monkey Money, which they can take to the safari shoppe, and camouflage stations.
At the safari shoppe, they will be able to purchase their survival kits, which will include a pith hat, jungle safari guide, bug juice, the older children will receive a disposable camera for on the safari, the younger children will receive a play camera, binoculars
Then they will go to the camouflage station, where they can get their face painted like a tiger, etc.
-Games-
The Monkey Dance- Going to tie a yellow balloon to child's ankle and each child has to protect their "banana-yellow balloon" while trying to pop the other's. This should be hilarious, and a great photo op
Guess the Animal Sound
Find The Jungle Animals- each child will be given 3 or 4 pictures, and they will have to find the stuffed animal that matches the picture somewhere in the safari.
I will have a ball pit set up for the young ones, the birthday girl included!
Pin the banana on the Monkey's Mouth
Also At Treasure Trove in the Safari, there is going to be a Treasure Hunt in one of the treasure chests. Each child will receive their first clue, to lead them to their treasure, (not sure what this will be yet!" It will be based on the age too, for example, my almost three year old's clues would be pictures, not words, ie: a picture of the slide"
At fish pond, I will have pictures of crocodiles laminated, which I will glue on yard sticks, and each child will receive 10 water balloons, and will have to try and hit them. (Kids love water, so I always try to incorporate something like this into the party)
-Food-
I will be making a meat tray, cheese tray, and toppings tray for the adults to make their sandwiches. For the meat tray, I'll be having ham, salami, turkey, and pepperoni. For the cheese tray, american, Colby, and pepper jack cheese. For the toppings tray, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles, peppercinis. I'll also be making pasta salad, and macaroni salad.
For the children, I'm going to have PB and J sandwiches cut into jungle animal shapes, monkey macaroni and cheese, cheetah cheese sandwiches, as well as
Baboon Butter with graham cracker sticks (mix peanut butter, chocolate chips and bananas)
Gorilla Eyes- Fruit Skewers made of grapes, with a strawberry at the end
Jungle on a log- Celery sticks with peanut butter
Cheese log- I'm going to form this into the shape of a snake
Monkey Bread
Different kinds of chips, different kinds of veggies with different dips
Dessert- I'm going to set up a Banana Split Bar, with vanilla, chocolate, strawberry ice cream, and all kinds of different toppings, hot fudge, caramel, sprinkles, bananas, whipped cream, etc. I'm also going to set out cups of jello, that have worms and dirt(crushed oreos) and of course cake. I'm almost finished designing the cake with the baker, so I'll be posting pictures of that later.
Drink- I'm going to be making Jungle Juice, and I will have Bug Juices for the kids. I'm going to be freezing ice cubes with raisins inside.
Most of this stuff I'm making all myself, to keep the budget down. Sorry this post was so long! The Candy Land outline coming soon!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Peanuts by Paper Mache
Ok so for the Candy Land section Peanut Acres, I am making giant peanuts, which I have done by paper mache. All you need is:
balloons
sytrofoam bowls
brown paint
a paint brush
paper towels
newspaper to lay down
a cup with water for your paint brush
a needle or something sharp
For the paper mache-
newspaper strips cut about a half inch wide
Flour 1 part
Water 2 parts
Alright the first step is to blow up the balloons so that they will fit inside the bowls. You will then want to mix your paper mache paste, which is one cup flour, two cups water. It will create a paste. You will need two balloons, and two bowls to create each peanut.
Then you are going to paper mache each of the balloons seperately. You do this by placing one newspaper strip into the paste and wrapping it around the balloon. You don't want there to be excessive paste on the newspaper strip, so if there is, just take your fingers and run it down the newspaper strip to get the excess off.
I did two complete layers of paper mache, per balloon. Then you are going to set those aside and let them dry for 24 hours. Once you are sure that the balloons have dried, you are going to want to enter a needle, or something sharp to carefully pop the balloon. Then you are going to place both balloons into the styrofoam plates, with their tips facing each other.
After you have done this, you are going to want to paper mache the entire thing, so you will need extra long newspaper strips for this part. You will want to do extra strips in the middle so that it holds it together like a peanut shell.
Then you are going to let that dry for 24 hours, and it should look like this.
This is where you are going to paint the peanut. I used brown acrylic paint in coffee bean, but you can use any brown paint that you like. 
Or if you want colorful peanut shells, you can use bright colors. You want to make sure you paint both sides, and then you are going to let it dry, and there you have it, giant peanut shells, which I am going to shatter along Peanut Acres with my peanut bushes (coming later) and Gramma Nuts House.
balloons
sytrofoam bowls
brown paint
a paint brush
paper towels
newspaper to lay down
a cup with water for your paint brush
a needle or something sharp
For the paper mache-
newspaper strips cut about a half inch wide
Flour 1 part
Water 2 parts
Alright the first step is to blow up the balloons so that they will fit inside the bowls. You will then want to mix your paper mache paste, which is one cup flour, two cups water. It will create a paste. You will need two balloons, and two bowls to create each peanut.
Then you are going to paper mache each of the balloons seperately. You do this by placing one newspaper strip into the paste and wrapping it around the balloon. You don't want there to be excessive paste on the newspaper strip, so if there is, just take your fingers and run it down the newspaper strip to get the excess off.
Then you are going to let that dry for 24 hours, and it should look like this.
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