Tall cupcakes were cute but kept tipping over! |
After several minutes, a party plan suddenly came into my mind all at once and in specific detail! We needed to do a snowman theme. I had already ordered some cheap little necklace kits with snowmen on them for an activity so I simply built around that.
Not as cute but much more stable. |
We cut the circles for the snowmen and glued them on. Teach used her star punch to make the stars and we used a regular hole punch for all the other things. I cut up some flannel scraps to make the scarves and they tied right through the bags to close them up. It was a fun craft activity and I thought they turned out really cute.
We planned our games around the snowman theme and Teach made this cute "Pin the Nose on the Snowman" game. We also had some little wooden snowmen that we turned into a ring toss game. The snowmen for free Home Depot kits and the rings were cut from lids I found on the large cans in my food storage room. We also played "Once there was a Snowman." The kids had a great time becoming "small, small, small."
We watched Frosty the Snowman and then ate our snowman cupcakes. The cupcakes were almost a disaster! I envisioned two marshmallows for each one, and that is how I originally put them together, but as you can see they started "melting" on me because the marshmallows were too heavy. Actually, I think it was the gumdrop on top that made them tip. Anyway, at the last minute I pulled each one apart and just used the top. The girls didn't care, they snarfed them down!
Do they all look melted? |
All-in-all, a fun, cheap party. I think the whole thing including my invitations cost less than $20. And it's one less thing to stress about.
4 comments:
Looks like a very fun party! I love those cute cupcakes. You're an amazing mom!
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What a fun birthday idea! Great job!!
What a neat and different birthday idea! Very cute!
What a fun party!! Very glad you had some helpers, and inspiration!!
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