For a young child who loves to draw, paint, and create, an art party is just the thing! It could be for a birthday or just anytime with friends. At our house, party preparation started early, and we usually made our own decorations. For her art-themed birthday, the birthday girl got busy decorating party hats….
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Fiesta party for young children!
Is a Fiesta party a Fiesta fiesta or a Party party? We threw a fiesta for our daughter’s 6th birthday, but you can celebrate with a fiesta anytime. Scroll down for party games geared for young children. Getting Ready Invitations and Cascarones Invitations to a fiesta-themed party were hidden inside homemade cascarones and hand-delivered. The…
Create a fun treasure hunt for young teens or preteens.
Make it memorable with some slightly awkward tasks. A birthday party for a creative, intelligent 13-year-old had to be a little outside the box, so besides flip-flop decorating (which was quite the thing back in 2006), homemade pizza, birthday cake, and presents, I made a treasure hunt for my daughter and her friends to complete….
Play with your food!
The cooking-themed party for our four-year-old daughter’s birthday was a big hit! Invitations We lucked out finding these store-bought invitations, but you could make something similar with any publishing software. Inside, along with the basic party information, our daughter personalized the invitations with cooking-themed stickers. Guests One of the secrets to this party’s success was…
My relationship with cake
Cake and I go way back. My mom made a cute elephant cake for my first birthday, using instructions from this 1959 edition book of Animal Cut-up Cakes. It was a nifty little book that showed what type of baking pans to use and how to cut the cakes into pieces and arrange them into…
Ms. Marcia's Mom-ologues 