Laci's 2nd Birthday -Curious George Party - 2nd Post

Here goes day two's post on Laci's 2nd Birthday Party. Today I shall cover, food, activities and decorations. Enjoy!

As far as food... let me tell you. This was the year that we tried to grill.... When you have 70+ people flowing in and out of your house... this is a BAD idea! So take it from me. Crockpot hot dogs like we did for Laci's 3rd Birthday, they are good and no one will care!

Otherwise we had chips and salsa, you see the bananas cut up in the bowl in the back (come on we had to have bananas for Curious George), crackers, dip, and I am sure other good stuff, but I don't remember.


The cake was really cute, from my favorite bakery, and over priced... Again, if you are trying to save money take it from me, do cupcakes and cute picks like we did for Laci's 3rd birthday.


Every year for her birthday we read a book to the kids and do an activity that coordinates. In this book, Curious George was in a band. So what did we do? Made tambourines of course. They were all already hot glued together, so all the kids did was decorate them with stickers.

Here is Laci with hers.


Here the kids are having a blast making theirs. You can also see crayons in the bottom of the picture. While we were waiting for kids to arrive we had coloring pages and crayons out (great for kids who don't want to do other stuff anyways. Keeps them busy). Oh, and my table is not yellow... but for the purposes that I don't want my tables destroyed, we cover them with butcher paper so that the kids can color on them, get them messy, and I can just tear the paper off at the end of the day. Awesome I promise!


My mom and her class made this for Laci. We used it for her 3rd birthday party too, but we will need a new one before next year. It got a little wind damaged this year.


Just like the Mickey decorations this year that we made with the opaque projector, there were Curious George ones all around the house. This is a nice reminder that I do need to get started on the Cat in the Hat/Dr. Seuss ones for Laci's 4th birthday party.














Anyways, for any of you that have viewed Laci's 3rd Birthday Party, you know that things were bigger and better this year. But, still I wanted to take a minute to share some of the cool and fun ideas that we had for the George Birthday Party. Hope you enjoyed!

TTFN~

Laci's 2nd Birthday Party - Curious George

I started this blog after Laci's 2nd Birthday last year. I always said I was going to share it and never got around to it, but I figured in the midst of unfinished projects now would be a good time to share it. I am going to break this down into two posts. Tomorrow will be food, some wall decorations, and activities. Today is just a quick over view and a clear shot of the outfit I made for her.

Here you will see the Man in the Yellow Hat (Uncle Tim) and Laci... hasn't she gotten so big since then?


Here is the Mantle with all sorts of Curious George books as decorations and one of our blown up George prints.


We had to have a George Bounce House...


Here you can see Laci with the big present Jake and I bought for her... but you can also see the cute outfit I made for her to wear. Isn't she just such a little cutie! I loved the cupcake shirt and the cute jeans that matched... You can't tell in this picture, but the back pockets of the jeans also had the fabric on them. They were really cute. I need to make more jeans for her like that now, since she is bigger it will be easier. Tiny clothes are hard to sew.


Check back tomorrow for a quick re-cap of the other half. Also, if you haven't seen some of her 3rd birthday party posts... take a look at them starting here as a short HI then here and here for the full recaps... her 2nd birthday party was nothing compared to the chaos we pulled of then. Also... there are tons of party prep posts if you go back further... if you want to know how to do anything, just e-mail me and ask. I will either point you in the right direction or make a new post just for you. Thanks for stopping by!

TTFN~

Candy House Tutorial

Ever wanted to do a candy house but didn't want to buy an expensive one, make the cookie part just to fail, or bought one and it fell apart? Well your in luck.. I have a solution thanks to my wonderful mother (who is a kindergarten teacher) who does this with her class every year.

Saturday night we went over to my mom's house who had all the stuff ready for Laci. Here is the candy house that Laci made this year...



Side 1:


Side 2:


How do you make this really cute little house?

Supplies:
(1) Heavy Duty Paper Plate
(2) Milk Cartons (washed out and dried)
Hot Glue Gun
Graham Crackers
Large Marshmallow
(2) Cans of Icing
Candy to decorate

Here's how it goes....

Take your Milk Cartons and hot glue them shut, then hot glue them together like this...


Take your paper plate...


And hot glue your milk cartons smack dab in the middle...


Take your graham crackers and hot glue them on the side of the house like this...


Take two more full graham crackers and hot glue them to the top like this (do this to both sides)...


Take your big marshmallow and hot glue it to the top like this (this is the chimney)...


Then ice the house (best to do this step for your little one too... I promise, the process is MUCH better if you do it for them)...

Here you see my mom using a piping bag to fill in the holes and under the roof line...


Then she would glob it on and use a knife to spread it around...


Here you can see that it by any means isn't perfect looking icing, but by the end it doesn't matter at all, you can't tell...




Then you let the kiddo decorate to their hearts content...


Here you can see some of the candy at the bottom of the picture that we had in a container that separated it out so it didn't get all mixed up...


Then when you aren't paying attention they will grab the spatula with the icing on it...


Then make sure to get a cute shot of your little tyke who is super proud of their candy house...


Enjoy and I hope you have fun making a candy house of your own to dawn your table.

TTFN~