Thrifty Thursday........Rose bud pinata

After looking at all the piñata choices at the store ( & their prices!) I decided to make my own for my daughters party. I can't justify spending $20 or more for something they're just just going to destroy!!

All you need is news paper, white glue, a balloon, streamers, green tissue, tape and some strong string.

Blow up the balloon & tie the string to it. Tear up news paper into small pieces. Mix equal parts of white glue and water in a small bowl. With a paint brush wipe glue on the balloon, then press the news paper on to it. Continue layering glue & paper until the balloon is completely covered. Make sure you leave a small open space on the balloon so you can have a way to fill it with candy! Let dry for 24 hours. If when dry you feel it needs to be stronger, add a second coat of glue & paper. Let completely dry again. Then pop the balloon inside.

Gather your prizes and candy & put it in the hole that was left open.

Now its time to decorate!

(You may want to reinforce where the string is tied, so when the kids hit it, it won’t drop to the floor! I just used some packaging tape.)

I just used some streamers, green tissue, and tape. Tape the end of the streamer to the top. Roll the streamer around gathering & taping as you go.

When you’ve reached the bottom gather some green tissue & tape it to the bottom.

That’s it!  Total cost for this project $9.50 .....$1 for streamers & $1 tissue(with lots of both left over for the party) , 50 cents for the glue, $6.99 for 2 1/2 lb bag of candy & prizes, and the news paper - free!

Now look out …..the kids will be knocking you down to get their chance to hit it!!
 

Princess Party!

This past week I spent every moment I had available working on my daughters birthday party. She turned 6 and had her heart set on a “Princess” party with a “fancy” lunch! What is a fancy lunch for 6 yr old girls you ask?

Mac and cheese & hot dogs of course!! That was the easy part of this party :)

Games, rainbow cupcakes, Barbie princess cake, rose bud piñata, giant paper carnations were just a few of the things I had to make on my list last week. Oh & not to mention we decided to move the party in to the basement the day before since the weather called for scattered storms and a high of 90 degrees on Saturday! So I spent Friday night cleaning up, decorating the basement in between making the Barbie cake & all the last minute details.

Over the week I’ll share a few of the fun projects I did for the party, but for now here’s a few snapshots of the day………

One of the most fun games we played was "dress up for the ball" game.You should have heard the giggles!!

After all the work & all the fun I was so tired by the end of the day!

But it was totally worth it!

That face says it all .......