Picture Perfect Birthday Party

 My Daughter's Birthday is Valentine's Day!

This year she wanted a camera. This theme had me thinking for a while...how to combine Birthday, Valentine's Day and Camera...

 "11 Year's in a Flash", of course! It mind seem obvious now, but it took some thought and planning!

I Love these Cake/ Cupcake toppers

They are from Bug and Boo on Etsy...they are so cute and worth ordering!

 I set up a "Photo Booth" in a corner of the house and had a few props. I ordered them from 

Paper and Cake on Etsy, printed them, cut out and glued to wooden dowels. the props were a huge hit!

 Oh Snap! 

Also in the photo booth we used a dry erase board to make Mug Shots.

These got a little out of hand...(Teenage Boys and Mug Shots is not a good combo!)

We also had some guitars from Playstation and these were a better match!

 Easy Decorations were three Old Camera's (Not Digital!) these looked cool on table.

Her gift (Camera) was given to her early, We need a camera for photo booth and other activities, read on for more ideas...

After photo booth we had a PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT!

This was a HUGE success!

We had teams of two and I made a list of 30 items from around the neighborhood and they had to photograph the item or activity I had them accomplish. 

Some ideas are team member jumping, team member in front of a yellow car, etc.

(I asked people to bring a camera prior to party)

Happy Birthday Sabrina!

p.s. I can't wait to borrow your new Camera!

xoxo

Family Scavenger Hunt Night

Family Scavenger Hunt Night!

Parties don't always revolve around cupcakes (even though they always make everything feel like a party!).

The other night I surprised my family with a "Family Scavenger Hunt"

This is easy and free!

I wrote the instructions and placed them in sealed envelopes....

each envelope gave PLACE, TIME, MEETING PLACE, AMOUNT OF ITEMS TO FIND, AND COLOR OF ITEM TO FIND...

example:

1st stop: Home Depot

time: 15 minutes

amount of items and color: 3 PINK items

                                                      

                                                      

                                                     

next was Pet Supermarket: color Purple

                                    

                                                         

                                                         

Office Depot: Blue

                                         

BJ's Warehouse Club : Green

                                        

                                                     

Target : Rainbow (this was more difficult!)

                                    

                                               

                                               

                                               

Mike Won...he got to take us to dinner!

We ended the night at a pizza restaurant and had a great Family Party Night!