Baking Party

Baking Party!

We just had a girls's play date and wanted to have a fun activity....

Baking....This could be a fun Birthday Party or an afternoon activity. This was easy to throw together, it doesn't have to have matching napkins, etc. (I happen to have an obsession with party supplies!), just round some friends up and bake.

I saw this idea from a "fancy" party...added a cupcake wrapper rose to a store bought paper chef hat (bought at Party City)

ribbon with cupcake wrappers attached by glue dots...simple and cheap

Note the "Bake and Destroy" t-shirt bought from etsy a couple of years ago!

Pink Lemonade with sliced lemons makes any day a party...

We made Layered Cookie Mixes and baked cookies...

Click here for instructions for Bakerella's Cowgirl cookies

These cookies came out perfect and make the prettiest take home gift.

We used Easter M&M's...so pretty

Yummy!

the Labels's and baking instructions from Bakerella!

The hats were a hit, they laughed at first but didn't want to take them off!

Happy Baking!

Lucky Charms Cupcakes

Lucky Charms® Cupcakes Recipe

1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow or devil's food cake mix

Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

1 container (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting

3 cups Lucky Charms® cereal

Green edible glitter

1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

2. Frost cupcakes with frosting. Top each cupcake with 2 tablespoons cereal; sprinkle with glitter.

Find more recipes at www.bettycrocker.com

St. Patrick's Day gift ideas

I love these..

This is from Bethproudfoot.blogspot.com

(Use a 3" scallop or circle punch to cut the tags and a 3/4" circle punch to cut the candy toppers.)

You can download both right here. Enjoy!

also from here cute blog...

Simply fill pretzel cellophane bags (found at Michael's) with some rainbow twizzlers and gold foil-covered chocolate coins, add a custom 3" tag, and call it done!

You can download the tags here. Enjoy!

Lucky Charms Rice Krispie Treats and Lucky Charm Facts!

St. Patrick' Day Treats

These are so yummy and easy...

3 cups Rice Krispies

2 cups Lucky Charms

10 ounces of Marshmallows

1/4 cup margarine or butter 

melt marshmallows and margarine in microwave (aprox 2 minutes)

mix in cereal mixture and spread in 13 x 9 greased pan.

Cool and enjoy!

The Marshmallow Line-Up

When Lucky Charms was launched it had 4 marshmallow (marbit) shapes. They were pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers. The lineup has changed often over the years, with marshmallow sizes and colors changing frequently. Here is a list of when certain marbits made their first appearances:

1975 – Blue Diamonds

1984 – Purple Horseshoes

1986 – Whales

1989 – Red Balloons

1992 – Rainbows

1994 – Pots of Gold

1996 – Leprechaun Hats

1998 – Shooting Stars

1999 – Man in the Moons

2005 – Hidden Key

2006 – Magic Mirror

2008 – Hourglasses

Theme Song

Lucky Charms has a simple theme song that I think you all know

Frosted Lucky Charms,

They’re magically delicious!

enjoy!

Love Rocks!

Happy Birthday Sabrina!

You Rock

 Rolo's

Pop Rocks! 

 Hershey Kisses xoxo

This party idea I found on Etsy from Piggy Bank Parties.

I basically re-created their creative party... (thanks Piggy Bank Parties for such a cute party!)

I like this set not only for Valentine's Day but I can see a "Rock N Roll" night in our future!

It is a printable party banner set.

I Loved it, and it was so easy to customize and use.

Click here to purchase!

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