We had a Fabulous time at Brianna & Bryson's birthday party. I have to say it might have been the biggest party yet! There was a total of 14 kids all dressed up in their Halloween costumes. Almost to the point of overwhelming, but not. We had good food, great cake, and some really fun games!
I allowed Brianna and Bryson both to invite 7 friends each. We had a problem with Brianna's school not letting her pass out her invitations at school. Even if we did pass one out to everyone in her class, policy says no. So I asked Brianna to get phone numbers so I could call the parents. But just imagine getting a 6 year old getting phone numbers with names, didn't work. So ended up with her secretly handing them out on the bus and before school.
A lot of the party ideas came from Pinterest. Love, Love, Love that website! All kinds if game ideas, food ideas, and decoration ideas.
When the guest arrived Bethany and her friend, Cami, would take them to the "Guess how many candy corn" table so they could guess how many candy corn was in the bottle. I used a big coffee creamer bottle. Worked out great!
Next we ate bbq, mac & cheese, crackers, cheese, cheese balls....can you tell that my kids LOVE cheese? I bought the big container of cheese balls. I painted a pumpkin face on one side. I also bought orange soda, took the wrapper off and painted a pumpkin face on them too. I was super cute and super easy! Looking back I wish I would have had grapes. Or some kind of fruit or vegetables. Oh well, it was a party right?
Next game the games! Found a potato sack race game at party city. Kids really enjoyed doing this. Even the big kids! (talking about the husbands)
The winners got to pick out of the Halloween treasure box I got from oriental trading. Well worth the money!
Next game was pin the nose on the pumpkin. Found at walmart for $.50. Kids enjoyed this game, but took forever to get through all the kids. It was hard to choose just one winner, so I just let all the kids pick out of the treasure box.
We of course had to have a pinata! I found this at goodwill! I'm a bargain hunter, and found that if I look at goodwill and party city at the end of September I can find some great deals! Everyone enjoyed beating the candy out of the ghost! :)
CAKE TIME!! I did a flat cake with a gingerbread haunted house on top. I also make cupcakes and put a topper kid zombie topper on them. Turned out really cute! My kids enjoyed doing the gingerbread haunted house.
After the kids filled up on the cake and cupcakes we did presents. This was a very hectic time. I wanted to get a picture of the Brianna and Bryson with the person who gave them a gift. Its a lot easier when one child is opening gifts. I will have to find a better way to organize this part of the party.
For the thank you gifts we handed out a little bag of marshmallows that looked like ghost and the guest also got a big balloon that we had hung up in the tent for decoration. Killed two birds with one stone!
All in all it turned out to be a very fun, Spook-tackler Party! I'm sure this is going to be a party that the kids will never forget!
