A Party and a Freebie!

Well it is good to be back to blogging after a busy few days. My twins turned seven and we had their birthday party over the weekend. My girls chose to have a “rock star diva” themed party and it was a lot of fun to do and I really liked the results! I used the Rock and Roll and Zebra Party Printable freebie kits on this party. We had the shin-dig in the backyard so I took advantage of what was there already. I cleaned the kids’ clubhouse and turned it into a “Tattoo Parlor” and face painting station:

I painted the kids faces and while they waited they could apply rock ‘n roll themed temporary tattoos to themselves. I also had a stash of glam necklaces they could wear and some microphones and inflatable “air guitars” for them to grab and play with. I made the pinata hanging outside the tattoo parlor out of a cardboard box and crepe paper, I’ll post a tutorial on that tomorrow.

We had 15 kids come to the party and they each took 3 swings and it wasn’t until they were on their second turn that it broke apart!

I borrowed an industrial snow cone maker from a friend and it was the hit of the party. I had a hard time finding snow cone syurp so I went to Bed Bath & Beyond and bought chef’s condiment bottles then went to the grocery store and got 100% juice concentrate (the kind in the frozen cans) and filled the bottles with the juice concentrate. They were the best snow-cones I have ever tasted!

I used the water bottle labels in the freebie kit to label the snow-cone  flavors. I used packing tape to laminate the labels so my inkjet printer ink would not run when it got wet, and trust me it would have!

I also used packing tape over the labels on the glass water pitchers. I had looked for glass pitchers with a spigot on the side for a long time and do you know where I found them? Big Lots! And they were a steal at $10 each, I’d grab some now if you want them because they might be seasonal.

I couldnt resist grabbing my camera when the kids all tried to get on the teeter-totter at once (no, I did not put them up to it just to get a good scrapbook photo) how funny!

It is nice to have a pop up canopy over the food table, it keeps leaves from falling in the food and it keeps the sun from heating it up too much AND it provided a decorating opportunity! My friend Glenna found this awesome guitar trim for me and I simply clipped it to the fabric of the canopy with clothespins. I taped 3 balloons to each of the posts and I hung nine paper chandeliers (that I cut with my die cutter) to the metal supports with fishing line.

I like to find decorations that will do double duty and these black chandeliers look glam for a rock party but will also look spooky next month when I decorate for Halloween. I used poster board to cut the chandeliers, it was 50 cents a 22″x28″ sheet at the Dollar Tree and I got 2 chandeliers from each sheet. I used the Summer in Paris Cricut cartridges (I bought it well before my ban on buying provocraft products started in June but I bought it so I am darn well using it LOL!) I will warn you that you need to cut this large and you need poster board or very heavy cardstock (Bazzill was not heavy enough) to make them sturdy. I used a decorative cart to hold the gifts as they came in and it added to the decor.

I did a bit of decorating in my front yard too. I made the double-sided banner from the freebie kit and folded it over our dog-run in the front yard. Of course this would not be a good idea if you needed to use your dog-run but Hazel, our 3-year-old retriever is good so she can roam free so our dog run is purely decorative haha 😉 Also we pit the traditional balloons on the mailbox.

I made the guitar favor boxes using the SVG file in the Rock and Roll party kit but I left off the handle so I could fit more inside. I am trying to get away from putting crappy toys and too much candy in my favor bags (especially since we had a pinata) so here is what I put inside: nail polish, all natural fruit snacks, tattoos, a large glam cocktail ring, a ring pop, sunglasses and a little game in leu if the nail polish for the boys.

The kids had a great time and the only complaint from my girls was that the party was too short! Oh, I forgot to mention that I let the kids have a snowball fight with the leftover snow-cone “snow” after the party…good times;) Here is a look at the kits I used:

And here is a look at the invitations I posted a couple of weeks ago, I think it is fun to give a hint of what to expect on the invite:

Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!