Birthday Parties

I love to throw parties, I love to personlaize parties. You know, give it that little something extra that makes it stand out from the rest. I always say, "it is all about the presentation." I believe that is true. You don't have to spend a lot of money or buy tons of themed partyware. It is all in how you present it!

SpongeBob Luau-we had this party inside in early December, it was quite a success. We made invitations via the computer and personazlized them using Spongebob talk, referencing his blurbs to adapt to our theme. I bought Leis to give to each child upon arrival. We made a backdrop for pictures with the birthday girl. The backdrop was a plastic, blue, dollar store tablecloth we put on the wall using sticky tack (poster tack), you can also use tape. I bought clear balloons and a SpongeBob stand-up balloon, we added the number 8 (this was my daughters eighth birthday), and added little squigglys to make it look like Bikini Bottom. Each child at the party was photographed with my daughter, we sent the photographs in a thank you card to each child. The kids made SpongeBob foamie frames, I bought at Wal-mart. We played games such as a Hula Hoop contest, bubble blowing contest and hot pineapple (a take on Hot potato). I printed out various coloring pages and made a Happy Birthday sign with all the SpongeBob characters, each attendee signed it with a birthday message. Goldfish crackers to snack on before I made "Krabby Patties" (little hamburgers), and ordered the "plankton pizza" of course it would not have been complete without pineapple slices. You can find many additional luau items at your local party store, it just depends on how elaborate you want to be. The cake was a SpongeBob cake, made with a Rectangular pan, I just drew spongeBob on the cake. The ideas are endless.