Thursday, July 29, 2010
Lions and Tigers and Bears. Oh my! For the take home favors the girls each got a basket with a simple red gingham fabric square tucked in the bottom. I put their courage medal, heart necklace, and their diploma inside along with a Toto cookie.
For more pictures and ideas from the Wizard of Oz Party, click on the tag below. This photo was taken by Nicole Hill Gerulat.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too. It was a toss up on what dessert to serve for this Wizard of Oz party. The party guests were already decorating candy houses and how much sweet stuff do kids need? But in the end we decided that we had to have both the Toto cookies and the Wicked Witch of the West cupcakes: one dessert to eat at the party and one to take home for later.
These darling Toto cookies were made by A Dozen Eggs. I love the detail on every single one.
These witch cupcakes were a pain, but a local bakery came through and did everything but the cone hats. I couldn’t find chocolate ice cream cones anywhere. So to improvise we dipped the regular sugar cones in chocolate. But they were very melty outside…
Love this party? I do too. Click on the Wizard of Oz Party tag below to see more. All photos by Nicole Hill Gerulat.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Recipe: my mom’s party lemonade
Ingredients:
2 liter Sprite
1 can frozen lemonade
3 cans water
1 package kool-aid lemonade
1 cup sugar
fresh or frozen berries
lemon slices
lots of ice
Directions: Mix everything together in a large drink container. This punch is super sweet, but always a hit at a party.
For even more party ideas from this Wizard of Oz theme, click on the tag below. All photos by Nicole Hill Gerulat.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Follow the yellow brick road. This Wizard of Oz party included enough time for a picnic lunch.
The birthday girl wanted to eat macaroni and cheese, jam sandwiches and fruit. So I incorporated it all by calling the mac & cheese “Yellow Brick Road,” the heart shaped jam sandwiches referenced the Tin Man trying to earn his heart, and then of course I included a platter of fruit. The girls also drank a yummy lemonade (recipe tomorrow).
There is more of this party still to come. And don’t miss out on the past posts, click on the Wizard of Oz tag below to see it all. You know I didn’t take these pictures, right? All photos by Nicole Hll Gerulat.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Jen gave a shout out on Twitter a while back for guest posts and I jumped at the chance to be a part of what she’s got going on over at Tatertots & Jello. Don’t be fooled by the name, that girl is full of crafting, clothing refashioning and house remodeling. Go check it out. I submitted a tutorial on how to assemble a beautiful fruit tray, another idea that goes along with my Partyschool 101 series. Fruit trays are always yummy in the summer and the winter, but the fruit selection right now is amazing–making it super easy to throw together a delicious platter for summer entertaining.
Edit: A couple of people have been wondering about this, so I’ll explain. My mom helped me with this platter of fruit and she wanted to add sugar to the grapes and blueberries for the photo. I don’t normally do that, so I didn’t mention it. But if you’d like to, rinse off the fruit and roll it in a plate of sugar while the fruit is still wet. Then let the sugar and fruit dry. It’s a bit decadent for me.
Oh, and we served this fruit tray at the Wizard of Oz Party.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
We’re off to see the Wizard. After the party guests decorated their sugar cookie houses they went outside for some games. They had to earn their courage like the Cowardly Lion, their heart like the Tin Man, and their brains like the Scarecrow. For courage they had to fall back into the arms of another party guest–this was harder than it seems. To make the courage medals I wrapped peppermint patties in aluminum foil and hot glued them onto sparkly paper. I punched the “courage” tags out with a circle punch.
To earn their heart they had to do a good deed–they took some flowers over to an elderly neighbor who loves flowers. To make the heart necklaces I tied small heart charms onto thin red ribbon.
And last, to earn their brains they took a quiz about the Wizard of Oz movie. After they all “passed” the quiz I awarded them an official certificate. I used these Wizard of Oz rings from Bake it Pretty for the certificates.
After they finished the games, the girls ate lunch. I’ll show you more about that next time. For more pictures and ideas from the Wizard of Oz Party, click on the tag below. Oh, and all of the gorgeous pictures from this entire party were taken by the gorgeous Nicole Gerulat.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Ruby Slipper Invitation. This week and next I’ll be giving you all of the details for my recent Wizard of Oz party. Let’s start with the shoe invite. I saw the adorable pattern for these ruby slippers at Skip to My Lou. I bought 12 x 12 red sparkly paper and 12 x 12 blue gingham paper at my local craft store: one sheet of red sparkly per invite, one sheet of blue gingham per two invites. I traced the patterns onto the paper and cut out the shoes. Then I assembled the shoes using double sided tape.
Stay tuned. I’ll post more details about this party tomorrow.
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