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Spiderman Birthday Party

September 27, 2019~ Etc., PARTY

Learn how to throw this Spiderman party, keep reading below!

All the links to the printables are at the bottom of this post.

My son really wanted an at-home birthday party, even though I tried to push for an outside party like Nickel City where I don’t have to prep or clean up and just have to bring cake and some vegetables and fruit and the place serves pizza and drinks.

So I hired my 10 year old daughter as my assistant as we went shopping together and she made the 3-D buildings and also the Spiderman! The spiderman she added was done at the very last minute, when I told her I felt like something was missing. Then she went and printed a black and white Spiderman and attached it to a white string and it was perfect! I would have never thought of that myself so I was so impressed with her creativity.

We got most of the party supplies from Zurchers but all the links are at the bottom of this post.

Spider web printables one | two

Using 3 black foam boards, I traced a cityscape with a pencil, then cut it with an exacto knife. For the buildings, we used the 12-pk. soda can boxes and covered it in paper, then added windows.

We had to have a lot of fruit and vegetables for the Superheroes that came to our party!

Bagel bite pizzas were a huge hit

I made the black spider web for the centerpiece with black construction paper, using this tutorial

We played 3 games for the Spiderman party. The first game was we set up a security system with red crepe paper streamers where each Superhero had to go through the “red lasers” without touching or breaking it.

The second game was a “Spiderman web shooting fight” where each Superhero got a web shooter(silly string covered in Webshooter printables one | two) and had to fight each other. Team one got red, team two got the blue web shooters.

The third game was a pinata, of course! As requested by my 6-year old because what kid doesn’t love a pinata?

buy Spiderman loot bags here

I made sure to mix in a lot of toys along with candy in the pinata.

After the games, he opened all the presents. The kids love this part of the party as much as the birthday kid. The cutest part was when my son’s little crush asked him, “Why aren’t you opening my present?”, without skipping a beat my son said, “I am saving the best for last.” A smooth operator!

Then we finished the party with his favorite cake, an Oreo ice-cream cake. His older sister has had this same cake for her birthday parties every year in the last 5 years and it’s his favorite too. Easy for me since I didn’t have to make it!

Table decor:

Red tassel banner/blue tassel banner (the tassels are pre-strung so I took the tassels off and combined both color tassels in one-string together)

Red rock candy

Cityscapes – I used 3 black foam boards and traced a cityscape with a pencil, then cut it using exacto knife

Buildings – using 12-pk. soda can boxes, we covered it in paper and added windows

Spiderman in action – printed a Spiderman in b/w and tied a white string to the top of the building

Spiderman party package printables for water bottle wrappers, food labels and cupcake toppers(but they have a ton of other printables like banners, thank you tags, mini favor bags)

Webshooter printables one | two

Spider web printables one | two

Pinata:

Pinata from Zurchers

Spiderman loot bags

Spiderman yo-yo’s

Spiderman mega mix party favors

All the Spiderman decor, tablecloths, silly strings, tabelcloths, Spiderman utensils and plates, pinata toys and candy are from Zurchers. They have SO much more in store than what’s listed on the website, I love going into the store, they have so many cute stuff and it’s a one-stop-shop for all party things. Thank you to Zurcher’s for providing all the party supplies!

Back to School Party DIY

August 24, 2019~ EAT, FAMILY, PARTY

This post is sponsored by Walmart. Thank you for supporting this blog!

Fun Back to School Party Ideas

Every year it seems the Summer break goes by faster than the previous Summer. And this Summer was no exception for us! We were gone for almost a month on vacation(Hawaii for the kids, Japan and Hawaii for me and Jay) and came back on the last day of July and just as we were getting used to the jet lag, school started a week later!

To help get the kids excited about going back to school, I throw a back to school party every year.

It’s usually a lot more simple than this one but I wanted to make it extra pretty and fancy to give you some fun ideas you can implement for your own back to school party.

I got all the red paper plates/cups/fork utensils/polka dot napkins from Walmart. Using a green foam adhesive sheet, I got out the apple stem. For the name place card, I wrote in cursive on a name tag sticker and attached it to black construction paper. The place mat you see is a white board turned upside down!

During the party, the kids also get their school supplies, and their new backpack for the new school year. I also like to throw in a few items that are not a part of their school supply list such as glitter glue and a little toy.

We have been shopping at Walmart for their back to school supplies ever since my oldest started Kindergarten, so that’s going on 7 years!

The reason why we shop here every year is because getting every item checked off from your back to school shopping list can be very overwhelming and time consuming but I love that Walmart has everything we need at one place so I don’t need to visit multiple stores to get all of our back to school shopping done.

Don’t make fun of my poor attempt at calligraphy, I just had to get this black board stand because it was so cute. Get the black board here and the white chalk here. The wooden pencil case and colored pencils were a gift from a family member.

My 10 year old daughter helped me with the decorations, she made the giant ruler out of kraft paper, sticker numbers and a black permanent marker. I think she did an awesome job!

This was my first attempt at a charcuterie board. I am happy with how it turned out! I made the board with a bunch of their favorite snacks that they take to school, such as chocolate pudding, fruit, gold fish, peanut butter pretzels, banana chips and cinnamon sugar almonds.

I got this free cupcake printable here. A lot of my decor for this party was inspired by this blog so I’d like to thank them for throwing such a cute party!

The green book worms are are so easy to make! All you need is green grapes, wooden skewers, writing icing, and mini-chocolate chips for the eyes. Make sure to wash and dry the grapes before putting on the eyes so they don’t droop down.

The welcome back to school sign printable can be found here. There’s a ton of other printables offered when you click on it. Then to make the sign, just tape the back of the printable on a lollipop stick.

The kids each got to pick out a backpack from Walmart and it was fun to see what kind of backpacks they picked out.

My oldest picked a camouflage sequin backpack because she said camouflage prints are neutral so they go with anything but yet the sequins make it fun and give it an extra personality.

My second child picked out a Captain Marvel backpack because she said not only is Captain Marvel super cool, she is the only girl superhero in all the Marvel movies. Talk about girl power!

Then my youngest picked out a rocket ship backpack that has a circle window and even wings.

They have so many other cute styles and variety of options to choose from, I think any kid is sure to find a style of backpack or stationeries that they love, not to mention at amazing prices.

Walmart makes it super easy to shop with options to purchase in-stores, online, pick-up and also a Free 2-Day or Next Day Delivery. Click here to shop back to school supplies at Walmart.

I hope you enjoyed this back to school party, let me know in the comments if you’d like to implement any of the ideas into your own party! And if you have any back to school traditions you do with your family, I’d love to hear it to get some new ideas!

Minecraft Birthday Party

August 24, 2018~ PARTY

I was all down to throw my son’s 5th birthday party at Nickel City. This is what I did for my daughter for her 9th birthday earlier this year and my son told me during her party that he wanted the same party. Awesome! I thought. There was no setting-up, decorating, planning, or cleaning, I just brought the birthday cake, drinks, pizza, grapes, vegetable dish and called it good!

Then one month before his birthday he changed his mind. He wanted a Minecraft party. We didn’t throw him a birthday party last year because my dad had a stroke on the month of my son’s birthday and then passed away about a week after my son’s birthday. So I was more than happy to throw him one even though it’s a lot more work!

Most of these party supplies are from Zurchers, they were kind enough to give me a discount on their party supplies.

We played 3 games and I kept the games simple. The first game was to throw the ball inside the holes to get points. My 9-year old daughter made the poster and we used some toy balls in our home to throw.

Then dodge ball, baby! I purchased these balls from a grocery store and my daughters colored the faces in with a black permanent marker.

Then the last game is a TNT pinata! I stuffed a lot of it with crackers and toys, so it wasn’t all candy.

Then the birthday boy requested an Ezy Roller for his birthday, it’s his absolute favorite, have you seen them?

He saw it at a toy store and test-rode it and loved it so much, he’s been begging me to get it for him. He didn’t know he was getting it for his birthday so he was ecstatic. I love that it lasts from toddler years all the way to age 14 and up, with their extra extender metal bars. I asked Ezy Roller if they could give you guys a discount and they graciously agreed! If you click this link: Ezy Roller, a 15% off discount code will be automatically applied. Or you can use code: SARAHTYAU15 for the 15% off discount. This discount code for Ezy Roller never expires!

FINDING DORY BIRTHDAY PARTY

December 1, 2016~ PARTY

My Gathre maxi in mint made a perfect “Under the Water Bubble”. I want their playmats in every color, we use it all the time! It wipes off easily and doesn’t stain and is waterproof.

His sisters worked all day to put on this puppet show for him and his friends for the party. Isn’t it the sweetest?

They also made a “Pin the tentacle on Hank” that I forgot to take a photo of.

Our last activity was Finding Dory | Make Your Own Aquarium from Seedling. They have the cutest ready-to-craft boxes such as make your own butterfly wings, bow & arrow, or paddle boat, and their new line, Design your own Disney kits such as Tangled | Make Your Own Magical Hairbrush, Alice in Wonderland| Design Your Own Tea Party Set, and Lion King | Circle of Life Drums. See the whole Disney collection here. This was a huge hit at the party and all the moms were asking me where I got this because it was so cute!

Everything you need comes in the box. I am not “The Craft Mom’ who does crafts with her kids because it stresses me out thinking about getting all the necessary supplies I need to get but this I can definitely do. So it made the party planning much easier and less stressful.

We didn’t have enough time to finish everyone’s aquariums but they kids loved it so much, especially when we poured water in it and all the beads and the sparkles swirled around the water. If you do buy this one, don’t be like me and do read the directions before the party and know that it takes about 30 mins. to warm up the clay, soft enough to shape it and make designs. Each kid took it home in their Dory bag so they could have the chance to finish it at home.

Thank you Seedling for partnering with me on this and sending me the Finding Dory | Make Your Own Aquarium!

You know what the embarrassing part is to this party? His birthday was at the end of July. I threw this party for him in November. Yikes! Hahaha. So bad, I know. I have been getting easily overwhelmed lately, more than ever before so I kept pushing it off, and also every single Saturday we had something going on! Someone else’s bday party, baptisms, family visiting, etc. It has been a busy time for us!

But our sweet boy didn’t ever mind and never whined about us not throwing him a birthday party for the 4 months. I am so grateful for his happy, upbeat nature, he makes my days so much brighter everyday. Happy belated(seriously belated) birthday, my boy! I love you so, so much.

My Daughter’s White and Gold Baptismal Party

December 4, 2015~ PARTY

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GiftDeliciously#CollectiveBias Just a few days before my daughter’s baptismal party, I got approved to throw a party using OREO cookies, and I thought how perfect! I planned on making my daughter and my husband’s favorite OREO cake balls any way! My husband isn’t too big on sweets but he loves these cake balls! We had about 8 left from the party and he didn’t even let me eat one. I’ll be sharing with you the recipe as well as how to throw this gold/white party!

Invitations designed by Kayelas Art. We’be become friends this year and she is one of the best illustrators I’ve ever seen. I mean, look at that sheer skirt of the dress! Adalie wanted the Hawaii temple in the background and I couldn’t be more happy with the invitation. Thank you so much Kayela!

These delicious coconut-cream sugar cookies are from The Fix, and turns out, the owner is Karissa, a girl I went to elementary, middle school and high school with! Such a small world!

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Food menu for my daughter’s baptism party:

Lunch: Korean BBQ kalbi, Kalua pig, rice, caesar salad, and pani popo.

Dessert: “8” shaped sugar cookies from The Fix, Coconut mochi, chocolate covered strawberries, Oreo cake pops, coconut cake, gold candies(rolo’s, caramel candies, chocolate nugget), grapes, pineapples & strawberries.

I had dreamed of making my daughter’s baptismal dress and her wedding dress. But it was so busy and I was feeling so overwhelmed. But feeling like I’d feel like a failure as a mother if I didn’t make her dress(not that if another mother doesn’t make her daughter’s dress makes her a failure, I was just putting pressure on myself since it was something I dreamed about doing for a long time!), I went to a thrift store and bought a dress to refashion, but still not loving it. Then Jesusspeakstome contacted me literally 1 1/2 weeks before the baptism and offered to send me a dress! Still feeling the mom guilt, I planned on refashioning the other dress too, and have her wear two dresses, but when I received this dress, my mom guilt was swept away because this dress is such high-quality and exquisite, there was no way I could top this dress. If I did, the materials itself would have cost so much money! I wanted to take more photos of my daughter in this beautiful dress, with natural lighting outside but it’s been so cold I wasn’t going to make her pose outside in the freezing cold! Anyway, they’re not paying me, this is really such an exquisite, well-made dress and I was so appreciative of them sending it to my daughter.

My son has been sick and as long as he was holding his OREO cake pop, he was happy!

My family is not perfect, but they’re perfect for me, and oh boy, how I love this family of mine with everything that’s in me.

How to Throw a Gold/White Party

Backdrop:

Purchased the baroque frame at Ikea, spray painted it gold. Cut out 1/2 of the white poster paper for the background and with the other 1/2 of the poster paper, using a letter A I found online, I traced the letter A with a pencil, then cut it out with an exacto knife on white poster paper, and spray painted the letter gold.
Purchased 2 gold sparkle paper at Michael’s and a 1 1/2″ inch circle puncher. Punched out the circles, then taped it to the wall using double sided tape.

Table:

Gold sequin tablecloth
Spray painted sparkling cider & root beer bottles gold, put in a single white rose with fillers.
The gold candies are rolos, werther’s caramel candies, and Hershey’s nugget.
The coconut cake was bought, the “8” shaped cookies from The Fix, cake pops, coconut mochi, and chocolate dipped strawberries are homemade.

Located right at the check out, you can purchase Chips Ahoy!, Nutter Butter, OREO Double Stuf & OREO and RITZ Crackers for 3 for $3 at Wal Mart.

White Chocolate OREO Cake Pops

Ingredients:

36 OREO cookies

1 pkg. cream cheese

16 oz. white chocolate candy melts

Gold sprinkles

Supplies:

Candy sticks

Parchment paper

Directions:

1. Crush OREO cookies. Mix with cream cheese.

2. Shape into 1″ balls. Freeze for 10 mins.

3. Stick the candy sticks into the ball and dip it in melted candy melts.

4. As soon as it’s dipped, sprinkle gold sprinkles on top.

5. Place on parchment paper and let it dry.

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I’d love to hear about your creative ideas!