Verjaarsdag partytjie - tema - Tea Party

Hi, hiermee foto's van my driejarige Nicola se verjaarsdag partytjie - tema - Tea Party.

Ek het die oulike Cupcake koek idee van julle site gekry. Dit het wonderlik gewerk want jy sit nie agterna met klomp stukke halfgeëte koek nie. Wat ook baie goed gewerk het is die boksies wat ek by die koek neergesit het waarin elke ma hul kind se oorskiet kos kon inpak voor hul huis toe gegaan het.

My idee het gekom van die feit dat dogtertjies mal is daaroor om tee te drink en dametjies te wees. Ek het so ver moontlik probeer om te bly by dogtertjies van haar ouderdom en tot net 10 kindertjies.  

Die stoeltjies en tafeltjies het my pa vir my gemaak.  

Ek het haar pophuis oorgetrek en soos die kinders aangekom het, gevra dat hul in die huisie kom sit op hul kniëe en vir my by die venster uitkyk dat ek 'n foto van elkeen kon neem.  

Dankie vir julle site, dit maak van elke ma 'n klas 1 ma. Veral ons op die platteland wat nie daagliks toegang tot allerhande nuwe goed het nie.

Christene Botha - Namibia Suid

 

Nemo / Under the Sea

Heidi Theron

"In the nightgarden" partyjie

My seun is mal oor die "Pinky Ponk" en daarom het ek toe besluit op die tema. Die koek was amper te mooi om te eet. Elkeen het 'n emmertjie gekry met "Iggle Piggle" op en sy kombersie (van vilt) was aan die emmertjie vasgemaak. Elkeen het as plekmatjie ook 'n prentjie van die "Tombliboos" gekry om in te kleur en die "Haa Hoo's was op die koeldrankbottel. Partytjie was ook oor etenstyd en daarom was die windmeul 'n voedsame een met worsie, tamatie en broodjies met biltong en kaas.

Hetty Steyn

Cowboy theme party

To celebrate Andrick David Joubert's birthday 3rd birthday, we had a Cowboy party and made the invitations ourselves and it all happened at the Old Cowgirl's Stalle.

The decor and theme was created to reflect "the old days", so by using horse saddles, shoes and hay, we made everything look like an old country town.

We also made a Jail, Saloon and Bank out of boxes. We told everyone to come dressed in jeans and a cowboy hat.

For the food we had a small hamburger, baked beans and a mielie, all served on a tinplate. They were all also given an old beer can to drink out of, and as a small gift, we gave each child a wooden gun.

Lily - BLOEMFONTEIN

Gardening Party - 3 years

October 2009

For my daughter's third birthday, we decided to do a gardening party! For the invitations, I cut out brightly coloured cardboard flowers. The center of the flower held all the details of the party. The invitation ended with a little rhyme which said: Come along, without a care - we'd really dig if you'll be there!

To set the mood, we stuck large cut out cardboard flowers on the trees in the garden.

As the guests arrived, each child was given a jelly cup with a plastic garden creature hidden inside - butterflies for

the girls and frogs for the boys. We had a large brightly coloured flower photoboard for photos, where the center of the flower was the hole for the kids to peep through.

When all our guests had arrived, we commenced our party activity: we planted flowers.

I bought several trays of seedlings from our local nursery. The children were each given a second-hand ceramic pot (sold at the botanical gardens for R10 each!) They also each received a little plastic spade labelled with their name.

They each planted three seedlings in their pots creating beautiful bright arrangements which they could take home as party souveneirs.

As an added extra, they could also "plant" plastic garden creatures and paper umbrellas in their pots.

We used brightly coloured watering cans to water their little gardens - and these turned out to be the hit of the day!

Soon it was time for the birthday cake and party packs!

Each party pack was a plain brown paper bag tagged with a big bright paper flower which had each child's name written on it. The party packs were filled with an assortment of healthy snacks.

We ended off our party with play time on the jungle-gym. All in all a really fun day!

Tamzin - JOHANNESBURG

Princess Party - 3 years

For her third birthday, we planned my daughter a princess party.

Ages before the time, I started collecting 2 litre juice cartons to use as bricks to build the little princess a castle of her own. Along the way, I acquired some cardboard cylinders and some bigger boxes too, so with 174 (I know - crazy right??!?!) juice cartons, 2 cardboard cylinders and 18 camera boxes (and some hardboard to help stabilise the whole construction), we set about constructing a disposable castle. We painted it, made some makeshift flags and even a working drawbridge - the little princess was ecstatic!

For the invitations I used plastic pill canisters and plastic tot glasses glued together to resemble a castle turret. A card flag attached to a toothpick was glued to the top with the invited guest's name printed on it. The actual invitation was rolled up like a scroll inside the pill canister. It read: Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Princes (Name) requests the pleasure of your company at her third birthday party. The royal celebrations will commence at 2 o' clock on 7 July at Castle (Surname). Please come dressed in your most royal attire. RSVP the Queen Mum (contact number).

Decorations: We erected the castle indoors as there was a strong possibility of rain. A collection of pink and purple helium balloons were scattered across the ceiling, each with a little stamped cardboard crown dangling from it's ribbon.

Games: On arrival, make-up was provided for those who didn't already have (a touch of blusher, a spot of lip gloss and some pink nail polish). Temporary sparkling tattoos were also applied to those that wanted. When everyone was decorated, the little princess was seated on a chiffon-draped throne beside her castle. A red carpet (a roll of plain red wrapping paper) was rolled out in front of the castle. Each guest walked down the red carpet, courtsied or bowed the the princess and offered her the gift they had brought for her. She, in turn, presented them with a necklace (white and red beads on a string for ruby and diamond necklaces for the girls and a "dragon tooth" on a string for the boys). When that was done, it was time for the royal ball. Each child was given a long ribbon to dance with. We played a waltz over the sound system, and the little royals twirled and danced to the music.

The kids were then seated for a royal craft activity. I found a template for paper dolls here, and made enough for each guest. There are all kinds of themed outfits on this site, and I chose several different prince and princess clothing options for the kids to decorate. To make it extra special, I ensured that each child's paper doll looked like them by ensuring that the hair of the paper doll was the same style and colour as each child. The children were given the dolls and clothes and gems and sequins and stickers and kokis and decorated their paper dolls. When they were done, we stuck a tongue depressor on the back of each one, and took a picture of each child with their paper doll in front of the castle. The kids took these home with them.

I also constructed a dragon pinata filled with gold coins and fake jewellery and hung this from a tree outside (it didn't rain after all!). When the kids were done with their paper dolls, we told them that a dragon had stolen the kingdom's treasure, and we had to go and claim it back.

Each little princess was given a star wand (a template for this is can be found here) and the princes were given balloon swords (instructions can be found here) - and we went out to the garden to hunt for the dragon.

Food: Once the children had collected their treasures we went inside for a royal feast! There was a variety of pink and purple sweets gathered in a cellophane packet tied with a pink curling ribbon for each child as well as golden goblet juice (apple juice) served with a straw sporting a crown decal.

The little princes and princesses played in the castle until home time. Everyone agreed it had been a very successful event.

Jessica - DURBANVILLE

Fairy Party - 3 years

When my little fairy turned three, we celebrated with a magical fairy party. I hand wrote the invitations on slips of vellum and enclosed these as well as confetti and paper dragonflies in purple hexagonal envelopes. I made little oven-baked fairies out of polymer clay (one for each guest) and hid these in the garden for the children to find and keep. The guests were asked to come dressed according to the theme, and we set up a fairy chair in the garden for photos. Upon arrival, each little fairy was placed on the fairy throne, and given a handful of glitter (fairy dust) and told to blow it into the wind and make a wish - the photo was taken at the crucial moment - these pictures were later sent as thank-yous for attending the party. For games: We started with a treasure hunt (where the kids each found a hidden garden fairy). I hid gold chocolate coins in the sandpit that they had to dig out. The guests then sat in the fairy circle (I had marked a circle on the lawn with fresh flower petals and leaves) and we played Pass-the-Parcel. After this, each fairy got their own bottle of bubbles, and we spent some time 'blowing fairy kisses'. The Party Packs were cheap plastic purple plates that I found at The Excitement Store. A range of sweetie goodies were placed on each plate, and the whole plate was wrapped up in celophane with a ribbon tying it up - the effect was very pretty. The birthday cake was very simply a large purple mushroom with three little plastic icing fairies sitting on top of it. I picked sparkler candles to add to the magical feel. We ended the party back in the fairy circle where a fairy tale story was read to the little party guests.

Jessica - DURBANVILLE

Cars - 3 years

As my oldest son and my youngest son have their birthdays a week apart, I do cheat a little when it comes to décor! For my youngest son’s 3rd birthday, he wanted a Cars birthday. I rented basic party décor from a local party planning company and used it to “set the scene”. Using ice-cream cones, Marie biscuits and orange icing I was able to make “road cones”. We had Checkered flag biscuits on the table as well as chips, chomps and jelly “racing car” sweets to nibble. Using an upside down plastic 2 litre coke bottle, some foil and lots of imagination we were able to make two 'Piston Cups'. The invitations, colouring pages and covers for the party boxes were made using the trusty computer. After a few years of making invitations on the computer, I’ve got quite good and was able to put a picture of my son standing next to Lightening Mc Queen on the box. If you can’t do this yourself, there are companies that will do it for you. As a party favour, each child got some Cars play-dough. I bought small plastic containers from the Plastics-shop, and Cars stickers. I then made a bulk amount of red play-dough and filled the containers. I found a recipe for play dough a few years ago in the “Growing up with a Smile” book by Liz Senior & Karen Hopkins. To make your own play-dough you will need:
· 2 cups of flour
· 1 cup of salt
· 4 tablespoons cream of tartar
· 2 cups of water
· 2 tablespoons oil
· Food colouring
Mix dry ingredients, add water and oil. Mix to make a dough. Place in a saucepan on a low heat. Add two drops of food colouring. Stir until the dough pulls away from the pan. Knead to spread the colour. Store in an airtight container.

Bernadine - CAPE TOWN

Thomas the Tank Engine - 3 years

When our son turned 3 years old, he loved Thomas-the-Tank Engine & friends. At the time of his party (a few years ago), Thomas was not hugely popular in South Africa, and we were unable to find party supplies. We had to get Thomas balloons, serviettes, tablecloth and plates sent from the U.S.A, but today that would not be a problem as most party shops now stock Thomas party supplies. The invitations were very easy, and we found printable Thomas-the-Tank Engine invitations and envelopes on the internet at http://www.dltk-kids.com/.

On the day of the party, we used cake flour to make train tracks on the grass. There were tracks leading up to the gate entrance and on the gate we had several train signs (Stop railway crossing, beware of the trains and please show tickets) we had all sorts of signs in the garden and we also had tracks (using masking tape) in the house leading to the bathrooms with the relevant signs. We had planned on hiring a “train” for in the garden, but decided in the end to paint several cardboard boxes blue (one for each child) and cut a hole in the top (wide enough for a child’s waist). We then cut two slits for handles on each side so that each child could easily manage their own “train”. The birthday boy’s box was made a bit more special, we pasted Thomas’s face on the front of his box and gave his box a red stripe. We then took two old aqueous cream containers painted them black, glued them together and made a smokestack – his box really looked good and he loved it! We also hired a jumping castle in the shape of a boat, and made tracks with signs leading to the “Dockyard” - the jumping castle was also a great hit.

We played a few ‘train’ related and other games and had prizes too, the best prize being the encapsulated trains (a kind of pill that you put in warm water and grows into a sponge train). We personalised the Party Boxes and each child was given a whistle and a Thomas picture to colour in. We found some old tape (cassette) boxes and decided to rejuvenate the boxes with new, personalised Thomas Cover’s and filled them with crayons. We then came across a Thomas Birthday Card that was also a book, and decided to put one in each party box as a Thank you card/book.

Of course, no party box would be complete without one or two munchies. We tried to keep the sweets to a minimum and served pizza, sandwiches and chips as an alternative to a table covered in sugar! The pizzas and sandwiches were cut into train shapes using a cookie cutter. Instead of fizzy drinks we diluted apple and grape juice. The cake was made by a local Party Company. It was a plain square sponge cake with a Thomas picture on the top. To finish it off, we had a plastic train and train track around the cake. A good time was had by all, and even though I tried to keep the sugar highs to a minimum - the kids still went home buzzing with excitement.

Bernadine - CAPE TOWN