Jungle party

Well the cake I decorated myself using fondant icing. I had someone bake it for me though cos I thought it would just be easier. This is my first time ever decorating a cake! It was quite a hit with the little ones, I'm guessing because of the bright colours!

The decorations against the walls (monkey/giraffe) I made myself.

And then I hung some animal soft toys up. 

I made a sign that greeted the guests "welome to the jungle"

stuck it on sticks and stuck it in the garden as well as animal

printed balloons! All the party supplies were very cute,

animal hats and masks, cups, plates etc I got from the internet.

For lunch I served marmite sandwiches cut out in animal

shapes and bananas for the monkeys!

I served toddler juice boxes which I called jungle juice!

And the sweeties were Zoo cookies, Flings, Jellies, marshmellows,

lollipops etc, mostly suitable for 1 year olds!

I live in NZ (but I'm South African) and the flings were a HUGE

hit with the Kiwi babies :)

I also hired some outdoor toys, like a slide, a ride on and

a ball pit to keep the little ones busy.

Bug party

The bug party was for a 1^st birthday celebration.
I painted bug scene setters

eg. A frog, snail, worms & ladybugs.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Also painted a little board that said “what are little boys made off”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I went with a blue, green & yellow colours for the theme.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I went with a blue, green & yellow to dress up the tables & chairs.

We had a number one balloon stand with blue,

green & yellow helium balloons.

I used cardboard boxes for the party packs & cut a square out

and added mesh in the inside.

I added the sweets &

little bugs on the outside as a finish.

cupcakes with little bugs on them.

The cake was in a shape of a number 1

and we added bugs to top of the cake.

                                            Melanie Schiffer  

 
 
 

Disco party

This theme was for a 13th Birthday Tiffany chose a Disco Glow in the Dark Neon Party.

At the 1st entrance we placed a balloon arch together with a disco ball piñata filled with candy and a "Dance till you drop" vinyl cutout on plastic.

On the wall we used a Disco Scene Setter that covered the whole wall together with cutouts/musical notes

At the 2nd entrance we had to disco figures (man and woman) we used a projector to outline the figures onto paper and from there we outlined it onto a hard board.  We used a jigsaw to cut out the figures and sprayed it black.  We put a stand on the back to keep them upright.  With them we used a multi colored door curtain.

We had 2 small balloon pillars on the stage and 1 large one when entering the door.  On top of the pillars we placed balloons of which the stars glow in the dark

The Cake is a Topsy Turvy cake.  The top of the layers were cut to give the specific look, we took skewer sticks to put inside the cake to hold it upright.

From the roof we hung Glow in the dark Lanterns together with the balloons

We used Glow in the Dark Cups for the children and underneath the overlays we put fairylights.  From the roof we hang little disco balls over the glow in the dark cups. We served snack platters with 11 different snacks on them.

                                                                               Sonja Smart - Welkom

Noddy Party 1st Birthday

Each friend got a Noddy hat, different colour from Noddy’s. I stayed in the colour scheme of; dark blue, light blue, red and yellow. So the party packs contained a Noddy hat, a noddy friend face mask that I downloaded from the Noddy page ,and soft sweeties. The party pack got a sticker on with each friends name which I also downloaded from the Noddy page. I bought some small round stickers at a party shop to fasten the paper bag at the back.

I made a tablecloth from light blue fabric with yellow felt circles. I used white paper plates and covered the white Polystyrene cups with colourful paper.


Made some ice-cream cone clowns to go with the cake.   

The cake is a normal chocolate cake, double layers. I decorated it with marzipan that I coloured with red and yellow food colouring, the Noddy on the cake I borrowed from someone. 

The Noddy car was made from fibreglass and can even move, my father-in-law made it; he specialises in fibreglass and metal.

 
 
 
 
It was such fun planning his bday, I had a blast!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             An-Toinette Lightfoot

Tweety en Sylvester

Uitnodiging - ek het dit gemaak met toiletrolletjies en melkbottels se doppies. Binne in was die uitnodiging, dis veronderstel om soos 'n bom te lyk. Sylvester en Tweety bom mekaar mos gereeld.

Ek het party blikke gemaak ipv emmertjies of sakke. Ek het ou formule melkblikke gespray in swart of geel, 'n prentjie van T&S opgeplak met contact, twee gaatjies weerskante geboor vir die lintjie wat as handvatsel dien en die blikke gevul met sappies, chippies, koekies, lekkertjies en nog vele meer.

Die ander fototjie wys maar net die gedekte plekkie van elke maatjie, ek het "placemats' gemaak deur prentjies van tweety en Sylvester te laat lamineer

 

die tafeltjie wat ons gemaak het van vrugte palette bo op mekaar te sit, (twee bo op mekaar, twee langsmekaar) en dit oorgetrek met 'n swart paslaken. Met al die blikke en place mats - wag vir die maters om op te daag..

die koek. 'n Tannie in Wolseley het die koek vir my gebak van 'n prentjie af. Ongelooflik mooi gewees en baie lekker gesmaak.

  

Submitted by -  Corne Brynard

Incredibles

The Party Packs

The Party Food

Chantal - Perth - Australia

Incredibles - 4 years

For my Sons 4^th birthday he wanted an Incredibles birthday party, and this year we decided to have his party at his play-school. I made his invitation using my trusty computer. The wording was… Dear Incredible (child’s name), You are invited to an Incredible party at my Incredible school!!

We also asked the kids to dress up in red if they could. On the day using an Incredibles poster found in an Incredibles "lucky packet" at Pick n Pay, I was able to introduce the kids to the Incredibles family.

The first introduction was to Dash – the fast Incredible. The word “dash” was explained and then all the kids were told to Dash outside to get their masks. Each child was then given a black mask. We used black blanket material to cut out the masks. Blanket material was ideal as it was cheap and stretchy and didn’t fray. It would easily go around any size head, so it just needed to be cut out, and it cost under R3 per child! The kids loved it, and best of all, they got to keep their masks and take it home with them.

After running around a bit we went back to the Poster of the Incredibles family and talked about Violet. It was explained that Violet could go from visible to invisible. To demonstrate this, The kids were all given a picture of an Incredible to colour in with a white crayon, they could also draw their own picture if they wanted using the same white crayon. We then explained that the white crayon was almost invisible on the white paper. To go from invisible to visible they had to paint their picture and suddenly they could see what they had coloured in or drawn. Invisible to visible!
I also used a magic pen, bought from a local party shop, to write their names on their works of art. This pen’s ink went from visible to invisible. Just like Violet!

then explained, that she was also special in that she could put a force-field the shape of a bubble around her! To demonstrate we then all went outside and using a giant Bubble wand bought from Verimark (also seen them in CNA and Pick n Pay), we were able to make huge bubbles, just like Violet! The kids enjoyed trying to pop the enormous bubbles. Everyone had a turn trying to make the biggest bubble. To keep everyone happy while waiting for their turn with the wand, we had normal bubbles for the kids too.

Then it was time to have something to eat and drink. So we went inside and introduced the next member of the family, the Incredible Mommy - Elastagirl! It was explained that elastic could stretch and to demonstrate "stretch", I had earlier put stockings around my waist and through my jacket sleeves and the kids enjoyed pulling "Elastagirl's" arms!

We then handed out the party boxes. The boxes were filled with a few goodies to eat and an apple juice each.

To make the Party boxes, we had pasted pictures of Elastagirl on them and cut off her feet. We then punched holes where her feet should be on the box (see pic) and threaded stockings through the holes to make longer stretchy legs. The "legs" were then stretched around the box and tied. The feet we had cut off were then pasted on the end of the stockings. Looked very cute and the kids had fun trying to untangle her legs!

After most of the contents of the party boxes were devoured, the children met the Villan’s big bad robot in the form of a Piñata!!

Making a piñata is time-consuming but lots of fun especially if the kids help! To make your own piñata: Inflate a balloon and attach a rope to it. Paper Mache the balloon, and remember to make it nice and strong at the top where the rope and balloon are attached together. You will add the sweets later, so leave a small area open at the side or near the bottom for first. When totally dry, pop the balloon and then add the sweets, use individually wrapped sweets to fill the piñata especially if you are still going to paint it. Paper Mache the open section closed and leave to dry. Once completely dry – paint and decorate it.

Finally it was time to introduce Mr Incredible! As the strongest of all the Incredibles, and the one who does most of the fighting against the Robot in the movie, it was time to find our muscles just like Mr Incredible. So out came the boxing gloves and each child had a chance to punch the big bad Robot Piñata.

Lots of fun was had by all, and unfortunately Jack Jack… was too small to come to the party!

Bernadine - CAPE TOWN