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Princess Puppy Party

Creative Party Girl — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:31:50 +0000

Adorned in Pink, this birthday girl had her party face on and eagerly awaited her party guest. With her adorable PUPPY PARTY HAT and beautiful tutu, Katie was all set…!!

As each puppy guest arrived, they were given their own Pink Tutu and Party hat with Puppy Ears to wear.
A box of Sweet little Puppies sat in the corner waiting for Puppy Party guest to fill them with stuffing and carry home as a new pet…!!

The girls LOVED stuffing their puppies and adding a special STAR that they kissed, made a wish and tucked deep inside before stitching them up..

Then it was time for a group picture to show off their new pups….!!!

Next the puppies headed over to the Photo Booth to take a few Silly Pictures with Photo Props made by Katie’s mom……SO CUTE…!!!!

Then it was time to EAT…!!! And the Party Table was brimming full of delicious eye candy goodies.. Please enjoy…!!

Homemade Crown Cookies and yummy cupcakes with fun Princess Puppy Toppers….and sweet little bottles wrapped with matching party labels with pink striped paper straws tucked inside waiting for a yummy Party Drink….!!!

Doggie Bone Rice Krispie Treats sprinkled with Pink Sugar….Lollipops and carry home favor boxes placed on this beautiful fun table for guest to enjoy.

What an adorable Birthday Cake….topped off with a giant cupcake and paper party topper…!! This little puppy was ready to blow out her candles.

The most awaited time came for this Lucky Pup who had just turned 5 … Presents …!!!
Katie was excited to receive here first ever……Gift Card

And the expression here as she opened this gift shows her excitement as she opened each gift…WOW….I think she loved it…!!

A little more Silly Time to spend together before each little puppy headed home. Enjoy the many faces of this adorable
BIRTHDAY GIRL on her special day.
Frightened Pup………Pitiful Pup

Begging Pup……………….Happy Pup

Precious Pup…..Happy Birthday Katie…

The girls had a blast at this PRINCESS PUPPY PARTY.
Created, Designed and Staged by the birthday girls mom, Sherry at Party Pops.To see more pictures or to purchase these fun party supplies, visit her at www.partypops.blogspot.com OR www.partypops.etsy.com

And I must add…Katie is my granddaughter….!!! I’m a proud and lucky Gran….!

Thanks for visiting Creative Party Place.

I apologize for the lack of post here. Work keeps me so busy and there’s little if any extra time to PLAY…!!!
If you or someone you know would like to guest post here, please contact me.

Your Creative Party Hostess
Dianne

Little Mermaid Birthday Party

Creative Party Girl — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:59:45 +0000

How precious and sweet is this adorable Little Mermaid Birthday Girl….!!! This feature is long but just couldn’t resist all the cute pictures and party ideas… ENJOY….!!!

She’s all smiles and fits right in with her beautiful PARTY TABLE… Love her dress and party hat.

And the Polka Dot Balloons add so much color and excitement.

Peanut Butter and Jelly FISH Sandwiches….Yummy and cute..!!!

After the food, it was time to Go Fishing….Katie and here friends grabbed their buckets and poles. Love the Fishing Game that this mom made…

This is the fishing game she made, the girls had a blast could not get enough of this game. It was so easy to make out cardboard and wrapping paper.

The girls caught different types of fish, jewels and bubbles, They got buckets with their name to put their catch in

Next up was the Bean Bean Bag Toss game, I made this out of ply board (with Hubbys help) and covered it with wrapping paper. Simple but fun game, the kids

The Girls went home with all the prizes they caught fishing and a few other surprises! You have to check out these Marshmallow treats on a stick made by StixNPops on Etsy. They are so adorable and they taste great.

This fun Mermaid Party was created by Sherry at Party Pops.
Visit her Etsy shop for all these adorable party supplies and more….!!!

www.partypops.blogspot.com

Until next time,

Cheers,
Your Creative Party Hostess,
Dianne

Art and Yoga Party

Creative Party Girl — Wed, 25 May 2011 03:31:04 +0000

This sweet party was sent to me by Beth Beattie….Colorful Fun and Sweet….!!!! This pretty party table awaits eager young guest……

A creative Art Table was set up for creative party goers to showcase their talent while having a blast under this huge Party Tent….!!!

And oh my goodness, don’t you just LOVE IT….:)
Looks like Cake Balls for paint with a chocolate dipped Pretzel Paint Brush….!!!! So Clever…..

Sassy pink dot Painting Smocks hanging on art easels and ready to grab.
Masterpiece……:)

Paint brush pretzels

Luscious tempting party truffles lined up on a painters pallet
and an ice cream treat in fun printed paper ice cream cups.

Yummy Ice Cream Bar…….Cool Treat

And to wash it all down……this icy cold drink ready for sipping with a fun spiral striped Paper Staw…..!!!

Then to work off some of those delightful treats, yoga mats were ready for a few exercise moves….

Stop by Beth’s blog or website to see more inspirational party ideas…!!!!

Until next time……Cheers…!!!!

Your Creative Party Hostess

Dianne

Mad Scientist Birthday Party

Creative Party Girl — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:10:53 +0000

Following Phubie listed her Mad Science Birthday Party. Check it out….

Caitlyn became fascinated with science when she started kindergarten, and it was her idea to have a “Mad Science” party for her sixth birthday. These custom designed invitations from Melanie Crownover at ewe hooo, provided a lot of ideas and inspiration, from the color of the decorations to the design of the cake.

To help set the scene, there were mason jars filled with radioactive rods (i.e., glow sticks), real laboratory beakers containing Potion No. 6 test tube favors, and essential books in every mad scientist’s library.

Inspired by the invitation, Loan, a full-time pharamacist and part-time “Ace of Cakes”, created this phenomenal 2 tier red velvet cake. We loved all of the clever details that went into the cake, from the bubbling flask, mortar and pestle, book of potions, and spilling test tube, down to the lab rats pleading for help.

Chocolate and vanilla cupcakes from Happy Eatery were topped with my handmade toppers and displayed on the custom cupcake stand.

Our gummy worm and brain cultures grew in Jello petri dishes overnight in the refrigerator.

Guests rotated to various experimenting stations when they arrived.

To see the experiments and MORE please visit Following Phubie’s Mad Science party Post.

Handy Manny Birthday Party

Creative Party Girl — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:04:21 +0000

This Handy Manny Birthday Party was originally hosted by Belleza e Luce.
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Little kids are just so cute when they use tools! Handy Manny is a fun idea for a birthday party theme and Danielle did a great job with this one! So many fun details and activities. Thanks for listing your party Danielle!

Enjoy this Handy Manny party….

When my little guy was about to turn 1, I was originally planning a Hundred Acre Wood Pooh themed party. All that changed when he became fascinated with Handy Manny. This grew even more as my dad would let him help him out around the house. I knew I needed to change themes – and fast!

First I created the invitations to resemble Handy Manny’s shop sign.

and since I couldn’t decide which one I liked better, I designed a second version as well!

Since Luca’s birthday is the end of October, the weather here can be cold or oddly warm. As much as I would love to be able to plan the weather, I cannot, so the party was held in the gym at the school of our church. This turned out to be a great idea (I hosted his second birthday there 3 weeks ago). There was plenty of room for all the kids to run around and play!

One of the first projects I created were the tablecloths. I purchased paper dropcloths and paint brushes from Home Depot, and Crayola paint. I laid the cloths out on the grass in the yard and with my daughter’s help we splattered paint over all the drop cloths. This was a messy and fun activity! If you decide to do this, have an area preferably indoors where the cloths can be laid out to dry overnight. One drop cloth made 2 tablecloths.

Here is the children’s craft table with playdough, Handy Manny and tools coloring pages and crayons were added to the table after this wa taken.

When my dad heard the theme for the party, he immediately went to work on the centerpieces – red toolboxes just like Handy Manny’s! Each toolbox had Mega Blocks and plastic toys to encourage building – both children and adults got in on the fun! Each child was able to take a tool box home at the end of the party. I have Luca’s displayed in his room – it goes with his Cars themed bedroom great too!

I used yellow Caution tape to block off areas that the kids could not play near. On the walls my dad and I traced the characters with a projector and painted them. Also on the walls were pictures of blueprints (how to build a birdhouse, a toolbox, etc) just like in Manny’s shop.

Chips, pretzels and other snacks were placed in orange paint trays

The children ranged in age from 1 year to 4 years, so I didn’t have any real structure to the party or games, per say. I had music from children’s artists playing (Dan Zane, Imagination Movers, Choo Choo Soul, etc) which encouraged dancing and running. Other activities for the children included this hopscotch puzzle mat

a giant bowling set

When each child arrived they received a hard hat to wear for the party.

I made a pull string pinata to resemble the tape measure, Stretch. I prefer pull string pinatas so noone gets whacked in the head and the kids all feel like they opened the pinata together.

Inside were plastic tools and plastic character figures purchased from the Disney Store.

Here is the birthday boy by his cakes and cupcakes that I made. The large red thing was my failed attempt of making a tool box. I started working on the cake too late in the week and really didn’t think it through. This year’s cake was great!

As you can see, Luca enjoyed his cake!

For the favors, I set up Mr. Lopart’s Candy Shop. Guests were invited to fill up their take-out boxes with as many goodies as they wanted. I purchased the candy in bulk from Candy Warehouse and choose novelty and old-fashioned candies. My older cousins, aunts and uncles especially liked the walk down memory lane as they picked out their favorite childhood treats.

The take out boxes had favor tags shaped like hammers attached to them

The tags for the kids had their names on them.

Because Halloween was only the night prior, I had additional children’s favors which included playdough, safety googles, a hammer, stickers, and room for their pinata goodies – non candy option.

The party was a success and I had a fabulous time building it!

Hammer Tags and Invitations can by found in my shop

Construction Birthday Party

Creative Party Girl — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:04:26 +0000

This Construction Birthday Party was originally hosted by Jessica from Juicy Bits.
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Jessica has a ton more pictures and details on her post of this party. I wasn’t able to simply and copy/paste this one, so I just grabbed a few of my favorite pics. Be sure to visit her blog to see MORE more more! This is really a fabulous party and would be great for any little guy in your life!

Enjoy the party…

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Shout out time!! I’ve noticed that I have some people who are fairly faithful about leaving comments on the posts here at Creative Party Place. Just wanted to say THANK YOU to Jessica from Party Box Design for being an active commenter over the last few months. Head on over to her blog and leave her a comment today!

Parties that Move – Trains & Race Car Birthdays

Creative Party Girl — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:04:39 +0000

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I’ve got two parties for your viewing pleasure today and they are both themes that would thrill any little boy in your life….Trains and Race Cars.
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This Thomas the Train Birthday party was originally hosted by Keisha from Cupcakes and Wishes.

Enjoy the Train Birthday…..

On to the second party which was on Sunday. I did a banner, party hats, placemat, napkin rings, treat bags and some fun cut outs for a Thomas and Friends birthday party. I also created a standing cardboard ‘Thomas’ as a prop for the party.

I just used my computer and a page protector (I hid the hole rings tab with some tape so it didn’t show).

The placesettings were very simple and you can see my napkin ring and the finished placemat here. You can also see the party hats – Mom wanted something very simple so I just did solid color cone hats and we put them out on the kids table next to the place settings.

Here are the treat bags (full of ‘I’m going to regret this in 20 minutes’ candy). I created a tag using cut out circles and some Thomas and Friends stickers and tied them with a fun ribbon.

Here’s a picture of the cardboard Tomas prop that I created. We used the top of the train to put the treats on. We placed it on the gift table and handed them out at the end of the party when the birthday boy finished opening his gifts. Notice the Railroad Crossing sign, someone made a comment that we must be from the south because all the railroad crossing signs are upside down. LOL

These are just a couple more pictures from the party where I set up.

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This next party was for a little NASCAR lover. This Race Car birthday party was originally hosted by Vanessa from Seriously.

Enjoy this NASCAR birthday party…

Matthan loves race cars, so that’s exactly what he wanted to do for his 3rd birthday party. He chose two of his favorite NASCAR drivers, Jimmy Johnson and Kasey Kahne (he has their toy cars) as the main attraction for the party – Jimmy Johnson cake and Kasey Kahne piñata – the boy knows what he wants!

I found the perfect invitation (that just happened to match the blue and red of the chosen race cars, whoo!) . . .

We ordered the birthday cake and cupcakes from the fabulous Holly (who also made his first and second birthday cake) and were not disappointed. Her cakes always look amazing and are incredibly delicious!

We had boxes ready for each of the kids to make their own race car. They chose a number and “decals” to decorate their cars with, then our helpers (my wonderful nieces) helped put their tires on their cars.

Before they could head to the race track, they had to make a pit stop to tighten their tires and gas up their cars!

We planned on having some racing events, but had a few freak outs due to the many adults staring at them (I guess I can understand that). Thankfully, at the end of the party (and after getting some sugar from the cake) they all went back outside and ran around the track while the adults chatted inside.

The party ended with a Mexican tradition (Matthan is 25% Mexican after all).

Everyone got to hit the piñata, then we had to have our friend David finish it off so the candy would fall out! These Mexican piñatas are very well made! : )

The kiddos each got a bag to put their candy in and took that, and their race car, home as their party favors.

The party was so much fun and a big success (thanks Megs for all your help). So thankful for all our friends and family who came and showered Matthan with lots of love on his special day. And, to make things even better, he did get to “drive” the race car like he wanted to when it first arrived! : )

Mad Scientist Birthday Party

Creative Party Girl — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:04:42 +0000

This Mad Scientist Birthday Party was originally hosted by Rhonda from Life As I See It.
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I’m totally in LOVE with the food building experiment she had the boys do. I mean how much fun to see what they could build with marshmallows, toothpicks, and cheese puffs!! So cool! I’m totally stealing that one for a future party!

Enjoy this Mad Scientist party……

Some pictures from the party.
Alden invited 5 other boys. (Which funny enough felt like 2x the amount whereas the girls party two weeks ago was more girls and easier to manage! Lucy came upstairs and said to me “Mom, girls just talk a lot but boys are loud and make trouble!”)

I had wanted to get the kids some lab coats. I was going to borrow some from my mom (She has enough for her entire grade 1/2/3 split class) but she couldn’t find them and it was too late to head out to the thrift store to buy men’s shirts – but that would totally work!)
So instead we just had funny mustaches. Kinda random. But totally funny!

We did some science experiments and a little building. Each boy got the same amount of toothpicks, marshmallows and cheesies. The boys really got into it!!

Then we made homemade silly putty or goo or whatever you wanna call it. Most of the boys loved it. One of them (Carter) said he was gonna throw up cause it was so gross. (Notice him escaping from the table quickly behind Ben)

Then we went outside to do some baking soda and vinegar exploding. Which they loved!

The cake. I let Alden pick whatever cake he wanted (from my Martha Book!) and he picked a cake called Martha’s Birthday Cake. And only Alden liked it. The other kids told me it wasn’t so good. hahahaha. I didn’t really care. As long as Alden was happy, I was happy!

It was a good birthday party I think! Alden loved it!
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Rhonda also threw a party for her daughter that was fit for a princess…..

Visit her blog to see more pictures of this Princess Party!

Polkadot First Birthday and Kickball Celebration

Creative Party Girl — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:14:34 +0000

One party for a little girl…..and another for a “big” girl. Enjoy these fun parties!
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This Polkadot Fun First Birthday was originally hosted by Jill from Bless Our Nest.
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Kennedy’s first birthday has officially come…and gone…It was such a fun week celebrating and remembering how just one short year ago we had just had her and brought her home with us (can you believe they let us bring a kid home)? Yet here we are, a year later, every one is sane and in one piece and those sleepless nights are but a faded memory. I have a TON of pictures to show you but today we will stick with party details because I LOVE throwing parties and its ALL in the details!

I drew inspiration from many party blogs so I’ll try and give you as many resources as I can to either purchase it yourself or be a copy cat like me and DIY

You have seen the invitation already. We designed these ourselves with a program Justin has, and then ordered them from a printers. It was really affordable. I wanted to do something fun and colorful for miss Kennedy’s first birthday since she isn’t “into” anything yet, being that she is too little to know characters or themes and whatnot. So like the invite, I stuck with dots and an orange, pink, and blue theme, with a little green.

First, the party table all done up. I had the party at 1 in the afternoon so expected most people to eat something lunchy before coming and provided some light snacking, some yummy for adults and some kid suitable: fruit, chicken nuggets, cheese ball, spinach artichoke dip, pasta salad, and teeny bbq weenies. I got the hanging lanterns from Ikea for only $5 each!
I made cupcakes instead of doing cake. We had plain white cake with buttercream frosting and sprinkles, and cookies and cream cupcakes with mini oreos on top of buttercream icing. So yummy! I actually got to eat one once everything slowed down…Kennedy’s cupcake was made in a jumbo muffin pan to make it bigger and a little extra special since she WAS the birthday girl!
I grew slightly obsessed with finding some drink dispensers that would meet my specifications and found them at Crate and Barrel. I love them! I filled these two with pink lemonade and sweet tea but decided to give them some funky twists with festive names! Momma’s Southern Sweet Tea (bc it is MY momma’s recipe, and she is southern) and Tickled Pink Lemonade (since we were celebrating my baby girls bday).
I also got some of these little juice bottles for the kids, I remember LOVING these as a kid and thought they would enjoy them too! It made the drink station complete.
Next, the birthday banner. Now I have found a couple different gals who make these fun banners, as well as cupcakes tops and other fun paper goods, but my favorite is probably Jess of PolkaDots and Pirates. I made this one easily and love it so very much, I just might not take it down until November. It went great on the fireplace along with some fun frames I found at Target for really cheap and balloons to add even more fun!
I also had a little sweet shoppe with “1″ suckers that I made and bags to fill with other goodies. The one candy molds I found at Candy Mold Central. It was cheap and I got 3 so I could make more at once. (Pop them in the freezer, they harden faster)

The front door sign

Her highchair

My sweet girl eating her cake

I just love this picture of her standing in her new big girl chair. Such a sweet little face…

My two favorite people EVER!
All that work, and the party lasted about 3 1/2 hours, just doesn’t seem right huh? Well, I’ll post more about the party fun with more pictures tomorrow!

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This Kickball Party was originally hosted by Little Ant Designs

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Y’all ready for this? Said in my best announcer voice with loud music blaring in the background.

Friday was the big game…my daughter Megan’s kickball party (that had been planned as an end of Summer party but had to be rescheduled at the very last minute)

The two teams, The Neville Kickbottoms

and The Spongebob Kickpants played a good game but in the end only one team could be the victor

Congratulations Team Kickpants!

I love the signs that one of the cute moms made for both teams – thanks Shauna! Shauna is the one that drew who knows how many dark marks on the arms of the teenagers when we were in line for Harry Potter.

There was some fine athleticism displayed …

amazing form – Megan has never looked so athletic

speed

a sense of fashion even in the heat of competition

a fierce competitive attitude

the thrill of victory

the agony of defeat – “What? I’m totally safe.”

It turned out to be a great evening and we’re glad so many kids could join in on the fun. But the night didn’t end with the game – there were celebrations to be had.

Any good game ends with a parent tunnel

Before leaving the field The Spongebob Kickpants picked up their winners trophy…

You weren’t aware that there was a Kickball Championship Trophy were you? Amazing what a $4 lamp from Goodwill, styrofoam and paint will make, huh? Since no one person could take the trophy home because I’m holding on to that baby for next years rematch, I put together individual awards for each person on the winning team that they picked up once back at our house where the festivities continued.

They each received a mini trophy with a giant gumball kickball on top as well as a medal. The “kickballs” were a hit and it was hilarious watching the kids try to chew them.

After all the competition on the field the kids were hungry. There were lots of tacos and burritos consumed

and lots of this…

I’m not sure what it is but the teenagers have a love affair with this slightly thick, processed, yellow goodness.

Whenever we serve it (which is nearly every time we have teenagers over) They surround the stuff, each trying to get their fair share and you can bet they will be back for seconds, thirds and fourths.

Here’s to making this a yearly event – cheese and all!

Summer Surf Party…oh and a Water WAR!

Creative Party Girl — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:04:48 +0000

Hello Party Girls! It’s me, Shannon your Creative Party Place Hostess. Today I’m actually sharing one of my own parties. It was my son’s birthday party at the end of the summer. I went with a Summer Surf Party Theme. It ended up being too cold to swim. So I luckily found an amazing deal on large water guns…and I decided to expand my surf themed party into an all out water war. With 10 little boys…who could go wrong!! And thanks to my hubby’s smart thinking of adding a hot water to the outside hose bib…it was totally bearable. I even joined in and got COMPLETELY soaked (sorry no pics of that!)

Enjoy my Surf Party…..

Here are some pics of making the surfboards: