Date: October 2010
Posted by: Krissie
I threw a 1st Birthday Party for m Niece Savannah. Her Birthday is November 27th so we went with a Halloween theme. Please excuse the lack of quality pictures.
Posted by: Krissie
I threw a 1st Birthday Party for m Niece Savannah. Her Birthday is November 27th so we went with a Halloween theme. Please excuse the lack of quality pictures.
Invitations: Martha Stewart Severed Finger Invitations
Food Apps:
Ghost shaped Veggie crisp chips by whole foods w/ cranberry
mango salsa mini hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls- I used a glass vase to serve the ketchup.
My mom’s meatballs- 12oz grape jelly, 12oz chili sauce, 12oz in the crock pot
Kettle corn- labeled as “brain bits”
Spinach & artichoke dip from Costco
Trader Joes mixed veggie crisps
fresh veggie platter
mango salsa mini hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls- I used a glass vase to serve the ketchup.
My mom’s meatballs- 12oz grape jelly, 12oz chili sauce, 12oz in the crock pot
Kettle corn- labeled as “brain bits”
Spinach & artichoke dip from Costco
Trader Joes mixed veggie crisps
fresh veggie platter
Main Course:
Target ghost shaped pasta with meat sauce
Mummies -Sausage and meatball spears covered in pesto cream cheese wrapped in basil linguine.
Cook Meat balls and Sausage. spear.
2 packages cream cheese 3tbsp pesto sauce mix on low.
apply paste to meat spears. cover with cooked linguine to make the “mummy wrap”. Use Capers for eyes.
I found Mummy boxes at the dollar store to serve them in, you can also.
Dessert- Vanilla Cupcakes, candy, cake.
Drinks-
monster punch- V8 Vfusion tangerine drink, club soda, cranberry juice.
Blood- strawberry milk w/ red food coloring.
Monster coco-Target Green coco.
Blood- strawberry milk w/ red food coloring.
Monster coco-Target Green coco.
Activities/Games:
Mummy Rap:
I let the kids wrap them selves in toilet paper rolls. That was enough, however I planned to play music and have them try to dance.
I let the kids wrap them selves in toilet paper rolls. That was enough, however I planned to play music and have them try to dance.
Make your own monster:
each guest got to decorate a monster cake and take it home.
Suppiles-
Green snow puffs, M&M’s chocolate covered marshmallow pops, frosting, red hair- big red gum cut into strips, red hots, coco sprinkles, assorted frosting died with food coloring, nerds, rainbow sprinkles, green & purple cupcakes. I boxed all the candy up in chinese take out boxes and to go containers from the restaurant supply store and tied green & black ribbon.
Guessing Game-
I filled 3 pumpkins with various items & labeled them. The kids had to guess what they really were.
Brains- over cooked egg noodles. I added some purple food coloring in case any of the older kids peaked inside.
Worms- spaghetti noodles- I added pink & orange food coloring.
Eyeballs- Grapes.
Suppiles-
Green snow puffs, M&M’s chocolate covered marshmallow pops, frosting, red hair- big red gum cut into strips, red hots, coco sprinkles, assorted frosting died with food coloring, nerds, rainbow sprinkles, green & purple cupcakes. I boxed all the candy up in chinese take out boxes and to go containers from the restaurant supply store and tied green & black ribbon.
Guessing Game-
I filled 3 pumpkins with various items & labeled them. The kids had to guess what they really were.
Brains- over cooked egg noodles. I added some purple food coloring in case any of the older kids peaked inside.
Worms- spaghetti noodles- I added pink & orange food coloring.
Eyeballs- Grapes.
Decorations:
Food Table
White table cloth covered with 20 feet sheer black fabric. Scattered assorted sized pumpkins. 4 bags candy corn scattered.
The rest of the house & yard were decorated for Halloween, of course no pictures...
GBU/ would/ wouldn’t do:
It was all good, no bad or uglies. The mummies took a long time to do, I wish that I had made them the night before and heated them before the party. I was still wrapping mummies when the guests got their, hence the horrible pictures. It was fine because it was family and very close friends, but for a less intimate group it would have been a no no.
Total Cost Of party: around $200
