She wanted a Woodland-themed party. With all 34 kids from school, their siblings, and a few cousins thrown in for good measure. And I said..."Sure, sounds great!"
Hahaha!
Actually, it was a crafty fun time. (She, much like her mother, does love a good crafty project. In fact, most of the ideas were hers, with a little tweaking on my part.) I was a bit stressed last night as I put the finishing touches on some mushroom huts and tried not to hyperventilate. Anyway, by today I was mostly relaxed and had a great time.

We had the mushroom huts (cardboard + duct tape + hot glue + newspaper + felt + 2 girls let loose with paint and glitter)...

Fake Christmas trees with birds and nests (thank you Freecycle!)...
Woodland crown decorating (42 crowns made with Joel Dewberry Aviary wood grained fabric + rayon/wool felt + grommets + glue your own embellishments + add ribbon ties)...

I made some felt flowers for decorating crowns but burned out after the first dozen.

I forgot to get any good crown pictures. Here's mine before it dried.


This project mixed together with another involving pompoms + glue + googly eyes...
And finally a dose of sugar. Chocolate butterfly cupcakes (chocolate + 2 kids with copious sprinkles + colored sugar)...

My daughter said they weren't like butterflies because they had no bodies, I told her they were butterfly-ish. I did a lot of Ish-ly crafts rather than getting too hung up on making everything just so. It was still a big project, but I am glad we did it this once. And next year we'll just go to a theme park or something.
I have more birthday related crafts to post soon...Stuffed Animal! Girly Clothes!
5 comments:
You are a maniac. What an amazing party.
You're hard-core, Sasha. I'm tired just reading that!
Wow, that is amazing. You outdid yourself this time! Stunning!
What a party! Looks like a lot of fun (and work)!
Big birthday parties are the BEST! I applaud you!!
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